The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of different statistical analyses from patent and literature databases that in combination are helpful for a variety of mostly strategic decision settings in firms. For the case of optoelectronics we assess the patenting and publishing activity of...

Exemplifying the case of PATON, a large patent information centre in Germany, this paper describes a wide range of services PATLIB centres can offer today. The expansion of its scope of products and services beyond classical patent information in order to become a regional patent centre is also...

Many countries, in particular the USA, have shown a sustained interest in the work of Russian scientists and engineers in areas such as astronautics and computing. One of the main reasons for this is the considerable number of Russian inventions. To facilitate the wider use of patent information...