Few topics in the life sciences today provoke as much debate as the availability of patent protection on "genetic … that despite sometimes controversial licensing practices the patent system has broadly achieved what is intended. The …

Few systematic economic evaluations have been carried out on patent system to better inform policy choices. This report …

vehicle emissions, and development of renewable energy technologies. On the basis of patent data, the nature, extent, and …

Analysts and policy makers have made increasing use of patent indicators to analyse the rate and direction of … technological activity. The Patents Manual, issued in 1994, provides information on how patent data can be used as indicators, and …

This 2009 edition of the OECD Patent Statistics Manual takes stock of the recent developments in the field. It provides … guiding principles for the use of patent data in the context of S&T measurement, and recommendations for the compilation and … interpretation of patent indicators in this context. It aims to show what patent statistics can and cannot be used for, and how to …