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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Sources
- 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 ↗
How to cite this page
ScholarGate. (2026, June 22). Patent Analysis (Patanalytics). ScholarGate. https://scholargate.app/en/science-technology-studies/patent-analysis
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