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專利地圖分析
陳省三博士
10-31-2012
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專利地圖
專利地圖-Wiki
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Patent Map
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專利地圖（Patent Map）是指透過專利檢索
p
技巧，檢索出與研究主題相關之專利資料
，並以統計分析之方法，加以縝密及精細
之剖析整理製成各種可分析、解讀、以圖
表格式呈現之加值化專利資訊。讓使用者
可以如同閱讀地圖般，藉由簡單清晰的圖
表獲取其中豐富的專利資訊內涵。
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Patent Map
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專利地圖製作與運用視使用者之需求而有所不同
，基本上至少包含兩大部分；其一為「經營圖」
，基本上至少包含兩大部分；其一為「經營圖
，偏向於對專利相關資訊以總申請及專利獲准件
數為主之統計，分析各個國家、公司、發明人，
相關技術佔有、競爭之情形，同時亦對各個專利
被引用之情形、技術獨特之情形、專利期限、技
術生命週期等做各個「專利經營面之分析」。這
類資訊繪成專利地圖後，主要提供一般使用者宏
觀趨勢的瞭解，使其能夠瞭解特定技術或是特定
公司發展的概況，以及在各地市場專利布局的強
弱。這種初步的宏觀資訊可以當成相關公司技術
與市場布局的參考。
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Patent Map
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另一則為所謂之「技術圖」，此乃針對各篇專利
加以詳細解讀，將各個專利申請主要技術內容，
相關專利技術之內涵與專利所保護範圍，加以剖
析成技術研發人員更能了解之技術語言及層次之
各種技術分析；此有別於經營圖時僅對國際專利
分類號(IPC，International Patent Classification)或美
國專利分類(UPC，United States Patent
Classification)之技術分類做技術大類之分析。是
以此部分若能做好詳盡之分析，使研發者瞭解該
專利技術的密度，即可作為「迴避設計」 (design
around)、技術地雷、技術挖洞或想做新改良發明
等之參考資訊，及研發靈感之重要來源。
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專利地圖
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何謂專利地圖?
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為什麼需要專利地圖?
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將專利資訊「地圖化
將專利資訊「地圖化」，藉由各種統計分析整理圖表，
藉由各種統計分析整理圖表
如專利獲准件數、各個國家、公司、發明人、各個專利被
引用之情形、技術生命週期 等之統計圖表，可作為經營
管理之重要資訊。
簡言之，就是透過系統化的整理、歸納與分析，將檢索完
成的專利資料轉化為有價值專利知識。
提升產業競爭力
部署戰略專利網
規劃授權策略
擬定訴訟策略
專利地圖提供什麼資訊?
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行銷、訴訟、管理、創投、創新
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Patent Mapping
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Representing
p
g complex
p
p
patent “landscapes”;
p ;
creating actionable intelligence.
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Why Patent Map?
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Management of risk
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Management for opportunity
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Why Patent Map? (cont.)
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Knowledge
g Base
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Patents are an outstanding but all too
often overlooked source of valuable
information
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Technical
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Commercial/competitive/market
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Historical/trend
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Best practices in IP management
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Users of Patent Maps
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Innovators
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Conceptualizers
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Researchers
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Product developers
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Users of Patent Maps (cont.)
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Investors
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VCs
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Funders in the non-profit sector
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Rational Patent Mapping
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Interpretive distillation of large
amounts of often complex patent data
into one or more high-value
representations useful in making
business decisions.
Tell why and how patent data is
relevant to a context
context.
The goal is to generate actionable
intelligence from raw patent
information, enabling timely, informed
decisions.
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Divestments,
out-licensing
Infringement
watch
IP, tech and
entity
acquisitions
New business
opportunities
TOOL
Infringement
defense
TOOL
TOOL
TOOL
Market
watch
Publication
watch
Patent
maps
Rational
patent
maps
Freedom
to operate
Risk
assessments
Competitive IP intelligence
Technology
TOOL
Trend
identification
and tracking
Sci/tech
watch &
info
Technical
knowledge
TOOL
TOOL
Sales
and
supplier
info
Patent
surveys
New product
concept
differentiation
Competitor IP
portfolio
assessment
and tracking
Best
practices: IP
strategy,
prosecution,
litigation
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Falco-Archer, Inc. 200
American Chemical Society
Division of Chemical Information (Spring 2001)
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ChemGuide and PublisherGuide : A Novel Portal
Concept
Hunting for free chemical journal articles on the
world wide web
Identifying undervalued companies via patent
analysis as a means of highlighting merger/
acquisition targets (Siemens vs. Acuson)
Pharmaceutical Intelligence : Disinformation from
press releases?
Using IFI’s concordance of IPC to US patent
classification to enhance patent analysis
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未利用的專利
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日本 ~ 33% (JPO估計)
(
)
美國 ~ 35% (Rivette, K及
Kline,David )
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EPO統計(2001)
過去五年只有59,000家歐洲公司利用專利
資訊，另外111,000家並未有利用專利資訊
的行為。
IIB統計
技術資料來源之年代為25年以上者佔20%
20~25年者佔4%
15~20年者佔7%
10~15年者佔10%
5~10年者佔18%
5年以內者佔41%
因此技術資料之利用，並非僅限於最新者。
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英國經濟與社會研究委員會
(Economic and Social Research Council)
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研究英國中小企業接觸專利資訊的目的可分為
下列六種 :
1.為企業本身的發明申請專利
2.了解是否有侵權可能性
3.了解競爭廠商的動向
4 更廣泛了解現有相關技術
4.更廣泛了解現有相關技術
5.為新技術取得專利授權
6.為現存的問題搜尋解決方案
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檢索策略
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檢索結果
LTCC 封裝部份的檢索條件與檢索結果如下表列：
檢索條件
檢索次數
檢索結果
有用
1.
((LTCC OR CO FIRE* OR COFIRE*) AND (PACKAG* OR FLIP* CHIP* OR
ENCAPSULAT*) AND (HERMET* OR SEAL* OR RING* OR WALL*))
74
33
2.
((LTCC OR CO* FIRE* OR COFIRE*) AND (INTERCONNECT* OR CONNECT* OR
DENSITY*)) AND (IP="H01L*" OR IP="H05K*" OR IP="H01P*" OR IP="B32B*" OR
IP="H01G*")
185
65
3
3.
((LTCC OR CO* FIRE* OR COFIRE*) AND (GREEN* OR HEAT* OR THERMAL*)) AND
(IP="H01L*"
(IP
H01L OR IP="H05K*"
IP H05K OR IP="H01P*"
IP H01P OR IP="B32B*")
IP B32B )
140
40
78
34
156
30
4.
5
((LTCC OR CO* FIRE* OR COFIR*) AND (MMIC OR MONOLITHIC*))
((LTCC OR CO FIRE* OR COFIRE*) AND (GREEN* OR FLIP* CHIP* OR BGA OR
BALL* GRID*))
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專利檢索
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Patent全文
關鍵字檢索
1.上下位用語
2.切截符號
3.各種拼法
專利權人檢索
1 公司名稱
1.公司名稱
2.公司代碼
3.公司讓渡
專利檢索
分類號檢索
引證資料檢索
11.IPC
IPC
2.USPC
3.ECLA
1.Cited
2.Citing
發明者檢索
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專利地圖種類
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管理圖
管理圖分析主要是運用專利資料庫中某些專利欄位的基本資
料進行統計分析
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技術功效圖
系統化整理專利資料，以地圖方式呈現分析的結果，能快速
清楚的掌握專利分佈趨勢，亦就是將專利資訊『地圖化』，
以提供技術開發之方向，利於技術主題的選定及挖洞技術的
發現。
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引證圖
探討專利引證及被引證的相關專利及科學文獻，藉由核心專
利推敲技術發展趨勢
利推敲技術發展趨勢。
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權利圖
針對專利權利(claim）範圍進行要件、連結關係及功能之解析。
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管理圖名稱
管理圖與代表意義
意義
歷年專利數量比較圖
了解整個產業技術領域專利產出數量之發展趨勢，
瞭解專利技術的曲線。
歷年專利成長率分析圖
專利權人數成長率、發明人數成長率
技術生命週期圖
二維分佈圖，目的係了解相關技術變化過程，以專
利權人數分析或以發明人數分析
專利所屬國分析
歷年專利數量(申請量/公告量)比較圖、歷年專利成
長率比較圖、歷年專利權人數比較圖、歷年發明人
數比較圖、技術生命週期圖
競爭公司分析(專利權人) 歷年專利數量比較、歷年專利成長率比較圖、發明
人數比較圖、競爭公司相互引證分析
管理圖IPC分析
由IPC分析圖可確知技術包含的領域範圍
專利引證圖
所專利引證圖，除可找出核心專利外，專利應用技
術領域的分佈，相關專利趨勢的變化。
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管理圖
歷年各國專利發證數量比較圖
歷年各國專利發證數量比較圖
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美國專利發證件數
日本專利發證件數
歐洲專利發證件數
其他國家專利發證件數
14
12
12
12
10
8
6
6
5
5
4
3
2
00 00
00
4
4
5
4
3 33
3
2
1
0
5
4
2
1
1
00
11
0
2
1
1
00 0
0 0
0 0
0
0
2000
4
4
1999
6
2
0 0
2
1
0
2
2
11
1
0
2004
2003
2002
2001
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
0
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管理圖
專利被引證數量比較表
60
50
54
44
40
40
38
被引證數
33
30
30
29
29
28
27
20
IPC 5階技術領域分佈圖
10
0
US
52
68
69
2
US
56
19
20
8
US
59
29
80
2
US
55
08
70
6
US
56
33
64
US
56
25
36
2
US
57
31
77
8
US
55
17
19
7
US
42
41
34
7
US
45
93
28
7
專利號碼
IPC 5階技術領域分佈圖
3%
專利被引證數量比較表
3% 3%
3%
G01S013/34
G01S013/93
5%
33%
G01S013/32
G01S013/08
7%
G01S013/58
G01S013/60
7%
G01S013/35
G01S013/40
9%
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G01S013/06
27%
G01S013/26
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技術分類
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技術分類可採用專利分類IPC, USPC, ECLA,FI/ F-term 或自定
分類。
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(一) 國際專利分類碼IPC(International Patent Classification)
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(二) 日本FI/ F-term技術分類
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1971年由Strasburg國際專利協定所制定。便於專利資料的整理、
查詢搜索及管理等運用。
日本針對其重要的產業進行FI/ F-term技術分類，可以自IPC查詢
FI/ F-term 。如想查詢關產業的技術分類，亦可以FI/ F-term之編
碼查詢專利狀況，快速瞭解相關產業的發展狀況。
(三) 美國USPC
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美國大約有450 個Class，每個Class 中又可再細分出許多
Subclass，總計Subclass數約有150,000個。可依其分類及次分類
進行技術分類。
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技術分類
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(四) 歐洲專利分類號(ECLA)
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ECLA（European Cl
ECLA（E
Classification）分類系統是歐洲專利局
ifi ti ）分類系統是歐洲專利局
內部用於檢索的分類系統。該系統是基於IPC分類系統下再細
分的系統。現在的ECLA系統細分共有134,000組。
(五) 自定分類
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一般公司通常以商品分類體系作為上位概念；以技術體系作
為下位概念，如以商品、製品、構成零件、 構成部位、材料、
製程步驟、方法、方式、 功能、用途或原理為基準分類；再
以關鍵技術作為分類的依據。
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Patent Classification Code-USPC
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Patent Classification Code-IPC
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專利技術圖自定技術分類表
自定技術分類表
技術分類
A
B
C
D
A1
A2
A3
A4
其他A5
B1
B2
B3
其他B4
C1
C2
C3
其他C4
D1
D2
D3
D4
其他D5
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功效分類
產品分類
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
材料分類
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
-45 -
組件分類
O
P
Q
R
S
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引證圖
In Vivo Video Camera System( US5604531)
數列1
2
2
2
3
3
3
5
7
7
8
0
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4
6
8
10
30
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引證圖
In Vivo Video Camera System(US5604531)
Given Imaging
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權利圖
Remote-controllable, micro-scale device for use in in vivo medical diagnosis and/or
treatment( US6,240,312)
膠囊內視鏡
1
Micro-scale
Device
27
transport
capsule
Light source
Means
transport
1
Means
iimaging
i
Means
imaging
Detecting light
Means
measures
native
fluorescence
Means
examining
Means
communication
29
System
computer
Micro-scale
device
wire
transport
capsule
(0.1~20mm)
Means
Trnsport capsule
Means
imaging
Means
examining
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1
Means
imaging
Measures
information
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公司相互引證分析
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
總計
HUGHES AIRCRAFT
COMPANY (1)
13
14
1
1
6
3
2
7
2
0
49
MOTOROLA, INC (2)
2
19
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
23
HUGHES ELECTRONICS
(3)
1
3
0
0
0
4
0
2
0
0
10
WESTINGHOUSE
ELECTRIC CORP (4)
3
1
1
0
1
1
1
7
0
0
15
TRW INC. (5)
0
0
0
2
3
0
2
1
0
0
8
CTS CORPORATION (6)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
GENERAL ELECTRIC
COMPANY (7)
0
4
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
7
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
CORPORATION (8)
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
10
SANDIA CORPORATION
(9)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
STRATEDGE
CORPORATION (10)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
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專利功效分類基本表
封裝參數
溫度
壓力
介電值
覆晶
(flip chip)
MCM/多晶片模
組
(Multi module)
雷射(laser)
電漿(plasma)
電磁性
鐵磁性
環牆
(Ring)
具凹槽
(Cavity)
沖壓(punch)
剪力
封裝種類
無導線架
(Leadless
frame)
封裝手段
銲錫(sold)
封裝材料
石英
有機材料
氧化金屬
介電材料
陶瓷材料
封裝製程
厚膜帶積層(Thick
film)
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導孔
MMIC
燒結
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專利功效分類基本表
元件效能
小型化
散熱性/散熱器
速度/功率
製程效能
高密度(內連線)
尺寸精準
密封效果
內連佈局/簡化
製程
損失
阻抗
改善效能
遮蔽
保護
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專利功效分類基本表
第一階功效
元件效能
製程效能
改善效能
第二階功效
第二階功效
第二階功效
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
遮蔽/
保
護
損失
阻抗
5
4
6
小型化
散熱性
/
散
熱
器
速度/
功
率
高密度
(內
連
線)
尺寸精
準
密封效
果
內連佈
局
/
簡
化
製
程
4
13
1
7
3
10
18
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15
36
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LT CC技 術 相 關 比 例
技術性相關
AE SA
10%
Pa3c7k%
age
Pa c k a g e
LTCC
37%
T/R1M
odule
6%
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120
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Active phase 相關技術筆數
Array(AESA)
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技術功效圖
Detection Sensitivity
Resolution
Coverage
Range
System Noise
Angle
Leakage Control
Range
AZ/EL Angle
Target Doppler
Doppler
FMCW
Radar
Angle
Power
Range
Doppler
Accuracy
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Efficiency
Size/Weight
Antiinterference
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功效專利數量比較圖
應用領域專利數量比較圖
30
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Patent Map
p
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技術魚骨圖
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專利分析技巧
案例
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聚矽氧烷製備
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IPC : C08G 77/06
C08 :
有機高分子化合物；其製備或化學加工；以
其為基料之組合物 〈人造絲、纖維、剛毛或
條帶之製造或處理見D01〉
C08G :
用碳-碳不飽和鍵以外之反應而得的高分子化
合物
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聚矽氧烷製備
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C08G77 :於高分子主鍵中有或無硫、氮、氧
、或碳之鍵合反應而形成含矽之鍵合，而得
的高分子化合物
C08G 77/06 : 聚矽氧烷製備法
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IPC/UPC Concordance :
C08G 77/06 IPC
528/12-24 USPC
利用USPC尋求未來商機？
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聚矽氧烷製備
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Class 528 : Synthetic resins or natural
未來商機 : 528/502 Physical treatment
包含 filtration, stretching to alter polymer
properties by elongation, compression or
pressure treatment , centrifuge separation,
spray drying or atomization, and shearing
to change polymer particle size or to
change polymer properties
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Prior to 1985, no discrete IPC for
airbag
i b
ttechnology.
h l
IPC B60R21/08 is the closest mark
“shields between occupants and
glass, brought into operative position
by high deceleration of vehicle”.
C06D5/00 “blasting
“bl ti
cartridges”
t id
” and
d
F42C 19/08 “sensors” are related IPC
classes.
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Airbag Example (continued)


After 1985, IPC B60R21/16 to
B60R21/32 were created for airbag
technology.
In 1987, Derwent introduced the manual
code X22-J07 which covered the
electrical and mechanical aspects of
airbags.
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Airbag Example (continued)
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

How to identify the chemical
compounds used to inflate the bags?
Choose the IPC B60R21/26, “source or
generator of inflation fluid” and “”the
means to control fluid flow”, as
starting point.
Combine patent results and Chemical
Abstracts information.
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CAS Registry Number
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

Indigo RN: 482-89-3
Nylon 6/12 RN: 24936
24936-74-1
74 1,
Nylon 6/66 RN: 24993-04-2,
Nylon 6/6 RN: 32131-17-2
Beware of map RN function.
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Airbag Example (continued)

Frequently cited chemical compounds
sodium azide
RN:26628-22-8
nylon
32131-17-2
iron oxide
1309-37-1
silica
7631-86-9
potassium
potass
u nitrate
t ate
7757-79-1
5
9
potassium perchlorate
7778-74-7
nitrocellulose
9004-70-0
GZT
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相關技術發展與市場規模
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如何查詢
如何查詢SIRI相關技術之公司
相關技術之公司
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G10L21/00
Count of Document Number
Assignee
Total
(blank)
95
Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA, US)
32
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY, US)
25
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
19
AT&T Corp. (New York, NY, US)
15
N
Nuance
C
Communications,
i ti
IInc. (B
(Burlington,
li t
MA
MA, US)
14
Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL)
13
Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
10
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX, US)
9
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP)
9
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Eindhoven, NL)
9
Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA, US)
8
MOTOROLA INC (US)
7
Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
7
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P. (New York, NY, US)
7
BELL TELEPHONE LABOR INC
7
Tellme Networks, Inc. (Mountain View, CA, US)
6
Nokia Corporation (Espoo
(Espoo, FI)
6
Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
6
MICROSOFT CORPORATION (One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington, 98052-6399, US)
6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD
6
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC)
5
NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
5
Sprint Spectrum L.P. (Overland Park, KS, US)
5
Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP); Sony Electronics, Inc. (Park Ridge, NJ)
5
AT&T Corp. (New York, NY)
5
LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, KR)
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP)
2C
IPR-BS
Conexant Systems,
Inc. (Newport Beach, CA)
5
5
605
30
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http://www.marketresearch.com/
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點入Interactive Voice Response Systems
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摘要列出相關技術之公司
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Yahoo Finance
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Nuance
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Competitors
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Google Finance
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Nuance
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Related companies
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Nuance


http://www.nuance.com/
Speech Recognition

Nuance Recognizer is the software at the core of
ourcontact center automation solutions. With
Nuance Recognizer, you can consistently deliver a
great customer service experience while improving
your self-service system’s containment rate. It
delivers the industry’s highest recognition accuracy
even as it encourages natural, human-like
conversations – the conversations that create more
satisfying
sa
s y g interactions
e a o s with your
you customers.
us o e s




Save money by automating calls
Encourage natural, human-like conversations
Create more satisfying self-service interactions
Build on your infrastructure
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Competitors
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In our segments, we compete with companies such
as Adobe, Medquist, Microsoft and Google. In
addition, a number of smaller companies in both
speech and imaging offer services, technologies or
products that are competitive with our solutions in
some markets. In certain markets, some of our
partners such as Avaya, Cisco, Intervoice and
Genesys develop and market products and services
that might be considered substitutes for our
solutions. Current and potential competitors have
established, or may establish, cooperative
relationships
l ti
hi among th
themselves
l
or with
ith third
thi d parties
ti
to increase the ability of their technologies to
address the needs of our prospective customers.
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In recent years, we have developed and acquired extensive
technology assets, intellectual property and industry expertise in
g g and imaging
g g that provide
p
us with a competitive
p
voice,, language
advantage in our markets. Our technologies are based on complex
algorithms which require extensive amounts of linguistic and
image data, acoustic models and recognition techniques. A
significant investment in capital and time would be necessary to
replicate our current capabilities.
We continue to invest in technologies to maintain our marketleading position and to develop new applications. Our technologies
are covered by approximately 2,300 patents and 1,500 patent
applications. Our intellectual property, whether purchased or
developed internally, is critical to our success and competitive
position
iti
and,
d ultimately,
lti
t l tto our market
k t value.
l
W
We rely
l on a
portfolio of patents, copyrights, trademarks, services marks, trade
secrets, confidentiality provisions and licensing arrangements to
establish and protect our intellectual property and proprietary
rights. We incurred research and development expenses of $179.4
million, $152.1 million, and $116.8 million in fiscal 2011, 2010
and 2009, respectively.
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Tellme Networks,Inc.
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Tellme Networks was acquired
q
by Microsoft on March 14, 2007 for
"close to $800M"
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Conexant Systems, Inc.


http://www.conexant.com/
p //
/
Conexant Systems, Inc. is an
American semiconductor company,
formerly the semiconductor division
of Rockwell International. Currently
it's p
privately
y owned by
y Golden Gate
Capital, an equity firm
headquartered in San Francisco.
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MedQuist Holdings Inc.


http://www.medquist.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
Speech Recognition



Voice Capture Platform



Whether you’re talking about using speech recognition for high-volume dictation
medical specialties or the mission
mission-critical
critical radiology department,
department or streamlining
transcription across all departments using enterprise speech recognition, MedQuist
can help.
MedQuist understands how to deploy speech recognition for clinical documentation
better than anyone.
DocQvoice, formerly known as DocQment Ovation, is a Web-based, enterprise digital
voice capture and transport solution deployed at the customer’s location, which
provides centralized administration across a department, facility or enterprise to
improve organizational efficiency and productivity.
Specifically engineered to be compatible with MedQuist’s previous generation
dictation stations,
stations DocQvoice is the first digital document management software
system to incorporate patient data during the dictation process, making it possible to
manage workflow and turnaround times based on critical dates such as the admission
date.
Voice Input

MedQuist offers a complete suite of digital dictation systems, handheld devices and
personal digital assistants (PDAs) designed to meet the needs of hospitals,
enterprise-wide environments, departments or small facilities. These systems offer
portability, flexibility, and remote capabilities.
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Competitors

Because we integrate technologies and services, we
compete
p
with companies
p
in a number of different sectors.
These competitors include:





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in-house service departments of healthcare providers, which
we believe produce the majority of clinical documentation
today based on the physician narrative;
national medical transcription service providers, such as
Focus Informatics, Inc. (a subsidiary of Nuance
Communications, Inc. (Nuance)), Transcend Services, Inc.,
and Webmedex, Inc.;
local or regional medical transcription service organizations;
ASR software vendors, such as Nuance and Multimodal
Technologies Inc
Technologies,
Inc. (Multimodal)
(Multimodal), which market ASR as a
means to reduce clinical documentation labor; and
EHR software vendors which promote their systems as a
replacement to narrative-based input by using on-screen
templates and dropdown boxes for data entry.
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The amounts included in settlements for 2010 represent
an additional charge
g of $
$0.9 million related to our
settlement with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and
affiliates. The amounts include in settlements for 2009
represent the settlement of a patent litigation matter.
We rely on a combination of copyright, patent, trademark,
trade secret and other intellectual property laws,
nondisclosure agreements, license agreements,
contractual provisions and other measures to protect our
proprietary rights. We have a number of registered
trademarks in the United States and abroad, including
MedQuist ® and SpeechQ ® . We have common law
rights
i h over a number
b off unregistered
i
d trademarks.
d
k We
W also
l
own a limited number of United States and foreign patents
and patent applications that relate to our products,
processes and technologies.
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Wizzard Software Corp.


http://www.wizzardsoftware.com/
Wizzard Software is pleased to offer Version 5.1 of AT&T
Natural Voices Text to Speech (TTS) for Windows or Linux,
Linux
an award winning text to speech technology developed by
AT&T Laboratories. AT&T Natural Voices is believed by
many to be the most natural sounding TTS available, and
can automate and add tremendous interactive and
humanistic value to a wide variety of applications and
projects.Implemented with a software developer kit (SDK)
and distributable runtime software
Dynamically converts text into voice for a wide variety of
applications
 Applauded by many as the most realistic human-sounding
synthetic voices
 Implemented with a flexible "engine + voice font" architecture
 Supports customization of pronunciations, acronyms,
abbreviations, speaking rate
 Distributable runtime software is available for (20) voices in
(8) languages including US English, UK English, Indian English,
Canadian French, German, Italian, and Spanish
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
Wizzard Software Corp.

Wizzard Software is pleased to offer the NEW Wizzard Wavefile
Factory for Windows, based on AT&T Natural Voices awardg text to speech
p
((TTS)) technology.
gy Believed by
y many
y to be
winning
the most natural sounding TTS available, this "easy to use "
application provides a simple user interface to generate audio files
from text provided via keyboard input or from document files.
After proper licensing, the resulting audio files may be used in a
wide range of projects and environments.









designed for content creators, web masters and non technical users
audio files may be created from a variety of document formats, either
individually or by creating a batch list
utilizes flexible "language independent TTS engine + voice font"
architecture
user can pre-process text and
d listen
l
to selected
l
d segments on PC
speakers before generating voice file
allows SSML control tags to be easily added to the text
technology supports custom pronunciations-acronyms-abbreviationsplayback rate
proven TTS technology from years of research by voice pioneer AT&T
available for Windows with a selection of (20) voices in (8) languages
requires separate audio distribution or usage license
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Competitors
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The market for computer
p
software,,
and specifically speech recognition
technology products and services is
highly competitive. Current
competitors include Nuance,
Loquendo and Fonix.
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Wizzard licenses the speech recognition engines upon which its
products operate from AT&T. We rely on non-disclosure,
confidentiality
fid ti lit and
d non-competition
titi
agreements
t with
ith our
employees to protect many of our rights in our technology. If our
employees breach these agreements, we may incur significant
expenses to enforce our contractual restrictions and protect our
rights.
Management believes that Wizzard has proprietary rights to
products, including copyright and trademark protection that will
discourage others from replicating these products. However, we
have no opinions from independent intellectual property counsel
that the copyrights and trademarks are valid or, if valid, that
their issuance, together with such other proprietary rights that
we own will be sufficient to protect us from those who would try
to capitalize on our success through imitation.
Many software companies bring lawsuits alleging violation of
intellectual property rights. In addition, a large number of patents
have been awarded in the voice-recognition area. Although we do
not believe that we are infringing any patent rights, patent
holders may claim that we are doing so.
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SoundBite Communications


http://www.soundbite.com/
Hosted Contact Center

Multi-Channel Communications

Hosted Dialer

Agent Desktop



Drive success with every interaction.
Improve efficiencies and customer experience.
Via voice or text, agents stay connected with
consumers.

Contact Center Integration

Inbound IVR



Integration that delivers business process automation.
Automated solutions that reduce costs and drive
revenue.
Outbound Applications

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Communicate proactively with your customers.
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Competition
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
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On-Premise Predictive Dialers-Voice service competes
with on-premise
on premise predictive dialers from established
vendors such as Aspect and Avaya as well as a number of
smaller vendors.
On-Premise Predictive Dialers-Most vendors of hosted
customer communications solutions focus on providing a
basic service with limited features and compete principally
on the basis of price. These vendors consist principally of
a number of relatively small, privately held companies and
a small number of larger
larger, multi
multi-product
product line companies
such as CSG Systems, Nuance Communications and West
Corporation. Also compete directly with a small number of
vendors, such as Adeptra and Varolii, that deliver services
utilizing one or more channels on a SaaS delivery model
similar to ours.
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


Adopted a strategy of seeking patent protection with respect
to certain technologies used in or relating to our products.
not currently a party to any material litigation. The customer
communications industry is characterized by frequent claims
and litigation, including claims regarding patent and other
intellectual property rights as well as improper hiring
practices. As a result, we may be involved in various legal
proceedings from time to time.
On June 25, 2008, the Company entered into a settlement
agreement (the Settlement Agreement) relating to two
lawsuits with Universal Recovery Systems (URS). As part of
the
h agreement, URS
S made
d a payment to the
h Company
C
off
$4.6 million. The Company was also granted a worldwide,
perpetual, non-exclusive license to the URS’ patents involved
in the two lawsuits. The Company has not ascribed any value
to this license.
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Omtool, Ltd.(已下市)


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http://www.omtool.com/
p //
/
Omtool is a leading provider of
document and information handling
solutions that control the enterprise
document lifecycle. AccuRoute, our
acclaimed p
platform,, streamlines the
capture, conversion, communication
and archiving of paper and
electronic documents for
organizations of all sizes.
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Avistar Communications


http://www.avistar.com/
Avistar C3™ allows customers to take full
advantage of videoconferencing without
experiencing degradation of service. Many
industry vendors claim VoIP and desktop
videoconferencing capabilities; in reality, they
are unable to deliver rich media at scale
without significant network upgrades. The
Avistar C3™ patent-protected dynamic
g
enables thousands of
bandwidth management
users to access desktop videoconferencing,
VoIP and streaming media.
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Competitor

Principal competitors are companies that provide products and
services in specific areas where we offer our integrated
system, such as:
• Room-based point-to-point and multi-point video communications
products;
• Desktop video communications products;
• Broadcast video products;
• Video retrieval and viewing products;
• Desktop content creation products; and
• Web-based data collaboration products.


Compete primarily with Polycom, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc.,
Radvision, Ltd., and Emblaze-VCON Ltd.
Face increasing competition from alternative communications
solutions that employ new technologies or new combinations
of technologies from companies such as Cisco Systems, Inc.,
Avaya, Inc., Nortel Networks Corporation, Microsoft
Corporation, and IBM Corporation that enable web-based or
network-based video and unified communications with lowcost digital camera systems.
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End-to-end rich media collaborative application companies that
have licensed Avistar patents include Polycom, Inc., Tandberg
ASA, Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
(SCEI), Emblaze-VCON Ltd., Radvision, LifeSize Communications,
Inc., Logitech, and International Business Machines Corp. (IBM).
 On November 12, 2004, the Company entered into a settlement
and a patent cross-license agreement with Polycom Inc., thus
ending litigation against Polycom, Inc. for patent infringement. As
part of the settlement and patent cross-license agreement with
Polycom, Inc, the Company granted Polycom, Inc. a nonexclusive, fully paid-up license to its entire patent portfolio.
 Licensing and patent sale revenue,
revenue relating to the licensing and
sale of our patent portfolio, increased by $14.3 million, to $15.1
million for 2010, from $853,000 for 2009, mainly due to the sale
of substantially all of our patents to Intellectual Ventures for
$11.0 million and the licensing revenue from SKYPE totaling $3.0
million. Licensing and patent sale revenue in 2011 is expected to
be significantly less than 2010 due to reduced sales of patents
partially offset by increased licensing revenue.
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