Decision pathways in patent searching and analysis

Julia Deboys

World Patent Information, 2004, vol. 26, issue 1, 83-90

Abstract: The article investigates the applicability of the techniques of decision analysis to patent searching, to achieve better searches and better understood outputs. Amongst topics explored are decision hierarchy (strategic, tactical, operational), decision models (deterministic, probabilistic), influence diagrams and decision trees, suitable software, and patent search decision points (illustrated by an example search). The author concludes that decision analysis can improve working methods and the conduct of complex searches, but suggests that further research is needed, especially in quantifying the risk associated with legal decisions in the patent search context.

Keywords: Decision; analysis; Patent; searching; Decision; hierarchy; Decision; models; Influence; diagrams; Decision; trees (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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