pcgive 700
data Data3-3.bn7
;DATA3-3:  Annual data on U.S. Patents and R&D expenditures

;          YEAR = 1960-93, 34 observations.

;          PATENTS = Number of patent applications filed, in thousands

;          (Range 84.5 - 189.4)

;          Source:  Statistical Abstract of the U.S., various years.

;          R&D = R&D expenditures, billions of 1992 dollars obtained as the

;          ratio of expenditure on current dollars divided by the GDP price

;          deflator.  (Range 57.94 - 166.7)

;          Source for R&D expenditures, 1995 Statistical Abstract

;          of the U.S., Table 979, Page 611, and earlier issues

;          Source for GDP deflator, 1996 Economic Report of the President,

;          Table B-3, Page 284.
>Patents      1960  1 1993  1  1 32      Data3-3 13-07-1997 14:45:57
>R&D          1960  1 1993  1  1 336      Data3-3 13-07-1997 14:45:57