• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.501-517
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• 2015

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the technology trend on developing helmets based on the analysis of Korean, US, European and PCT patents. Background: The usage of the personal protective equipment such as the safety helmet would be essential for preventing injuries and reducing the severity of injuries depending on the type of activity and the exposed environment. Method: Database of WIPSON was used for searching the patents. The objects were the Korean, US, European and PCT patents registered or opened from January 2011 to December 2014. The keyword to investigate was helmet, and International Patent Classification (IPC) was used for investigating the technology trend of the patents. Results: The cases of US patents annually increased, but the cases of European patents decreased. US patents belonged to all sections but Korean and European patents and PCT patents did not. The largest number of IPC, to which four areas' patents belonged, was 'Headwear' and the second largest one was 'Hygiene'. In the subgroup level, the most common largest subgroups were 'Parts, details or accessories of helmets' and 'Masks, shields, or hoods for welders'. Korean patents had the lowest ratio of single_IPC at 11%, but the ratios of single_IPC for US and European patents were 52%, respectively. 'Human necessities', 'Mechanical engineering', 'Physics', and 'Electricity' were used as a single_IPC, but lower levels of 'Performing operations', 'Chemistry', 'Textiles' and 'Fixed constructions' were used as multi_IPC. Most main applicants had patents which belonged to 'Human necessities'. Conclusion: The cases of US patents annually increased unlike others. The common technologies for creating the helmet were Parts of helmets under Headwear and Shields for welders under Hygiene. Many Korean patents tended to be categorized as multi_IPC, different from others. Application: To know the technological characteristic of patents would be helpful to initial stage developers.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.541-544
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• 2006

From its foundation until 2004, ETRI has registered over 1,000 US patents. This letter analyzes the characteristics of these patents and addresses the explanatory factors affecting their citation counts. For explanatory variables, research team related variables, invention specific variables, and geographical domain related variables are suggested. Zero-altered count data models are used to test the impact of independent variables. A key finding is that technological cumulativeness, the scale of invention, outputs in the electronic field, and the degree of dependence on the US technology domain positively affect the citation counts of ETRI-invented US patents. The magnitude of international presence appears to negatively affect the citation counts of ETRI-invented US patents.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2018

Patents have been recognized as a core knowledge asset which are closely related with company's technological competitiveness. However, only a small portion of patents are actually contributing to the profit of the company. In addition, it costs a lot of money continuously to maintain the patent rights regardless of their values. Thus, effective methodologies are required to create patents with high values. It is examined what kind of differences exist between high value patents and the others in the use of TRIZ methodologies. For the purpose, we analyzed the US granted patents of Samsung Electronics. The analysis shows that there is no significant difference in the use of inventive principles, but high value patents utilize 'separation by condition' the most where as the others 'separation by space' the most frequently in the use of separation principles. In the use of standard solutions, high value patents use the 'class 2' principles frequently than the others.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.115-151
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• 2010

본 논문은 대학의 연구활동을 특허라는 창을 통하여 들여다보고자 하였다. 특허인용정보가 있는 미국 특허를 이용하여 우리나라의 대학 특허를 기업 특허와 대비시켜 대학 특허의 특성을 분석하였다. 일반적으로 기업 특허와 대학 특허는 전자는 전유성(appropriability) 측면에서 그리고 후자는 기초성(basicness) 측면에서 차이가 있는 것으로 본다. 그런데 기초성 측면에서 우리나라 대학 특허는 기업 특허와 크게 두드러진 차이를 보이지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 다음으로 특허인용함수모형을 이용하여 특허의 질 또는 수준을 기업과 대학 사이에 비교해 보았다. 기업 특허는 자체인용이 상당수 포함되어 있는데, 이를 감안하면 전방인용에 있어서는 대학 특허와 기업 특허는 큰 차이를 보이지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 자체인용 비중이 높을수록 특허의 전유성 정도가 높은 경향이 있다는 선행연구를 상기하면, 기업 특허의 전유성 정도가 높게 나오는 것을 확인할 수도 있었다. 미국과 유럽을 대상으로 한 선행연구에서는 대학 특허가 대체로 기업 특허와 비교하여 인용빈도 측면에서 뒤지지 않는 것으로 분석되고 있다. 외국의 대학 특허 분석결과와 본 논문의 우리나라 대학 특허 분석결과를 대비시키면, 우리나라 대학 특허는 전반적인 수준이나 영향력 측면에서는 기업 특허에 미치지 못하며, 이는 우리나라대학의 특허활동이 최근에야 활성화된 데 기인한 것으로 추론된다. 이러한 분석 결과는 향후 대학의 연구수준을 제고하기 위한 노력을 보다 체계화해야 한다는 것을 시사하며, 최근 진행되고 있는 정부의 기초연구 정책방향 전환이나 대학 내의 자체적인 개혁 움직임을 간접적으로 지지한다. 정부의 정책 전환과 함께 학내의 개선 노력이 합치되면 향후 우리나라 대학의 특허인용도 및 영향력이 훨씬 높아지게 될 것으로 기대할 수 있다.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.7-20
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• 2010

본 연구는 미국 특허 문서에서 가장 최신의 정보를 추출할 수 있는 방법을 제시하였다. 이를 위해 미국특허청 웹페이지에 직접 접속하여, HTML 문서를 파싱하는 방법을 제시하였다. 먼저 관심 있는 키워드로 검색을 한 후 50개로 이루어진 리스트가 출력되면, HTML 파싱 기법을 이용하여 여기서 직접 특허번호, 출원인, 미국 특허 클래스와 같은 주요 서지정보를 추출할 수 있는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 또한 미국 특허문서에서 특수하게 제공되는 선.후행 특허간의 관계를 활용해 본 특허와 후행 특허의 미국 특허 클래스를 동시에 추출 할 수 있는 알고리즘도 보여주었다. 본 연구에서 제시한 방법은 몇 가지 한계를 가지지만, 적시성.포괄성 측면에서 이미 존재하는 데이터베이스를 보완할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2019

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, the patenting activities related to the fields of AI is increasing worldwide. In particular, a share of patent filed in China has exploded in recent years and overtakes the numbers in the US. In the present study, we focus our attention on the patenting activity of China and the US. We analyzed 6,281 and 13,664 patent applications in the US and China respectively between 2008 and 2018, and belonging to the "G06F(Electric Digital Data Processing)", "G06N(Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models)", "H04L(Transmission of Digital Information)" and nine more relevant technological classes, as indicated by the International Patent Classification(IPC). Our analysis contributes to: first, the understanding of patent application trends from foreign countries filed in the US and China, 2) patent application status by applicants category such as companies, universities and individuals, 3) the development direction and forecasting vacant technology of AI according to main IPC code. Through the analysis of this paper, we can suggest some implications for patent research related to artificial intelligence in Korea. Plus, by analyzing the most recent patent data, we can provide important information for future artificial intelligence technology research.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.223-239
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• 2006

과학이 기술발전을 이끄는 주요 추진력이며 기술혁신이 궁극적으로 경제발전에 기여한다는 것이 밝혀짐에 따라 선진국은 과학과 기술간 상호작용을 중요하게 다루고 있다. 그러나 한국의 기술발전을 이끈 과학적 기반에 관한 연구가 거의 이루어지지 않았으며 한국의 기술과 강력한 연계를 맺고 있는 학문분야에 대한 연구도 미약한 실정이다. 따라서 이 연구는 특허에 인용된 과학논문을 이용하여 과학기술자의 인용행태를 추적하고, 인용행태 이면에 놓인 과학과 기술간 상호작용을 측정하고자 하였다. 과학논문이 특허의 혁신가치에 어떠한 영향을 미치고 있는지를 살펴봄으로써 기술개발에 있어 과학논문의 중요도를 밝히고자 하였다.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.38-47
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• 2013

We examine whether the attributes of patented knowledge have any impact on its chances of commercialization. It has been hypothesized that the scope and cumulativeness of patented knowledge would positively affect the likelihood of its commercialization. The hypotheses were tested using patents data on the US biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. We found support for the prediction that the scope of patented knowledge increases the likelihood of commercialization, but we didn't find support for the cumulativeness aspect. These findings have important implications for firms that develop patentable knowledge, license-out patents, license-in patents from external sources, or debate about patenting strategy.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.447-454
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• 2015

Objective: The purposes of this study are to survey general and ergonomics relevant patents of major foreign countries, to classify the ergonomics patents into some categories frequently found in the patents lists surfed and to compare the results with those of Korea. Background: Under today's severe competitions between countries and between companies, the intellectual property has never been more important. It is needed to investigate Korea's positions and worldwide status of patent applications and grants for general and ergonomics patents. Method: This study was mainly based on relevant websites surfing such as KIPRIS, FPO, EPO, WIPO, etc. Results: The results showed that while Korea placed fourth in patent applications and grants in 2012, following US, Japan and China, Korea ranked seventh in the number of ergonomics patents. Of the overseas ergonomics patents, the proportion of tool/device was the second highest to category of others, followed by chair/desk, grip/handle and keyboard, etc. Compared to the overseas ergonomics patents, Korea showed a slightly different trend that there were less patents for specific fields of ergonomics such as grip/handle, keyboard, tool/device, etc. Conclusion: The number of ergonomics patents of Korea was behind most foreign countries surveyed in the number of patent applications and grants of, and there were many categories of overseas ergonomics patents. Application: This study would be used as a reference or guideline when developing varying ergonomic products or applying to ergonomics patents.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.271-274
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• 2012

Whereas a vast amount of new information on bioinformatics is made available to the public through patents, only a small set of patents are cited in academic papers. A detailed analysis of registered bioinformatics patents, using the existing patent search system, can provide valuable information links between science and technology. However, it is extremely difficult to select keywords to capture bioinformatics patents, reflecting the convergence of several underlying technologies. No single word or even several words are sufficient to identify such patents. The analysis of patent subclasses can provide valuable information. In this paper, I did a preliminary study of the current status of bioinformatics patents and their International Patent Classification (IPC) groups registered in the Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service (KIPRIS) database.