DATA3-3: Annual data on U.S. Patents and R&D expenditures
R&D expenditures, billions of 1992 dollars obtained as the ratio
of expenditure on current dollars divided by the GDP price
deflator. (Range 57.94 - 166.7)
Source for R&D expenditures, 1995 Statistical Abstract
of the U.S., Table 979, Page 611, and earlier issues
Source for GDP deflator, 1996 Economic Report of the President,
Table B-3, Page 284.
Patents are the number of applications filed, in thousands
(Range 84.5 - 189.4)
Source: Statistical Abstract of the U.S., various years.
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