Bridge strongly or focus – An analysis of bridging patents in four application fields of carbon fiber reinforcements

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Highlights：

• Some patents build bridges between different application fields of a technology.

• Semantic measurements help to operationalize a patent’s bridging characteristic.

• Bridging patents have a higher complexity of claims than non-bridging patents.

• A u-shaped curve describes the relationship between bridging and forward citations.

• Inventors can use the findings for their patenting strategy.

摘要

•Some patents build bridges between different application fields of a technology.•Semantic measurements help to operationalize a patent’s bridging characteristic.•Bridging patents have a higher complexity of claims than non-bridging patents.•A u-shaped curve describes the relationship between bridging and forward citations.•Inventors can use the findings for their patenting strategy.

论文关键词：Patent intelligence,Patentometrics,Claim analysis,Forward citations,Technological scope,Text-mining analysis

论文评审过程：Received 3 January 2020, Revised 26 November 2020, Accepted 25 January 2021, Available online 11 February 2021, Version of Record 11 February 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2021.101138