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{"title":"Technological advances in the clinical laboratory: A patent search on erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) devices","authors":"Bruna Ferreira Pfeiffer,&nbsp;Mariana de Freitas Dewes,&nbsp;Ana Beatriz Gorini da Veiga","doi":"10.1016/j.wpi.2024.102263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wpi.2024.102263","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a laboratory test that allows the evaluation of the presence of infectious, inflammatory, and neoplastic processes of nonspecific origin. The ESR test using the Westergreen 1 h method remains in evidence due to its easy execution, reliability, and low cost; on the other hand, the assay has some limitations, such as its low sensibility and relative delay in providing results. The aim of this study was to analyze the amount of patent applications related to the ESR test, the profile of applicants, the temporal evolution<span> of the types of claims, the predominance of claims by applicants, and applicants by patent family. Based on five guiding research questions, combined searches (keywords and International Patent Classification - IPC) were conducted in the Espacenet patent database considering the period from 1950 to June 2023. Of a total of 310 documents, 185 were selected for analysis. Results showed that 89.2 % of the filed patents were classified as IPC G01 N, and 10.8 % as IPC A61B, with an expressive growth of claims (69.7 %) related to automated systems for analysis of ESR along the period. Health Institutions represented 63.8 % of the applicants; 57.8 % of the applicants were from Asian countries; and 28.1 % of the applications belong to a patent family. The results indicate technological advance over the decades, especially in automated systems, contributing to the improvement of ESR analyses in a shorter time. Considering the importance of the ESR test in different settings, including low- and middle-income countries, there is a need to develop new technologies related to the test in other regions, and engage applicants from Educational Institutions involved in scientific research.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":51794,"journal":{"name":"World Patent Information","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102263"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139675224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Precision agriculture and patented innovation: State of the art and current trends","authors":"Giovanni Avola,&nbsp;Miriam Distefano,&nbsp;Antonino Torrisi,&nbsp;Ezio Riggi","doi":"10.1016/j.wpi.2024.102262","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wpi.2024.102262","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>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<span> 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 </span></span>patent documents. Then, the rationale was to impose a sorting approach based on different criteria: (</span><em>i</em><span>) field of application (Positioning and Guidance Technologies; Information and Communication Technologies ICT; Measuring Technologies; Reacting Technologies); (</span><em>ii</em>) sensory technology (Positioning; Optical; Electro-chemical; Mechanical); and (<em>iii</em>) farming practices (Sowing; Fertilization; Protection; Irrigation; Harvest).</p><p>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 <span>ICT</span><span> 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.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":51794,"journal":{"name":"World Patent Information","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102262"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139644642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intelligent packaging and value generating: Technological development opportunities based on Patent Analysis","authors":"Kátia Cinara Tregnago Cunha,&nbsp;Marcos Rogério Mazieri","doi":"10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102258","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102258","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>This article aims to analyze the technological developments of packages for chilled or frozen products carrying thermochromic visual indicators to inform the cumulative thermal exposure along logistics chains. Thermochromic visual indicators inform the final consumer whether the product is in real and safe conditions for consumption. Through technological prospecting in the Espacenet and Institute of Industrial Property of </span>Brazil<span> patent databases, 75 documents were selected, and their bibliographic and technical data were analyzed through Iramuteq software to identify the technological fields related to these kinds of packages that contribute most to increasing value. Supported by a literature review, we identified “technological clusters” which promote developing products and processes. The value features related to packages were confronted to technologies found, offering a clear vision of those more advanced and those yet incipient from the value generating point of view. Contrary to intuitive conclusions, technologies employing information on means of measuring and/or indicating temperature are the most frequently present in the patent documents analyzed, comparing to ecological and economic functions.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":51794,"journal":{"name":"World Patent Information","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102258"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139644858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A comprehensive review and analysis of patents on biological and biosimilar products listed in the purple book","authors":"Swayamprakash Patel ,&nbsp;Mruduka S. Patel ,&nbsp;Ashish D. Patel ,&nbsp;Mehul M. Patel ,&nbsp;Jagruti Desai ,&nbsp;Nilay D. Solanki","doi":"10.1016/j.wpi.2024.102261","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wpi.2024.102261","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The pharmaceutical industries are including and expanding their product portfolio with biological and biosimilar products due to their rampant demand and profitability. The products with marketing approval through the biological license application (BLA) are listed in the Purple Book published by the USFDA and their concerned patent numbers. The purpose of the present article is to review innovations listed in the purple book to understand a gross innovative and technical picture behind the approved biologicals.</p><p><span>More than ninety patents on biological products listed in the purple book are reviewed in the present review article, and gist inventions are briefly presented. The patents are clustered using the text-mining approach to simplify the review. The text-mining approach of natural language processing (NPL) simplifies the review process. The patents were clustered based on their technical similarity of innovation through the </span>hierarchical clustering<span> technique of text-mining. Fifteen such clusters were identified, and each cluster's patents were systematically studied to extract actual innovative steps. Innovations for new products, new processes, and improving product quality hold a significant share in these clusters. The review throws the spotlight on innovations of Low acidic species for improving product quality; Cell culture composition for product yield optimization; novel products for arthritis, psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, and cancer; method for modulating the lysine variants and galactosylation; controlling damage to disulfide bonds; controlling the lactate and host-cell protein level during the production; method for anti-TNFα antibodies; injectors for biologicals; etc. The present work provides complete landscaping of patents on the biological products listed in the purple book. The present work also demonstrates the application of text mining for reviewing a large pool of patent datasets. It also allows us to understand continuously updating patent data, like in the case of Purple Book.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":51794,"journal":{"name":"World Patent Information","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102261"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139589121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Disclosure of patenting activities within scientific publications as potential conflicts-of-interest: Evidences from biomedical literature","authors":"Luca Falciola ,&nbsp;Massimo Barbieri","doi":"10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102251","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Most scientific publishers require authors to submit their manuscripts with a text reporting their parallel activities which might be considered as Conflicts-of-Interest (COI), including patent-related ones. The </span>patenting activities that are disclosed by authors or institutions as COI in articles within Conflicts-of-Interest Statements (COIS) are generally analyzed in the literature either within small datasets or using non-systematic methodologies. This study proposes methods for assessing COIS presence and their main features across biomedical topics and journals, particularly with respect to the patent filing details that may be disclosed herein. These methods have been established and tested in the freely available PubMed database by searching the literature indexed herein during the period 2011–2022. However, when comparing the results of such searches within PubMed and a selection of journals’ websites for a specific topic (such as COVID-19), COIS appear unevenly available and searchable in PubMed owing to the varying practices that each journal implements. Thus, COIS appear a possibly underestimated source of patent information but the search and analysis of COI disclosures in biomedical literature requires well-designed and controlled strategies for identifying the relevant evidences for a given scope, such as prior art analysis and legal or strategic evaluation of patenting activities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51794,"journal":{"name":"World Patent Information","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102251"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139436347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Technology status tracing and trends in construction robotics: A patent analysis","authors":"Yuming Liu ,&nbsp;Aidi Hizami bin Alias ,&nbsp;Nuzul Azam Haron ,&nbsp;Nabilah Abu Bakar ,&nbsp;Hao Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102259","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The advent of construction robotics (CR) has been rendered technically and economically viable by the proliferation of microprocessors and a decline in costs. A captivating epoch in CR has emerged, and it defies conventional interpretation. We ask how to extract the frontier research topics from patents, which countries are driving innovation in CR, and what policies are contributing to the current situation. This paper uses patent analysis and text mining to study 1831 C R-related patents and finds four clusters from the Derwent Innovations (DI) database. The patent remaining life impact (PRLI) index is calculated. The results show an increase in the number of CR-related patents annually. China leads in the number of patent publications, while the US and other patent organizations have played critical roles in the field. An improved technology evolutionary path tracing visualization identifies several hotspots. Additionally, the policy strategy matrix (PSM) analyzes the industrial stimulation policies of the two countries with the most considerable proportion, providing an explanation for predicting future technology research and development (R&amp;D) and the direction of optimization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51794,"journal":{"name":"World Patent Information","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102259"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0172219023000893/pdfft?md5=6b98dbe595957caf95c9887c2615a4a2&pid=1-s2.0-S0172219023000893-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139108734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patent information system of iranian medical universities: A need assessment research","authors":"Leila Mirzapour ,&nbsp;Shafie Habibi ,&nbsp;Reza Ferdousi Beyrami ,&nbsp;Leila Shahmoradi ,&nbsp;Mitra Aminlou ,&nbsp;Leili Abedi Gheshlaghi","doi":"10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102257","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>University patent information systems can help evaluate university performance, create patenting policies, and meet researcher information demands. Since information system development is time-consuming and expensive, it is important to ensure the need for the system and include users in the process. This study aims to assess the need for Patent Information System of Iranian Medical Universities (PISIMU). In this cross-sectional </span>descriptive study<span>, a need assessment was conducted among the potential users of PISIMU. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect the required data. Descriptive and analytical statistics and the SPSS software were used for data analysis. The findings showed that both Iran's Ministry of Health and </span></span>Medical Education<span> and Iranian medical universities continuously collect information to assess university and faculty performance. The respondents thought that PISIMU was necessary for managing and providing patent information (60.4 %), evaluating university/faculty performance (84.6 %), increasing industry collaboration and investment (90.1 %), and motivating inventors to innovate (80.8 %). It is necessary to consider the users' needs and specified objectives in developing PISIMU.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":51794,"journal":{"name":"World Patent Information","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102257"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139100276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A systematic approach to identify technological trends related to chitin and chitosan using three-window analytics","authors":"Wan Mohammad Faris Zaini ,&nbsp;Daphne Teck Ching Lai ,&nbsp;Ren Chong Lim","doi":"10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102260","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102260","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>We present a novel systematic approach called three-window analytics for identifying technological trends for chitin<span>, the second-most abundant polymer found in nature, and its derivative, chitosan. For this analytics, we used patent documents<span> filed from 2006 to 2020 under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) containing chitin and chitosan in the title, abstract, and claims to build code-keyword matrices. These matrices merged into a matrix containing relevant patent data across three-time windows called the three-window matrix. Two types of three-window matrices were constructed for the International Patent Classification (IPC) and Cooperation Patent Classification (CPC) systems. A combination of two ternary forms was developed to systematically categorize seven technological trends: active, inactive, emerging, declining, emerging to active, declining to active, and volatile. We focused on </span></span></span>energy applications<span><span> for both classification systems to identify emerging applications. In the main finding, chitin-based and chitosan-based technologies exhibit an emerging trend in manufacturing non-active parts and electrodes for batteries under the patent classification codes, H01M 2 and H01M 4, for both systems. These findings suggest emerging innovative activities incorporating chitin and chitosan into electrochemical battery technology to enhance battery performance and efficiency for storing electrical energy from </span>renewable energy sources<span>. This is further supported by recent Scopus-indexed academic literature published with similar keywords found in previously granted patents. The insights from the three-window analytics highlight how chitin and chitosan are ideal sustainable materials for environmentally friendly energy storage systems<span> contributing to the green energy transition toward net zero.</span></span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":51794,"journal":{"name":"World Patent Information","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102260"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139067099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unravelling technology meta-landscapes: A patent analytics approach to assess trajectories and fragmentation","authors":"Michael E. Adel ,&nbsp;Christopher Harrison","doi":"10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102256","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102256","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Contemporary patent analytics employs a holistic approach whose purpose is to extract insights from aggregate analysis of patent landscapes. For the fruits of this endeavour to be accessible to executives, public servants and other individuals who value their time, the insights must be graphical in nature. In this paper, time evolved ranked </span>Pareto distribution<span> of patent family counts per assignee are analyzed by power law analysis. A graphical representation is presented which provides instantaneous insights into comparative scale and consolidation of technology landscapes. A number of specific data-analytical issues have been investigated and their impact on the validity of the results have been bounded and best-known methods proposed.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":51794,"journal":{"name":"World Patent Information","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102256"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Literature listing","authors":"Susan Bates","doi":"10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wpi.2023.102255","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Welcome to the latest quarterly Literature Listing intended as a current awareness service for readers indicating newly published books, journal, and conference articles on IP management; Information Retrieval Techniques; Patent Landscapes; Education &amp; Certification; and Legal &amp; Intellectual Property Office Matters. The current Literature Listing was compiled end-November 2023. Key resources include Scopus, Digital Commons, publishers' RSS feeds, and serendipity! This article gives a selection of interesting references to whet your appetite - the full list of references can be found in the companion datafile.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51794,"journal":{"name":"World Patent Information","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102255"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138657100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}