Frietsch, Rainer; Neuhäusler, Peter; Rothengatter, Oliver - 2013
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 …
