Technological Innovations in Disease Management: Text Mining US Patent Data From 1995 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patents are important intellectual property protecting technological innovations that inspire efficient research and development in biomedicine. The number of awarded patents serves as an important indicator of economic growth and technological innovation. Researchers have mined patents to characterize the focuses and trends of technological innovations in many fields.

Objective

To expand patent mining to biomedicine and facilitate future resource allocation in biomedical research for the United States, we analyzed US patent documents to determine the focuses and trends of protected technological innovations across the entire disease landscape.

Methods

We analyzed more than 5 million US patent documents between 1995 and 2017, using summary statistics and dy

SUBMITTER: Huang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6611693 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature