| Table 6-21 |
| Share and activity index of ICT patents granted by USPTO and EPO, by inventors from selected regions/countries: 1993, 1999, and 2006 |
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| |
| |
|
1993 |
|
1999 |
|
2006 |
| Agency and region/country |
|
Share (%) |
|
Activity index |
|
Share (%) |
|
Activity index |
|
Share (%) |
|
Activity index |
| |
| USPTO |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All regions (number) |
|
25,830 |
|
na |
|
51,258 |
|
na |
|
77,982 |
|
na |
| United States |
|
48.0 |
|
0.89 |
|
51.5 |
|
0.95 |
|
50.4 |
|
0.98 |
| Asia |
|
37.9 |
|
1.52 |
|
35.4 |
|
1.39 |
|
34.6 |
|
1.17 |
| EU |
|
11.4 |
|
0.68 |
|
10.0 |
|
0.64 |
|
10.8 |
|
0.76 |
| EPO |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All regions (number) |
|
8,643 |
|
na |
|
9,803 |
|
na |
|
17,256 |
|
na |
| United States |
|
27.1 |
|
1.20 |
|
28.4 |
|
1.14 |
|
25.5 |
|
1.13 |
| Asia |
|
31.1 |
|
1.49 |
|
33.5 |
|
1.60 |
|
29.2 |
|
1.38 |
| EU |
|
38.5 |
|
0.76 |
|
34.2 |
|
0.71 |
|
40.1 |
|
0.80 |
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na = not applicable;
EPO = European Patent Office;
EU = European Union;
ICT = information and communications technologies; USPTO = U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
NOTE: ICT includes telecommunications, consumer electronics, computers and office machinery, and other ICT as defined by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Patent counts on fractional-count basis. For patent grants with multiple inventors from different countries, each country receives fractional credit based on proportion of its participating inventors. ICT activity index is region/country's share of ICT patents adjusted for its share of all patents. Asia includes China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. China includes Hong Kong.
SOURCES: OECD, Patent database, http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/default.aspx?DatasetCode=PATS_IPC, accessed 15 February 2007. See appendix tables 6-45 to 6-47. Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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