Abstract Knowledge and technologies from different fields will undoubtedly be combined in order to develop the products of the future. Remarkable examples thereof can already be found in the fields of interconnected „smart“ products and natural care products. Few companies have access to the entire range of available knowledge; most are required to obtain this knowledge from other companies or research institutes. One way to acquire the requisite knowledge is through co-operation. When at least three companies from different industries are cooperating for this purpose, we speak of multi-cross-industry innovation. This kind of innovation is reflected in many cases of patenting. For a deeper understanding, we identify multi-cross-industry innovation patents in the leading market of the USA, using a combined search on PATSTAT and Orbis in the period from 1980 to 2015. We apply a time series analysis, an applicant analysis, a priority country analysis, an analysis of co-operation structure, and an analysis of the application domains to the data. Our results show an increase in the occurrence of multi-cross-industry innovation patents. The major players involved in this are Japanese companies, which apply for nearly 90% of all multi-cross-industry innovation patents. Multi-cross-industry innovation covers a broad range of application domains, from electronics to material sciences.

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美国多跨行业创新专利——PATSTAT与Orbis检索相结合

摘要 来自不同领域的知识和技术无疑会被结合起来，以开发未来的产品。在相互关联的“智能”产品和天然护理产品领域，已经可以找到其显着的例子。很少有公司能够获得所有可用知识；大多数人需要从其他公司或研究机构获得这些知识。获得必要知识的一种方式是通过合作。当至少三个来自不同行业的公司为此进行合作时，我们说的是跨行业创新。这种创新在很多专利申请中都有体现。为了更深入地了解，我们确定了美国领先市场的多跨行业创新专利，使用对 1980 年至 2015 年期间 PATSTAT 和 Orbis 的组合搜索。我们将时间序列分析、申请人分析、优先国家分析、合作结构分析和应用领域分析应用于数据. 我们的结果表明，多跨行业创新专利的出现有所增加。参与其中的主要参与者是日本公司，它们申请了近 90% 的跨行业创新专利。多跨行业创新涵盖了广泛的应用领域，从电子到材料科学。我们的结果表明，多跨行业创新专利的出现有所增加。参与其中的主要参与者是日本公司，它们申请了近 90% 的跨行业创新专利。多跨行业创新涵盖了广泛的应用领域，从电子到材料科学。我们的结果表明，多跨行业创新专利的出现有所增加。参与其中的主要参与者是日本公司，它们申请了近 90% 的跨行业创新专利。多跨行业创新涵盖了广泛的应用领域，从电子到材料科学。