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figuresFigure 1: Number <strong>of</strong> private equity investmentsand patents granted in samplePatents gained1,000800600400LBOs100806040Figure 3: Mean citations in first three years for patentsin same class and grant year1086420020201985 1990 1995 2000 2005Patents grantedLBOsYearNOTE: <strong>The</strong> sample consists <strong>of</strong> 6,398 patents awarded up toMay 2007 to 495 firms that received private equity backing between1980 and 2005. Firms and patents are only included in the sample ifpatents were applied for between three years before and five yearsafter the private equity investment.Figure 2: Citations in first three years,by grant year <strong>of</strong> patent3 year citation count6000Citation intensities2.521985 1990 1995 2000 2005Figure 4: Citation intensities from negativebinomial regressionGrant yearNOTE: <strong>The</strong> sample consists <strong>of</strong> 6,398 patents awarded up toMay 2007 to 495 firms that received private equity backing between1980 and 2005. Firms and patents are only included in the sample ifpatents were applied for between three years before and five yearsafter the private equity investment.401.52001985 1990 1995 2000 2005YearNOTE: <strong>The</strong> sample consists <strong>of</strong> 6,398 patents awarded up toMay 2007 to 495 firms that received private equity backing between1980 and 2005. Firms and patents are only included in the sample ifpatents were applied for between three years before and five yearsafter the private equity investment.1-4 -2 0 2 4 6Event yearConfidence intervalPoint estimateNOTE: <strong>The</strong> sample consists <strong>of</strong> 6,398 patents awarded up toMay 2007 to 495 firms that received private equity backing between1980 and 2005. Firms and patents are only included in the sample ifpatents were applied for between three years before and five yearsafter the private equity investment. <strong>The</strong> chart presents the incidencerate ratios and two standard deviation confidence intervals from thepatent timing variables in the fourth regression in Table 3.<strong>The</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Private</strong> <strong>Equity</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Large-sample studies: Long-run investment 41

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