This chapter summarizes the basic characteristics of patent data as an innovation indicator and reviews some of the … recent research using patent data, focusing on major developments since Griliches in 1990 [Griliches, Z. (1990). “Patent … availability of patent data on an increasingly global scale and the accompanying global spread of research using patent data. The …

Patent data provide an increasingly used means to analyse innovation performance worldwide including in countries with … patent data for measuring and analysing innovation in narrow technological fields, such as many environment …-related technologies. To improve cross-country comparability of patent statistics, the paper advocates the use of indicators based on …

such applications, a key role is played by complementarities in the process of innovation. …

set of opportunities for innovation in agricultural biotechnologies. Moreover, the institutional, regulatory and …

national incentives for patent protection? What is the rationale for international coordination over patent policies? Given …