A New Comprehensive Patent Analysis Approach for New Product Design in Mechanical Engineering

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1183-1199

  OuYang, Kuang ^a   Weng, Calvin S ^b  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TAKMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

New product design; Patent analysis; Patent citation; Patent family

Indexed keywords

NEW PRODUCT DESIGN; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PATENT ANALYSIS; PATENT CITATION; PATENT CITATION ANALYSIS; PATENT FAMILY; PATENT SEARCHING; TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY-BASED;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION FILTERING;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

DESIGN; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80051597312     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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