Title:Exploring the Patent Explosion
Author(s):HALL, Bronwyn H.Date:2004Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:NBER Working PaperAbstract:This paper looks more closely at the sources of patent growth in the United States since 1984. It confirms that the increase is largely due to US patenters, with an earlier surge in Asia, and some increase in Europe. Growth ...