OECD Key Biotech Indicators

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30-Jul-2009

The biotechnology indicators below are produced by the OECD’s Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI).

OECD Biotechnology Statistics 2009

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25-May-2009

The 2009 edition brings together the latest available economic and activity data on biotechnology and innovation for 22 OECD members and four non-member countries. It builds on the extensive work of the OECD and national experts to improve the comparability of biotechnology statistics.

The Bioeconomy to 2030: designing a policy agenda

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15-Apr-2009

David Sawaya

The Bioeconomy to 2030: Designing a Policy Agenda begins with an evidence-based technology approach, focusing on biotechnology applications in primary production, health, and industry. It describes the ...

OECD Patent Statistics Manual

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12-Feb-2009

This manual provides guiding principles for the use of patent data in S&T measurement, and recommendations for the compilation and interpretation of patent indicators in this context.

Compendium of Patent Statistics 2008

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08-Sep-2008

This document provides a snapshot of the latest available internationally comparable data on patents. The indicators presented are specifically designed to reflect recent trends in inventive activities across a wide range of OECD member and non-member countries.

The OECD REGPAT Database: A Presentation (STI Working Paper 2008/2)

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06-Jun-2008

by Stéphane Maraut, Hélène Dernis, Colin Webb, Vincenzo Spiezia and Dominique Guellec

This database presents patent data linked to regions according to the addresses of the applicants and inventors. The data have been regionalised at a very detailed level so that more than 2000 regions are covered across OECD countries.

Nowcasting Patent Indicators (STI Working Paper 2007/3)

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12-Oct-2007

by Hélène Dernis

This study aims at designing simple but robust methods that would enable to "nowcast", i.e. forecast the present (or the recent past), in order to improve the timeliness of patent indicators.

OECD Biotechnology Statistics 2006

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22-May-2006

The 2006 edition OECD Biotechnology Statistics includes data for 23 OECD countries and two observer countries, plus China (Shanghai), and takes a major step forward in improving the comparability of biotechnology indicators among countries.

Biotechnology Statistics in OECD Member Countries: On-line Inventory

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05-Apr-2006

This inventory aims to provide an accurate assessment of the current state of  biotechnology statistics in OECD member and observer countries.

Analysing European and International Patent Citations: A Set of EPO Patent Database Building Blocks (STI Working Paper 2005/9)

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18-Oct-2005

by Colin Webb and Hélène Dernis (OECD); Dietmar Harhoff and Karin Hoisl (LMU, University of Munich)

This paper presents a preliminary set of European and international citation data tables designed to enable researchers to become familiar with the subject and undertake a range of analyses.