Technology Innovation in Korea through Patent Citation Analysis

특허인용분석을 통한 한국의 기술혁신

It is becoming increasingly clear that participation in the 'new economy' driven by scientific and technological advances will be the way to achieve global prosperity in the 21st century. An analysis of the patents assigned to a particular country, using the techniques in this study, provides a means to objectively assess the potential for participating in that prosperity, and to identify strong and weak area in technological potential. The analyses are based on Korean-invented patents issued in the United States, and on the citation analysis techniques that link these patents with other patents.