Abstract
Graphene, with high biocompatibility, physiological solubility and stability, has been reported as an emerging material for biomedical applications such as biosensors, drug delivery, and tissue engineering. Recently, identifying the technological competition (TC) of graphene biomedical technology has received worldwide attention from stakeholders. However, few studies have attached great importance to review the TC of this field by the analysis of patents. The main objective of this study is to develop a new and comprehensive method to investigate TC in a given technology field by conducting a patent review and then employing a patent roadmap to dig out the technology opportunity. The effectiveness of the approach is verified with the case study on graphene biomedical technology. Compared to previous research, this study makes the following important contributions. First, this study provides a new and systematic framework for the dynamic analysis of TC in a given technology field. It also extends the research perspectives of TC for industry, assignees, and technology, employs a patent roadmap to dig out technology opportunities, and enables stakeholders to understand TC from a dynamic perspective. Second, this study integrates patent analysis with a patent roadmap that has not appeared in existing methodologies of patent review. Third, it first introduces indicators (e.g., high value patent and competition position of top assignees) to the previous patent roadmap and provides a new methodology for patent roadmaps from a country level and assignee level. Finally, this study provides useful information for stakeholders interested in graphene biomedical technology, helps them to find new technology opportunities in this field, encourages them to determine the direction of future research, and has important significance for its application to diverse other emerging technologies.
Highlights
The advent of the knowledge economy era has created substantial interest in the research of technology competition (TC)
We find that the number of patents for graphene biomedical technology in the global had rapidly increased since
This study presents a systematic review that analyzes the technological competition (TC) of graphene related patents in the biomedical field, and this comprehensive framework integrates patent analysis and patent roadmap
Summary
The advent of the knowledge economy era has created substantial interest in the research of technology competition (TC). The successful of TC is regarded as the reaction capability to technological change [1]. Some studies have focused on firms’ strategic planning in TC when technological change occurs [2,3]. Others have identified that organizational and technological diversity play an important role in increasing of TC, and this in turn stimulates technological innovation in the target technological field [4,5]. Many researchers have studied the key indicators in assessing TC. Schiavone presented a six-item assessment of TC, including three variables under the perspective of company’s history
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