Technology forecasting and patent strategy of hydrogen energy and fuel cell technologies

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6957-6969

  Chen, Yu Heng ^a   Chen, Chia Yon ^a   Lee, Shun Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Hydrogen energy; Logistic growth curve; Patent strategy; S Curves

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES; CO-WORD ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERT SURVEY; FUEL CELL INDUSTRY; FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH-TECHNOLOGY; HYDROGEN ENERGY; HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES; LOGISTIC GROWTH; LOGISTIC GROWTH CURVE; PATENT ANALYSIS; PATENT NUMBER; PATENT STRATEGY; S-CURVES; TECHNOLOGY FORECASTING; UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE; S CURVE;

FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

TECHNOLOGY; FUEL CELLS;

EID: 79955911232     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.03.063     Document Type: Article

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