Table 2.

Data collection.

Technology Sector	Technology field	Patent #
BT	1. Nano technology (NNT)	4,310
	2. Biomedical devices (BMD)	7,545
	3. Molecular bioengineering (MBE)	70,672
	4. Organic compound (ORC)	19,390
	5. Surgery (SGY)	10,903
	6. Biomedical imaging and processing (BIP)	11,134
	7. Healthcare technology (HTE)	7,696
	8. Chemical processing (CHP)	29,854
IT	9. Mobile telecommunications, telematics (MOT)	16,595
	10. Broadband, home network (NET)	52,045
	11. Signal processing (SIG)	54,159
	12. Electrical computing (ELC)	66,101
	13. Intelligent robot (ROB)	1,444
	14. Radio frequency identification, ubiquitous sensor network (RFID)	3,288
	15. Information technology system on chip, united parts (SOC)	23,753
	16. Embedded software (ESW)	1,743
	17. Digital contents, software solutions (SOL)	33,573
Total		414,205