Technology In Latin America’S Past And Present: New Evidence From The Patent Records

Abstract

In spite of important recent work on the history of technology and the dynamics of technological change in Latin America, the literature in this field remains relatively undeveloped. In part, this is due to a relative scarcity of available sources for conducting research. This research note argues that national patent records are an important and untapped source for a wide range of studies on technology and technological change. The research note announces the creation of major new comprehensive databases of patent records in several Latin American countries, part of a larger, ongoing project to compile and make publically accessible patent records across the region. We also provide an introduction to the history of patents in Latin America, followed by a discussion of both the use (and misuse) of patents as historical evidence and recent advances in collecting and using patent evidence in Latin America.

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Publication Title

Latin American Research Review

Volume

52

Issue

1

Number of Pages

138-149

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.25222/larr.46

Socpus ID

85052126182 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85052126182

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