Infographic by Visual News
Visual News a great site for lovers of infographics (who isn't a lover of good, if slightly misleading infographics) put together this nice image regarding patents and innovation across the world. While I am not entirely convinced in the soundness of their reasoning behind the lack of China presence. It is definitely a good way to present what can be dry statistic on the the trends in 21st century innovation.
I think two important observations stand out. 1) Even in the age of "Social Media" everything, the biggest patent sector is still directed to electronics devices and computer hardware. 2) That European countries individually do not produce a huge number of patents, but combined into the EU, they become a significant player in the global space.
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