To guarantee a higher efficiency in research and development as well as substantial returns on investment, it is essential that corporations reduce the costs incurred by R & D departments. Based on three stages of technological innovation, this paper proposes an integrated process of systematic innovation for redesigning prototypes. This process integrates technology analysis, patent design-around strategies, innovative design methods in the theory of inventive problem-solving, rules of patent infringement judgment, and how to innovate by designing around existing patent. There is a case study that it is expected a redesign of prototypes of light guide panels by design-around strategies to avoid infringement of existing patents can be used to illustrate the integrated process.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.