Patent indicators for monitoring convergence - examples from NFF and ICT

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-273

  Curran, Clive Steven ^a   Leker, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer electronics; Converging industries; Information technologies; IPC co classification; Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods; Patent analysis; Technology forecasting; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

CONVERGING INDUSTRIES; IPC CO-CLASSIFICATION; NUTRACEUTICALS; PATENT ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY FORECASTING;

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

CONVERGENCE; FORECASTING METHOD; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; MERGER; MONITORING SYSTEM; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 78651356174     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2010.06.021     Document Type: Article

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