The Real Issues of the Middle East and the Arab Spring by Thomas Andersson & Abdelkader Djeflat

Author:Thomas Andersson & Abdelkader Djeflat
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer New York, New York, NY

8.4.4 Patenting Activity by the Arab Countries

Inventions registered with United States and European patent offices are generally regarded as a measure of innovative activity at national level.

According to this benchmark, patenting activity by the Arab countries is miniscule by international standards. Residents of Arab countries have been granted a mere 937 patents since the late 1970s, compared to a worldwide total of around 4.3 million patents (USPTO 2011).

Figure 8.11 shows, however, that patenting activity appears to be picking up, with Saudi Arabia leading the field and Kuwait and Egypt in second and third position.32 A preliminary review of Saudi—held patents indicates a predominance of oil, water and health technologies.

Fig. 8.11Patenting activity growth. Source USPTO (October 2011)

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