Using U.S. patent data, we wonder how examiners' career outcomes relate to aspects of the patenting process. We exploit longitudinal information about patents granted by a group of examiners between 1976 and 2006 and their yearly mobility between 1992 and 2006. We find consistent evidence from static, dynamic, and duration models of the importance of granting experience in specific technological fields, repeated interactions with the same inventor, and self‐citations in predicting departure or promotion. We find a positive (negative) association between self‐citation and likelihood of turnover (promotion) and a positive (negative) correlation between interaction with high (low) innovation firms and likelihood of turnover (promotion). (JEL J60, O34, M51)

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美国专利审查员的离职和晋升：专利特征是否重要？

使用美国专利数据，我们想知道审查员的职业生涯结果如何与专利过程的各个方面相关。我们利用有关由一组审查员在1976年至2006年之间授予的专利以及它们在1992年至2006年之间的年度流动性的纵向信息。我们从静态，动态和持续时间的模型中找到一致的证据，这些证据表明授予特定技术领域的经验，反复互动的重要性具有相同的发明人，并在预测离职或晋升时具有自我引用。我们发现自我引证与离职（晋升）可能性之间存在正（负）关联，与高（低）创新公司的互动与离职（晋升）之间的正相关（负）。（ JEL J60，O34，M51）