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Literature Review: Advanced Computational Tools for Patent Analysis

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• Le Thuy Ngoc An 11 ,
• Yoshiyuki Matsuura 12 &
• Naoki Oshima 12  

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The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Powered Technologies is becoming increasingly pervasive across manufacturing and operational domains, offering a valuable avenue for informed decision-making and the exploration of cutting-edge technologies. Notably, AI incorporates a variety of advanced tools, such as machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, data visualization, clustering etc., that play a prominent role in patent analysis. These adaptable methodologies enable researchers and industries to partake in a wide array of patent-related endeavors, encompassing the anticipation of forthcoming technological patterns and strategic technology mapping, as well as the evaluation of patent quality, recognizing infringements, and recognizing emerging technology domains and gaps in patent coverage. In this comprehensive review, our objective is to present the current advancements in the utilization of advanced computational tools for patent analysis. We achieve this by analyzing 61 articles sourced from the Web of Science database. Additionally, we offer an overview of various patent analysis techniques through a detailed taxonomy. We anticipate that this review will prove invaluable to both scholars and practitioners seeking the latest developments in the realm of patent analytics, fostering innovation and informed decision-making in the process.

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An, L.T.N., Matsuura, Y., Oshima, N. (2024). Literature Review: Advanced Computational Tools for Patent Analysis. In: Alareeni, B., Hamdan, A. (eds) Technology and Business Model Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities. ICBT 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 923. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55911-2_47

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Patent Law in Global Perspective

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This book addresses critical and timely questions in patent law from a truly global perspective, with contributions from leading patent law scholars from various countries. Offering fresh insights and new approaches to evaluating key institutional, economic, doctrinal, and practical issues, these chapters reflect critical analyses and review of developments in national patent laws, and of efforts to reform the global patent system and reconfigure geopolitical interests in ongoing multilateral, trilateral, and bilateral initiatives. The book explores patent law issues through the lens of economic development theory, innovation, international relations, theoretical foundations for the patent system in the global context, and more. It reflects and critiques a wide range of perspectives, comments on the associated implications for global patent regulation, and discusses controversial subject matter such as biotechnology, emerging economies, TRIPS compliance, access to medicines, and the possible value of competition law in policing patents on public goods, among others.

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Patents on Psychedelics: The Next Legal Battlefront of Drug Development

• Mason Marks
• I. Glenn Cohen

Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC

Tc heartland llc v. kraft foods group brands llc, ass’n for molecular pathology v. myriad genetics, inc., bowman v. monsanto co., recasting the u.s. international trade commissions’ role in the patent system, diagnostic method patents and harms to follow-on innovation, bancorp services, l.l.c. v. sun life assurance co. of canada (u.s.).

Federal Circuit Holds that Certain Software Method Claims are Patent Ineligible.

Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.

Ultramercial, llc v. hulu, llc.

Federal Circuit Applies New Factors in Deciding Patentability of a Computer Program.