Instruments for patent data analyses in business firms

The availability of patent data in data banks has largely increased the possibilities for patent analyses. The overall measures of patent activity for individual firms are discussed. As the data are broken down by technology fields, patent portfolios are introduced that represent the patent position...

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Published in:Technovation 1992-02, Vol.12 (1), p.41-59
Main Author: Brockhoff, Klaus K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Applications
Inventors
Mathematical analysis
Studies
Technological change
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Summary:The availability of patent data in data banks has largely increased the possibilities for patent analyses. The overall measures of patent activity for individual firms are discussed. As the data are broken down by technology fields, patent portfolios are introduced that represent the patent position of a firm relative to its competitors over all the technology fields covered. Matrix algebra is then used to suggest an alternative to standard procedures of importance weightings for patents, and the analysis is then extended to show the relations between inventors and end-products via the patents used in the end-products. This may have many applications, from inventor remuneration to human resource management.
ISSN:0166-4972
1879-2383
DOI:10.1016/0166-4972(92)90031-C