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Database Specific Abstract AbstractThe OECD FISH Unit, in collaboration with the Environment Directorate and the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, has developed patent-based innovation indicators that are suitable for tracking developments in fisheries-related technologies.
The search strategy for fisheries and aquaculture related technologies adopts a mixed solution with a definition of the technical field of interest in fisheries and aquaculture innovation complemented by keywords, e.g. by looking for keywords in the International Patent Classification (IPC) codes and checking manually the relevance of the results in the text of patents (in the title, the abstract, etc).
The indicators allow the assessment of countries' and firms' innovative performance as well as the design of governments' fisheries, aquaculture and innovation policies.
For more information on patent data and other work on patent statistics at the OECD, see:
Source Source Contact person/organisation Contact person/organisationOECD statistics contact: TAD.contact@oecd.org
Data source(s) used Data source(s) usedThe patent statistics presented here are constructed using data extracted from the Worldwide Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT) of the European Patent Office (EPO) using algorithms developed by the OECD. Statistics have been compiled according to the methodology presented on the OECD Patent Statistics Manual.
Data here have been extracted in January 2019.
Data Characteristics Data Characteristics Variables collected Variables collectedThe dataset Fisheries International collaboration in technology development (rates) provides the number of co-inventions (simple patent families) developed jointly by at least two inventors:
This indicator is disaggregated by:
• Country - country of residence of the inventor(s), integral counted;
• Variables – the total number of co-inventions, and the percentage of co-inventions developed within-country (all inventors from the same country), with foreign inventors, with inventors only from OECD countries, and with at least one inventor from BRIICS countries.
• Technology domain – the three main areas of innovation in fisheries and aquaculture, related to technology development. In detail:
1. Harvesting technology such as more effective ways to find or harvest fish and which are typically associated with improvements in catch per unit of effort (e.g. type/size of vessels and their methods of propulsion, search technologies, method of catching or harvesting fish and bringing them on board);
2. Aquaculture technology such as methods to more effectively grow fish in captivity (innovation in feeds, improving the health of aquaculture animals, etc.);
3. New products and markets such as the development of new fish products and markets (food technologies/processing such as the development of surimi as a crabmeat substitute) and the improvement of market access (secure or enlarge markets for fish products) that provides important incentives for green growth (e.g. eco-certification with fishers adopting by-catch saving technologies or modifying fishing practices and/or territorial user rights in fisheries).
Concepts & Classifications Concepts & Classifications Key statistical concept Key statistical conceptThe patent statistics presented here are constructed using data extracted from the Worldwide Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT) of the European Patent Office (EPO) using algorithms developed by the OECD. Statistics have been compiled according to the methodology presented on the OECD Patent Statistics Manual.
Consistent with other patent statistics provided in OECD.Stat, only published applications for patents of invention are considered (i.e. excluding utility models, petty patents, etc.).
The relevant patent documents are identified using search strategies for fisheries-related technologies based on the methodology developed by the Environment Directorate. They allow identifying technologies relevant to the following three domains: Harvesting or fishing technologies, Aquaculture technologies and New products and markets.
The development and global diffusion of fisheries-related technologies is key for cost-efficient achievement of sustainable policy objectives. Consequently the statistics presented here are based on the concept of a patent family which is defined as all patent applications filed in different countries and protecting the same invention (or priority as defined by the Paris Convention). They are also referred to as simple patent family (For further details, see Martinez 2010, Insight into different types of patent families).
At its most basic, the family comprises a priority patent application, which is the first application filed to protect the invention, generally in the inventor’s country, and all subsequent patent applications that relate to it. Subsequent patent applications are filed in other countries one year after the priority patent application in order to extend the geographical coverage of protection.
If in the subsequent patent applications, the priority filing date is kept, we refer to them as equivalent patents; if instead in each subsequent patent application the application date is preferred, then we talk about simple patent families.
A patent can be attributed to the applicant (the patentee at the date of application) or the inventor or the country where it has been filed first (priority application).
Regarding the attribution of dates, a patent has several of them: the priority filing date (i.e. first patent application worldwide, normally done in the inventor’s country), the date of application in a given country (i.e. subsequent patent applications, to extend the coverage of protection), the date of publication, or the date of grant. Depending on the selection made, the resulting indicators will give substantially different results. The statistics presented here are based on the priority filing date, which is the first filing date worldwide (under the Paris Convention) and it is considered to be the closest to the actual date of invention.
The OECD FISH Unit, in collaboration with the Environment Directorate and the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, has developed patent-based innovation indicators that are suitable for tracking developments in fisheries-related technologies.
The search strategy for fisheries and aquaculture related technologies adopts a mixed solution with a definition of the technical field of interest in fisheries and aquaculture innovation complemented by keywords, e.g. by looking for keywords in the International Patent Classification (IPC) codes and checking manually the relevance of the results in the text of patents (in the title, the abstract, etc).
The indicators allow the assessment of countries' and firms' innovative performance as well as the design of governments' fisheries, aquaculture and innovation policies.
For more information on patent data and other work on patent statistics at the OECD, see:
OECD statistics contact: TAD.contact@oecd.org
The patent statistics presented here are constructed using data extracted from the Worldwide Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT) of the European Patent Office (EPO) using algorithms developed by the OECD. Statistics have been compiled according to the methodology presented on the OECD Patent Statistics Manual.
Data here have been extracted in January 2019.
The dataset Fisheries International collaboration in technology development (rates) provides the number of co-inventions (simple patent families) developed jointly by at least two inventors:
This indicator is disaggregated by:
• Country - country of residence of the inventor(s), integral counted;
• Variables – the total number of co-inventions, and the percentage of co-inventions developed within-country (all inventors from the same country), with foreign inventors, with inventors only from OECD countries, and with at least one inventor from BRIICS countries.
• Technology domain – the three main areas of innovation in fisheries and aquaculture, related to technology development. In detail:
1. Harvesting technology such as more effective ways to find or harvest fish and which are typically associated with improvements in catch per unit of effort (e.g. type/size of vessels and their methods of propulsion, search technologies, method of catching or harvesting fish and bringing them on board);
2. Aquaculture technology such as methods to more effectively grow fish in captivity (innovation in feeds, improving the health of aquaculture animals, etc.);
3. New products and markets such as the development of new fish products and markets (food technologies/processing such as the development of surimi as a crabmeat substitute) and the improvement of market access (secure or enlarge markets for fish products) that provides important incentives for green growth (e.g. eco-certification with fishers adopting by-catch saving technologies or modifying fishing practices and/or territorial user rights in fisheries).
The patent statistics presented here are constructed using data extracted from the Worldwide Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT) of the European Patent Office (EPO) using algorithms developed by the OECD. Statistics have been compiled according to the methodology presented on the OECD Patent Statistics Manual.
Consistent with other patent statistics provided in OECD.Stat, only published applications for patents of invention are considered (i.e. excluding utility models, petty patents, etc.).
The relevant patent documents are identified using search strategies for fisheries-related technologies based on the methodology developed by the Environment Directorate. They allow identifying technologies relevant to the following three domains: Harvesting or fishing technologies, Aquaculture technologies and New products and markets.
The development and global diffusion of fisheries-related technologies is key for cost-efficient achievement of sustainable policy objectives. Consequently the statistics presented here are based on the concept of a patent family which is defined as all patent applications filed in different countries and protecting the same invention (or priority as defined by the Paris Convention). They are also referred to as simple patent family (For further details, see Martinez 2010, Insight into different types of patent families).
At its most basic, the family comprises a priority patent application, which is the first application filed to protect the invention, generally in the inventor’s country, and all subsequent patent applications that relate to it. Subsequent patent applications are filed in other countries one year after the priority patent application in order to extend the geographical coverage of protection.
If in the subsequent patent applications, the priority filing date is kept, we refer to them as equivalent patents; if instead in each subsequent patent application the application date is preferred, then we talk about simple patent families.
A patent can be attributed to the applicant (the patentee at the date of application) or the inventor or the country where it has been filed first (priority application).
Regarding the attribution of dates, a patent has several of them: the priority filing date (i.e. first patent application worldwide, normally done in the inventor’s country), the date of application in a given country (i.e. subsequent patent applications, to extend the coverage of protection), the date of publication, or the date of grant. Depending on the selection made, the resulting indicators will give substantially different results. The statistics presented here are based on the priority filing date, which is the first filing date worldwide (under the Paris Convention) and it is considered to be the closest to the actual date of invention.