The use of patent information for the identification of development trends

Erich Häusser

World Patent Information, 1979, vol. 1, issue 2, 73-76

Abstract: The publications on a specific technical field issued by the patent officers within a certain period of time do not only reflect the inventive activities and the "production" of new technical knowledge in a country, but also signalize forthcoming industrial activities and therefore indicate new technological trends. The focal points of these inventive activities may e.g. be ascertained from the bibliographical data on published patent applications compiled according to the International Patent Classification. These data also provide information on the granting of existing and imminent patents in the different industrial countries.

Date: 1979
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