(family size 1 or greater) or in two or more jurisdictions (family size 2 or greater). A patent family is defined as the set … of all patent applications protecting the same ‘priority' (as defined by the Paris Convention) For "Diffusion of … environment-related technologies" indicators, only "restricted coverage" (i.e. at least 90% of patent office coverage) is used. …

(family size 1 or greater) or in two or more jurisdictions (family size 2 or greater). A patent family is defined as the set … of all patent applications protecting the same ‘priority' (as defined by the Paris Convention) For "Diffusion of … environment-related technologies" indicators, only "restricted coverage" (i.e. at least 90% of patent office coverage) is used. …

(family size 1 or greater) or in two or more jurisdictions (family size 2 or greater). A patent family is defined as the set … of all patent applications protecting the same ‘priority' (as defined by the Paris Convention) For "Diffusion of … environment-related technologies" indicators, only "restricted coverage" (i.e. at least 90% of patent office coverage) is used. …

(family size 1 or greater) or in two or more jurisdictions (family size 2 or greater). A patent family is defined as the set … of all patent applications protecting the same ‘priority' (as defined by the Paris Convention) For "Diffusion of … environment-related technologies" indicators, only "restricted coverage" (i.e. at least 90% of patent office coverage) is used. …

(family size 1 or greater) or in two or more jurisdictions (family size 2 or greater). A patent family is defined as the set … of all patent applications protecting the same ‘priority' (as defined by the Paris Convention) For "Diffusion of … environment-related technologies" indicators, only "restricted coverage" (i.e. at least 90% of patent office coverage) is used. …

(family size 1 or greater) or in two or more jurisdictions (family size 2 or greater). A patent family is defined as the set … of all patent applications protecting the same ‘priority' (as defined by the Paris Convention) For "Diffusion of … environment-related technologies" indicators, only "restricted coverage" (i.e. at least 90% of patent office coverage) is used. …

(family size 1 or greater) or in two or more jurisdictions (family size 2 or greater). A patent family is defined as the set … of all patent applications protecting the same ‘priority' (as defined by the Paris Convention) For "Diffusion of … environment-related technologies" indicators, only "restricted coverage" (i.e. at least 90% of patent office coverage) is used. …

Analysts and policy makers have made increasing use of patent indicators to analyse the rate and direction of … technological activity. The Patents Manual, issued in 1994, provides information on how patent data can be used as indicators, and … also shows how these can be linked to other statistics on science, technology and economic activity (R&D, scientific …