The report offers both a new and comparative methodology for measuring backlogs and pendency, as well as empirical findings on the relationship between application stocks and examination pendency in the UK and the US. Understanding these relationships is critical for better evidence based policy...

In 2011 the Informatics Team produced a report on the graphene patent landscape.Given the high-profile interest of this material and its apparent interest to scientists, technologists and policy-makers alike, an updated report has been produced

It is predicted that by 2014 close to half of all UK households will own a 3DTV.The patent data shows that all the major consumer electronics brands are investing heavily in 3DTV research and development, with patent publications increasing by 350% between 2009 and 2012

Agrifood includes agriculture, horticulture, and food and drink processing technologies.The Relative Specialisation Index (RSI) was used to rank countries according to their degree of specialisation in agrifood. New Zealand, Russia, Hungary, Denmark, and Argentina lead according to the RSI.The...

Report 1: Evaluating the impact of parody on the exploitation of copyright worksThis reports the key findings of the empirical study carried out by Dr. Kris Erickson and research assistants at Bournemouth University. The primary purpose of this research is to assess the potential for economic...

New estimates of UK business intangible investment protected by intellectual property rights, show continuing growth, and recovery in business intellectual property investment to the point where, by 2011, it was already above its pre-recession peak.The historical growth pattern looks to have...

This report updates the 2006 analysis in line with the present requirements of BIS.Techniques used in patent landscaping have also evolved since the first report so the analysis in this project is specifically based around the country of residence of patent applicants.This gives a better...

Top lines:1. On-demand streaming now provides the main source of revenue for recorded music in the UK. Compared with the ‘pre-digital era’, more rights holders and music creators are now competing for the diminished revenue from recorded music2. Half of musicians (47%) earned less than...

This report produced by the Informatics team provides a review of patent data relating to satellite technologies which includes GPS-based technologies and space-based and earth-based (receiver-side) technologies