Comments on: More on the patent issue — China, India and Japan http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2006/02/20/more-on-the-patent-issue/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:49:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Juhani http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2006/02/20/more-on-the-patent-issue/#comment-252988 Juhani Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:28:04 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2006/02/20/more-on-the-patent-issue/#comment-252988 Finland and Switzerland seem to top per-capita and per-gdp adjusted patent numbers: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/60/24/8208325.pdf#search=%22patents%20per%20gdp%202005%20%22 Finland and Switzerland seem to top per-capita and per-gdp adjusted patent numbers:
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/60/24/8208325.pdf#search=%22patents%20per%20gdp%202005%20%22

]]> By: Juhani http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2006/02/20/more-on-the-patent-issue/#comment-252985 Juhani Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:18:52 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2006/02/20/more-on-the-patent-issue/#comment-252985 The statistics seem to be NOT adjusted by per capita. They are absolute numbers and that's the reason china tops the list. If you adjust results by the capita the list would look something like: 1. Usa, 2. Japan, 3. Germany 4. Finland The statistics seem to be NOT adjusted by per capita. They are absolute numbers and that’s the reason china tops the list. If you adjust results by the capita the list would look something like:

1. Usa, 2. Japan, 3. Germany 4. Finland

]]> By: EricTheRed21 http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2006/02/20/more-on-the-patent-issue/#comment-140338 EricTheRed21 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:20:55 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2006/02/20/more-on-the-patent-issue/#comment-140338 Roger, While I think your points make sense, I do not believe that the relative ordering of countries by innovation is significantly wrong. The tax burdens are higher in Canada, UK and Finland as seen in the graph attached to this article: http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/1167/Taxes_ease.html That means less capital investment, and would imply less patentable innovations. The exact magnitude of the difference in innovation may be exaggerated by differences in the relative ease of patent approval amongst the compared countries. However, it is next to impossible to imagine that economies with heavy tax burdens would be able to maintain a comparable level of innovation with those with lighter tax burdens, simply because capital investment in the former, which funds much R & D, will be substantially lower. Roger,

While I think your points make sense, I do not believe that the relative ordering of countries by innovation is significantly wrong. The tax burdens are higher in Canada, UK and Finland as seen in the graph attached to this article:
http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/1167/Taxes_ease.html

That means less capital investment, and would imply less patentable innovations. The exact magnitude of the difference in innovation may be exaggerated by differences in the relative ease of patent approval amongst the compared countries. However, it is next to impossible to imagine that economies with heavy tax burdens would be able to maintain a comparable level of innovation with those with lighter tax burdens, simply because capital investment in the former, which funds much R & D, will be substantially lower.

]]> By: Roger Cooper http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2006/02/20/more-on-the-patent-issue/#comment-140299 Roger Cooper Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:57:55 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2006/02/20/more-on-the-patent-issue/#comment-140299 The methodology is clearly flawed. Are Canada & the UK only 1/20th as innovative as the US? Is Finland only 1/50th? Remember the Finns were the guys who basically invented the cellphone. Patent practices vary too widely for this kind of survey to mean anything. Asian countries tend to have a very narrow patents, so more are filed. Many multinational firms file their patents in the US, because of its large market. The methodology is clearly flawed. Are Canada & the UK only 1/20th as innovative as the US? Is Finland only 1/50th? Remember the Finns were the guys who basically invented the cellphone.

Patent practices vary too widely for this kind of survey to mean anything. Asian countries tend to have a very narrow patents, so more are filed. Many multinational firms file their patents in the US, because of its large market.

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