Economic Growth and Scientific activities. Interrelations
| Main Author: | Biglu, Mohammad Hossein |
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| Format: | Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Ciencias de la Información
, 2010
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/15397/1/Economic%20Growth.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/15397/ |
Daftar Isi:
- This study aims to investigate the relation between GDP of countries and patent applications issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the World Intellectual property Organisation (WIPO), and European Patent Office (EPO) through 2002-2005. The main trend of U.S. patenting applications and granted patents is presented over 40 years (1965-2005). The changes over time in the rate of patenting and the number of granted patents are exhibited. The Analyses of data showed that The USA is the leading country filing and granting patents followed by Japan and Germany respectively. The relationship between patent applications and gross domestic product (GDP) of the countries, with applications greater than 500 patents annually, is a linear relationship with a strong correlation coefficient ( R > 0.96), in contrast to the relation of patent applications to the population size R = 0.42 (power law).