Toward the next generation’s patent analysis: Patent database and public information

Patent is an important task for further development of contemporary knowledge management. This paper discusses the loss and challenges of patent management in variety and then discourses on the developing directions and tendency of intellectual property management in the light of patent. Based on practices and observation of industries, this paper will present suggestions and argue that patent analysis should include information of alliance, technological structure, cooperation, licensing, and litigation so that entities can be more proficiently construct the system of patent management, which can fertilize and improve academic research and study.