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Solar-powered bras, slump-time inventions and a 2010 events calendar – innovation roundup

Thursday, January 14, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business, Environment, Healthcare, Technology | Tags: innovation, links, recession, patent, patents, NHS, teamwork, solar power

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Ingenious solar-powered designs, successful products from recessions past, radical innovation in the NHS, innovation events around the UK, and more – the Grant Thornton Innovation team aims to bring you the most popular business stories and useful links each month. Here’s what we’ve been reading…

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Measuring global innovation by patents filed and granted (Infographic)

Monday, August 17, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business, Technology | Tags: innovation, infographic, global, statistics, chart, World Patent Report, patents

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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…

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