United Kingdom

About Statistics Publications & Documents Information by Topic

Back to topic list for United Kingdom
More OECD work on this topic

Conference on "patents: realising and securing value": Summary report

pdf,120Kb,English | View long abstract

18-Jan-2007

This November 2006 conference engaged patent and licensing professionals, patent officials and policy makers in discussions about the licensing and valuation of patents. It showed the emergence of technology markets and the increasing use of patents for raising capital.

Creation and Governance of Human Genetic Research Databases

English | View long abstract

31-Oct-2006

Summarises proceedings of a conference looking at examples of human genetic research databases, how they are established, how they are managed and governed, how they might be commercialised, and what the policy considerations might be.

OECD Finds that Biotechnology Contributes to Industrial Sustainability

English | View long abstract

19-Nov-2001

Biotechnology has long held out the promise of providing alternative methods of industrial production that are both environmentally friendly and economically efficient, thus breaking the seemingly inevitable ...