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Factors that Influence the Number of Patent Deposited in some Countries of the American Continent
Abstract
The information technology available in the world is disclosed only in the form of patent documents
deposited, which also reflect the scientific and technological level of a country. This paper has the
objective of identifying what are the main factors that influence the generation of these patents in
some American countries. A modeling study via multiple linear regression to analyze the effects of
the number of published articles, gross domestic product (GDP), population and variations in
number of patents over the last year and the last two years, about number of patents in those
countries. The patent data were obtained from the World Intellectual Property Organization, data
on GDP and population come from the World Bank and the amount of scientific articles from the
SCImago Journal & Country Rank. Based on the selection criteria, the countries chosen for
modeling were United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Argentina. The results
indicated that in the United States the number of patents increases as GDP. In all other countries,
the variation in the number of patents in relation to two recent years contributes to an increase in
the number of patents. In Brazil, Argentina and Chile, in addition to this variation, an increase of
the population favors the patent number. In Canada and Colombia, the number of patents also
increases according to the number of articles published. In Mexico, the variation in two years and
the GDP contributed to the increase in the number of patent.
Paper Details
PaperID: p 5471-5485
Author's Name: Diailison Teixeira de Carvalho, Luiz Alberto Beijo and Eduardo Gomes Salgado
Volume: Volume 10
Issues: Volume 10
Keywords: America; intellectual property; multiple linear regression; technological development.
Year: 2020
Month: June
Pages: 5471-5485