Benchmarking R&D and companies through patent analysis using free databases and special software: A tool to improve innovative thinking

World Patent Information

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-309

  Dou, Henri Jean Marie ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Automatic analysis; Benchmarking; Bibliometry; Coconut technology; Competitive intelligence; Developing country; Development; esp enet ; Innovation; Innovative thinking; Lubricating oil technology; Patent analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944222329     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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15. We combined very often Matheo-Patent with the software The Brain, allowing us to map ideas and to associate this mapping information. These applications can be stored on your computer and updated if necessary. This is a very powerful tool for brain storming and to stimulate working groups, http://www.thebrain.com/ . The Brain allows you to draw the map of related ideas (called thoughts), and information (such as patent title, number, abstracts or claims) can be linked to all those ideas. The end of the idea network will be a sort of tree, all the branches being ideas linked to relevant information (patents, competitors, close products, potential market data, etc.). For instance we could make the mapping of the application: coconut brandy. We would start from technologies used to make the brandy, type of containers, potential customers, etc. This will help people to make the best choice having on their computer the global mapping of the application. The map will also help to consider all the possible paths (branches of the tree) in term of Quick SWOT analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat)
16. From the www on February 20th 2004: http://www.clubbienvenue.com.br/web/site/ iframeοurmet.asp?idceita=144, http://www.olindavirtual.net/ info21.htm at the end of this page, a picture of container with coconut shape is shown