臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

專利分析對企業面對外界競爭和控制內部的研發方向都是很重要的資訊，目前有越來越多的學者，不同的分析方法幫助企業分析專利，但是目前的專利分析方式往往只呈現出專利從過去累積到今天的價值，對於該專利未來的價值判斷卻無法呈現。

社會網路分析是一門分析網路圖學的理論，主要探討在網路節點中，各節點所扮演的角色為何，而由專利引用所產生的專利引用圖即可以表現專利目前的狀況，而社會網路中經常探討的二種社會結構力量Betweenness和Closure是最常被應用在分析網路結構的理論，本研究希望透過社會網路分析研究專利引用圖由目前專利的狀況去推斷未來專利發展的情況，可以提供給企業或是專利分析師作為判斷專利重要性的依據。

Patent analysis is very important information to compete with the competitors of enterprises and control the research progress for business. There are more and more scholars and research methodology to help patent analysis, but most crucial thing is that lots of patent information like the citing number only provided the emphasis of current time point; it can not get the emphasis of future from citing number.

Social network analysis is a theory to analyses network graph, discus the actors function in the social network and it can present the current patent value by patent citation graph. Betweenness and closure are the major two forces to affect the future advance by the network structure of node. This study hopes penetrate the social network analysis to research patent citation graph can predict the future advance for every patent and provide the useful information for patent scholars.

摘要 II
ABSTRACT III
Keywords: patent analysis, social network analysis, betweenness, closure III
誌謝辭 IV
Table of Contents V
List OF Tables VII
LIST OF FIGURES VIII
Chapter 1. Introduction 1
1.1. Research background 1
1.2. Research motivation 3
1.3. Research purpose 4
1.4. Research procedure 6
1.5. Research framework 8
Chapter 2. Literature review 9
2.1. Patent Analysis 9
2.2. Social network analysis 12
2.2.1. Betweenness 14
2.2.2. Closure 18
Chapter 3. Research methodology 22
3.1. Research framework 22
3.2. Research variable and Research hypothesis 26
3.2.1. Research variable 27
3.2.2. Research hypothesis 34
3.3. Research methodology 37
Chapter 4. Data Analysis 38
4.1. Basic data analysis 38
4.2. The Reliability Analysis 40
4.3. Data analysis 41
4.3.1. Result of Betweenness 41
4.3.2. Result of Closure 43
4.3.3. Regression result 45
Chapter 5. Conclusion and suggestion 47
5.1. Research conclusion 47
5.2. Research discovery 49
5.3. Suggestion and research limitation 51
References 53
Appendix 55

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