Which is more representative of technological innovation, the number of patent grants or the number of patent applications?

The innovation ability depends on the specific technical content of the patent, or whether the patent reflects the specific product technical ability of the enterprise.

The total number of patent grants is the number of patent applications, and the total number of patent applications refers to the number of applications submitted, so the number of the two is the same, which may include authorized and unauthorized. Whether all the submitted patent applications are authorized; If the submitted patents are partially authorized, then the total number of patent authorizations is less than the total number of patent applications.