A non member answer:
EPO has published a very god survey on "Utilisation of patent protection in
Europe" Eposcript vol. 3 - 1994
in english, french and german.
Many numbers to cite!
Another source is the annual reports from EPO / WIPO and from the natioanl
patent office in each country, very often published on the net!
Hans Geelback Andersen
infoco System A/S Danmark
Bill Murray wrote:
> non-member submission from "Richard Poynder" <rich_p@dial.pipex.com>
>
> Hi,
>
> Over the years we have all got used to using a number of factoids about the
> patent system, and patent information. Tracing back the origins of many of
> these "well known facts" often proves more troublesome however.
> Nevertheless, it would really help me in the articles I write not only to be
> able to use specific facts like these, but to be able to provide the source
> too, and I wondered if members of PIUG might be able to help.
>
> Two immediate such factoids that come to mind are the following:
>
> -- 70-90% of the information contained within patents is never published
> anywhere else
>
> -- Last year the European Patent Office had a factoid on its web site saying
> that around $20,000 million a year is wasted in Europe as a result of
> duplicated research, and that
> "only 59,000 companies in Europe have made use of the patent system in
> the last five years, leaving another 111,000 companies that should have used
> the patent system."
>
> The latter has I believe now been taken down as no one could establish where
> the figures came from!
>
> Does anyone know the origins of the facts above, or have any other such
> facts they can offer up that would help to make important points about
> patenting and patent information -- along with a source?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Richard Poynder
> Freelance Journalist
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>
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