2 Patenting scale and intensity In addition to the 704 Australian food PCTs, Objective: To identify the scale of patenting were 650 food inventions filed directly activity in the food industry originating from with IP Australia. Direct files include Australia. provisional applications, innovation applications and standard applications. There 2.1 Patenting intensity were 304 food inventions filed with IP This study identified 28,997 food-related PCT Australia as provisional applications that went applications (inventions) worldwide; of which on to be filed as a PCT application; these 704 were designated Australian because they were duplicates and therefore excluded from had an Australian applicant or had an the dataset. The 650 food inventions filed Australian inventor. Of the 704 Australian with IP Australia less the 304 duplicates food inventions, 501 inventions (71%) listed resulted in 346 direct files. only Australian inventors (Figure 1), which The majority of Australian food inventions indicates that the innovative activity for these were filed through the PCT (Figure 2). Australian food inventions took place domestically. Figure : Australian food inventions Figure : Australian PCT food inventions by inventor allocation. The top 20 countries filing PCT food Innovative activity for the other Australian inventions are shown in Figure 3. With 2 per food inventions did not necessarily take place cent of the global food inventions, Australia in Australia 115 (16%) listed Australian — ranks 14th and is comparable with Canada and international inventors, and the remaining and Sweden. 88 (13%) did not list an Australian inventor.
2 Patenting scale and intensity Objective: To identify the scale of patenting activity in the food industry originating from Australia. 2.1 Patenting intensity This study identified 28,997 food-related PCT applications (inventions) worldwide; of which 704 were designated Australian because they had an Australian applicant or had an Australian inventor. Of the 704 Australian food inventions, 501 inventions (71%) listed only Australian inventors (Figure 1), which indicates that the innovative activity for these Australian food inventions took place domestically. Figure : Australian PCT food inventions by inventor allocation. Innovative activity for the other Australian food inventions did not necessarily take place in Australia — 115 (16%) listed Australian and international inventors, and the remaining 88 (13%) did not list an Australian inventor. In addition to the 704 Australian food PCTs, were 650 food inventions filed directly with IP Australia. Direct files include provisional applications, innovation applications and standard applications. There were 304 food inventions filed with IP Australia as provisional applications that went on to be filed as a PCT application; these were duplicates and therefore excluded from the dataset. The 650 food inventions filed with IP Australia less the 304 duplicates resulted in 346 direct files. The majority of Australian food inventions were filed through the PCT (Figure 2). Figure : Australian food inventions The top 20 countries filing PCT food inventions are shown in Figure 3. With 2 per cent of the global food inventions, Australia ranks 14th and is comparable with Canada and Sweden.
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