This indicator represents a taxonomy of 4.0 inventing regions, i.e. regions with patents in 4.0 applicative recombinatorial patents.
Four categories are identified:
• low tech regions, i.e. regions creating neither 3.0 nor 4.0 technologies (coded as 1);
• technology falling behind regions, regions leading the creation of 3.0 technologies but not 4.0 technologies (coded as 2);
• new islands of innovation, i.e. regions leading the creation of 4.0 technologies with little if not nil experience in 3.0 technologies (coded as 3);
• technology leader regions, i.e. regions leading the creation of both 3.0 and 4.0 technologies (coded as 4).
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| Spatial Extent | Nomenclature | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | version | level | |
| EU28+4 | NUTS | 2013 | 2 |
Regions have been classified in terms of their patent specialisation and their patent intensity in the creation of 4.0 technologies in the period 2010-2015, and in terms of in terms of their patent specialisation and their patent intensity in the creation of 3.0 technologies in the period 2000-2009.
The two classifications have been compared as to obtain the taxonomy of 4.0 inventing regions as follows:
• low tech regions, i.e. regions creating neither 3.0 nor 4.0 technologies;
• technology falling behind regions, regions leading the creation of 3.0 technologies but not 4.0 technologies;
• new islands of innovation, i.e. regions leading the creation of 4.0 technologies with little if not nil experience in 3.0 technologies;
• technology leader regions, i.e. regions leading the creation of both 3.0 and 4.0 technologies.
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| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Low tech regions |
| 2 | Technology falling behind regions |
| 3 | Islands of innovation |
| 4 | technology leader regions |