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U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering
Command
AMRDEC SDO Overview Patent Mapping Project
Approved for public release distribution
unlimited. Review completed by the AMRDEC Public
Affairs Office (March 5, 2008 FN3478).
Presented to Presented by Date
The Huntsville Association of Small Businesses in
Advanced Technology (HASBAT) Jenny HessProgram
Analyst, AMRDEC 5 February 2009
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Overview

• AMRDEC Strategic Development Office Overview
• Patent Mapping Project
• What is Patent mapping?
• Implementation Process
• Benefits/Implications of Patent Mapping

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Aviation Missile RDEC (AMRDEC)
MISSION Manage and conduct research,
exploratory and advanced development, and provide
one-stop life cycle engineering and scientific
support for aviation and missile systems and
UAV/UGV platforms
HEADQUARTERS Redstone Arsenal , AL additional
offices /activities Joint Research Program
Office, NASA Langley, VA Aviation Applied
Technology Directorate, Ft. Eustis, VA Aviation
Engineering Directorate - Maintenance Engineering
Division, Corpus Christi, TX Aeroflightdynamics
Directorate, NASA Ames, CA

• Science Technology
• Aerodynamics
• Aeromechanics
• Composites Materials
• Computer Hardware/Software
• Energetics Warhead
• Engines/Transmissions
• Guidance, Navigation Control
• Image Signal Processing
• Mission Sys. Integration
• Modeling Simulation
• Optical, IR, RF, MEMS Sensors
• Propulsion Technology
• Structures
• Survivability
• Teaming/Autonomy

• Fielded Systems Support
• Condition Based Maintenance
• Airworthiness Releases
• Production Engineering
• Reliability / Availability / Maintainability
  (RAM)
• Software Engineering
• Technology Upgrades Insertion
• Product Improvements
• Modeling and Simulation
• Honest Broker Evaluation of New/Next Technologies
• Maintaining Component System-Level Eng.
  Expertise

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Strategic Development Office(SDO)

• Business Development and Collaboration with
  Other Government Agencies (OGAs), including
• Leveraging Army technologies and capabilities to
  support First Responders / Homeland Security
• Collaboration with DOE National Labs
• Team Redstone activities
• Strategic Planning
• Corporate Communications, Public Affairs Trade
  Shows

Patent mapping is a growing focus area
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What is Patent Mapping?

• Data Mining is the process of extracting hidden
  patterns from data.
• Patent mapping is a data mining procedure that
  identifies
• Number of Patents in a specific area
• Number of Citations for specific Patents
• Citation map showing the path of citations
• Number of companies with patents in specific
  areas
• Names of companies with the most patents in
  specific areas

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U.S. Patents

• A patent for an invention is the grant of a
  property right to the inventor, issued by the
  United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  Generally, the term of a new patent is 20 years
  from the date on which the application for the
  patent was filed in the United States or, in
  special cases, from the date an earlier related
  application was filed, subject to the payment of
  maintenance fees. U.S. patent grants are
  effective only within the United States, U.S.
  territories, and U.S. possessions. Under certain
  circumstances, patent term extensions or
  adjustments may be available.

SAMPLE
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Some Recent AMRDEC Patents

• Robert Milton, Mark Kirkham, and Robert (Scott)
  Michaels - "Single-piece Stereolithographically-pr
  oduced Missile", Patent 7,284,487, Issued 23 Oct
  2007.
• Jeffery K. Levasseur and Brent A. Worley -
  "Apparatus and Method for Multi-channel
  Equalization", Patent 7,330,507, Issued 12 Feb
  2008.
• Jason C. Gilliam and Darin L. Kielsmeier -
  "Multi-purpose Single Initiated Tandem Warhead",
  Patent 7,363,862, Issued 29 Apr 2009.
• Paul R. Ashley and William C. Pittman -"Image
  Analysis and Enhancement System", Patent
  7,381,937, Issued 3 June 2008.
• David A. Bittle and Gary T. Jimmerson -"The
  Variable-Force Payload Ejecting System", Patent
  7,395,761, Issued 8 Jul 2008.

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Why do it?

• Saves Time Money
• By Streamlining Patent Selection Process
• Clear understanding of external environment
• Saturated/Unsaturated Industry
• Eliminates Redundant Research
• More Focused Strategic Plan
• Effective tool to remain aligned with strategic
  plan
• Will help identify gaps in technology
• Invest more in areas that are not currently being
  explored
• Aid in identification of AMRDECs most successful
  technologies and inventors

Frankly, its beyond me why any company in this
day and age would even attempt to do RD without
the insights that patent mapping gives you. Its
like trying to navigate your companys future
blind, without a map. Paul Germeraad, Former VP
of Research, Avery Dennison, Rembrandts in the
Attic, page 101
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Patent Mapping Implementation
Current Status
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Patent Mapping Software

• IPVision Patent Mapping Kiosk
• Developed by MIT Faculty
• ClaimBot
• Developed by Intellectual Property Attorneys

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Patent Mapping Process

• No. of patents?
• Which technologies?
• Strengths/weaknesses?
• Additional uses?

• Who are the competitors?
• No. of patents?
• Which technologies?
• Strengths/weaknesses?

• Build on strengths/core
• competences
• Licensing-In opps?
• RD opps?

• Build on strengths/core
• competences
• Licensing-In opps?
• RD opps?

IP SERVICES
POWERFUL PATENT SEARCHING AND PATENT ANALYTICS
ACQUIRE WHAT I NEED
DIVEST WHAT I DONT NEED
WHAT DO I NEED?
WHAT DO I HAVE?
FAST CURRENT AWARENESSORIGINAL DOCUMENTSIP LAW
DEVELOPMENTS
GAP ANALYSIS
IP AUDIT
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
IP STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
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EXAMPLE
Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D
Example of Patent Map
Etc.
Top 20 patent assignees
Citation Tree
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Lessons Learned / Benefits for Small Businesses

• More complete understanding of external
  environment.
• Saves time and money by reducing duplicate
  efforts and streamlining technology development
  money.
• Better and more strategic decision making.

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SUMMARY QUESTIONS

• Aviation and Missile RDEC
• Strategic Development Office
• Patent Mapping
• Data mining tool
• Saves time and money
• More focused strategic plan
• Questions?

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Backup

• Works Cited
• Defense Acquisitions. Assessments of Selected
  Major Weapon Programs. United States
  Government Accountability Office March 2005.
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• Huang, Zan et al. Connecting NSF Funding to
  Patent Innovation in Nanotechnology (2001-2004).
  
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• Mann, Ronald. A Look at Patent Quality.
  American Law Economics Association Annual
  Meetings 2008.
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• Root, Joseph. Rembrandts in the Rear View
  Mirror The Demise of Intellectual Capital.
  Intellectual Property Today. www.iptoday.com,
  2007.
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• Stembridge, Bob and Breda Corish. Patent Data
  mining and Effective Patent Portfolio
  Management. Intellectual Asset Management.
  October/November 2004.
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• Su, Hongjun et al. Study on Data Mining
  Technology in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing.
  Geoinformatics 2007, Vol 6752.
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• Works Reviewed
• Kim, Chulhyun et al. A Taxonomical
  Classification of Business Models on Mobile
  Business Patent Analysis and SOM Mapping.
  2006 International Conference on Management of
  Innovation and Technology.
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• Lamirel, Jean-Charles et al. Intelligent Patent
  Analysis Through the Use of a Neural Network
  Experiment of Multi-viewpoint Analysis with the
  MultiSOM Model.
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• Rothenberg, Albert. The Janusian Process in
  Scientific Creativity. Creativity Research
  Journal. (1996, Vol. 9, Nos. 23, 207-231).