Category: Patents

  • Technology Prospecting on Enzymes for the Pulp and Paper Industry

    The use of enzymes in the pulp and paper industry was introduced in the 1986. However, their use has been relatively minor. This prospective study aims at enhancing the understanding of the most important advances regarding the use of enzymes in this industry and to identify the future trends of this technology. Information gathered from the Web…

  • The Access and Benefi-Sharing Patent Index: Large Scale Text Mining for Biodiversity using High End Computing

    Extended Abstract – NEW INDICATORS session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s): P. Oldham and S. Hall (CESAGEN, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Lancaster University) We have developed an index of biological species names appearing in the USPTO and PCT patent collections of 9 million patent documents. The Access and Benefit-Sharing Patent Index…

  • A Hybrid Visualized Model for Composing Technology Roadmapping: Bibliometrics, Qualitative Methodology & Empirical Study

    Extended Abstract – FUTURE-ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s): Yi Zhang, Ying Guo, Donghua Zhu, and Xuefeng Wang; Beijing Institute of Technology The booming of emerging technology is an obvious global feature of today’s S&T development at the same as it is also becoming a key factor in the national…

  • Mapping of Scientific Patenting

    Extended Abstract – Science Mapping session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author: Mari Jibu, Department of Databases for Information and Knowledge Infrastructure, Innovation Headquarters, Japan Science and Technology Agency “Mapping of Science” is available for getting a quick overview of the structure of science. With this context, it is hoped that policy making that…

  • How product and process innovations are accompanied by business methods: The case of RFID

    Extended Abstract – TECHMINING FOR MoT AND CTI session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Authors: Jan M. Gerken1 and Martin G. Moehrle1, Institute of Project Management and Innovation Technological innovations have become very important, as technological innovations and their protection have been considered as the most important dimension of regimes of appropriability (Teece, 1986).…

  • Technological foresight—the use of biotechnology in the development of new drugs against breast cancer

    The aim of the study is to demonstrate knowledge and information management as a mechanism for developing technological foresight regarding the use of biotechnology in drugs for breast cancer. The methodology applies competitive intelligence (CI) tools to identify international trends concerning drugs for treatment and/or diagnosis, and to identify leading institutions.

  • Biodegradable Polymers: Sectorial Overview and Prospects

    This work on biodegradable polymers involved an analysis of patents to identify indicators for evaluating the prospects and opportunities of action in the field of polymers. We used the Spacenet database and VantagePoint software.