Identification of Technology Opportunity Based on a Three-Dimensional Technology Effect Model

Intellectual properties are important resources for enterprises to improve competitiveness of their products in the market. Technology effect matrix is a patent map to effectively display the technical information of patents, which provides an effective tool for enterprises to analyze and identify technology opportunities to plan their patent strategy and direction of development. However, the existing matrix analysis method has problems of the information coupling, lack of innovation inspiration for designers, and lack of micro chromatography analysis. This paper combines the technology effect matrix and identification of technology readiness level to build a three-dimensional technology effect model for a comprehensive analysis of patent information. It helps enterprises to effectively formulate scientific technology research and development strategies. Through a cross technology domain patent search, designers can be inspired to develop innovative design with high novelty. The proposed method is applied in the improvement of a powder drying device to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.