This manual provides guiding principles for the use of patent data in the context of S&T measurement, and recommendations for the compilation and interpretation of patent indicators in this context.

专利数据是研究技术变化的重要资源。连同其他科学和技术指标如研发支出、研发 人员或创新调查数据,专利数据提供了详细的有关发明活动及发明过程多个方面(如地 理位置、技术和机构来源、个人和研究网络等)的信息来源。此外,专利数据还构成跨 时间及国家间进行比较的一个一致性的基础。不过,专利数据十分繁杂,必须谨慎小心 地设计和解释专利指标。从1994年经合组织的第1本专利手册《测度科学技术活动:用作 科技指标的专利数据》)出版以来,在数据提供和基于专利数据的统计分析方面都已取 得了长足进步。 OECD ...

Analysts and policy makers have made increasing use of patent indicators to analyse the rate and direction of technological activity. The Patents Manual, issued in 1994, provides information on how patent data can be used as indicators, and also ...

What is innovation and how should it be measured? Understanding the scale of innovation activities, the characteristics of innovative firms and the internal and systemic factors that can influence innovation is a prerequisite for the pursuit and analysis of policies aimed at fostering innovation.

The internationally recognised methodology for collecting and using R&D statistics, the OECD's Frascati Manual is an essential tool for statisticians and science and innovation policy makers worldwide. It includes definitions of basic concepts, data collection guidelines, and classifications ...

These Guidelines are designed both for general users of patent information, as well as for those involved in producing Patent Landscape Reports (PLRs). They provide step-by-step instructions on how to prepare a PLR, as well as background information such as objectives, patent analytics, concepts and frameworks.