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Table of Contents
I.
Abbreviations and Definitions
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II.
Executive Summary
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III.
Scope of Technology Analyzed
................................................................................................... 7
IV.
Disclaimer
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V.
About the Technology
..................................................................................................................... 8
VI.
Patent Search Methodology and Results
................................................................................. 16
Patent Search Results .............................................................................................................................. 24
2.A. Patent Search Tables
..................................................................................................................... 24
Patent Search Results Summary ............................................................................................................. 61
3.A. Categorization Summary
.............................................................................................................. 61
3.B. Patent De-Duplication Process
..................................................................................................... 64
3.C. Patent Coding Results Summary
................................................................................................. 64
3.D. Spreadsheet for Relevant Technology Patent Documents
......................................................... 66
3.E. Spreadsheet for Patent Documents Unable to be Coded as either Relevant or Irrelevant
..... 80
Patent Document Analysis ...................................................................................................................... 82
4.A. Relevant Technology Patent Documents
..................................................................................... 82
4.A.1 Priority Country v. Patent Family Count
.................................................................................. 82
4.A.2 Publication Year v. Patent Document Count
............................................................................. 83
4.A.3 Application (Filing) Date v. Patent Document Count
............................................................... 85
4.A.4 U.S. Classification v. Patent Document Count
.......................................................................... 86
4.A.5 IPC Classification v. Patent Document Count
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4.A.6 Derwent (DWPI) Class v. Patent Document Count)
................................................................. 91
4.A.7 Derwent Manual Code v. Patent Document Count
................................................................... 92
4.A.8 Assignees v. Patent Document Count
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4.A.9 Inventors v. Patent Document Count
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4.A.10 Themescape Map
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4.A.11 World Maps
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VIII. Appendices
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APPENDIX A: Non-Patent Literature .................................................................................................. 100
APPENDIX B: Patents Unable to be Coded as Relevant or Irrelevant................................................. 103
APPENDIX C: Description of Patent Databases & Platforms Used in this Report .............................. 104
APPENDIX D: Definitions of US Classifications ................................................................................ 109
APPENDIX E: Definitions of IPC Classifications ............................................................................... 111
APPENDIX F: Derwent Classifications ............................................................................................... 113
APPENDIX G: Patent Families ............................................................................................................ 116
APPENDIX H: PCT World Map .......................................................................................................... 120
APPENDIX I: Authors’ Resumes ......................................................................................................... 121
APPENDIX J: MicroPatent® Summary Report for Relevant and Potentially Relevant Technology
Patent Documents ................................................................................................................................. 135