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Peer reviewedCampbell, Richard S. – Futurist, 1983
Patent trend analysis, a process developed at Batelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, can help businesses understand the direction of technological change and compete more effectively in the marketplace. The procedure involves tracking the linkages among new patents in an area, the age of earlier patents cited, and the companies involved. (IS)
Descriptors: Business, Futures (of Society), Information Dissemination, Inventions
