Technological-level evaluation using patent statistics: model and application in mobile communications

Abstract

Information and communication technology (ICT) has been a driving force of development for knowledgebased economies. In particular, as competition in mobile communications technological innovation among nations becomes more intense, there are growing demands for improved evaluation, judgment, and prediction of mobile communications technological capability in order to improve national ICT competitiveness. Technological capability refers to conceptual-level elements that capture technological competitiveness in operation. A technological level can be defined for making comparisons of one technological capability with another. Patent statistics have been used by economists and researchers in the field of innovation to analyze current and forecast technological directions. This paper evaluates relative technological capability in terms of patent statistics for some technology domains. We propose a patent statistic model for relative technological capability based on patent activity, intensity, market-power, and citation index for mobile communications technologies at a national level. In particular, it gives a technological-level evaluation of 3G, 3G transitional, and 4G mobile communications for the US, EU, Japan, China, and Korea.

Assessment of technological level of stem cell research using principal component analysis

“…First, a number of indexes for both scientific literatures and patents were summated into the single value based on the PCA. Although previous studies have attempted to summate a single value by analytic hierarchy process or specialists’ opinion (Cho and Park 2015 ), there was a limitation of multi-collinearity between indexes which may doubly affect overall assessment of technology levels; thus, the authors attempted to exclude multi-collinearity by using the PCA. Second, the existing quantitative assessments may not be appropriate to take account of technological obsolescence, because both recently registered and former patents were calculated as simple numeric values without consideration for technological obsolescence which made us to reflect it, caused by the lapse of time, in the technological level assessment.…”

The History and Prediction of Prebiotics and Postbiotics: A Patent Analysis

“…Patent applications for prebiotics and postbiotics have far-reaching implications for future research [35]. Firstly, the number and quality of patent applications can reflect the quantity and frontier research in this field, which provided an important reference information for researchers [36]. Secondly,…”

“…Patent applications for prebiotics and postbiotics have far-reaching implications for future research [35]. Firstly, the number and quality of patent applications can reflect the quantity and frontier research in this field, which provided an important reference information for researchers [36]. Secondly, patent applications can protect intellectual property of researchers and technological innovations and these patents enable them to gain economic benefits from their patents.…”

Critical Analysis of Methods for Assessing the Level of Technological Development of an Industrial Enterprise

“…2) результативный (Cho I., Park M. [36]; ООН [37]; Березиков С.А. [3]; Якубовский Ю.В., Карастелев Б.Я., Бровко П.М.…”