Empirical evidence shows that the distribution of patent applications is highly skewed in terms of company size, with a … few large enterprises being responsible for the majority of patent applications. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs … patent filings by country and technology area. The analyses are based on a unique, integrated and enriched patent data set of …

-intensive sectors such as machinery and automobile, its technological presence in terms of international patent filings are very weak in … Electronics, ICT, and biopharmaceuticals. Moreover, patent filings from small and medium-sized enterprises in these sectors are …