As the most effective carrier of technical information, patents contain more than 90% of the world's latest technical information, which is 5-6 years earlier than the information provided by general technical publications, and the content is detailed and accurate. According to estimates from the World Intellectual Property Organization, if patent information can be effectively used, corporate research and development work can be shortened by an average of 60% in technology research and development cycles and 40% in scientific research funds saved. Patent maps, which collect, organize and utilize patent technology information, will play a pivotal role in the future information world.
In fact, most patents are not discovered accidentally, but are designed and developed purposefully. For many companies, the products they manufacture are either already available to others or have similar technologies, which is a huge waste of R&D. Some companies want to enter the European and American markets. After investing huge amounts of money to prepare for the market, they find that the core technology patents for promoting products are in the hands of certain European and American companies. If they set a clear and unclear policy for product patent research and development in advance, If the patent map touches other people's patent 'traps', the dilemma of patent application hitting the rocks will not occur, and a lot of manpower and material resources will not be wasted.
Patent maps play an important role in the utilization of patent information. The above means that the retrieved patent information is sorted, processed, synthesized and summarized, and then classified in the form of data. A chart can be used for quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis; Qixia means that through comparison, analysis and research of patent maps, predictions and judgments can be made, thereby obtaining information such as technological levels, dynamics, and development trends that can be used. , providing enterprises with services such as specifying business strategies, patent strategies, and selecting development goals. It can be seen that patent map, as a tool for collecting, organizing and utilizing patent information, is of great significance to enterprises. As early as several years ago, it has been valued and utilized by developed countries and regions. For example, in order to help promote the use of patent information by enterprises, the Japanese government has been collecting and analyzing patent information in each technical field over the past two decades to create patent maps and putting these maps online for free. For example, in the field of communications alone, the patent map involves fifteen aspects such as infrared sensing and applications, and image recognition technology. Inspired by the mechanism used by its typical project, the mobile phone patent map, the Korean Intellectual Property Organization has planned to produce and promote patent maps in all industrial fields starting in 2000. In the past 10 years, Taiwan has also successfully produced patent maps in many fields such as speech recognition, multi-film modules, MPEG video, carbon nanotubes, etc., which has played a major guiding role in technology research and development and future product strategic deployment. .