A new instrument for technology monitoring: novelty in patents measured by semantic patent analysis

Gerken, Jan M.; Moehrle, Martin G.

doi:10.1007/s11192-012-0635-7

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“…According to the methodological limitations of quantitative research, we applied qualitative research to analyze the time lag between patent disclosure and market launch. The research was part of a research project with experts from the German FVA – Forschungsvereinigung Antriebstechnik (Association for Joint Research in Drive Technology) and builds on the results and on the methodological approach of a prior study (see Gerken and Moehrle, ). We (1) linked products and technologies, (2) identified patents corresponding to these technologies, and (3) calculated time lags between patent disclosure dates and market launch dates.…”

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“…In this context, we focused on new aspects of the four‐wheel drive train. As patent analysis is a demanding task, we applied semantic patent analysis to obtain insights into the patent landscape and to gain orientation in the field of four‐wheel drive technology (see Gerken et al., ; Moehrle, ; Gerken and Moehrle, ; Moehrle and Gerken, ). Next, the first occurrence of each technology in patent literature was identified. For this purpose, we investigated the international publication date of the patents corresponding to SUBARU's technologies.…”

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One year ahead! Investigating the time lag between patent publication and market launch: insights from a longitudinal study in the automotive industry

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Technology-oriented companies find themselves confronted with the challenge of having to react quickly to technology-based innovations by competitors. Especially the market launches of innovative products have the ability to change the competitive environment dramatically. This calls for the ability to discern product technologies in due time. Even though several methods of technology monitoring are based on patent information, the important time lag between patent disclosure and market launch is still unclear and volatile for reasons unknown. Therefore, we have analyzed this time lag of a respective product by way of a longitudinal case study in the field of automotive engineering. The results show that in our case, patents form a valuable information source in short-term product technology monitoring. Hence, analyzing patents in the context of product technologies and reacting to emerging products is a race against time.

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“…One of the most important applications is in technology analysis. For instance, Gerken and Moehrle (2012) proposed a new instrument using SAO-based patent analysis to identify inventions with high novelty (Gerken and Moehrle, 2012). Choi et al (2011) obtained future technology development trends from patent information by applying the SAO method combined with social network analysis (Choi et al, 2011).…”

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Identification of technology development trends based on subject–action–object analysis: The case of dye-sensitized solar cells

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Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…Carbonell and Goldstein (1998) defined a Maximum Marginal Relevance criterion as a weighted average of a relevance score and a penalty determined by the maximum similarity to the current search results, whereas Zhang et al (2002) studied the first story detection problem using a closest-approach calculation, using several measures such as cosine similarity and a combination of a mixture model and Kullback–Leibler divergence. Finally, the concept of novelty in patents was examined by Gerken and Moehrle (2012) with a goal similar to ours in measuring focus shift in PQ applications, and using an equivalent similarity formula but a different scoring algorithm than we employed.…”

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Piloting an approach to rapid and automated assessment of a new research initiative: Application to the National Cancer Institute's Provocative Questions initiative

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Funders of biomedical research are often challenged to understand how a new funding initiative fits within the agency’s portfolio and the larger research community. While traditional assessment relies on retrospective review by subject matter experts, it is now feasible to design portfolio assessment and gap analysis tools leveraging administrative and grant application data that can be used for early and continued analysis. We piloted such methods on the National Cancer Institute’s Provocative Questions (PQ) initiative to address key questions regarding diversity of applicants; whether applicants were proposing new avenues of research; and whether grant applications were filling portfolio gaps. For the latter two questions, we defined measurements called focus shift and relevance, respectively, based on text similarity scoring. We demonstrate that two types of applicants were attracted by the PQs at rates greater than or on par with the general National Cancer Institute applicant pool: those with clinical degrees and new investigators. Focus shift scores tended to be relatively low, with applicants not straying far from previous research, but the majority of applications were found to be relevant to the PQ the application was addressing. Sensitivity to comparison text and inability to distinguish subtle scientific nuances are the primary limitations of our automated approaches based on text similarity, potentially biasing relevance and focus shift measurements. We also discuss potential uses of the relevance and focus shift measures including the design of outcome evaluations, though further experimentation and refinement are needed for a fuller understanding of these measures before broad application.

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A new instrument for technology monitoring: novelty in patents measured by semantic patent analysis

Cited by 118 publications

References 54 publications

One year ahead! Investigating the time lag between patent publication and market launch: insights from a longitudinal study in the automotive industry

One year ahead! Investigating the time lag between patent publication and market launch: insights from a longitudinal study in the automotive industry

Identification of technology development trends based on subject–action–object analysis: The case of dye-sensitized solar cells

Piloting an approach to rapid and automated assessment of a new research initiative: Application to the National Cancer Institute's Provocative Questions initiative

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