Catalina
Martínez García

Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP)
Tenured Scientist
Dept. of Science and Innovation
Systems and Policies for Research and Innovation (SPRI)
Office
3D7
Phone
916022543 / Extensión interna: 441462
https://digital.csic.es/cris/rp/rp03721
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Biografía

Tenured Scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) since 2006 at the Institute of Public Policy and Public Goods (IPP). Researcher in science and innovation policy and economics, with special interest in patents, researchers' careers (in the public and private sector) and their impact on innovation, science-industry links and technology markets.

With a PhD in Economics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona since 1997 (International Doctorate in Economic Analysis), before coming to the CSIC, she worked abroad for almost ten years. Between 1997 and 2000, in London and Brussels in a competition consultancy (Lexecon Ltd); and between 2000 and 2006 at the OECD in the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry.

She frequently participates in expert groups on intellectual property rights and innovation at national and European level, and collaborates with international organisations such as the OECD and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on assessments of national innovation and intellectual property systems (Spain, Chile, Malaysia, Portugal, Serbia, etc.).  

Between 2015 and 2024 she has been member of the Board of the academic association EPIP (European Policy for Intellectual Property), of which she was president in 2021/22, and since 2018 she belongs to the Comité d'Orientation Scientifique of the OST-Hcéres (Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques) in France.

She has been principal investigator of several research projects at regional, national and international level, and since September 2022 she coordinates the project DOC-TRACK - STEM Doctoral Graduates and Inventive Activities in Four European Countries, competitively funded by the Academic Research Programme of the European Patent Office (EPO-ARP), in collaboration with Bordeaux School of Economics, University of Kassel and University of Utrecht.

Specialization field
Science and innovation policy and economics
Publications

Articles in refereed journals:

  • Martínez, C., Belowska, J. and Z. Zemla-Pacud, 2024, The significance of provisional patent applications in protecting early-stage inventions: a legal and empirical analysis, IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition. 📑

  • Antón-Tejón, M., Barge-Gil, A., Martínez, C., and A. Albahari, 2024, Science and technology parks and their heterogeneous effects on firm innovation, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 73, 101820. 📑

  • Antón-Tejón, M., Martínez, C., Albahari, A. and A. Barge-Gil, 2024, Science and technology parks and their effects on the quality of tenants' patents, Journal of Technology Transfer. 📑

  • Martínez, C. and S. Parlane, 2023, Academic scientists in corporate R&D: a theoretical model, Research Policy, 52, 5, 104744. 📑

  • Torrecillas, C. and C. Martínez, 2022, Patterns of specialisation by country and sector in olive applications, Technology in Society, 70 (102003), 1-17.  📑 

  • Martínez, C. and V. Sterzi, 2021, The impact of the abolishment of the professor’s privilege on European university-owned patents, Industry and Innovation, 28:3, 247-282. 📑     

  • Cruz-Castro, L., C. Martínez, C. Peñasco and L. Sanz-Menéndez, 2020. The classification of public research organizations: taxonomical explorations. Research Evaluation, 29. 📑  

  • Martínez, C. and L. Bares. 2018.The link between technology transfer and international extension of university patents: evidence from Spain. Science and Public Policy, 45, 6: 827-842. 📑  

  • Ciaramella, L., Martínez, C. and Y. Ménière. 2017. Tracking patent transfers in different European countries: methods and a first application to medical technologies. Scientometrics, 112:817–850. 📑  

  • Martínez, C. and P. Zúñiga. 2017. Contracting for technology transfer: patent licensing and know-how in Brazil. Industry and Innovation, 24:6, 659-689. 📑   

  • Dalle, J-M, den Besten M., Martínez C. and S. Maraut. 2017. Microwork platforms as enablers to new ecosystems and business models: the challenge of managing difficult tasks, International Journal of Technology Management, 75. 📑 

  • Martínez, C., Cruz-Castro, L. and L. Sanz-Menéndez. 2016. Innovation capabilities in the private sector: evaluating subsidies for hiring S&T workers in Spain, Research Evaluation, 25(2),196-208. 📑 

  • Maraut, S. and C. Martínez. 2014. Identifying author-inventors from Spain: methods and a first insight into results, Scientometrics, 101(1), 445-476. 📑 

  • Martínez, C., Azagra-Caro, J-M., and S. Maraut. 2013. Academic inventors, scientific impact and the institutionalization of Pasteur’s quadrant in Spain, Industry and Innovation, 20 (5), 438-455. 📑 

  • Martínez, C. and G. Penas. 2013. Patenting and licensing by Spanish firms: available survey evidence. World Patent Information, 35(4), 296-304. 📑  

  • Martínez, C. and R. Rama. 2012. Home or next door? Patenting by European food and beverage multinationals, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 24(7), 647-661. 📑 

  • Guellec, D., Martínez, C. and P. Zuniga. 2012. Pre-emptive patenting: securing market exclusion and freedom of operation, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 21(1), 1-29. 📑 

  • Cruz-Castro, L., Sanz-Menéndez, L. and C. Martínez. 2012. Research centers in transition: patterns of convergence and diversity, The Journal of Technology Transfer, 37(1), 18-42. 📑 

  • Martínez, C. 2011. Patent families: when do different definitions really matter?, Scientometrics, 86, 39-63. 📑  

  • Martínez, C. 2009. Patenting chemical inventions in Spain. Chimica Oggi - Chemistry Today, 27 (5), 36-40. 📑  

  • Encaoua, D., Guellec, D. and C. Martínez. 2006. Patent systems for encouraging innovation: lessons from economic analysis,  Research Policy, 35 (9), 1423-1440. 📑  

Chapters in books: 

  • Martínez, C. 2024, Rutas de solicitud de patentes para invenciones españolas: análisis de cambios recientes, in Curto Polo, M. (coord.) Reflexiones sobre la propiedad industrial en el Siglo XXI, Navarra: Aranzadi. 📑

  • Martínez, C. 2023, Covid-19 and intellectual property issues, in Flattening the Curve. Covid-19 & Grand Challenges for Global Health, Innovation, and Economy, Chapter 2.2, World Scientific Series in Grand Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century: Volume 4, Eds., Chirantan Chatterjee, Anindya S Chakrabarti, Anil B Deolalikar. 📑 

  • Graham, S. and C. Martinez, 2019, The Economics of Software Innovation and ‘Software Patents’, chapter in M.Dhenne and Ch. Geiger (eds), Les inventions mises en oeuvre par ordinateur: enjeux, pratiques et perspectives, Collection du CEIPI No.67, LexisNexis. 📑    

  • Martínez, C. and V. Sterzi, 2019, University patenting and the quest for technology transfer policy models in Europe, chapter in Varga A. and Erdos K. (Eds.), Handbook of Universities and Regional Development, Edward Elgar. 📑 

  • Martínez, C. and D. Guellec. 2004. Overview of recent changes and comparison of patent regimes in the United States, Japan and Europe, in the OECD publication Patents, Innovation and Economic Performance, Chapter 7, pp.127-162, OECD, París.  📑   

  • Sheehan, J., Martínez, C. and D. Guellec. 2004. Understanding business patenting and licensing: results of a survey, in the OECD publication Patents, Innovation and Economic Performance, Chapter 4, pp.89-110, OECD, París.  📑 

Other contributions: 

  • Blind, K., Böhm, M., Martínez, C., Renda, A, Tapia, C., Thumm, N., Könnölä, T., and M. Weber, 2024, Futures of Innovation and IP Regulation in 2040: Scenarios and Policy Implications, Futures4Europe Policy Brief 7/2023 .  📑 

Research projects

STEM Doctoral Graduates and Inventive Activities in Four European Countries

More information
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Datos tomados de la base de datos ConCiencia

Martinez, C.; Zuniga, P. (2017). Contracting for technology transfer: patent licensing and know-how in Brazil. Industry and Innovation, 24, 659-689.
Jean Michel Dalle; Matthijs den Besten; Catalina Martínez; Stéphane Maraut (2017). Microwork platforms as enablers to new ecosystems and business models: the challenge of managing difficult tasks. International Journal of Technology Management, 75, 55-72.
Martínez, C.; Sterzi, V. (2021). The impact of the abolishment of the professor&rsquo s privilege on European university-owned patents. Industry and Innovation, 28, 247-282.
Catalina Martínez; Lydia Bares (2018). The link between technology transfer and international extension of university patents: evidence from Spain. Science and Public Policy, 45, 827-842.
Ciaramella, L.; Martínez, C.; Ménière, Y. (2017). Tracking patent transfers in different European countries: methods and a first application to medical technologies. Scientometrics, 112, 817-850.
Jordi Brandts; Catalina Martínez (2021). Challenge G. Technological change and its effects on employment. En White Paper 1: New Foundations For A Sustainable Global Society (pp. 254-265). Editorial: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).
Stefania Fusco; Francesco Lissoni; Catalina Martínez; Valerio Sterzi (2019). Monetization Strategies of University Patents Through PAEs: an Analysis of US Patent Transfers. En PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SCIENTOMETRICS AND INFORMETRICS. VOLUME i. (pp. 1184-1194). Editorial: Efesto, Edizione.
Stuart J.H. Graham; Catalina Martínez (2019). The Economics of Software Innovation and `Software Patents¿. En Les inventions mises en oeuvre par ordinateur: enjeux, pratiques et perspectives. Collection du CEIPI: (pp. 15-39). Editorial: LexisNexis.
Catalina Martínez; Valerio Sterzi (2019). University patenting and the quest for technology transfer policy models in Europe. En Handbook of Universities and Regional Development (pp. 111-150). Editorial: Edward Elgar Publishing.