The role of (patent) information in the innovation process

The European Patent Office (EPO) has conducted a survey to find out how patent information ranks as a source of information in the innovation process, i.e. whether patent information supports innovation, in Europe.

The survey shows how patent information contributes to each phase of the innovation process.

The main findings of the survey show that 70% of the innovators who took part in the survey use patent information as a source of information while 72% of them rate patent information as important or very important for their innovation work.

At the same time, 75% of respondents use EPO products including Espacenet, followed by DPMA/DEPATISnet 30%, USPTO 21% and WIPO/PATENTSCOPE 17%.

In addition, the findings show that patent information is predominantly used as a source of technical and legal information but lags behind with business information.

Document type
  • Research paper
Language

English

Publication Year

2017

Country
Germany
Author(s)/Editor(s)
European Patent Office
Source
http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/F2E016B9DA1EC24AC125813D0056D720/$File/information_in_the_innovation_process_survey_results_en.pdf
Geographical focus
  • General/no specific focus
Scientifc field / Thematic focus
  • Cross-thematic/Interdisciplinary

Entry created by Giorgio Piccirillo on July 12, 2017
Modified on July 12, 2017