Small and Possibly Irrelevant Factoid: Chinese Patents
April 16, 2020
The truth and trust outfit Thomson Reuters published “In a First, China Knocks US from Top Spot in Global Patent Race.” The write up reports:
The World Intellectual Property Organization, which oversees a system for countries to share recognition of patents, said 58,990 applications were filed from China last year, beating out the United States which filed 57,840.
So what? This is allegedly a 200 X increase. Also interesting is the assertion that more than half of the patents in the sample originated in Asia.
Important? Probably not. Patents are not “real” innovation. Patents are words and weird diagrams.
Stephen E Arnold, April 16, 2020
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