Patent Overlay Mapping:
Visualizing Technological Distance
Luciano Kay, Center for Nanotechnology in Society, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
93106-2150, e-mail: luciano@cns.ucsb.edu
Nils Newman, Intelligent Information Services Corporation, e-mail: newman@iisco.com
Jan Youtie, Enterprise Innovation Institute and School of Public Policy, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332 e-mail:
jan.youtie@innovate.gatech.edu
Alan L. Porter, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia and Search Technologies,
Norcross Georgia, e-mail: alan.porter@isye.gatech.edu
Ismael Rafols Ingenio (CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain & SPRU – Science and
Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, Brighton, England, e-mail: i.rafols@ingenio.upv.es
This research was undertaken largely at Georgia Tech drawing on support from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Center for
Nanotechnology in Society (Arizona State University; Award No. 0531194); and NSF Award #1064146 (“Revealing Innovation Pathways: Hybrid
Science Maps for Technology Assessment and Foresight”). Part of this research was also undertaken in collaboration with the Center for
Nanotechnology in Society, University of California Santa Barbara. The findings and observations contained in this paper are those of the authors and
do not necessarily reflect the views of the US National Science Foundation.
Overlays of organisations (firms)
Global patent map (2000-2006)
Combustion Engines
Catalysis
& Separation
Food
Medical
Devices
Textiles
Biologics
Electric
Domestic Power Plastics
& Wheels
appliances
Cosm &
Med Chem
Drugs Med Chem
Construction
Chem & Polym
Lab equip
Vehicles
Heating &
Cooling
Med Instr
Copying & Prints
Turbines
& Engines
Furnaces
Metals
Vehicle parts
Lighting
Semiconductors
Photolithography
Optics
TV, Imaging & Comm
Measurement
Data
commerce
Machine Tools
Info Transmission
Computing
Tel Comm
Radio, Comm
Recording
Patent overlay map: Samsung
Catalysis
& Separation
Electric
Power
Metals
Drugs Med Chem
Biologics
Chem & Polym
Lab equip
Semiconductors
Photolithography
Optics
Recording
Patent overlay map: DuPont
Catalysis
& Separation
Electric
Power
Textiles
Metals
Cosm &
Med Chem
Drugs Med Chem
Chem & Polym
Measurement
Lab equip
Biologics
Copying & Prints
Semiconductors
Photolithography
Optics
Patent overlay map: IBM
Catalysis
& Separation
Electric
Power
Metals
Cosm &
Med Chem
Drugs Med Chem
Biologics
Chem & Polym
Lab equip
Semiconductors
Photolithography
Optics
Computing
Radio, Comm
Recording
Patent overlay map: Philips
Catalysis
& Separation
Textiles
Metals
Chem & Polym
Drugs Med Chem
Lighting
Lab equip
Med Instr
Semiconductors
Photolithography
Optics
Recording
Overlays of research topics
Patent overlay map: Nano biosensors
Catalysis
& Separation
Electric
Power
Medical
Devices
Metals
Drugs Med Chem
Biologics
Chem & Polym
Lab equip
Copying & Prints
Med Instr
Semiconductors
Optics
Recording
Patent overlay map: Dye-sensitized solar cells
Electric
Power
Chem & Polym
Copying & Prints
Semiconductors
Metals
Patent overlay map: Graphene
Catalysis
& Separation
Electric
Power
Textiles
Metals
Chem & Polym
Semiconductors
Optics