6. Select patents
Based on the various processes described in the previous steps, you are now in a position to provide general indications of trends in the field, whether in terms of filings, countries, differences in R&D strategies between companies or countries, etc.
You can also select patents with their full texts, if they are important. Translation remains difficult for patents filed in certain countries (China, Korea, Japan, Thailand...), but there are translators (Systran, Google Translate) that give you an idea of the contents. If there's a WO patent in the family, or a patent in a language that's easy to understand, you'll find it easier to read.
The full text of a patent is supplied in PDF format. Before using the text, you will need an "océariser" translator to be able to select certain parts...
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference
This article is included in
Management and innovation engineering
This offer includes:
Knowledge Base
Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees
Services
A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources
Practical Path
Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills
Doc & Quiz
Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading
Select patents
Our advice
Bibliography
Dou H., Leveille V., Manullang S.D., Dou J.M., Patent Analysis for Competitive Technical Intelligence and Innovative Thinking. Data Science Journal (DSJ), vol. 4, pp. 209-236 (2005).
Dou H., and Dou JM Jr, Chinese Patent-A Tentative Explanation of Various Strategies of Patenting. Chinese Business Review, 12(1) (2013).
Dou H. and Clerc P., Trends in 3-D printing from a patent...
Websites
On the website, visit the "Archive for the Important papers and books related to CI Category" section.
CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service)
CAPLUS gives you access to the CAS description.
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference
