Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Economics and patents" in English language version.
The basic idea and core purpose of the patent system is to stimulate technological innovation by offering the opportunity to obtain exclusionary rights limited in time in return for public disclosure of inventions.
"20241231".pd. and then for "20251230".pd. (the last Tuesdays of each year). Click the "Search" button, sort resulting lists by patent number, and scroll to find highest utility patent numbers for these two dates. Subtract last year's value from this year's value to determine number of patents issued during the intervening year."20241231".pd. and then for "20251230".pd. (the last Tuesdays of each year). Click the "Search" button, sort resulting lists by patent number, and scroll to find highest utility patent numbers for these two dates. Subtract last year's value from this year's value to determine number of patents issued during the intervening year.The basic idea and core purpose of the patent system is to stimulate technological innovation by offering the opportunity to obtain exclusionary rights limited in time in return for public disclosure of inventions.
"20241231".pd. and then for "20251230".pd. (the last Tuesdays of each year). Click the "Search" button, sort resulting lists by patent number, and scroll to find highest utility patent numbers for these two dates. Subtract last year's value from this year's value to determine number of patents issued during the intervening year.