Glossary:Technology balance of payments (TBP)
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The technology balance of payments, abbreviated as TBP, is the registration of the international flow of industrial property and know-how.
The following operations should be included in the TBP:
- patents (purchases, sales);
- licenses for patents;
- know-how (not patented);
- models and designs;
- trademarks (including franchising);
- technical services;
- financing of industrial R & D outside the national territory.
The following, however, should be excluded:
- commercial, financial, managerial and legal assistance;
- advertising, insurance, transport;
- films, recordings, material covered by copyright;
- design;
- software.
Source
- OECD, "Frascati Manual 2002: The measurement of scientific and technological activities - Proposed Standard Practice for Surveys on Research and Experimental Development", OECD, Paris, 2002 - pdf