000048858 000__ 02469cam\a22003735i\4500 000048858 001__ 48858 000048858 003__ SzGeWIPO 000048858 005__ 20240322214741.0 000048858 006__ m eo d 000048858 007__ cr bn |||m|||a 000048858 008__ 240321s2016\\\\enk\\\\\ob\\\\000\0\eng\d 000048858 022__ $$a1043-8599 000048858 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1427545246 000048858 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO$$dCaBNVSL 000048858 041__ $$aeng 000048858 24500 $$aExploring the worldwide patent surge. 000048858 264_1 $$aLondon, United Kingdom :$$bTaylor & Francis Group,$$c2016. 000048858 300__ $$a1 online resource (pp. 114-142). 000048858 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000048858 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000048858 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000048858 4901_ $$aEconomics of Innovation and New Technology ;$$vVolume 25, Issue 2, 2016 000048858 520__ $$aWorldwide patent filings are at historically unprecedented levels. In 2011, the total number of patent applications for the first time exceeded two million – double the approximately 1.05 million patents filed in 1995. Understanding what is behind this growth is important, as it may indicate faster technological progress, new innovation models and strategic shifts in how companies use the patent system. Policy-makers need to understand what drives the growth in patenting worldwide, not least to evaluate how the patent system can cope with the increasing flow of applications. A number of studies have looked at the growth in patent filings in individual countries, but have not focused on the world as a whole. This paper seeks to fill this gap by providing an analysis of global patenting trends using the most comprehensive data currently available. Among other things, it finds that subsequent patent filings – additional filings of the same invention, mostly in additional countries – contributed considerably to the growth in filings worldwide, pointing to globalization as one important driver of filing growth. However, no single factor can fully explain the marked increase in the use of the patent system. 000048858 590__ $$aPublished online: 26-Jun-2015 000048858 650_0 $$aIntellectual property. 000048858 650_0 $$aPatents. 000048858 7001_ $$aFink, Carsten,$$eauthor. 000048858 7001_ $$aKahn, Mosahid,$$eauthor. 000048858 7001_ $$aZhou, Hao,$$eauthor. 000048858 7870_ $$thttps://tind.wipo.int/record/28875 000048858 830_0 $$aEconomics of Innovation and New Technology ;$$vVolume 25, Issue 2, 2016. 000048858 85640 $$uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10438599.2015.1055088$$yonline version 000048858 904__ $$aArticle 000048858 980__ $$aOS