GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN SOLID STATE LIGHTING
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The determinants of successful development, commercialization and diffusion of solid state lighting (SSL) are not well understood particularly in a global context. Patent data provide one means to gain insight into corporate and national research and development activities. However, existing SSL patent analyses have focused primarily on United States (US) patents. This study analyzes SSL patents granted worldwide to measure the strengths of US, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, and China, nations all poised to play a key role in SSL's future. It shows a strong and growing role of corporate patent portfolios for firms headquartered in Asian nations. The data cover patents that were applied for and issued from 1937 to March 2009. Our findings suggest a stronger role of non-US organizations and individuals than had been reported in previous studies that focused only on US patents.
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