{"406611":{"#nid":"406611","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Porter\u0027s Research on Patent Mapping Featured in Georgia Tech Research Horizons","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/porter\u0022\u003EAlan Porter\u003C\/a\u003E, professor emeritus of the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of P\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eublic Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E and the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, served as the principal investigator on patent mapping research funded by the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat\u2019s likely to be the next big thing? What might be the most fertile areas for innovation? Where should companies invest their limited research funds?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy providing a visual representation of where universities, companies, and other organizations are protecting intellectual property produced by their research, patent maps can help answer those questions. But finding real trends in these maps can be difficult because categories with large numbers of patents \u2014 pharmaceuticals, for instance \u2014 are usually treated the same as areas with few patents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, through the new patent mapping system that Porter and his team envisioned, researchers now have better insight into the interaction between technologies and the way in which they merge to cause new forms of innovation. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat we are trying to do is forecast innovation pathways,\u201d said Alan Porter, \u201cWe take data on research and development, such as publications and patents, and we try to elicit some intelligence to help us gain a sense for where things are headed.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPorter\u0027s academic research focus concentrates upon technology forecasting and assessment, including future-oriented technology analysis, policy analysis, science and technology policy, and technological change. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/front-office\/gap-map\u0022\u003EContinue to full article...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27498","created_gmt":"2015-05-21 10:57:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:31","author":"Rachel Miles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"lipid nanoparticles","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/front-office\/gap-map","dateline":{"date":"2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"301601":{"id":"301601","type":"image","title":"Alan Porter","body":null,"created":"1449244572","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:56:12","changed":"1475895004","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:04","alt":"Alan Porter","file":{"fid":"199557","name":"porter_-sm.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/porter_-sm_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/porter_-sm_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":16979,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/porter_-sm_0.jpg?itok=zK6kDkz-"}}},"media_ids":["301601"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"126711","name":"gap map"},{"id":"11866","name":"Industrial Systems and Engineering"},{"id":"83701","name":"patent mapping"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"},{"id":"167090","name":"SPP"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}