March 16, 2005

Report On Technology Invention: 2005

Invention Rides A Post-Bubble Decline

by Ryan Hudson, Tom Pohlmann

with G. Oliver Young

Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Forrester and its research partner Evalueserve recently revisited our January 2004 analysis of global patent data across software, data center technology, telecommunications technology, and emerging-technology markets such as nanotechnology and RFID. Analyzing nearly 50,000 patents published between 2002 and 2004, we found that software and telecom inventions, while still accounting for a vast majority of new developments, led an overall post-bubble decline in the number of published technology patents. Emerging markets like nanotechnology show promise if companies can establish Innovation Networks to bring university-developed technologies to market.

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