A method to reduce false positives in a patent query

Johannes van der Pol and Jean-Paul Rameshkoumar

Bordeaux Economics Working Papers from Bordeaux School of Economics (BSE)

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present a method that allows researchers and analysts to reduce the number of false positives in a patent query. Patents are not only used for prior art searches but increasingly for competitive analyses and the analysis of the evolution of technology. When these case focus on specific technological domains, non-experts will aim to identify patents related to their focus-technology. In certain cases this can require complex queries to contain thousands of patents. It then becomes difficult to identify false positives. We present a method that allows researchers and analysts to refine their query on large datasets.

Keywords: Patent Query; Patents; Competitive Intelligence; Technology Mapping (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C80 O31 O34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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