Interrelating Products through Properties via Patent Analysis

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2009-03-31

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Cranfield University Press

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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.

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Organised by: Cranfield University

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Github

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Systematic Innovation, TRIZ, Creativity, Patent Analysis, Data mining

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Copyright: Cranfield University 2009

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Mori Seiki – The Machine Tool Company