Blockchain technology forecasting by patent analytics and text mining

Information technologies (ITs) have been playing an important role in improving our society, and the fast evolution of ITs creates a competitive environment not only for companies but also for regions. Hence, recognizing the future trend of technologies can be effective in decision-making with regar...

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Autores principales: Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Bamakan, Alireza Babaei Bondarti, Parinaz Babaei Bondarti, Qiang Qu
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d7b6025e41da4873b861cf3d60c81a8c2021-11-26T04:27:44ZBlockchain technology forecasting by patent analytics and text mining2666-953610.1016/j.bcra.2021.100019https://doaj.org/article/d7b6025e41da4873b861cf3d60c81a8c2021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2096720921000142https://doaj.org/toc/2666-9536Information technologies (ITs) have been playing an important role in improving our society, and the fast evolution of ITs creates a competitive environment not only for companies but also for regions. Hence, recognizing the future trend of technologies can be effective in decision-making with regard to technology selection and investment. Blockchain technology with its vast and impressive applications has received considerable attention from researchers, investors, and public agencies. The purpose of this research is to investigate blockchain technology to explore its trends according to their classification by use of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) database. Furthermore, we particularly evaluate the registered patents in the world's most well-known patent databases such as the USA patent database. We drew the current technology trends in blockchain patents by applying the text mining and clustering approach. The results represent that the registered patents in the USA patent database have been achieved in the growth phase. That means, attention to the blockchain is rising nowadays and most patents focused the cryptocurrencies and their applications in finance. However, blockchain technology is in the emergence phase and is evolving by researchers and inventors.Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini BamakanAlireza Babaei BondartiParinaz Babaei BondartiQiang QuElsevierarticleTechnology forecastingBlockchain technologyPatent analysisText miningTechnology life cycleInformation technologyT58.5-58.64ENBlockchain: Research and Applications, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 100019- (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Technology forecasting
Blockchain technology
Patent analysis
Text mining
Technology life cycle
Information technology
T58.5-58.64
spellingShingle Technology forecasting
Blockchain technology
Patent analysis
Text mining
Technology life cycle
Information technology
T58.5-58.64
Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Bamakan
Alireza Babaei Bondarti
Parinaz Babaei Bondarti
Qiang Qu
Blockchain technology forecasting by patent analytics and text mining
description Information technologies (ITs) have been playing an important role in improving our society, and the fast evolution of ITs creates a competitive environment not only for companies but also for regions. Hence, recognizing the future trend of technologies can be effective in decision-making with regard to technology selection and investment. Blockchain technology with its vast and impressive applications has received considerable attention from researchers, investors, and public agencies. The purpose of this research is to investigate blockchain technology to explore its trends according to their classification by use of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) database. Furthermore, we particularly evaluate the registered patents in the world's most well-known patent databases such as the USA patent database. We drew the current technology trends in blockchain patents by applying the text mining and clustering approach. The results represent that the registered patents in the USA patent database have been achieved in the growth phase. That means, attention to the blockchain is rising nowadays and most patents focused the cryptocurrencies and their applications in finance. However, blockchain technology is in the emergence phase and is evolving by researchers and inventors.
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author Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Bamakan
Alireza Babaei Bondarti
Parinaz Babaei Bondarti
Qiang Qu
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Qiang Qu
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title Blockchain technology forecasting by patent analytics and text mining
title_short Blockchain technology forecasting by patent analytics and text mining
title_full Blockchain technology forecasting by patent analytics and text mining
title_fullStr Blockchain technology forecasting by patent analytics and text mining
title_full_unstemmed Blockchain technology forecasting by patent analytics and text mining
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