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Introduction 1  \n2. What Is a Patent Map? 2  \n2.1. Fundamental Principles ofa Patent Map 2  \n2.2. Features of Patent Maps 2  \n2.3. Using a Patent Map in Business 3  \n2.4. Method of Patent-Map-Based Analysis 5  \n3. Representative Examples of Patent Map 8  \n3.1. Element-Based Map 8  \n3.2. Diagram of Technological Development 9  \n3.3. Interpatent Relations Map 11  \n3.4. Matrix Map 14  \n3.5. Systematized Art Diagram 20  \n3.6. Time Series Map 22  \n3.7. Twin Peaks Analysis Map 23  \n3.8. Maturation Map 25  \n3.9. Ranking Map 27  \n3.10. Share Map 29  \n3.11. Skeleton Map 30  \n3.12. Radar Map 31  \n4. Creating a Patent Map 33  \n4.1. Procedure for Creating a Patent Map 33  \n4.2. Overall Design 34  \n4.3. Gathering Patent Document Information 35  \n4.4. Additional Indexing and Hierarchization 39  \n4.5. Database Compilation 40  \n4.6. Mapping 42  \n4.7. Evaluation and Combination 47  \n*****  \n1. Introduction  \nPatent information is one of the valuable benefits that the patent system provides to society in return for granting to the inventor “a monopoly of the relevant technology for a certain period of time.” Active utilization of patent information is an inherent function of the patent system.  \nPatent information, such as the publication of unexamined patent applications, has various unique advantages as technical information: it covers a wide variety of technology including state-of-the-art technology, as well as information on overseas inventions in the reader’s native language. Patent information also includes the contents of an exclusive right or an intellectual property right, which are inevitably a part of current economic activity. Furthermore, patent information is a useful indication for the technological development strategies or global strategies of individual enterprises in response to intensifying competition.  \nConsequently, multinational corporations, universities and research institutions use patent information at an early stage of their research and development in order to identify targets of research and development, to evaluate inventions, and actively use patent information in their management of intellectual property.  \nHowever, it is not always easy to use patent information.  \nThis is partly because patent information intentionally uses abstract expressions due to its nature as information related to rights, and partly because the terminology involved is often not well-established because the technology is ground-breaking. In addition, a huge amount of patent information is published each year, and to use it, it is necessary to look back on past published information, making it very difficult to precisely access the information required.  \nOn the other hand, some people see the huge amount of patent information as an advantage, not as a disadvantage. By using modern information-processing techniques, this patent information in a unified form is helpful for identifying new directions of technology or industry that otherwise could not be identified.  \nIn this context, a particularly useful tool to analyze patent information is the so called “Patent Map” or “Patent Mapping.” The dissemination of Patent Maps has not only created a new category of information use, but also made it easy for anyone to use patent information that previously only experts could afford to use.  \n2. What Is a Patent Map?  \n2.1. Fundamental Principles of a Patent Map  \nFor a long time, patent information has been used mainly for patent document searches and patent clearance searches, including prior art searches and infringement searches. Patent search is aimed at finding patent documents that cover an invention which is deemed to be closest to the target te","cbCaiqyqiTwVaBBu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqyqiTwVaBBu","pdf",2663133,"English","# 1. Introduction\n# 2. What Is a Patent Map?\n## 2.1. Fundamental Principles of a Patent Map\n## 2.2. Features of Patent Maps\n## 2.3. Using a Patent Map in Business\n## 2.4. Method of Patent-Map-Based Analysis\n# 3. Representative Examples of Patent Map\n## 3.1. Element-Based Map\n## 3.2. Diagram of Technological Development\n## 3.3. Interpatent Relations Map\n## 3.4. 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