Progresso tecnologico

Como aprendemos, o cescimento econômico, aumento da renda por capita, depende da taxa do progresso tecnologico. Porèm, não é fácil obter progresso tecnológico: "... 99.8% fail. Only 3,000 patents out of 1.5 million patents are commercially viable. “In truth, odds are stacked astronomically against inventors, and no marketing outfit can change them. ‘There are around 1.5 million patents in effect and in force in this country, and of those, maybe 3,000 are commercially viable,’ [Richard Maulsby, director of the Office of Public Affairs for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office], says. ‘It's a very small percentage of patents that actually turn into products that make money for people. On top of all that, to get ripped off for tens of thousands of dollars adds insult to injury.” Patent success rates. Patent odds of success. Percent of patents commercialized. (Richard Maulsby, director of public affairs for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, quoted in Karen E. Klein, Smart Answers, “Avoiding the Inventor's Lament,” Business Week, November 10, 2005) Order the Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office on CD ROM...." -- Leia mais:http://www.inventionstatistics.com/Innovation_Risk_Taking_Inventors.html