invention as measured by patenting. In order to focus on the most valuable patents we use patent applications at the European …% in Germany or Japan, around 15% in US, France, Korea or Italy, about 20% in Sweden, Finland or Switzerland, about 30% in … Patent Office which were also applied for patent production at the USPTO and the Japanese Patent Office ("triadic patent …

from several different angles. Germany is a stronghold in international patenting in terms of the absolute number of … average. This indicates that comparative technological advantage of Germany may be debilitated in the future. In order to … revamp technological advantage of Germany, tracking the situation of fast-growing countries such as Korea and China would …