Patentometric: monitoring the scientific and technological trends of Additive Manufacturing in Medical Applications

IF 1.3 Q3 ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

International Journal of Production Management and Engineering Pub Date : 2019-06-05 DOI:10.4995/IJPME.2019.10789

Izaskun Alvarez-Meaza, Enara Zarrabeitia-Bilbao, Rosa María Río-Belver, I. M. D. Alegría, Iñaki Bildosola

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Abstract

Patents are a means of protecting inventions developed by firms, institutions or individuals, and they may be interpreted as indicators of invention. Patents indicators convey information on the processes of inventive activities. Therefore, patent statistics will assess science and technology (S&T) activities. Besides, additive manufacturing (AM) has become a revolutionary technology that is changing medical science. For this reason, the patent statistics will allow us to monitor what is the state of the inventive activity of AM in medical applications. The database used in order to retrieve patent information is Patseer and the data have been analyzed through the analytics package called Quick Stats. From the data obtained, it can be concluded that, additive manufacturing in medical applications is an emerging technology with huge market potential. Undoubtedly, the core of invention is located in United States, followed by Germany, United Kingdom and China somewhat behind. Firms are the main holders of legal rights, and the firm’s market value and the knowledge diffusion of technology are ensured by the technological diversity and the number of forward citations presented by patents.

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Patentometrics：监测增材制造在医疗应用中的科学和技术趋势

专利是保护公司、机构或个人发明的一种手段，它们可以被解释为发明的指标。专利指标传达了有关发明活动过程的信息。因此，专利统计将对科技活动进行评估。此外，增材制造(AM)已经成为一项革命性的技术，正在改变医学科学。出于这个原因，专利统计数据将使我们能够监测AM在医疗应用中的发明活动的状态。用于检索专利信息的数据库是Patseer，数据通过称为Quick Stats的分析包进行分析。从所获得的数据可以得出结论，增材制造在医疗领域的应用是一项具有巨大市场潜力的新兴技术。毫无疑问，发明的核心位于美国，其次是德国、英国和中国。企业是法律权利的主要持有者，技术多样性和专利所呈现的前向引用数量保证了企业的市场价值和技术的知识扩散。

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International Journal of Production Management and Engineering ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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2.10

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13.30%

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20 weeks