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Innovation Studies

Table INN 1: Patent Statistics

R&D and use of IPRs

• Many firms innovated without carrying out R&D
• Majority (60%) of firms carried out R&D
• 80% of firms innovates
• Out of 40% of firms that do not carry out R&D, 63% innovated
• Firms that carry out R&D are frequent IPR users

The Extent of Patenting

Increased patent applications in Canada and in the US

• 19% of all firms and 22% of innovators applied for patents
• 85% in Canada
• 75% in the US
• 66% both in Canada and in the US
• Neither 5%

Innovation Scene

Most innovative sector in Canada is the ICT sector R&D expenditures were expected to reach $5.2 billion in 2002; 46% of the total Canadian private sector R&D. Six of the top ten R&D performers in Canada are ICT firms.

Royalties on licencing patents increased from $6.9 million in 1998 to $12.0 million in 1999. However, the number of new inventions that were patented in that period declined. In 1998, 130 new patents were received, but in 1999 only 89 were recorded. Similarly, the number of new licences declined from 398 to 191, over the same period.

Further reading

• Canada Foundation for Innovation
• Innovation Scene
• Innovation strategies
• Commercialization of ideas