MInERS is seminar series organized by a network of scholars located in Milan dedicated to promoting events, networking and research in the area of Innovation, Science and Entrepreneurship. As part of the YSI Hub Meeting, we promote participation in the a HumanTech Seminar Series, scheduled for 12 December 2025, 15:00, at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano, Via Raffaele Lambruschini, 4b, Milan, Italy.
Keynote: Prof. Matt Marx is the Bruce F. Failing, Sr. Chair in Entrepreneurship at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, and is the inaugural Faculty Director of Entrepreneurship@Cornell. He leads the Innovation Information Initiative (I3), curates several open datasets at relianceonscience.org, serves as Department Editor for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Management Science, and is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Matt was previously an executive and inventor at two successful startup companies and holds six patents.
Title: Connecting Fundamental Science to Commercial Innovation: A Public Dataset of Patent-Paper Pairs
Abstract: We provide a dataset of Patent-Paper Pairs (PPPs) across all fields of science, linking articles from the Microsoft Academic Graph to patents granted by the USPTO as well as patent applications not granted. We train a random forest based on a combination of hand-checked PPPs and those containing extensive ‘self-plagiarism’, incorporating variables such as temporal distance, title/abstract similarity, inventor/author overlap, similarity of assignee and institution(s), overlap of backward citations, and being supported by
MInERS is seminar series organized by a network of scholars located in Milan dedicated to promoting events, networking and research in the area of Innovation, Science and Entrepreneurship. As part of the YSI Hub Meeting, we promote participation in the a HumanTech Seminar Series, scheduled for 12 December 2025, 15:00, at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano, Via Raffaele Lambruschini, 4b, Milan, Italy.
Keynote: Prof. Matt Marx is the Bruce F. Failing, Sr. Chair in Entrepreneurship at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, and is the inaugural Faculty Director of Entrepreneurship@Cornell. He leads the Innovation Information Initiative (I3), curates several open datasets at relianceonscience.org, serves as Department Editor for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Management Science, and is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Matt was previously an executive and inventor at two successful startup companies and holds six patents.
Title: Connecting Fundamental Science to Commercial Innovation: A Public Dataset of Patent-Paper Pairs
Abstract: We provide a dataset of Patent-Paper Pairs (PPPs) across all fields of science, linking articles from the Microsoft Academic Graph to patents granted by the USPTO as well as patent applications not granted. We train a random forest based on a combination of hand-checked PPPs and those containing extensive ‘self-plagiarism’, incorporating variables such as temporal distance, title/abstract similarity, inventor/author overlap, similarity of assignee and institution(s), overlap of backward citations, and being supported by the same grant. We employ this dataset to revisit the perennial question of whether the patent system fulfills its original objective to ‘promote the progress of science’ by comparing citations to PPPs to potential PPPs where the patent was not granted, instrumenting via examiner leniency. We find evidence disconfirming the “anticommons” view and moreover show that follow-on research is of higher quality and in a broader range of fields.
Discussant: Gianluca Tarasconi (ipQuants AG). Gianluca has a diverse range of work experience spanning over several years. Currently he is the Chief Data Officer and Co-Founder of ipQuants AG since 2018. Prior to this, they worked at Bocconi University as a Data Engineer and Database Architect from 2001 to 2019. During their time at Bocconi University, they held various roles including project leader for data packages in EU funded projects, chief data officer for research databases, and implementation of country of origin assignment algorithm.
A Q&A session is planned afterwards. Then, join us for the a complimentary aperitivo organized as a YSI Hub Meeting by MInERS at Bovisa Urban Garden, Via Emilio Broglio, 3, from 17:00 (post-seminar).
Please refer to our website for additional information
Who Should Participate?
We welcome expressions of interest from graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, early-career researchers, professors and professionals residing in Milan and its surrounding areas. Participants should have an interest in Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship research.
YSI Hub Meeting Registration:
To express your interest in this initiative, please register in this link.
For organizational efficiency, registration is important: upon registration, you will receive an entry form to allow immediate access to the seminar premises on the day of the event. Please be aware that the complimentary aperitivo has limited space, available on a first-come, first-served basis, with registered seminar attendees receiving priority. To ensure your attendance, we highly recommend confirming your participation as early as possible. However, participation to the seminar remains possible also without registration and the aperitivo will be, in the worst case, at the participant’s cost.
For inquiries, please contact: behavior@youngscholarsinitiative.org
We look forward to your participation!
Key information:
Date: December 12th 2025
Seminar at Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano – Time: 15h00 CET, Via Raffaele Lambruschini, 4b, Milan, Italy.
YSI Hub Meeting: 17h00 (post-seminar) at Bovisa Urban Garden, Via Emilio Broglio, 3, Milan.
Stefano Baruffaldi – Polytechnic University of Milan
Martina Iori – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Marco Guerzoni – University of Milan – Bicocca
Gabriele Pellegrino – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Felix Poege – Bocconi University
Anita Quas – University of Milan – Statale
Stefano Romito – University of Milan – Statale
Daniel Souza – Polytechnic University of Milan
