Measuring global innovation by patents filed and granted (Infographic)
Monday, August 17, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
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World Patent Report
Who is leading the world in innovation right now? Using the latest data from the ‘World Patent Report: A Statistical Review’ (2008), Grant Thornton has charted the new world powers in innovation. The infographic shows which countries have filed the most patents for each dollar of research budget – and which ones have had the most patents granted. The results may surprise you…
Reader Comments (1)
So what’s your point?
Does this mean the US is more open and doesn’t patent everything? Or that the US is inefficient with the money it spends. What exactly is a “rearch budget”?
Added Sun Aug 2010 at 06:08:17