TY - Type of reference TI - Ordnance maps for patented inventions: a major competitive advantage for innovation AU - Frédéric Caillaud AU - Clément Sternberger AB - 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. DO - 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2021.0623 JF - Technology and Innovation KW - patent analytics, technology, mapping, innovation, brevet, technologie, cartographie sémantique, innovation, L1 - https://openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/iste_techinn21v6n2_01.pdf LA - en PB - ISTE OpenScience DA - 2021/03/12 SN - 2399-8571 TT - La carte d’état-major des inventions brevetées : un avantage concurrentiel majeur pour innover UR - https://openscience.fr/Ordnance-maps-for-patented-inventions-a-major-competitive-advantage-for IS - Issue 2 VL - 6 ER -