Patent Map Generation and Reading

Patent Mapping a way to visualize patent mining results that involves clustering or otherwise orienting patent data on a page so that there is meaning in the spatial relationships among the data points. Patent Landscape: graphical representation of how large numbers of patents relate to each other based on keywords, citations, or patent classifications. It is useful in identify trends, determine patent gaps and opportunities, and design around competitors' patents.
Patent maps are not only produced for a specific use, but also are produced to serve as so-called general-purpose use. Consequently, when using them, their contents can be read from various viewpoints. In particular, by combining multiple maps (figures and tables), it is possible to find a new matter that cannot be obtained from a single map.
In addition, a total of more than 50 types of expressions, excluding minor ones, are used in this patent map series. Furthermore, total more than 200 maps were produced in terms of their technology fields. The readers can grasp various kind of matters from these patent maps according to their objective and intention. In the following section, readers will be able to understand typical objectives of patent map and various representational
types of patent map as well as the matters that can be extracted from these patent maps.
To Understand the Overall State of a Technology Field
When a company start a research and development or licensing for entering into a new business of a certain technology field, the company need to seize the overall image of the technology field and the related technology fields including pertinent patents.
Patent maps of a technology field introduce the content and number to which patents have been filed for the field, the uses in which the technology field is being used and the theme related to research and development of the field. The following shows the typical expressions of patent maps used for these purposes.
Time-series map
In addition, by griping the source of these technologies as a result of ascertaining the process by which technologies developed, it can be used as information that provides a hint for creating new ideas. As the map provides the relationship and the distribution of patent rights in a specific technology field, it allows the preparation of a specification for acquiring strong patent rights by comparing the time series of the distribution.
To Find out Technological Changes
Technology is continuously changing due to the intense competition over the development of technology and the diversification of market needs. Being able to appropriately accommodate these changes is extremely important not only for venture companies and small and medium sized companies, but for proceedings with any kind of business. There are patent maps which are produced by analyzing patent information based on the changes in the number of patent applications and the appearances of important patent.
Since the number of patent applications indicates technological development activities, while the number of applicants indicates the number of participating companies, observing this relationship makes it possible to grip the maturity of the technology field.
In addition, knowing the maturity of a technology field to which one's own company conducts makes it possible to judge the timing of development policies such as establishing technical tie-ups with other companies and focusing on certain development themes.
Matrix analysis
Portraying the correlation between technical elements (such as purpose and function) obtained from patent information in the form of a matrix makes it possible to show important problems affecting the development of a technology field. Moreover, with the addition of a time axis, trends in problems affecting technological development can also be observed. As a result, since technical trends can be caught, the selection of development themes and studies of priority can be conducted effectively when planning and proposing them.
Map of technology development
This patent map makes it possible to view the technical structure and the expanse of technological development of the technology field, the existence
of specific patents that must be paid attention. In addition, since it also provides a complete image of the technology field, it is capable of providing a hint for forecasting the direction of technological development and planning of new products.

How to Make a Patent Map?

During the previous one we mentioned the conception of patent map. Using this patent tool will greatly helpful to our daily work and decisions making. There are various patent mapping on the internet and most of them need you to pay. Does this commercial product deserve us to pay? What’s the secret behind it? First let’s discover the procedure of making it.
To make a patent map needs people, time, money and the crucial one is IT skills. Imagine we are patent analysts, the work includes three steps. Step 1: collection. During this stage, we collect the related information as much as possible. It doesn’t mean all the information you find, writing down the specific field you want to study , because there are many kinds of patents in the world and not all the patents have the same length of in force and considering of the values are not the same, defining the information is important to the success of making the map. Step 2: analyze. After the basic work, patent analysis is the next thing should to do. As I mentioned above, facing the countless data challenges our patience and temper. A map with unstructured information isn’t that pleasure. Different patent has different valuation. So there’s a patent summary in our mind before action. Usually, a patent map contains patent title, number, dates, IPC, UPC, inventor and etc. so a statistical analysis and careful check is necessary. Step 3: visualisation. Why we make it? Step3 gives you the answer. After the prepare work, we come to the end of the task. It’s not the easy draw a picture. Various kinds of outlook depend on the purpose and importance of the needs. You can find visual patent mapping services, such as the simple bars, line charts, area graph, and bubbles (we call them patent landscape analysis) on a online patent mapping service site:

The orange bubbles indicate the place of patents of certain production.

 The orange bubbles indicate the place of patents of certain production.
Last but not least, searching the other sources will add the map data, such as the latest market research and professional report in the certain area and subject. Combination of all the sources definitely benefits your customers.

Patent Map - Our Accelerator

Sill stuck in dealing with countless and unbarring patent data? Maybe you just like me, have to face and work with unemotional statistics every single day. Looking for the quick and efficient way to solve the existent problems is on the top of the list.

To solve the problem I consulted some experts, they introduced an interesting tool-patent map. So what the hell the map is? Is it can be packaged into my pocket, like the real map can do? Actually, it’s not paper stuff. It’s a new conception and tool to deal with patent data. To explain it more clearly, I extract the explanation from EPU website. Here is the thing:

“Patent mapping is essentially the visualisation of the results of statistical analyses and text mining processes applied to patent documents. Patent mapping allows you to create a visual representation of information from and about patent documents in a way that is easy to understand. It is an excellent tool for assessing large sets of patent data. Using bibliographic data you can identify which technical fields particular applicants are active in, and how their filing patterns and IP portfolios change over time. It is also possible to find out which countries lead in which fields.”

Cheers! Like mining tools, we mine what we want in the world of data. And then it shows in a visualized way, a bit same as after hard data camping to the top of the hill, a patent landscape map just in front of your eyes. The mapping patent tools is obviously important to the persons who need to make key decisions in a company, investors, stocker holders, management team, R&D workers, banks and etc.

There’re two ways of the patent map on patsnap website, which are citation map and geographic map. The first map offers users the citations of the concrete patent, includes the patents which cited from the one ,for example, the patent US4540591, Robusta coffee steaming, roasting and blending method, cited US3572235, US3595668, US3640726, US3767418 and US3964175. Meanwhile ten more like this patents use it partially. On the left side of the following picture is the five original patents that be cited, and on the right are the ten patents use from it you may get a simple and convenient patent mapping service from this website-patsnap.com.

That's for today, for more examples you could visit the Patsnap website.