@Chinese-Dragon
hi my dear chinese friend!
What actually makes you think russian jets are "efficient"- if efficient means - using optimum fuel and optimal cost/sortie then i am afraid Russian jets are no where close to being called "efficient"! I am making such a claim because i happen to have interacted with a couple of research engineers in seminars and heard pilots speak out openly!
I beg to differ, It is indeed a great deal to file as many patents as you can- for the number of patents actually determine the "innovativeness" of any industry- mind if i tell you i had a whole freaking subject dedicated to IPRs and patents in my 6th semester back in my college(they even taught us how to file patents and the legal nitty grities)! you see,you and me are no one to judge the "industrial applicability" of an "idea" or concept- let the industry decide! I dont think chinese are really crazy to file SO MANY patents every year- ZTE alone files 2700 patents!
@Donatello
hi, again, two of your sentences are inconsistent(one is correct and the other is false)- yes india does produce more number of engineers(graduates) than western countries but not the Phds- india roughly produces 11,000-12,000 Phds(2014 data) whereas US produces nothing less than 30,000 and china a massive 50,000(so chinese are actually 4 times ahead of us in numbers) .
Another thing i would like to point out that quality of all the indian engineers is not same- IITs/NITs/BITs occupy the top end of spectrum - i am sure you'd have heard of ruthless IIT-JEE? believe me the competition in IITs is far more cut throat than anything else on this planet!
As for the quality of research is concerned it is gauged by "citation factor"/"impact factor" and it'll come to you as a surprise that the quality(citation factor) of indian journals in certain fields is higher than their chinese counterparts!
i will end up my argument by saying- either french part away with each and every IPR they created for rafale - 100% transfer or bear the responsibilities- i rest my case!