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Compendium of Patent Statistics 2008
This document provides a snapshot of the latest available internationally comparable data on patents. The patent indicators presented in this compendium are specifically designed to reflect recent trends in inventive activities across a wide range of OECD member and non-member countries. A series of new indicators report patenting activities in key technology fields such as nanotechnologies, environmental technologies and patenting by industries, as well as patenting activity by region. |
Conference Proceedings Proceedings of the OECD conference that brought together leading economists, legal experts, patent officials, policy makers and business executives to exchange views on how patent regimes can contribute more efficiently to innovation and economic performance. Patents, Innovation and Economic PerformanceEditor's Choice Presenting the results of the first international survey on the patenting and licensing activities of public research organisations in OECD countries Turning Science into Business: Patenting and Licensing at Public Research Organisations |