Technological Innovation Index

"The work of Fredrick Pachys signifies a further and important contribution towards our ability to quantify in a meaningful way the "importance" or "impact" of patents. There is no question that in this era of accelerated innovations we need better indicators of the significance of patents, both for academic purposes and for policy - PITF is a milestone in that direction."

Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg

Tel-Aviv University, Author of "Patents, Citations and Innovations: A Window on the Knowledge Economy" (with Adam Jaffe). Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2002.