Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Patent Analysis	Technology Foresight
Πεδίο	Science Technology Studies	Science Technology Studies
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1994	1995
Δημιουργός	Francis Narin (patent bibliometrics) and the patent-analytics community	Ben R. Martin, Irene Miles, and the UK/Japanese foresight programmes
Τύπος	Document-based technological-intelligence process	Participatory future-oriented strategic process
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	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.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Patent analytics, Patent bibliometrics, Patent landscaping	Foresight studies, Strategic technology forecasting, Future-oriented technology analysis
Συναφείς	4	4
Σύνοψη	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.