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Number of patents registered in the EU 2019: 180.000 Number of patents registered in US 2019: 669.000

• frereubu 6y ago
  Third sentence in the article: "The Bloomberg index analyzes dozens of criteria using seven equally weighted metrics, including research and development spending, manufacturing capability and concentration of high-tech public companies."
• guiriduro 6y ago
  innovation != patents
• rpadovani 6y ago
  This is like counting the number of commits to check the health status of a project
• blueblisters 6y ago
  IBM used to (still does?) measure innovation and research success in total number of patents it holds. It's one of those misaligned incentives that are good for marketing and self-congratulating but rarely translate into actual leadership in business or technology.
• M2Ys4U 6y ago
  Innovation is still innovation even if nobody holds a monopoly on it.
• lamp987 6y ago
  this better be b8