1. Use the number of citations of the patent to judge. Cited patents refer to other patent documents related to the technical content of the patent document that are stated by the applicant in the specification or confirmed by the examiner during the examination process. Innovation includes patent citation information from 17 countries. Typically, the more important a patent is, the more citations it receives. The most cited patent documents in a certain field are likely to involve core technologies in that field. To put it another way, if a patent cites fewer other patents, it means that the patented technology is more basic; if a patent cites more other patents, it means that the patented technology is relatively mature, mainly because of the improvement of previous technologies. Improvements in technology.
2. Use the number of patent family members to judge. The number of patent families is an important indicator of the economic value of a patent. It can reflect the potential technological market and economic sphere of influence of a certain invention. And patent applicants will submit patent applications to a certain country only if they have expectations for that country's market. Therefore, by analyzing in which countries the applicant has filed a patent application for a certain invention, it will help to understand the applicant's business strategy, market development direction, etc. In the same way, if a company applies for a large number of patents of the same family for a technology, it can also reflect the importance of the technology from one aspect.
3. Use patent litigation information to make judgments. Patent litigation in the United States often costs a lot of money and time. If there is no huge conflict of interest behind a patent, companies will not rush into patent litigation.