“The US and China obviously have stolen a lead. China said in December it resolutely opposed “slanderous” accusations from the United States and other allies criticizing China for economic espionage and stealing intellectual property and company secrets. “They are serious players in the field of intellectual property,” he said. Much of that growth came from deep learning, which overtook robotics as it ballooned from 118 patent applications in 2013 to 2,399 in 2016. However, the world did not have any reliable way of measuring the quality of patent applications.

Source: bd News24 January 31, 2019 08:03 UTC