CityStats - Indicators for tracking our quality of life
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s indicators project aims to improve the quality of life in East Baton Rouge. It uses data to tell us where we are, how far we have come, where we need to go.

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Indicator: Patents Issued
Patents Issued
Loss / Gain

What it measures
Patents issued is an indicator of an area’s intellectual capital. It is also an indicator of the new economy.

How EBR is doing
A sharp decrease in the middle of the decade, followed by an uptick in 2007.

Source: U.S. Patent and Trade Office

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