• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.647-659
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• 2015

This study analyzes current technologies in personal protective equipment (PPE) and mechanisms that can be used in the agricultural field to provide data for research and development on PPE for farmers. There is growing awareness of the importance of PPE as part of efforts to reduce agricultural accidents, but data remain rare for developing PPE tailored to the farm work environment. In this regard, patent data on PPE can provide useful insights for facilitating relevant technologies and research. This study examines patents and utility models classified under the IPC code in Korea and other countries to analyze patented technologies and recent trends for the period from January 2003 to October 2014. Here Korea, the U.S., Japan, and Europe were considered. The results show that the number of patent applications for PPE remained steady without any sharp fluctuations. KIPO applications accounted for 43.5% of all cases, reflecting the highest proportion among the countries considered. Domestic applicants accounted for 94% of all cases. In Korea, patent applications were concentrated in safety gear for the face and eyes, indicating a high level of technology. The highest level of competition was observed for safety goggles in all countries. Some PPE technologies were dominated by a particular manufacturer. The analysis results for farming-related technologies show the current state of technologies and areas lacking technological development. This study analyzes patented technologies for PPE in Korea and other countries and recent research trends as part of the effort to develop PPE for workers in the farming and livestock industry. This study represents an early-stage effort to develop PPE for workers in the farming and livestock industry, and the results are expected to be useful for tailoring PPE to Korea's farming and livestock environment.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.199-212
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• 2020

In evaluating the competitiveness of construction companies and their development strategies, patents are a useful and objective source of technical information. In this study, the cutting-edge technologies of construction industries of China, Japan, and South Korea were investigated based on the data of patent applications filed by a total of 15 construction companies (five companies from each country). The related technologies were classified into six core technology groups based on their keywords. After that, we used four patent analysis methods: time series analysis, IP (Intellectual Property) emergence level analysis, spiral module analysis, and OS (Object-Solution) Matrix analysis, to identify the promising technologies/vacant technologies for global construction companies in China, Japan, and South Korea, and to analyze the technical competitiveness of the three countries. The findings of this study showed that each country can claim a relative technological advantage over the others. Overall, 3D printing and offsite construction technology, data acquisition technology, AR and VR technology are expected to be promising in the Asian region. The present study contributes to the body of knowledge by expanding our understanding of technological innovation for the competitiveness of companies and the technology development strategies pursued by the construction industries of China, Japan, and South Korea.

• 기술경영경제학회:학술대회논문집
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• 기술경영경제학회 1997년도 제11회 하계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.160-171
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• 1997

This paper starts out by reviewing the literature that in different ways utilizes patent data as a output of R&D investment. The main focus, however, is an analysis of time-lag between R&D input and output. To achieve this research objective, the basic data associated with the R&D input(expenditure, researchers) and output(patent, utilities) for the past 15 years, from 1980 to 1994, in the areas of electrical-electronic, mechanical and chemical industries have been collected. And the raw output data were altered it to objective data using Laspeyres approach and analyzed using multiple regression analysis, especially stepwise regression analysis. The result of this study can be summarized as follows: a) The time-lag between R&D input and output is from 1 to 4 years. This result is equal to the research conclusion of the existing foreign studies. b) It was found that the time-lag of patents was longer than of utility models. c) It was showed that the time-lag of electrical-electronic, mechanical industry was longer than the chemical one.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2016

Patent management activities are considered to play a key role for technology-based firms under the recent knowledge-based economies. This is because intellectual property, including patents, can act as a system for continuous profit generation by protecting firms' products, processes and services. In Korea, healthcare industry is now regarded as one of the promising next generation industries. Despite the promise of healthcare industry, Korean healthcare product manufacturers are faced with turbulent business changes, such as market opening. Even though there are various industrial studies on the effect of patent management activities on firm outcome, previous studies have hardly paid attention to Korean healthcare product manufacturing firms. For this reason, this study identifies the effect of patent management activities, such as patenting activeness, technical excellence and cooperation degree, on firm outcomes, including financial profitability and firm growth, with respect to the Korean healthcare product manufacturers. In this study, we located 86 Korean healthcare manufacturing firms from KORCHAMBIZ and DART, and then collected the data of their patenting activities and outcomes between 2001 and 2013. By applying factor analysis and regression analysis, our empirical study found that firms' patenting activeness has the significant positive relationship on firms' financial profitability, and firms' patenting activeness and technical excellence have the significant positive relationship on firms' financial growth. Our study is an initial attempt to identify the effect of patent management activities on firm outcome within Korean healthcare product manufacturing industry, and thus its results can be used as the basis to formulate national policies for Korean healthcare product industry.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제14권spc호
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• pp.1187-1208
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• 2011

본 연구는 기업의 보유자원(역량) 기반 관점에서 기업이 필요로 하는 유망기술 도출 모형을 제시하고자 하였다. 이를 위해서 첫째, 중소기업과 유망기술에 대한 고찰을 통해 중소기업이 필요로 하는 유망기술에 대해 개념적으로 정의하였다. 둘째로, 연구의 개념적 틀을 제시하고 X사의 사례 분석을 통하여 제시된 연구의 틀에 대한 유용성을 검증하였다. 기업이 진입해 있는 기술, 용도, 제품분야 키워드를 기준으로 기업의 진입영역을 대리하는 참조특허집합(reference patent set)을 구성하였다. 분석데이터는 참조특허집합을 두 단계까지 전방인용(forward citation)한 특허로 대상을 확장하여 구성하였다. 분석특허 풀에서 전문가가 선정한 키워드를 기준으로 클러스터 분석을 수행하고 클러스터의 활동성, 참조특허집합과의 관련성 지표를 기준으로 군집별 유망성을 분류하였다. 마지막으로 기업이 접근 가능한 영역에 대한 잠재 포트폴리오를 표현하고 기업이 단계적으로 접근가능한 유망영역, 모니터링 대상, 모니터링 제외대상 영역을 도출하였다.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.471-481
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• 2023

Digital twin is considered as a key technology of industry 4.0, thus being essential for the future of industrial production. Despite the significance, a systematic analysis of its technological landscape is lacking. This study aims to investigate the technological development trends and newly emerging technological convergence opportunities in the domain of digital twin by exploiting patent information derived from U SPTO. For this purpose, this study visualized and predicted the convergence dynamics among patent classification codes by adopting patent co-classification analysis and link prediction approach. The findings show that the number of digital twin-related patent applications has increased significantly since 2018. The CPC code G06F showed the highest eigenvector centrality, while G05B was characterized by highest betweenness centrality. According to the predictive model, 41 novel links were revealed, acting as potential technology convergence opportunities. These links were then categorized into 11 different domains. The most dominant category was "digital data processing and artificial intelligence", which could play a foundational role in the diffusion of digital twin technology. The presence of digital twin technology is dominant in manufacturing, but its applications are expected to expand, including "climate change", "healthcare" and "aerospace engineering". The derived insights can support R&D managers and policy makers in formulating R&D strategies and directing future R&D investment decisions.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.625-637
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• 2020

함정 무기체계는 작전운용성능(능력)에 따라 국내 기술 수준에 기반하여 설계/건조되며, 일정 기간 운용 후 성능개량 소요 발생에 따른 개조/개장 및 기존함 대비 고도화된 후속함이 요구되는 특성을 가지고 있다. 이러한 특성을 고려하고 고객이 요구하는 함정 무기체계 기술 수준과 무기체계 연구개발을 통한 국내 기술 수준 향상 및 핵심기술 확보하기 위해 기술 분류/특성이 정형화되어있는 특허 자료 분석을 통해 획득 필요 기술에 대한 의사결정 자료로 활용할 수 있다. 이를 위해 방위사업법 제35조(방산업체의 지정 등)에 따라 지정된 10개 함정 분야 방산업체의 특허자료를 특허청 특허정보검색서비스를 통해 특허자료(특허수/국제특허분류 14,964건/352개)를 수집하였으며, 수집된 자료를 기반으로 함정분야 방산업체 간 사회망 분석을 통해 중심성이 높은 58개 국제특허분류를 추출했다. 추출된 국제특허분류를 기반으로 주성분 분석을 통해 함정 분야 방산업체가 집중하는 주요 기술 분야로 국제특허분류 7개(B63B, H01M, F03D, B01D, H02K, B23K, H01H)를 확인했다. 이어서 자기회귀 결합 이동평균 모형 분석결과, 국제특허분류 3개(B63B, B01D, B23K)는 지속적인 기술획득 활동이 예측했으며, 국제특허분류 4개(H01M, F03D, H02K, H01H)는 기술획득 활동이 낮아짐을 예측했다.

• 한국자원공학회지
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.635-648
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• 2018

본 연구는 탄성파 탐사 수진기의 특허동향을 분석하였다. 또한 수진기 제조사인 페어필드, 서셀, 와이어리스 사이스믹 등 3개 주요 기업의 탄성파 탐사 수진기 특허동향 및 핵심특허의 기술특징을 분석하여 각 기업의 기술개발 세부분야를 살펴보았다. 탄성파 수진기의 특허동향은 2000년 초 중반 이후로 출원 증가율이 지속적으로 높아지고 있으며 최근 더욱 높은 증가율을 보여 동 분야의 성장세를 확인하였다. 동 기간에 주요기업의 특허 출원증가율은 글로벌 동향보다 높게 나타났으며 특허침해소송 사례를 확인하여 동 분야의 활발한 시장경쟁을 확인하였다. 핵심특허 33건의 기술특징을 분석한 결과 주요기업은 대체로 탄성파 신호감지 분야에 집중하여 특허를 보유하는 것으로 나타났다. 세부기술은 자료획득의 신뢰도 향상, 자료전송 효율 향상, 무선수진기의 운용 시스템 개량기술 분야로 구분되었다. 시장이 성장하고 있는 동 분야의 기술개발 및 제조 관련 신규 진입자는 향후 발생할 수 있는 특허분쟁 또는 중복연구 등을 미연에 방지하기 위하여 주요 기업의 제품 및 특허의 청구항을 면밀하게 분석할 필요가 있겠다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.31-50
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• 2023

In the midst of dynamic industrial changes, companies need data analysis considering the effects of integration of various technologies in order to establish innovative R & D strategies. However, the existing technology forecasting model evaluates individual technologies without considering relationship among them. To improve this problem, this study suggests a new methodology reflecting the integration of technologies. In the study, a technology forecasting indicator was developed using the technology integration index based on social network analysis. In order to verify the validity of the proposed methodology, 'drone task performance technology' based on patent data was applied to the research model. This study aimed to establish a theoretical basis to design a research model that reflects the degree of integration of technologies when conducting technology forecasting research. In addition, this study is meaningful in that it quantitatively verified the proposed methodology using actual patent data.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.295-302
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• 2007

Phase change material-related patents filed at Korea Institute of Patent Information(KIPI) and United States Patent and Trademark Office(USPTO) were analyzed for understanding the PCM's technological level of Korea and providing the information for establishing the research development policy concerned with high technology fibers. Patent data from 1980 to 2005 collected from KIPI and USPTO internet sites were examined using the number of patents and share of assignees in patents. The contents of patent were classified according to IPC(International Patent Classification) and assignees were divided into individual and firm/public body. The results of comparing total number of patents in USA with that in Korea showed USA had as 2.3 times as Korea had. The number of patents of USA had increased steadily since 1980 whereas that of Korea sharply since 2001. The number of patents of Korea from 2001 to 2005 was more than that of USA. USA was specialized in fundamental technology and Korea was specialized in application area with PCM. Assignees who had the most patents were firms and the next were individuals. Assignees who applied for several patents were more in USA than in Korea and patent application numbers per the assignees were higher for USA.