| Table 6-23 |
| Share and activity index for biotechnology patents granted by USPTO and EPO, by inventors from selected regions/countries: 1993, 1999, and 2006 |
| |
| |
| |
|
1993 |
|
1999 |
|
2006 |
| Agency and region/country |
|
Share (%) |
|
Activity index |
|
Share (%) |
|
Activity index |
|
Share (%) |
|
Activity index |
| |
| USPTO |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All regions (number) |
|
1,969 |
|
na |
|
6,290 |
|
na |
|
5,194 |
|
na |
| United States |
|
61.9 |
|
1.15 |
|
66.6 |
|
1.22 |
|
62.9 |
|
1.22 |
| Asia |
|
15.9 |
|
0.64 |
|
8.8 |
|
0.35 |
|
13.0 |
|
0.44 |
| EU |
|
16.0 |
|
0.97 |
|
17.7 |
|
1.14 |
|
16.5 |
|
1.17 |
| EPO |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All regions (number) |
|
1,176 |
|
na |
|
934 |
|
na |
|
2,695 |
|
na |
| United States |
|
33.2 |
|
1.47 |
|
42.7 |
|
1.71 |
|
38.7 |
|
1.71 |
| Asia |
|
23.2 |
|
1.00 |
|
13.0 |
|
0.62 |
|
15.0 |
|
0.71 |
| EU |
|
38.8 |
|
1.11 |
|
35.7 |
|
0.74 |
|
37.9 |
|
0.76 |
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na = not applicable
EPO = European Patent Office; EU = European Union; USPTO = U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
NOTES: Biotechnology 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. Biotechnology activity index is region/country's share of biotechnology 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; and Compendium of Patent Statistics 2006, www.OECD.org/sti/ipr-statistics. See appendix tables 6-48 and 6-49. Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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