Using function-based patent analysis to identify potential application areas of technology for technology transfer

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Highlights：

• We propose a function-based patent analysis to identify potential application areas of a technology.

• Function-based analysis plays a role as a bridge between a technology and application industries.

• We provide patent indexes for evaluating the importance of functionality within each industry.

• We verified the method by applying it to vortex reduction technology.

摘要

•We propose a function-based patent analysis to identify potential application areas of a technology.•Function-based analysis plays a role as a bridge between a technology and application industries.•We provide patent indexes for evaluating the importance of functionality within each industry.•We verified the method by applying it to vortex reduction technology.

论文关键词：Open innovation,Application areas of technology,Patent analysis,Functional similarity

论文评审过程：Available online 26 March 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2013.03.033