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OECD - Share of countries in biotechnology patents

Bioeconomy

Data on the share of countries in biotechnology patents in the period 2010-2013

Data refer to patent families filed within the Five IP Offices (IP5), with members filed at the EPO or at the USPTO, by the first filing date, the inventor's residence using fractional counts.

Biotechnology firms use biotechnology to produce goods or services and/or to perform biotechnology R&D. These firms are captured by biotechnology firm surveys.

Dedicated biotechnology firms devote at least 75% of their production of goods and services, or R&D, to biotechnology.

This dataset is part of the OECD Key Biotech Indicators.