The present paper extends the literature investigating key drivers leading certain patents to exert a stronger influence on the subsequent technological developments (inventions) than other ones. We investigated six key determinants, as (i) the use of scientific knowledge, (ii) the breadth of the technological base, (iii) the existence of collaboration in patent development, (iv) the number of ...

in this study, an attempt has been made to expound the iranian law of intellectual property in relation to biotechnology. the most important themes studied are patents, industrial designs and trade marks. the latest relevant piece of legislation concerning the subject matters was passed in march 2008. however, the history of laws and regulations in this field goes back to early twentieth centur...

We propose a cooperative Multi-agent knowledge management system to manage patent documents and support the invention process based on the patent document analysis. It helps industrial knowledge managers to retrieve and analyze existing patent documents and extract tacit knowledge from patent documents with the aid of ontology and natural language processing techniques. It allows the invention ...

This paper presents development of a trend-based patent alert system (PAS) to find out current trends in patents on industrial technologies. Patent count data based on number of patents filed in specified duration is considered an indicator to define current trend. PAS retrieves data of associated patent counts using extended markup language (XML). Trend extraction algorithm is developed based ...

Patent management is increasingly important for organizations to sustain their competitive advantage. The classification of patents is essential for patent management and industrial analysis. In this study, we propose a novel patent network-based classification method to analyze query patents and predict their classes. The proposed patent network, which contains various types of nodes that repr...

new, involve an inventive step and are capable of industrial application.” A footnote defines “‘inventive step’ and ‘capable of industrial application’ ... to be synonymous with the terms ‘non-obvious’ and ‘useful’ respectively.” Id. n.5. In many countries that use the “inventive step” test for patentability, the term “inventive step” is specifically defined to refer to something that is “not o...

In this article we argue that the regulation of Intellectual Property (IP) protection should go beyond the traditional regulatory models and follow a more flexible regulatory framework. Considering the range of industrial needs and developments, the article develops a differentiated Community IP protection model that could stimulate growth and innovation, alter the behavior of patent users, and...