OVERTAKING TECH: Major sectors showing impressive patent growth in 2014 included pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, where inventions rose 12% and 7% respectively, according to the 2015 State of Innovation report.
LONDON: The life sciences industry is increasingly taking over from the tech sector in driving global innovation, according to a Thomson Reuters analysis of global patents.
With more patents applied for or granted in 2014 than in any other year in history, humankind has never been more inventive, whether in designing driverless cars, discovering new drugs for cancer or building bionic limbs.
