Title: A study on the relationship between inventors' challenging work experiences, personality, creativity and high-quality patents

Authors: Gao Yuan; Rahimi Abidin; Faisal Zulhumadi

Addresses: School of Technology Management and Logistics, UUM College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia ' School of Technology Management and Logistics, UUM College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia ' School of Technology Management and Logistics, UUM College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia

Abstract: Securing high quality patents has become a challenge for modern businesses. The emerging businesses require high quality patent for their products which is improved with creativity. The purpose of the current study was to measure the relationship between inventors' challenging work experience, personality, creativity, and high-quality patents. This research has been conducted on the firms in Jiangsu, China. The population of this study was R&D personnel who hold formal positions in the companies working in Jiangsu. The study used a Likert scale questionnaire to collect data, and purposive sampling was used. Partial least square-structural equation model (PLS-SEM) was used in this study to measure the results using Smart PLS 3. The study contributes to gaps in literature by explaining the relationships between inventors' challenging work experience, personality, creativity, and high-quality patents. The study recommends the importance of inventors' challenging work experience, personality and creativity for high quality patents.

Keywords: high-quality patents; inventor working; work experience; inventor creativity; patent management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIPM.2025.147793

International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, 2025 Vol.15 No.4, pp.370 - 389

Received: 02 May 2024
Accepted: 05 Oct 2024
Published online: 01 Aug 2025 *

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