Note to self
The best way I can get Australia to become a high tech exporter is to get our large services company innovating in the areas of their core revenues.
The best way to get them to do this is the patent box, but carefully constructed such that it’s only for export income.
The best way to get the patent box in is to let the patent attorney industry do the work because they are worried about their shrinking market due to certain changes coming up regarding foreign filings.
The risk is that the patent box that is introduced is used in a facile manner for local income.
I will ponder how to solve this risk.
offshore westerly 
I don’t know if this helps or hinders but the export market development grant (EMDG) can be used to recover patenting costs overseas.
I suppose I mean: R&D tax incentive is to local tax patent box, as EMDG is to overseas tax patent box. One follows the other. People might be able to understand what you mean that way.
Our local monopolies don’t patent overseas though. No use spending $10 to get 10 cents back from the government
That’s not the point I am making; the point is that your idea of the overseas patent box is an extension of the EMDG. Just as the local patent box is said to be an extension of the R&D tax concession (tax relief transition from RnD to product), the overseas patent box idea is the
transition from export market development to actual product sale. And in fact it’s better because tax relief is also available in relation to actually obtaining the patent rights
Sorry I hit post prematurely so you have to read the bottom one first then the next one up. Jeez