Citation:
P.-A. Verhaegen, J. D'hondt, J. Vertommen, S. Dewulf, J. R. Duflou, Interrelating Products through Properties via Patent Analysis, Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Design Conference – Competitive Design, Cranfield University, 30-31 March 2009, pp252
Abstract:
TRIZ emerged from systematic analysis of patents, a process involving the mapping of innovative patents to
extracted generic problems and generic inventive principles. During problem solving, TRIZ users, relying on
their TRIZ skills, map their specific problem to a generic problem, solve it via TRIZ tools, and map back to a
specific solution. A methodology and algorithm are proposed that, through identification of specific word
categories in patents, analysis of term-term correlation data, and data mining techniques, automatically
identify similar products, and properties relating or differentiating products. This algorithm can quantifiably
guide creativity efforts and aid in patent portfolio management.