Сравнение на методи

	Patent Analysis	Technology Foresight
Област	Science Technology Studies	Science Technology Studies
Семейство	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Година на възникване	1994	1995
Създател	Francis Narin (patent bibliometrics) and the patent-analytics community	Ben R. Martin, Irene Miles, and the UK/Japanese foresight programmes
Тип	Document-based technological-intelligence process	Participatory future-oriented strategic process
Основополагащ източник	Narin, F. (1994). Patent bibliometrics. Scientometrics, 30(1), 147-155.	Martin, B. R. (1995). Foresight in science and technology. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 7(2), 139-168.
Други названия	Patent analytics, Patent bibliometrics, Patent landscaping	Foresight studies, Strategic technology forecasting, Future-oriented technology analysis
Свързани	4	4
Резюме	Patent analysis, or patanalytics, mines the documents and metadata in patent databases to generate technological intelligence. Because patents are structured, dated, classified, and citation-linked records of inventive activity, analysing patent counts, citations, classification codes, applicants, and text reveals who is innovating where, in which technologies, how fields connect, and how the technological landscape is shifting—evidence that feeds competitive intelligence, R&D strategy, and foresight.	Technology foresight is a systematic, participatory process of looking into the longer-term future of science, technology, the economy, and society in order to identify the areas of strategic research and the emerging generic technologies likely to yield the greatest economic and social benefits. Rather than predicting a single future, it brings experts and stakeholders together to explore plausible futures, build shared visions, and translate them into present-day priorities and action.