knowledge · macro
Knowledge across borders: patents, research effort and payments for intellectual property
Patent applications split by resident and non-resident filer, research spending and researcher headcount, and the two balance of payments lines that record what countries actually pay each other for the use of intellectual property.
Charges for the use of intellectual...
Charges for the use of intellectual...
Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)
Scientific and technical journal articles
Patent applications, nonresidents
Patent applications, residents
Researchers in R&D (per million people)
Patent applications, nonresidents
Definitions and method
The intellectual property receipt and payment lines are the closest thing in open macro data to a measured knowledge flow: unlike patent counts, they are denominated in money and have a direction. They also capture intra-firm licensing, so a large receipt can reflect where a company books its intangibles rather than where the research happened.
| Indicator | Code | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) | BM.GSR.ROYL.CD | — |
| Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) | BX.GSR.ROYL.CD | — |
| Research and development expenditure (% of GDP) | GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS | — |
| Scientific and technical journal articles | IP.JRN.ARTC.SC | — |
| Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES | — |
| Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD | — |
| Researchers in R&D (per million people) | SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6 | — |