“…Studies on technology opportunities analysis have mainly focused on the combination and improvement of multi-methods of technology forecasting (TF) (see, for example, Porter and Detampel, 1995;Yoon and Park, 2007;Yoon, 2007;Sanz-Casado et al, 2007;Li and Qiao, 2007;Lu, 2006). Some software has also been developed to analyse technology opportunities, such as a customer software package called the Technology Opportunities Analysis Knowbot (TOAK), developed by the Technology Policy and Assessment Center to scan major national and international publication databases, as well as a major US patent database.…”