analyzing the dynamics of transnational patent filings of German inventors in an international comparison over the past 20 years … patent statistics by analyzing patent activities of the German federal states. In a final step, we take a closer look at … patent dynamics in the public research sector. …

In our days, German machine tool makers accuse their Chinese competitors of violating patent rights and illegally … American technology. To understand the dynamics of this catching-up process we use patent statistics to analyze firms … this strategy by stipulating a patent law that discriminated against foreign patent holders and probably also by delaying …