LITHIUM-ION BATTERY GLOBAL PATENT RACE (1990-2019)

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DOI:

10.19093/res15429

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Electric mobility, Lithium-ion battery, Patent race

Resumo

Lithium-ion battery (LIB) is a key subject nowadays once CO2 emissions level, energy matrix, zero emission target and electric mobility are priority among governments and companies. The aim of this paper is to analyze LIB patent race, from 1990 to 2019, by country, sectors, and companies, using data from Derwent Innovation Platform, a Clarivate Analytics Group product. Our main results are: i) China and Japan concentrate the main companies, ii) Information and Communication Technology is the main sector in Electric Devices (ED) battery and Automobilistic in Electric Vehices (EV) battery, iii) some companies are in ED and EV, suggesting direct spillovers from ED to EV battery. Other firms are only in ED, others only in EV, iv) Latin American, Africa and Central Asia are out of this patent race. The main conclusion are i) this patent race winners are in Asia nowadays, ii) leading firms in electric devices are not that in vehicle batteries.

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GILSON GERALDINO SILVA JR, UFSC

He has been a professor of economics at undergraduate level since 1998 and at graduate level (master's and doctorate) since 2009. He has been an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina since 2015. He was on the selection committee for the 19th Santa Catarina Economics Award (2017), the 46th and 49th National Economics Meeting (ANPEC, 2018 and 2021) and the 37th BNDES Economics Award (2018). He was visiting researcher at Department of Economics, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK, from 11/2007 to 04/2008, and Dipartamento di Economia e Statistica, Università di Torino, Itália, from 04/2022 and 03/2023.

MARCELO AREND , Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), in the Department of Economics and International Relations. Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Economics at UFSC. He works in the areas of Political Economy, Structural Change and Economic Development, with an emphasis on discussions on Industrial Development and Technological and Institutional Change.

THIAGO RODRIGUES LEMOS

BA in Economics, Federal University of Parana, Master in Economics and Sustentablity Management, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Master in Economics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, professional experience in Automobilist Industry, Economist at Santa Catarina Industrial Federation.

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2024-05-21

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SILVA JR, G. G., AREND , M., & LEMOS, T. R. (2024). LITHIUM-ION BATTERY GLOBAL PATENT RACE (1990-2019). Revista De Estudos Sociais, 25(50), 83–106. https://doi.org/10.19093/res15429

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v. 25 n. 50 (2023): Revista de Estudos Sociais

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