Development of support system for improvement of competitiveness in small and medium sized enterprises utilizing intellectual properties in Japan.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380542
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Aichi Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: GOTO Tokimasa 愛知工業大学, 経営学部, 教授 (20329626)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 永井 昌寛 愛知県立大学, 情報科学部, 教授 (60242905) ; 羽田 裕 愛知工業大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (80546268) ; 雪田 和人 愛知工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (60298461) ; 北川 一敬 愛知工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (50278230)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 技術経営 / 知財戦略 / 中小企業支援 / 競争力向上 / 特許活用支援システム / 特許活用分析ツール

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A good patent strategy can maximize the benefit of an enterprise. Such a patent strategy must have consistency with a business strategy. In this study, we try to diagnose patent strategies which really can maximize the benefit in enterprises.
We adopted the number of pages of patent application documents as one of the parameters to diagnosing the patent strategies of enterprises. The number of patent applications for a year was also adopted. The patent application strategy matrix consists of these parameters, which was proposed by us, make us possible to quickly diagnose the quality of the patent management of an enterprise. Finally, we applied these ways of analysis to the one of enterprises and could diagnose whether the patent strategy and management make maximize the benefit of the enterprise or not.

Free Research Field

技術経営