patent applications. In the long run, public R&D budgets in this area have increased significantly both in Germany and … became the focus of attention worldwide. The patent activities show Germany to remain among the leading countries in the area … of environmental technologies. However, as the number of patent applications declines the momentum in environmental …

analyzing the dynamics of transnational patent filings of German inventors in an international comparison over the past 20 years … patent statistics by analyzing patent activities of the German federal states. In a final step, we take a closer look at … patent dynamics in the public research sector. …