Titre : Ordnance maps for patented inventions: a major competitive advantage for innovation 

Auteurs : Frédéric Caillaud, Clément Sternberger,  

Revue : Technology and Innovation 

Numéro : Issue 2 

Volume : 6 

Date : 2021/03/12 

DOI : 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2021.0623 

ISSN : 2399-8571 

Résumé : The patent is an early marker of global innovation. Repositories have grown exponentially over the past decade, making it possible to build databases that can hold up to 130 million today. As they are made up of a stack of very different sources and quality, these databases are difficult to use to accurately measure the semantic distance between the concepts of patent families and visualize them in the form of relevant maps. We have selected the DWPI database and the associated processing algorithms to create maps of global innovations and show, through various examples, how experts from large companies use them. These maps make it possible to identify the emergence of innovations and global trends, in order to position the inventions of companies in their competitive environment, which is essential to arbitrate investments, select the most suitable partners and ultimately increase R&D productivity. It is essential to master Technological Intelligence and better understand why companies do not communicate on the subject, in order to maintain a major competitive advantage. 

Éditeur : ISTE OpenScience