Its main purpose was to assess the economic value of patents across Europe. The project was funded by the European Commission under the 6th framework program. Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP) in Pisa, Italy, was the main contractor.
A summary of the survey results for Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Great Britain can be downloaded here.
The report for Denmark can be downloaded here. The corresponding technical report is downloadable here.
A companion project looked at the patenting acivity of Danish firms in general. A corresponding report can be downloaded here.
Main results of the Danish survey are that
(i) Danish patents are more economically valuable than the average of EU6 patents,
(ii) the most valuable Danish patents are economically more valuable than the patents of any of the EU6 countries,
(iii) both differences, however, fade out if patents from the leading four Danish patenting firms are taken out of the analysis,
(iv) Danish firms make less often use of strategic patenting than the EU6 countries,
(v) Danish inventors are less likely to receive a monetary compensation for their invention than inventors from the EU6 countries,
(vi) Danish patents are commercialized to a larger extent than patents in any of the EU6 countries and, in that vein, are
(vii) more often used for licensing or for starting a new firm than in most EU6 countries.
The project received quite substantial press coverage, for example by "Børsen" (Jan. 31, 2006), Politken (Feb. 1, 2006) and Fyns Stiftidende (Feb. 1, 2006).