RT Generic A1 OECD T1 Patents by main technology and by International Patent Classification (IPC) YR 2011 FD Jan 12 K1 EPO K2 statistics K3 biotechnology K4 environment K5 electricity K6 chemistry K7 patents K8 USPTO K9 PCT K10 ICT K11 technology K12 physics K13 patent classification AB This dataset comprises statistics on patents by main technology and International Patent Classification (IPC). EPO, USPTO, PCT and Triadic Patent Families are in fact presented according to classes of the International Patent Classification (IPC class up to 4 characters) and for selected technology domains such as ICT, nanotechnology, biotechnology as well as environment-related technologies. Data are presented from 1976 onwards. PB Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development DO 10.1787/data-00508-en UL http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/;jsessionid=auqfhtwme9zg.x-oecd-live-01content/data/data-00508-en