Who Are Canada’s Key Instruments Patent Holders? A Comparative Analysis With U.S. Holders
Patent ownership in instruments and other technologies is not significantly different between Canada and the United States. On average across eight technology classes, the top 10 Canadian patent holders account for 14.2 per cent of total patents compared with 12.0 per cent in the U.S., a 2.2 percentage point gap that is not statistically significant.
Which country shows more public sector participation and what fields are dominated by private companies? Does Canada or the U.S. show higher concentration in measurement and analysis of biological materials? Which country is more fragmented in invention ownership structure in optics? And what entities dominate in control, civil engineering, and consumer goods?
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Key findings
Comparing instruments and other technology patent holders
Furniture, games, and recreational products
Other consumer goods
Medical technology
Control
Civil engineering
Optics
Measurement
Analysis of biological materials
Appendix A: Methodology
Appendix B: Bibliography
