Do military personnel patent?

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dc.contributor.advisorHartmann, Latika
dc.contributor.authorBladen, Shane A.
dc.contributor.departmentGraduate School of Business and Public Policy (GSBPP)
dc.contributor.secondreaderSeagren, Chad
dc.dateDec-16
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-09T00:02:55Z
dc.date.available2017-02-09T00:02:55Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.descriptionReissued 24 Feb 2020 with typographical correction to Section I.B.
dc.description.abstractThis study identifies individual characteristics correlated with successful innovative behavior among all Marine Corps officers who accessed between 1990 and 2000. To measure innovation, it determines if an individual has ever received a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Based on identical first and last name matches plus other assumptions, it identifies 20 officers with existing patents in the USPTO database of inventors. Using personnel data from the Marine Corps, it finds that officer inventors are more likely to be younger when they access, are less likely to be married, and serve slightly less time than non-inventors. However, these differences are not significant in a standard regression analysis. The most significant correlate of patenting is an officer's initial pistol score. The findings broadly suggest that pistol scores are likely a proxy for unobserved ability that is correlated with patenting. We recommend the study be expanded beyond the initial scope to identify more officer inventors and other correlates of patenting.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.recognitionOutstanding Thesis
dc.description.serviceMajor, United States Marine Corpsen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/domilitaryperson1094551648
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/51648
dc.publisherMonterey, California: Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNPS Outstanding Theses and Dissertations
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorinnovationen_US
dc.subject.authorcreativityen_US
dc.subject.authorpatenten_US
dc.subject.authorpatentsen_US
dc.subject.authorinventoren_US
dc.titleDo military personnel patent?en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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etd.thesisdegree.disciplineManagementen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Science in Managementen_US
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