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KEY ISSUES FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE G20

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% 2011-14 2006-09<br />

60<br />

EUIPO USPTO<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

Source: OECD calculations based on US Patent and Trademark Office and EUIPO Trademark Database, November 2016.<br />

Further innovations in ICTs are essential to addressing the grand challenges we face such as providing healthcare<br />

to aging populations, reducing inequalities and preserving the environment. Patenting in ICTs grew by almost 60%<br />

between 2000-03 and 2010-13 among <strong>G20</strong> economies (Figure 13). Since 2000, ICT-related patents as a share of<br />

total patents grew markedly in China and India, by almost 30 and 25 percentage points, respectively.<br />

2010-13 2000-03<br />

%<br />

80<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

Number of ICT related patents in 2010-13<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

Source: OECD, STI Micro-data Lab: Intellectual Property Database, http://oe.cd/ipstats, October 2016.<br />

Innovation in digital technologies underpins future growth of the Internet and Internet-based applications.<br />

These technologies often do not develop linearly, with rapid growth followed by periods of slower activity.<br />

Inventive IoT grew throughout 2006-12 (Figure 14). Quantum computing and telecommunication activities

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