Patent data analysis to support policy making Assessing S&T cooperation partners: the case of India & China

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1 1 Patent data analysis to support policy making Assessing S&T cooperation partners: the case of India & China Giuditta de Prato & Daniel Nepelski For the 3 rd IPTS Workshop The Output of R&D Activities: Harnessing the Power of Patents Data June 13-14, 2011 Institute for Prospective Technological Studies - IPTS Joint Research Centre - European Commission / is.jrc.es Disclaimer The views expressed are those of the presenter and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of this presentation.

2 The JRC Research Institutes 2 Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Mission: - to provide customer-driven support to the EU policymaking process - by developing science based responses to policy challenges - having both socio-economic and scientific /technological dimension

3 Overview 3 Motivation and question Assessment framework Methodology and data Case study of China and India Discussion and conclusions

4 Motivation & question 4 S&T international cooperation as a political priority Synergy effects The scope of modern research Balancing skill shortages Internationalization of R&D underway But how to select a S&T cooperation partner? What are the benefits of S&T cooperation? And how to assess them?

5 Assessment framework 5 3 steps to assess the potential benefits of S&T cooperation with a country: 1. Inventive performance: What is the inventive mass and dynamics of a country s inventive performance? 2. Openness vs. closeness to international collaboration: What is the role of foreign partners in owning a country s inventive output? 3. Global vs. local reach: What is the economic / market potential of a country's inventions?

6 Methodology 6 Assessment of potential cooperation benefits based on patent data: by analyzing its patenting performance and behavior 1. Inventive performance Fractional counting of inventors from country i. 2. Openness vs. closeness to international collaboration Foreign ownership of inventions of country i, i.e.: Invapp = Invapp / ij i ij Inv i 3. Global vs. local reach The composition of the patent applications destination by patent office

7 Data 7 EPO PATSTAT database (April 2010) Measures used: Inventor and applicant fractional count Number of patents by authority Priority patent applications extracted & elaborated Covering 59 Patent Offices

8 Case study of China and India 8 1. Inventive performance: What is the inventive mass and dynamics of a country s inventive performance?

9 Total patenting activity 9 Total patents by inventors from EU, US, China, India , , , , , , , , EU27 US CN IN

10 Inventive performance: INDIA 10 Patents by Indian inventors N ~ (2007) CAGR: 7% p.a. between 1990 & 2007 Total patent applications by India-resident inventors

11 Inventive performance: CHINA 11 Patents by Chinese inventors N ~ (2007) CAGR: 21% p.a. between 1990 & 2007 Total patent applications by China-resident inventors

12 Case study of China and India Openness vs. closeness to international collaboration: What is the role of foreign partners in a country s inventive output?

13 Ownership of INDIA inventions 13 Ownership of Indian inventions, 2007 US 20% KR 3% NL 1% DE 1% Others 4% INDIA 71% US KR NL DE Others INDIA

14 Ownership of CHINA inventors 14 Foreign Ownership of Chinese inventions, 2007 US TW KR Others Others 31% US 35% Ownership of Chinese inventions, 2007 US TW KR Others CHINA KR 13% CHINA US USTWTWKRKROthers OthersCHINA TW 21% US TW KR Others CHINA

15 Case study of China and India Global vs. local reach: What is the economic / market potential of a country's inventions?

16 Reach of INDIA inventors 16 Reach of Indian inventions, 2007 Others 12% IB 9% EP 10% US 50% IN 19% US IN EP IB Others

17 Reach of CHINA inventors 17 Reach of Chinese inventions, % 99% CN US KR EP Others

18 Case study of China and India 18 Openness to international collaboration Closed Open Global India Reach Local China

19 Discussion 19 Possibility of profiling potential S&T partners by Assessing inventive performance Openness to collaboration Market reach and potential of the joint inventive output Help in designing S&T policy by Making ex ante evaluation of S&T collaboration benefits Improved targeting of S&T needs and selection of suitable partners

20 Conclusions 20 Our approach Ignores: The value of patents A country s IPR environment A country s policy to the output of international collaboration Provides a reflection on and a synthetic view of a methodology for S&T collaboration partner selection The assessment of S&T collaboration benefits

21 21 Thanks