The economic crisis in 2008 undoubtedly had a negative effect on business innovation and research and development at a global scale. Canada was no exception and a tell-tale sign of the impact was a dramatic decrease in patent application filings in Canada in the years immediately after the event.

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Originally published in The Chemical Institute of Canada

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