Systematic Innovation C and Intellectual Property Management

Synthetic program:

Intellectual Property: fundamentals, patentability criteria, patent application process (IT, EP, PCT). Structure and features of a patent document.

Patent search: patent databases, functionalities and limitations.

Patent classifications: IPC, ECLA, FI, CPC.

Patent analysis: statistical analysis and bibliometrics.

Patent strategies and techniques for patent breaking.

Text-mining fundamentals. Computational-linguistics applications for patent mining.  

 

Technological diffusion: from invention to innovation.

Competitive product development and Knowledge needs.

Competition models: pure competition, pray/predator, symbiotic, parasitic.

Types and Patterns of Innovation: product/process, breakthrough/incremental, competence enhancing/competence destroying.

Innovation from the user’s perspective: customer requirements classification models, value innovation.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals as driver of innovation.

Methods and tools for Technology Forecasting: classification, potentialities and limitations.

Exemplary techniques for Technology Forecasting: Delphi Method; Logistic growth model, Logistic Substitution model; Innovation diffusion models; TRIZ-based forecasting.

FORMAT Methodology: phases and tasks of a technology forecasting activity.