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Characterization of the technological domain of relational citation analyses: A study of stem cell patents World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Fernanda Bochi, Maria Cláudia Cabrini Grácio
This research aims to analyze the contribution of univariate and relational citation analysis methods, applied to patents, for the identification and characterization of scientific-technological domains, in documents indexed in the Derwent Innovation Index database. The adopted method was patentometrics associated with bibliometrics, using joint analysis of the relational bibliometric citation methods:
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Machine learning-based method to cluster a converging technology system: The case of printed electronics World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Annika Wambsganss, Laura Tomidei, Nathalie Sick, Søren Salomo, Emna Ben Miled
Technology convergence is considered one of the cornerstones of technological innovation as a phenomenon emerging at the intersection of two previously unrelated fields of technology. The new technological system is a new combination of knowledge types, technology components and intersections. For this matter, analyzing patents is an essential part for strategic decision making. However, the manual
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Forecasting patenting areas with academic paper & patent data: A wind power energy case World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-19 Chih-Hung Hsieh, Chien-Huei Lin, Louis Y.Y. Lu, Angel Contreras Cruz, Tugrul Daim
This study proposes a novel method to forecast the emerging patenting area with Main Path Analysis and Word Cloud Analysis. To test the methods, we used Wind Power Energy as an example to illustrate the method's usefulness. Firstly, we used “wind power” and “wind energy” to collect 40,827 related journal papers in Scopus and 72,979 related patents in Derwent Innovation databases. Main Path Analysis
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Identifying core IoT technologies using ARM and FCM: A comprehensive data-driven method World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Jalil Heidary Dahooie, Iman nouri, Mehdi Mohammadi, Haydar Yalcin, Tugrul Daim
The internet of things (IoT) technology has garnered significant attention in recent years due to its wide-ranging applications. IoT, with its high connectivity capabilities, integrates various industrial, domestic, and agricultural devices into a smart and remotely controllable software and hardware platform. The field of IoT technology is expansive and encompasses a multitude of sub-technologies
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Patent characteristics for leishmaniasis treatment as a basis for freedom-to-operate analysis World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-14 Cristian Buendia-Atencio, Solange Alexandra Arévalo Bello, Anny Rodríguez, Vaneza Paola Lorett Velasquéz, Laura Cuervo, Mónica Losada-Barragán, Silvio Alejandro Lopez-Pazos
Among the main zoonoses with the highest morbidity burden is leishmaniasis. The parasite of the genus is its etiological agent. There are three forms of the disease: cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral. Pentavalent antimonial drugs are used for leishmaniasis treatment, however toxic side effects and parasite resistance have been detected. Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) protect inventions that
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Will AI solve the patent classification problem? World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-14 Eleni Kamateri, Michail Salampasis, Eduardo Perez-Molina
This paper scrutinizes the act of patent classification as it is performed by specialists, namely patent examiners, and currently supported by automated systems in patent offices for assigning classification codes to patent application documents. It collectively discusses aspects of the patent classification operation, some of them not very visible, which are not commonly encountered in other document
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Modeling an indicator for statutory patent novelty World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Valentin J. Schmitt, Nils M. Denter
Novelty is considered a for the grant of a patent by most relevant patent authorities and in U.S. patent law defined by 35 U S C. §102. Previous attempts to operationalize patent novelty have been mostly based on theoretical principles, such as recombination theory, and have not estimated novelty according to data that officially determines whether sufficient novelty is present in an application. To
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A novel re-ranking architecture for patent search World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Vasileios Stamatis, Michail Salampasis, Konstantinos Diamantaras
Patent search presents unique challenges due to the intricate structure and specialized terminology embedded in patent documents. While neural models have been successfully applied in various information retrieval (IR) tasks, these inherent complexities have hindered their effectiveness in patent search. To address these challenges, we propose a novel re-ranking architecture that effectively handles
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Trust in information security technology: An intellectual property analysis World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-24 Angélica Pigola, Fernando de Souza Meirelles, Priscila Rezende da Costa, Geciane Silveira Porto
While zero-trust (ZT) technologies cover many aspects of trust in information security (TinIS) critical to Federal enterprises, more research is required to effectively identify their benefits at scale. In this sense, an appropriate valuation of ZT intellectual property (IP) uncovers future challenges with ZT principles to both scholars and Federal enterprises. Therefore, this research attempts to
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Estimating patent value in the United States and Japan World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Masami Kawase
Patents contribute to economic development; therefore, estimations of patent value are significant in measuring their impact on the economy. With this in mind, this article discusses estimations of patent value with the renewal model developed by several economists. Targeted patents are those issued in the United States and Japan from 1990 to 2010. In addition, the study examines patent values for
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Intellectual property rights in the agri-food chains: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Tadesse K. Amentae, Wei Song, Jinjin Wang
This review analyzed 471 journal articles focusing on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in the agri-food sector. Using bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review techniques, it aimed to uncover key debates and insights. It examined relevant bibliometric data by employing tools like HistCite 12.03.17, VOSviewer 1.6.19, and CiteNetExplorer 1.0.0. Furthermore, using content analysis, the
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Exploring cybertechnology standards through bibliometrics: Case of National Institute of Standards and Technology World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Tugrul Daim, Haydar Yalcin, Alain Mermoud, Valentin Mulder
Cyber security is one of the topics that gain importance today. It is necessary to determine the basic components, basic dynamics, and main actors of the Cyber security issue, which is obvious that it will have an impact in many areas from social, social, economic, environmental, and political aspects, as a hot research topic. When the subject literature is examined, it has become a trend-forming research
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Unveiling predictors influencing patent licensing: Analyzing patent scope in robotics and automation World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Razan Alkhazaleh, Konstantinos Mykoniatis
Ensuring the sustainability of technology transfer offices depends on effective patent licensing strategies. This study investigates novel predictors for patent licensing prediction. It emphasizes the importance of judiciously selecting suitable patent-scope metrics to enhance the likelihood of successful patent licensing agreements. This work focuses on a critical aspect of patent scope, specifically
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Brazil's biotechnology assessment of potential to achieve sustainable development goals, benchmarking against the USA World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Cristina M. Quintella, Samira Abdallah Hanna, Sidnei Cerqueira dos Santos
Biotechnology, the fifth technological wave preceding the sixth wave of Sustainability, is crucial for achieving the 2023 Agenda's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially in biodiverse Brazil. This review uses composite indicators to compare Brazil with the USA across static and temporal evolutions. Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 4 and 5 were assessed using patents from 2000 to 2019. Patents
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The interplay between universities and companies. A case study in the field of 3D Printing World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Altair Breckwoldt Jurado, Domenico Golzio
Understanding the link between research done at universities and the implication for industrial applications is a recurrent topic in innovation. Non-Patent Literature (NPL) citations found in patents have been seen as a tool to examine this relationship. The study shows that for certain technology sectors NPL citation plays no role as universities do not research in this area or innovation does not
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“Hidden” legal status; Information sources on extra-territorial extension of patent rights World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Stephen R. Adams
Legal status information is a critical component of many patent searches, particularly those conducted in industry. Although most major patenting authorities can provide reasonably comprehensive data on their own national legal status, this may not enable the user to obtain a complete picture of where patent rights are in force. Many smaller countries have a mechanism to recognise patent rights previously
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World Patent Information grows in-step with explosive increases of patent and IP data World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Amy J.C. Trappey
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A bibliometric mapping analysis of the literature on patent analysis World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Ali Rauf Karataş, Hasan Kazak, Ahmet Tayfur Akcan, Erhan Akkaş, Müşerref Arık
The literature on patent analysis is quite extensive, containing a wide variety of studies. The idea has been widely discussed in the literature in recent years as innovation and globalization have increased in frequency in studies. The literature does not contain any research that integrates content analysis with bibliometric mapping analysis, despite the fact that a number of studies have been conducted
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Technological advances in the clinical laboratory: A patent search on erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) devices World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Bruna Ferreira Pfeiffer, Mariana de Freitas Dewes, Ana Beatriz Gorini da Veiga
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a laboratory test that allows the evaluation of the presence of infectious, inflammatory, and neoplastic processes of nonspecific origin. The ESR test using the Westergreen 1 h method remains in evidence due to its easy execution, reliability, and low cost; on the other hand, the assay has some limitations, such as its low sensibility and relative delay in providing
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Intelligent packaging and value generating: Technological development opportunities based on Patent Analysis World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Kátia Cinara Tregnago Cunha, Marcos Rogério Mazieri
This article aims to analyze the technological developments of packages for chilled or frozen products carrying thermochromic visual indicators to inform the cumulative thermal exposure along logistics chains. Thermochromic visual indicators inform the final consumer whether the product is in real and safe conditions for consumption. Through technological prospecting in the Espacenet and Institute
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Precision agriculture and patented innovation: State of the art and current trends World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Giovanni Avola, Miriam Distefano, Antonino Torrisi, Ezio Riggi
The present study analyzed the trends in patenting in the field of Precision Agriculture (PA) since the late 1970s, when the potential application of microprocessor‐based technology started to show its dramatic effects on agriculture. The patenting activities analyses conducted focused as first on the evolution of the terms that historically have been used to indicate the common principles linked to
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A comprehensive review and analysis of patents on biological and biosimilar products listed in the purple book World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Swayamprakash Patel, Mruduka S. Patel, Ashish D. Patel, Mehul M. Patel, Umang Shah, Jagruti Desai, Nilay D. Solanki
The pharmaceutical industries are including and expanding their product portfolio with biological and biosimilar products due to their rampant demand and profitability. The products with marketing approval through the biological license application (BLA) are listed in the Purple Book published by the USFDA and their concerned patent numbers. The purpose of the present article is to review innovations
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Disclosure of patenting activities within scientific publications as potential conflicts-of-interest: Evidences from biomedical literature World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-14 Luca Falciola, Massimo Barbieri
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Patent information system of iranian medical universities: A need assessment research World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Leila Mirzapour, Shafie Habibi, Reza Ferdousi Beyrami, Leila Shahmoradi, Mitra Aminlou, Leili Abedi Gheshlaghi
University patent information systems can help evaluate university performance, create patenting policies, and meet researcher information demands. Since information system development is time-consuming and expensive, it is important to ensure the need for the system and include users in the process. This study aims to assess the need for Patent Information System of Iranian Medical Universities (PISIMU)
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A systematic approach to identify technological trends related to chitin and chitosan using three-window analytics World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-30 Wan Mohammad Faris Zaini, Daphne Teck Ching Lai, Ren Chong Lim
We present a novel systematic approach called three-window analytics for identifying technological trends for chitin, the second-most abundant polymer found in nature, and its derivative, chitosan. For this analytics, we used patent documents filed from 2006 to 2020 under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) containing chitin and chitosan in the title, abstract, and claims to build code-keyword matrices
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Unravelling technology meta-landscapes: A patent analytics approach to assess trajectories and fragmentation World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-17 Michael E. Adel, Christopher Harrison
Contemporary patent analytics employs a holistic approach whose purpose is to extract insights from aggregate analysis of patent landscapes. For the fruits of this endeavour to be accessible to executives, public servants and other individuals who value their time, the insights must be graphical in nature. In this paper, time evolved ranked Pareto distribution of patent family counts per assignee are
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Literature listing World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Susan Bates
Welcome to the latest quarterly Literature Listing intended as a current awareness service for readers indicating newly published books, journal, and conference articles on IP management; Information Retrieval Techniques; Patent Landscapes; Education & Certification; and Legal & Intellectual Property Office Matters. The current Literature Listing was compiled end-November 2023. Key resources include
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CEPIUG Conference (2023) a must to be event for patent information professionals in Europe World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Benoit Sollie, Nigel Clarke, Bettina de Jong, Amélia Desmedt, Anna Maria Villa, Jane List
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Technological search of patents for the identification of devices with potential use in Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) research World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-02 Adriana Lorena Lara-Bertrand, Fernando Camelo, Bernardo Camacho, Ingrid Silva-Cote
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Is your search query well-formed? A natural query understanding for patent prior art search World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Renukswamy Chikkamath, Deepak Rastogi, Mahesh Maan, Markus Endres
Recent advances in Deep Learning based prior art search has enabled the development of easy-to-use prior art search engines that accept natural language search queries and provide improved search performance. However, unlike conventional keyword-based techniques where the results are readily interpreted by the presence of queried keywords, Deep Learning based techniques act like a black box. As a result
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Artificial Intelligence and IP (part 3) World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Jane List
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Motivational factors for patenting: A study of the Brazilian researchers profile World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Carlos Silva de Jesus, Douglas de Oliveira Cardoso, Cristina Gomes de Souza
The motivation that leads researchers to engage in patenting and licensing activities is a complex topic that needs to be further investigated, especially in emerging countries. In Brazil, universities stand out as the main patent depositors, being important actors in the country's technological development process. The objective of this study is to present the profile of researchers from Brazilian
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Brazil's food technology: A pre-pandemic assessment to achieve zero hunger SDG2 goal, benchmarking against USA World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Cristina M. Quintella, Edilson Araujo Pires, Wagna Piler Carvalho dos Santos
In pursuit of Sustainable Development Goal SDG2 (zero hunger) and considering Brazil's resurgence on the 2019-20 hunger map, this study scrutinizes food technology readiness levels (TRL) in Brazil, benchmarking them against the USA. The quantities of articles (TRL3), academic patents (TRL4), and non-academic patents (TRL5) within 45 food fields from 2000 to 2019 were analyzed. Brazil's TRL stands at
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Discovering new applications: Cross-domain exploration of patent documents using causal extraction and similarity analysis World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Meiyun Wang, Hiroki Sakaji, Hiroaki Higashitani, Mitsuhiro Iwadare, Kiyoshi Izumi
Determining a technology’s potential applications is crucial in assessing its level of innovation and evaluating its commercial viability. However, patent documents offer limited insights into a technology’s full potential. As a solution, this study suggests an approach to explore a technology’s applicability beyond what is explicitly stated in patents. The approach employs causal extraction to extract
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Reference System Element Identification Atlas – methods and tools to identify references system elements in product engineering World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-08 Christoph Kempf, Simon Rapp, Kamran Behdinan, Albert Albers
Companies target innovations, successful new products. One major challenge is to increase efficiency and decrease the risk of developing new successful products. We want to reach these goals by improving the reusability of already existing knowledge elements extracted from e.g., already existing (sub-)systems or their documentation. These elements are called reference system elements and are meant
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Technological innovation for sustainable development: Is agricultural and food nanotechnology a viable alternative? World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Alejandro Barragán-Ocaña, María de los Ángeles Olvera-Treviño, Paz Silva-Borjas
Nanoscience and nanotechnology are two sources of cutting-edge scientific and technological knowledge that provide innovative solutions for different fields of specialization on a scale of 10−9 m. Their relationship with agriculture and food production is fairly recent. The extensive development of contemporary tools and techniques in the field points to a promising potential, although working intensively
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Identifying and monitoring emerging blockchain technologies using patent analysis World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Fang-Mei Tseng, Jiaying Liu, Eunice Ina N. Palma Gil, Louis Y.Y. Lu
The analysis of patent data is an important tool for identifying and monitoring trends in blockchain technology. Bibliometrics, citation analyses, supplemented with text mining, support patent data analyses. However, each of these provides specific information, so this study integrates them and provides more valuable information for monitoring blockchain technology as it emerges and identify changing
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An ensemble framework for patent classification World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Eleni Kamateri, Michail Salampasis, Konstantinos Diamantaras
An important task when a patent application arrives at a patent office is to assign one or more classification codes. This manual, intellectually demanding task needs to be supported or even fully automated by classification systems that will classify patent applications, hopefully with an accuracy close to patent professionals. Like in many other text analysis problems, in the last years, this task
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Literature listing World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Susan Bates
Welcome to the latest quarterly Literature Listing intended as a current awareness service for readers indicating newly published books, journal, and conference articles on IP management; Information Retrieval Techniques; Patent Landscapes; Education & Certification; and Legal & Intellectual Property Office Matters. The current Literature Listing was compiled end-August 2023. Key resources include
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Intellectual Property Management for Start-ups: Enhancing Value and Leveraging Potential, edited by Martin A. Bader and Sevim Süzeroglu-Melchiors. World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Marcus Holgersson
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The management of intellectual property in times of rapid institutional change – Editorial World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Martin A. Bader, Frank Tietze, Alfred Radauer
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Patent image retrieval using transformer-based deep metric learning World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Kotaro Higuchi, Keiji Yanai
Intellectual property work covers a wide range of areas. In particular, prior art literature searching in the patent field requires finding documents that can be used to determine novelty and inventive steps from a vast amount of past literature. Concerning this search practice, research and development of a drawing search technology that directly searches drawings, and essential information about
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Analyzing green science-related patents in cosmetics by using artificial intelligence World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Pauline Soutrenon, Aloïs De Valon, Romain Billet, Christophe Lecante, Denis Boulard, Jean-Yves Legendre
A deep learning-based method was developed to retrieve and analyze patents related to green sciences in cosmetics. An exploratory phase was conducted with five transformer machine learning models on a training set to screen out the most relevant one. A second phase was implemented to fine-tune the selected model by comparing the results generated by the algorithm to the manual scoring done by an expert
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Key performance indicators for utility model systems World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Jussi T.S. Heikkilä
We suggest key performance indicators (KPIs) that provide a systematic framework to analyse the functioning of utility model (UM) systems. The KPIs are based on a literature review and a content analysis of the webpages of IP offices in countries offering UM protection in 2021. Generally, the IP offices highlight UMs to be shorter, simpler, faster, and shorter protection methods compared to patents
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Relationship between industry 4.0 and patents World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Luciana Peixoto Santa Rita, Luciana Santos Costa Vieira da Silva, Fabíola Kaczam, Maria Joseane Felipe Guedes Macêdo, Álvaro Fabiano Pereira de Macêdo, Wesley Vieira da Silva, Claudimar Pereira da Veiga
Patent statistics have been widely used to assess the competitive position in various technological domains, both at the level of companies and countries. In the literature, there is a gap related to studies that highlight the importance of patents as a strategic instrument in the context of industry 4.0 technologies. In this context, the present article seeks to fill this gap by presenting a conceptual
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A comprehensive analysis of global patent landscape for recent R&D in agricultural drone technologies World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Amy J.C. Trappey, Ging-Bin Lin, Hong-Kai Chen, Ming-Chi Chen
The rapid development of information technology, along with advanced wireless communication technologies, has revolutionized the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) in many industries. In agriculture, due to the climate change and the growing global population, causing unprecedented demands and risks on food supplies, intelligent and automatic agricultural technologies are critical needs
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The Brazilian Atlantic Forest genetic resources in patents and the challenges to control the economic use of biodiversity World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Celise Villa dos Santos, Fábio Mascarenhas e Silva, Leandro Innocentini Lopes de Faria
The Atlantic Forest is the Brazilian biome with the greatest variety of plant species. Despite the potential of resources that can be used in the development of products and technologies, several species are imminently threatened with extinction. This study analyzes the technologies developed with native species of the Atlantic Forest, and their holders, using patent analysis. It also investigates
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Comparison of characteristics of patent applications among regions in Japan where patent applications are increasing World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Shunji Suzuki
In this paper, approximately 2,326,000 published patent applications applied between 2010 and 2019 by Japanese applicants in Japan were collected. 5 prefectures where patent applications much increased between 2010 and 2019 were identified, and their characteristics were analyzed. It was observed that they could be classified according to the diversity of the applicants and the IPC sections that contributed
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Scientific and technological contributions from the ‘Periphery’: A look at patent applications filed with the participation of Colombians World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-11
By their nature, patents allow for the protection of creations or inventions in various technological sectors and in countries of commercial or industrial interest. They also record information about inventors and holders, as well as the novel features of the invention. With this in mind, this article considers the contributions of Colombians in the global context by analyzing patent applications submitted
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Obsolescence rate of sectors in patents filed in USPTO World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Zaigham Khan, Devika Kaushal, Anamika Dey, Anil Gupta
The lifetime of a patent is 20 years, but many patents get abandoned before completing this duration. This may be in part due to the high maintenance fee required by United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), lack of demand for licensing, limited scope for workability in dynamic market situation, deficit of investment in taking it forward, change in the priorities of the inventor or emergence
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Evaluation and comparison of domestic and foreign patent portfolios based on F-term on optical lenses of competitors World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Kuo-tsan Liu, Ting-Chun Chen
This paper evaluates domestic and foreign patent portfolios owned by ten top competitors in Japan on the optical lenses of digital cameras. The objective is to establish an efficient and simple tool to provide an enterprise with the ability to investigate its competing position in order to identify its favorable research and development directions and enhance its patent application strategy. The method
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Literature listing World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Susan Bates
Welcome to the latest quarterly Literature Listing intended as a current awareness service for readers indicating newly published books, journal, and conference articles on IP management; Information Retrieval Techniques; Patent Landscapes; Education & Certification; and Legal & Intellectual Property Office Matters. The current Literature Listing was compiled end-May 2023. Key resources include Scopus
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European Patent Office (EPO) en Twitter: A content analysis World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Víctor Herrero-Solana, Cristina Faba-Pérez
Twitter accounts can be a relevant (in addition to websites) source of information, particularly for studying the public profile of an institution. In this study, a content analysis of the @epoorg account was performed. The description of the EPO on social networks has never been researched thus far. Using the Tractor software, 19,565 tweets were downloaded and uploaded to the Graphext platform, which
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Innovations in agri-food biotechnology: Megatrends in tropical Mexican fruits World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 José Alberto Solis-Navarrete, Saray Bucio-Mendoza, Federico Stezano-Pérez
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From scattered sources to comprehensive technology landscape : A recommendation-based retrieval approach World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Chi Thang Duong, Dimitri Perica David, Ljiljana Dolamic, Alain Mermoud, Vincent Lenders, Karl Aberer
Mapping the technology landscape is crucial for market actors to take informed investment decisions. However, given the large amount of data on the Web and its subsequent information overload, manually retrieving information is a seemingly ineffective and incomplete approach. In this work, we propose an end-to-end recommendation based retrieval approach to support automatic retrieval of technologies
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Responsible intellectual property strategy for sustainability transition - An exploratory study World Patent Information (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-04-15 Pratheeba Vimalnath, Frank Tietze, Elisabeth Eppinger, Akriti Jain, Anjula Gurtoo, Maximilian Elsen
In this paper, we propose a responsible intellectual property (IP) strategy (R-IPS) framework based on five exploratory case studies of sustainable companies in energy, nutrition, consumer electronics, manufacturing and water treatment sectors. These companies responsibly use IP assets to create positive social and environmental impact (or reduce negative impact), and unlock new opportunities for financial