In 2016, the number of patents filed in the United States was three times higher than those registered in 1995. In other words, it is good news for Americans.
However, the number of new patents (mechanical devices, composite materials, new medicines, etc.), in that same period of time, the figure for India was 7 times higher. And China's figure was 72 times higher..
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For decades, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has been the world's most important agency dedicated to protecting innovation, but this could change in a few years, as it predicts Mauro F. Guillén in his book 2030: Traveling towards the end of the world as we know it:
The clash also takes place between companies. Those that come from emerging markets are getting larger every day, while European and American companies are reducing in size, with some notable exceptions, such as technology companies. But even within the technology sector, Chinese and Indian companies are growing, not only because of the size of the population they serve, but also because there are more connected people using their digital services.
Because in China and India there are already more users of broadband, social networks and mobile payments than in the United States. And this gap is not going to stop increasing..
Alibaba is a larger company than Amazon, Didi has just taken over Uber's operations in China and India boasts of employing more technicians and engineers in the information technology sector than the United States.
The world is changing more and more rapidly. The middle class has stagnated, or even shrank, in Europe and the United States, but is growing wildly in China and India. Within a decade, the differences will begin to be abysmal. We will have to start learning languages, or even move to another country.
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The number of patents does not stop growing, but it does so especially in China
was originally published in
Xataka Science
by
Sergio Parra
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