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The US is the most important location for <strong>EU</strong> outward R&D,<br />

accounting for 60 % of overseas patents applied by <strong>EU</strong><br />

entities at the EPO. The BRIC share is still small but rising fast<br />

Chapter IV — International competitiveness of <strong>EU</strong> industry<br />

and is now larger than the Japanese share of <strong>EU</strong> outward<br />

patenting, cf. figure IV.29.<br />

FIgURE IV.29: Location of overseas patents applied by the <strong>EU</strong>-27 at EPO 1990-2006 (%)<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

1990<br />

1991<br />

1992<br />

1993<br />

1994<br />

1995<br />

Source: European Patent Office, ZEW/AIT calculations.<br />

1996<br />

1997<br />

1998<br />

1999<br />

2000<br />

2001<br />

ROW<br />

Korea<br />

BRICs<br />

Japan<br />

Canada<br />

Other European Countries<br />

US<br />

2002<br />

2003<br />

2004<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

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