Title :
Patent data as indicators of technological development: investigating the electric vehicle
Author :
Pilkington, Alan ; Dyerson, Romano ; Tissier, Omid
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., R. Holloway Univ. of London, UK
Abstract :
We explore patenting activity as an indicator of technological development, using US patents to analyse responses to regulatory change in the automobile industry. We identified the development of complex networks of firms developing electric vehicles and discuss the limitations of defining patent searches in terms of products rather than technologies
Keywords :
automobile industry; electric vehicles; patents; product development; US patents; automobile industry; electric vehicles; patent searches; patenting activity; regulatory change; technological development indicator; Automobiles; Automotive engineering; Complex networks; Data analysis; Disk recording; Electric vehicles; Industrial relations; Information analysis; Manufacturing; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-06-7
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2001.952210
