000047470 000__ 01770cam\a22003375i\4500 000047470 001__ 47470 000047470 005__ 20240708150340.0 000047470 006__ m\\\\eo\\d\\\\\\\\ 000047470 008__ 221202s2022\\\\sz\\\\\\\\\\\\000\0\eng\d 000047470 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.wpi.2022.102154 000047470 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1284952498 000047470 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO$$dCaBNVSL 000047470 041__ $$aeng 000047470 24500 $$aA novel quality index for Latin-American inventions. 000047470 264_1 $$aOxford [England] :$$bElsevier Ltd.,$$c2022 000047470 300__ $$a1 volume. 000047470 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000047470 4901_ $$aWorld Patent Information,$$v71, December, 2022. 000047470 520__ $$aIn developing countries, the quality of patents has not been deeply analysed, despite its relevance for scaling up incentives in innovation and technology transfer. This paper fills this gap using a novel quality index for Latin-American patents (QILAP). Our quality index draws on a large sample computed for 28,998 patent families, estimating over 21.000 individual indicators. The QILAP was calculated using seven patent quality variables, including forward citations, number of inventors, and internationalisation. Besides, eight individual indexes for different scientific fields were generated; the combination of those indexes creates our novel QILAP measure. Results contribute to determining which Latin-American countries occupy a privileged position related to technology development and deliver valuable information for policy decisions. 000047470 542__ $$fhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S017221902200059X 000047470 588__ $$aCrossref 000047470 590__ $$aPublished online: 10-Nov-22 000047470 650_0 $$aPatents. 000047470 650_0 $$aScience and Technology. 000047470 7001_ $$aMéndez-Morales, Alberto,$$eauthor. 000047470 7001_ $$aCuellar, Sergio,$$eauthor. 000047470 7001_ $$aHerrera, Milton M.,$$eauthor. 000047470 7001_ $$aMejía, Jorge,$$eauthor. 000047470 7730_ $$tWorld Patent Information$$wWPI 000047470 830_0 $$aWorld Patent Information,$$v71, December, 2022. 000047470 85641 $$uhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.wpi.2022.102154$$yonline version 000047470 904__ $$aJournal article 000047470 980__ $$aWPI