Updated at 3:35 p.m., Friday, November 2, 2007
Hawaii ranks 48th in international patent applications
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i ranks 48th among the 50 states and District of Columbia when it comes to international patent applications, according to a new study on U.S.-based global intellectual property creation released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.Delaware, Massachusetts, Minnesota, California and Connecticut topped the list of states.
South Dakota, Alaska and Arkansas were the only states that ranked lower than Hawai'i, according to the study.
The state ranking is based on the total percentage of international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty per 100,000 workers for the years 1998 and 2006. Hawai'i generated 5.5 patent applications per 100,000 workers in 2006, according to the report.
