Analysis of patent activity in the field of quantum information   processing
  This paper provides an analysis of patent activity in the field of quantum information processing. Data from the PatentScope database from the years 1993-2011 was used. In order to predict the future trends in the number of filed patents time series models were used. 
Ryszard Winiarczyk, Piotr Gawron, Jaros{\l}aw Adam Miszczak, {\L}ukasz   Pawela, Zbigniew Pucha{\l}a
physics.soc-ph cs.ET quant-ph