Precision agriculture and patented innovation: State of the art and current trends

IF 2.2 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

World Patent Information Pub Date : 2024-01-30 DOI:10.1016/j.wpi.2024.102262

Giovanni Avola, Miriam Distefano, Antonino Torrisi, Ezio Riggi

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Abstract

The present study analyzed the trends in patenting in the field of Precision Agriculture (PA) since the late 1970s, when the potential application of microprocessor‐based technology started to show its dramatic effects on agriculture. The patenting activities analyses conducted focused as first on the evolution of the terms that historically have been used to indicate the common principles linked to the concept of precision agriculture, to mine relevant keywords within massive datasets such as patent documents. Then, the rationale was to impose a sorting approach based on different criteria: (i) field of application (Positioning and Guidance Technologies; Information and Communication Technologies ICT; Measuring Technologies; Reacting Technologies); (ii) sensory technology (Positioning; Optical; Electro-chemical; Mechanical); and (iii) farming practices (Sowing; Fertilization; Protection; Irrigation; Harvest).

The number of grants collected included 2003 results, with an enormous increase in the number of precision agriculture-related patents registered in the last years. This study emphasizes the central role of ICT and Global Positioning technologies in supporting several measuring and response technologies, highlights the increasing relevance of environmental sensors and image devices, notes the rise of unmanned vehicles in agricultural patents, and underscores fertilization as a dominant subject for patent activity among the farming practices.

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精准农业和专利创新：技术现状和当前趋势

本研究分析了自 20 世纪 70 年代末以来精准农业（PA）领域的专利申请趋势，当时基于微处理器的技术的潜在应用开始对农业产生巨大影响。所进行的专利活动分析首先侧重于历史上用来表示与精准农业概念相关的共同原则的术语的演变，以挖掘专利文件等海量数据集中的相关关键词。然后，根据不同的标准进行分类：(i) 应用领域（定位和制导技术；信息和通信技术；测量技术；反应技术）；(ii) 传感技术（定位；光学；电化学；机械）；(iii) 耕作方法（播种；施肥；保护；灌溉；收获）。本研究强调了信息与传播技术和全球定位技术在支持若干测量和响应技术方面的核心作用，突出了环境传感器和图像设备日益增长的相关性，注意到无人驾驶车辆在农业专利中的崛起，并强调施肥是耕作实践中专利活动的主导主题。

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