Unconnected component inclusion technique for patent network analysis: Case study of Internet of Things-related technologies

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Highlights：

• Add relevant unconnected components to the original maximum component of a patent network.

• Clustering strategy that groups connected and unconnected components of a citation network.

• Definition and analysis of clustering phenomena in patent networks.

• Analysis of the patent networks of the Internet of Things and its related technologies.

摘要

•Add relevant unconnected components to the original maximum component of a patent network.•Clustering strategy that groups connected and unconnected components of a citation network.•Definition and analysis of clustering phenomena in patent networks.•Analysis of the patent networks of the Internet of Things and its related technologies.

论文关键词：Patent network analysis,Patent family analysis,Unconnected component,Clustering,Internet of Things

论文评审过程：Received 21 January 2016, Revised 8 May 2016, Accepted 24 May 2016, Available online 13 September 2016, Version of Record 13 September 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2016.05.004