• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.75-85
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to analyze the college students' acceptance of PatentNOW, which was developed for effective proceeding of patent application education program. Results of this research as follow. First, perceived ease of use positively influenced perceived usefulness. Second, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use positively influenced attitude toward using and attitude toward using also positively influenced behavioral intention to use. Third, the level of prior knowledge about the patent system and experience of patent application possessed by the users of PatentNOW had a negative effect on the relationship between perceived ease of use and attitude toward using. These results suggested that the teaching method of utilizing PatentNOW should be differentiated according to the level of prior knowledge of the students in order to improve the quality of patent application education.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.17-30
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• 2015

Technology-oriented national R&D programs produce intellectual property as their final result. Patents, as typical industrial intellectual property, are therefore considered an important factor when evaluating the outcome of R&D programs. Among the main components of patent evaluation, in particular, the patent right quality is a key component constituting patent value, together with marketability and usability. Current approaches for patent right quality evaluation rely mostly on intrinsic knowledge of patent attorneys, and the recent rapid increase of national R&D patents is making expert-based evaluation costly and time-consuming. Therefore, this study defines a hierarchy of patent right quality and then proposes how to quantify the evaluation process of patent right quality by combining text mining and regression analysis. This study will contribute to understanding of the systemic view of the patent right quality evaluation, as well as be an efficient aid for evaluating patents in R&D program assessment processes.

• Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.54-60
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• 2012

1. Objectives : The purpose of this study is to analyze for the patent application tendency in SCM(Sasang Constitutional Medicine). Recently, in SCM, many researches are made public through papers. However, in the patent area, the research results are less than the papers. 2. Methods : We collected patents about SCM using wintelips program. We analyzed patents according to the year, author, topic, and etc. 3. Results : We collected 151 patents using search system with wintelips program. After detailed analysis on SCM patent, we got to know that SCM was a growing field. In the collected patents, the patents on diagnosis technology were the majority and system of providing information were the second largest. 4. Conclusions : We think that the SCM field is growing at a fast pace with high activity, and this research should be updated annually.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.105-128
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• 2012

This paper proposes the technological level assessment which improved reliability and the efficient noise elimination methods in the process of establishing patent map analysis data. In order to eliminate efficiently noise (removed by the manual process in the past), the paper applies the Logical Operator 'AND', makes it a program in excel VBA(Visual Basic Application), and obtains the valid data. For the improved reliability technological level assessment of the patents, the study calculates average number of claims, Patent Family Size(PFS), Cites Per Patent (CPP), Triad Patent Families, Standardization Patent Diversification Index (stdPCPI), and haF-index(Hirsch a Family index). The result which applied noise exclusion work showed less than 10% of acquired patent data ratio and confirmed high reliability. The result that apply proposed technological level assessment index makes sure that balanced technological level assessment which improved reliability by producing synthetic technological level assessment.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.185-202
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• 2012

This study analyzed the achievement characteristics of 21st Century Frontier R&D Program depending on the subject of study, type, period in order to provide necessary data required during planning and execution of the large scale R&D projects. 21st Century Frontier R&D Program is a representative national R&D project that has been supported for a decade. The research achievements were analyzed for researchers who participated in each four projects completed in 2010 and 2011 among 16 R&D projects of 21st Century Frontier R&D Program promoted by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The research is summarized as follows. First, the achievements varied depending on the main agent such as universities, R&D institutions, and industries. The achievement of universities includes significantly larger publications than those of R&D institutions and industries. Second, the rate of overseas patent application and registration were higher in industries significantly than those in other research agents. Third, the achievements differed depending on research type such as basic, applied, and development researches, and the development researches exhibited significantly higher achievements in domestic patent application and registration, overseas patent application, and technology transfer. Fourth, in terms of the research period, long-term projects show significantly larger number of domestic patent applications than those from short-term projects. Fifth, when achievements like the publication and overseas patent application were classified in such fields as bio, nano, and energy environment R&D, bio and nano fields showed higher achievement than the energy environment field. This research could empirically confirm that the achievement characteristics of large scale and long-term government support R&D projects vary for each research properties.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.177-201
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• 2011

This study is trying to estimate the effect of survey of prior art on the technological performance of national R&D program, with the purpose to enhance understanding on the relationship between utilization of patent information and R&D activities. Patent and Technology Trend Research, one of the survey of prior art which gives the information about existing technology and patent trend to the project team has been carried out since 2005. In this paper, effects which Patent and Technology Trend Research has on the technological performance of national R&D projects are estimated by using multiple regression model considering input factors, characteristics of an agent and supplier of money. The result is that Patent and Technology Trend Research has positive and significant effect on the grant and application of domestic and foreign patent. This result can give an hint that the utilization of patent information make the R&D process efficient and effective.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.869-882
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to obtain the patent for extracting the color map and color chip from the color image source and to develop color image map for fashion design. For this study, fashion image maps were produced from 210 pictures with Adobe Photoshop CS2 program targeting 200 university students from 2004 to 2006. The procedures for extracting the color map and color chip included providing the color image, the filtering phase, the segmentation phase, the extraction phrase, and the arrangement phase. Based on the results of this study, patent application was made to KIPO(Korean Intellectual Property Office) for this invention. The following effects can be expected from the standpoint of design based on the case study. First, it is a straight forward procedure to extract a color chip and color map from a color image. Second, it can be applied to various art works based on the recombination of colors as representative colors can be extracted from the related color image that combines a variety of colors. Third, desired colors can be selected based on the taste cluster classification or sensibility axis of design by extracting the representative color from the color image.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.9-21
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• 2024

Background: The purpose of this study was to utilize text network analysis and topic modeling to identify interconnected relationships among keywords present in patent information related to oral health, and subsequently extract latent topics and visualize them. By examining key keywords and specific subjects, this study sought to comprehend the technological trends in oral health-related innovations. Furthermore, it aims to serve as foundational material, suggesting directions for technological advancement in dentistry and dental hygiene. Methods: The data utilized in this study consisted of information registered over a 20-year period until July 31st, 2023, obtained from the patent information retrieval service, KIPRIS. A total of 6,865 patent titles related to keywords, such as "dentistry," "teeth," and "oral health," were collected through the searches. The research tools included a custom-designed program coded specifically for the research objectives based on Python 3.10. This program was used for keyword frequency analysis, semantic network analysis, and implementation of Latent Dirichlet Allocation for topic modeling. Results: Upon analyzing the centrality of connections among the top 50 frequently occurring words, "method," "tooth," and "manufacturing" displayed the highest centrality, while "active ingredient" had the lowest. Regarding topic modeling outcomes, the "implant" topic constituted the largest share at 22.0%, while topics concerning "devices and materials for oral health" and "toothbrushes and oral care" exhibited the lowest proportions at 5.5% each. Conclusion: Technologies concerning methods and implants are continually being researched in patents related to oral health, while there is comparatively less technological development in devices and materials for oral health. This study is expected to be a valuable resource for uncovering potential themes from a large volume of patent titles and suggesting research directions.

• Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
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• v.12 no.3 s.18
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• pp.17-29
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• 2006

The Syndrome Differentiation(辨證) means to make diagnosises and to classify symptoms based oriental medicine theory. Questionnaires and clinical decision support system would assist the doctor checks up symptoms of a patient. We analyze about domestic and foreign patents and papers of these diagnosis tools and catch the trend. In patents, the system examines by telemedicine and offers medical information and prescriptions to patient. Papers was itemized fields ; theory, methods of analysis, clinical application, questionnaire, clinical decision support system. The results of this research can be applied to develop the high-quality tool to support syndrome differentiation.

• Journal of Fashion Business
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.37-50
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• 2009

Recently, as individual 3D avatars are rapidly generalized in internet sites, its commercial applications for fashion business are being tried in ubiquitous fashion shopping era. In this research, we have investigated and analyzed patent problems of 3D avatar including personal body data to activate the fashion business using 3D avatars. Here, considering the patents for 3D face and body generation methods are already published, this research is focused on whole 3D body avatar obtained from individual body information. Firstly, definition of 3D avatar and its application cases have been investigated and then it has been researched whether or not legal protections by patent law, copyright law, computer program protection law, design protection law and fair competition laws are feasible in view of the subjects to be protected in each law and requirements for such protections. It was revealed that patent law may provide legal protections for 3D avatar and domestic and foreign patents related to 3D avatar have been researched.