| New patentsa after round | New trademarksa after round | ||||
| Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | ||
| Round 1 | 6.3 | 20.9 | 2.8 | 4.9 | |
| Round 2 | 5.8 | 19.3 | 3.7 | 6.9 | |
| Round 3 | 5.4 | 18.6 | 3.3 | 5.6 | |
| p-value | t-value | ||||
| Hypothesis 1 | New patents after round | 0.000 | 5.810*** | ||
| Hypothesis 2 | New trademarks after round | 0.000 | 10.998*** | ||
| Hypothesis 3 | New patents vs. new patents | 0.999 | −3.117 | ||
| Hypothesis 4 | New patents after round | ||||
| Round 1 vs. round 2 | 0.381 | 0.303 | |||
| Round 2 vs. round 3 | 0.380 | 0.307 | |||
| Hypothesis 5 | New trademarks after round | ||||
| Round 1 vs. round 2 | 0.0179 | −2.102* | |||
| Round 2 vs. round 3 | 0.7906 | 0.809 | |||