Patents, innovations and technological development in Norwegian whaling, 1880-1968: A case-study of validity problems in the use of patent statistics as indicators of innovation and technological change

Bjørn Basberg

World Patent Information, 1981, vol. 3, issue 1, 19-22

Abstract: Taking whaling as an example the article analyses the problems of validity that arise when patent statistics are used as an indicator of technological change in a particular industry. The results show that in this industry the patent statistics are a reliable indicator of technological development.

Date: 1981
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