Patents in Space

Those organizations that were removed had the following criteria: the organization was unable to be categorized according to stream, sector, and value-chain; the organization did not operate in the space sector despite initial indications in the patent data; or the organization was no longer active and there was no way to confirm the type of operations associated with the organization. [...] The bar chart on the left displays the patenting profile of Canadian organizations in the Canadian space sector, while the doughnut chart on the right displays the share of total Canadian patented inventions in the space sector from 1996-2015 for each group. [...] As noted previously, the use of the keywords presented in the map along with the most common IPCs found in the patents facilitate the identification of various technological areas under development in the sector. [...] As noted previously, the use of the keywords presented on the map, along with the most common IPCs found in the patents, allows for the identification of various technological areas under development in the sector. [...] Diving deeper into the patent data, peaks in the Research and Engineering Consulting landscape map can be linked to more specific technologies that are identified in the legend below the map and that correspond to the coloured areas on the landscape map.