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Conference on Patent Statistics for Decision Makers “Patenting, Innovation, Valuation”
3/4 September 2008, Vienna, Austria
Organised by the European Patent Office
and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
In co-operation with DIME Network of Excellence, Eurostat, JPO, NSF, USPTO and WIPO
The goal of this conference is to reflect recent advances in the analysis of innovation with patent statistics. It aims at gathering original analytical investigations that build on recent data and address relevant questions for companies and policy makers including valuation of patents, patenting strategies, the links between technology and markets, patenting activity by universities and entrepreneurship. In particular, the conference will emphasize how data can be used to examine innovation and the use of patents by companies and what lessons can be learned from the link of patent data to other indicators of innovation and economic data (R&D data, bibliometrics, licensing, business surveys, corporate accounting, etc.)
Target groups:
experts, statisticians and analysts working in the fields of innovation, patents, and science and technology policies, including:
- Academics and researchers using patent data for economic and policy analysis
- Policy analysts dealing with innovation and patent policies
- National, regional and international patent institutions
- Business professionals specialising in patent statistics and valuation
- Business and intellectual property analysts