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 …

The extent to which patent-related indicators are relevant for evaluating the excellence of knowledge …-generating institutions is considered.Although patent counts are now used more frequently for this purpose in the United States, this approach … countries and institutions. In order to contextualize the use of patent-based indicators for Europe, a number of contextual …