Measurement method and application research on surrounding patents

Abstract

Abstract: Patents are gradually evolving from protective methods into competitive tools, which results in the springing up of surrounding patents and forming of patent bubbles. Surrounding patents have made much trouble to patent management and its scientific evaluation. It has become an urgent task to construct effective measurement method and to screen out surrounding patents from the massive data. The generation mechanism and basic data of surrounding patents have been analyzed. The measurement method is proposed and an index of surrounding patents is developed based on the differences of typical patent families. Taking Apple Inc. as the research sample, the method has been used to measure and analyze surrounding patents.

Key words: surrounding patent, patent bubble, measurement method, patent family

CLC Number:

G306.0

Zhang Mier, Meng Shanshan, Tian Ying. Measurement method and application research on surrounding patents[J]. Science Research Management, 2014, 35(3): 155-160.

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