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Patent Analysis

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.

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Patent Analysis (Patanalytics)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / science-technology-studies
  • Narin, F. (1994). Patent bibliometrics. Scientometrics, 30(1), 147-155. · DOI 10.1007/BF02017219
  • Abbas, A., Zhang, L., & Khan, S. U. (2014). A literature review on the state-of-the-art in patent analysis. World Patent Information, 37, 3-13. · DOI 10.1016/j.wpi.2013.12.006
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Related methods

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Same method familyConstructive Technology Assessmentmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyHorizon Scanningmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyTechnology Foresightmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyTechnology Roadmappingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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Sources

2 recorded citations, copied from the method source record.

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