Patent Activity in Biotechnology

Abstract

The significance of biotechnologies for solving global problems and making social and economic progress is recognized in many countries, including Russia. Managing this field requires up-to-date and reliable information about technological trends and the emergence and diffusion of innovations. This paper examines the possibility of applying a patent-based methodological approach to the study of biotechnologies in Russia, and assesses its explanatory potential.

The role of environmental innovation through the technological proximity in the implementation of the sustainable development

“…We identify environmental innovations using appropriate indicators on patent data, according to their technological class, as in Marin and Lotti (). In Table , we report those patents with IPC (International Patent Classification) codes belonging to the groups selected by the OECD or the World Intellectual Property Organization (some case studies of the analysis patent activity in some technological domains [with application of specially selected IPC codes and classes] can be found in, for example, Streltsova, [biotechnology]; Rodriguez & Paredes, [hybrid vehicles industry]; Streletskiy, Zabavnikov, Aslanov, & Kotlov, [nanotechnology]; and Madvar et al, [petroleum industry]).…”

Technological Landscape and Collaborations in Hybrid Vehicles Industry

“…Patent analysis is a critical element of CTI in research extensive fields, such as hybrid vehicles. The number of patent applications and patents granted are valuable statistics for understanding inventive activity of a given technology market [Streltsova, 2014]. Insights from patents reveal the leading companies, their research areas, the claims of intellectual protection, and emerging areas.…”