study analyses the OECD patent database for G20 countries to identify dominant sectors and technologies. Energy and …

national incentives for patent protection? What is the rationale for international coordination over patent policies? Given …

Patent data provide a rich set of information which can be used for comparative studies and trend analysis. The paper … analysis. This paper discusses different indicators of technological specialisation, concentration, and patent quality are … analysed, including Revealed Technological Advantage (RTA) index, patent share, C20 concentration index, and Gini concentration …

Concerns have been raised that the upsurge of 3D printing technology would disrupt the patent system. The central … us to rethink patent law. The paper splits up this question by looking at two facets in more depth – patentability and …/consumers). The paper concludes that the wide uptake of 3D printing does not fundamentally challenge the premises of patent law. 3D …

commercialized as well as whether this commercialization was profitable or not. Thus, this patent database measures technological … innovation. The dataset is complemented with indicators of patent quality (patent renewal, forward citations, and patent family …

EPO Worldwide Patent Statistical Database PATSTAT. Based on the final dataset, covering about 1,700 world’s top corporate … R&D investors and their patenting activity, we find that about one-fifth focus their patent-relevant R&D activity in …-based technological advantages to expand their market penetration (HBE strategy). With patent data from the late 2010s, we find a further …