Huang Z, Chen HC, Yip A, Ng G, Guo F, Chen ZK, Roco MC " Longitudinal patent analysis for nanoscale science and engineering: Country, institution and technology field" JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH 5 (3-4): 333-363 AUG 2003

[Eugene Garfield]

ZAN HUANG : zhuang at eller.arizona.edu



TITLE               Longitudinal patent analysis for nanoscale science and engineering: Country, institution and technology field
AUTHORS        Huang Z, Chen HC, Yip A, Ng G, Guo F, Chen ZK, Roco MC
JOURNAL         JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH   5 (3-4): 333-363 AUG 2003


 Document type: Article     Language: English      Cited References: 18      Times Cited: 1



Abstract:
Nanoscale science and engineering (NSE) and related areas have seen rapid growth in recent years. The speed and scope of development in the
field have made it essential for researchers to be informed on the progress across different laboratories, companies, industries and countries. In
this project, we experimented with several analysis and visualization techniques on NSE-related United States patent documents to support
various knowledge tasks. This paper presents results on the basic analysis of nanotechnology patents between 1976 and 2002, content map
analysis and citation network analysis. The data have been obtained on individual countries, institutions and technology fields. The top 10
countries with the largest number of nanotechnology patents are the United States, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Korea, the
Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy and Australia. The fastest growth in the last 5 years has been in chemical and pharmaceutical fields,
followed by semiconductor devices. The results demonstrate potential of information-based discovery and visualization technologies to capture
knowledge regarding nanotechnology performance, transfer of knowledge and trends of development through analyzing the patent documents.

Author Keywords:
patent analysis, nanotechnology, nanoscience, knowledge discovery, information visualization, self-organizing map, citation networks

Addresses:
Huang Z, Univ Arizona, Eller Coll Business & Publ Adm, Dept Management Informat Syst, Artificial Intelligence Lab, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Univ Arizona, Eller Coll Business & Publ Adm, Dept Management Informat Syst, Artificial Intelligence Lab, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Natl Sci Fdn, Arlington, VA 22230 USA

Publisher:
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS

IDS Number:
717QA

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