In this paper the relationship between the pursuit of foreign patent rights by inventors or their assignees and economic development in the countries in which the respective inventors reside is examined. Outward-bound international patenting is contrasted with domestic patenting and with...

The patent law regimes of the United States and Europe are ambiguous regarding whether or not the subject matter of patents ought to be restricted to that of technology. This ambiguity is exacerbated by the difficulties faced by lawmakers in defining technology; and it confounds contemporary...

In this work we elucidate international trends in the field of quantum technology (QT) by analyzing a global patent database built from an operational definition of QT that was generated through the curated application of artificial intelligence (AI). In doing so we demonstrate how the...