Design Around Bundle Patent Portfolio Based on Technological Evolution

Autor: Qingjin Peng, Jiefeng Yuan, Hui Li, Runhua Tan
Přispěvatelé: University of Manitoba
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
TRIZ
Inventive problem solving
Computer science
lcsh:Mechanical engineering and machinery
media_common.quotation_subject
lcsh:Ocean engineering
ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING
02 engineering and technology
Technological evolution
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
law.invention
law
0502 economics and business
lcsh:TC1501-1800
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
lcsh:TJ1-1570
Patentability
Product (category theory)
Function (engineering)
media_common
Design around patent
Product innovation
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
05 social sciences
Industrial engineering
ComputingMilieux_GENERAL
Patent portfolio
Bundle patent portfolio
New product development
020201 artificial intelligence & image processing
business
050203 business & management
Zdroj: Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol 32, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2019)
ISSN: 2192-8258
1000-9345
DOI: 10.1186/s10033-019-0400-4
Popis: Product innovation can be achieved by analyzing leading products patents in the market. Different methods have been proposed for design around patent, commonly using the elimination or replacement of a single patent element. However, the existing research fails to restore the position and function of the design around object in the original patent portfolio of enterprises, which often leads to the phenomenon of evading one patent and violating another. This paper proposes a method for design around patent through using the fusion of technologies of the evolution theory and bundle-type patent portfolio analysis in the initial stage of product development. The object system is analyzed to select technical opportunities through the evolutionary path of technologies and functional trimming methods to achieve circumvent barriers of bundle-type patents. The bundle patent portfolio is analyzed for the product evolution with a radar map. The technological evolution path is combined with the TRIZ innovation method to identify and solve the design problem. Patentability of the new design is evaluated using the patent system rules for innovative scheme difference from the original patent portfolio. The method is verified in a case study for the design of a glass-wiping robot. The design solution has been patented.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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