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14 Science and Technology

BM.GSR.ROYL.CD - Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$)

Source 02 World Development Indicators

Topics 14 Science and Technology

Source Notes Charges for the use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, franchises), and charges for licenses to reproduce or distribute (or both) intellectual property embo

Source Organization Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

BX.GSR.ROYL.CD - Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$)

Source 02 World Development Indicators

Topics 14 Science and Technology

Source Notes Charges for the use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, franchises), and charges for licenses to reproduce or distribute (or both) intellectual property embo

Source Organization Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS - Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)

Source 02 World Development Indicators

Topics 14 Science and Technology

Source Notes Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&amp;D), expressed as a percent of GDP. They include both capital and current expenditures in the four main sectors: Business enterprise, Government, Higher education and Private non-pr

Source Organization Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources/bulk, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), date accessed: 2025-03-26, date published

IP.JRN.ARTC.SC - Scientific and technical journal articles

Source 02 World Development Indicators

Topics 14 Science and Technology

Source Notes Article counts refer to publications from a selection of conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals from Scopus in science and engineering fields, according to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Taxonomy of Disci

Source Organization Science and Engineering Indicators, National Science Foundation (NSF), uri: https://ncses.nsf.gov/indicators

IP.PAT.NRES - Patent applications, nonresidents

Source 02 World Development Indicators

Topics 14 Science and Technology

Source Notes Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something

Source Organization WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

IP.PAT.RESD - Patent applications, residents

Source 02 World Development Indicators

Topics 14 Science and Technology

Source Notes Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something

Source Organization WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

IP.TMK.NRES - Trademark applications, direct nonresident

Source 57 WDI Database Archives

Topics 14 Science and Technology

Source Notes Trademark applications filed are applications to register a trademark with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) office. A trademark is a distinctive sign which identifies certain goods or services as those produced or provided by

Source Organization World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data. Data last retrieved Janu

IP.TMK.RESD - Trademark applications, direct resident

Source 57 WDI Database Archives

Topics 14 Science and Technology

Source Notes Trademark applications filed are applications to register a trademark with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) office. A trademark is a distinctive sign which identifies certain goods or services as those produced or provided by

Source Organization World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data. Data last retrieved Janu

IP.TMK.TOTL - Trademark applications, total

Source 57 WDI Database Archives

Topics 14 Science and Technology

Source Notes Trademark applications filed are applications to register a trademark with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) office. A trademark is a distinctive sign which identifies certain goods or services as those produced or provided by

Source Organization World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), World Intellectual Property Indicators and http://www.wipo.int/econ_stat. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data. Data last retrieve

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