Computer-Aided Instruction of Surface Analysis Techniques

9307159弗莱明为了在当今技术变革和全球竞争的环境中具有竞争力，企业需要制定并遵循明智的技术战略。为了做出关于哪种特定的技术战略是最优的重要决策，公司需要可靠的信息来回答以下问题：相对于竞争对手，其研发部门在其行业中开发和建立新技术创新的速度和效率有多高，以及公司在利用其研发努力的收益并将这些收益保留给他人方面的效率有多高？第一阶段小企业创新研究（SBIR）的研究结果为利用专利引文数据作为一种有价值的工具来帮助企业评估自己和竞争对手的技术能力奠定了技术基础。第二阶段研究的目标主要集中在：(1)证明构建一个满足技术管理者分析需求的专利引文数据库的可行性；(2)扩展第一阶段开发的引文模型，使其能够作为可靠的工具(a)纠正引文数据以进行审查和(b)预测未来的引文水平；(3)利用这些原型工具检验引文模式与公司技术战略之间假设关系的有效性。该项目旨在为制定和评估企业技术战略提供分析工具，包括专利引文数据库、用户友好的搜索和分析软件、咨询服务和出版物。该项目解决了需要了解专利引用之间的相互关系，公司的技术战略，和他们的经济绩效。该项目将利用这些知识作为其对美国未来经济竞争力贡献的基础，也就是说，为制定和分析对公司和投资者有价值的公司技术政策提供有用的分析工具。＊＊＊

9307159 Fleming To be competitive in today's environment of technological change and global competition, firms need to develop and follow sagacious technology strategies. In order to make important decisions regarding which particular technology strategies would be optimal to follow, a firm needs reliable information to answer questions such as: how quickly and efficiently can its R&D department develop and build on new technological innovations in its industry relative to its competitors, and how effective is the firm at appropriating the benefits of its R&D efforts and withholding those benefits from others? Results of the Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) study establish the technical basis for using patent citation data as a valuable tool for helping firms evaluate their own technological capabilities and those of their competitors. The objectives of the Phase II research focus on (1) demonstrating the feasibility of constructing a patent citation database that meets technology managers' analytical needs easily and cost-effectively; (2) extending the citation model developed in Phase I to the point where it can function as a reliable tool for (a) correcting citation data for censoring and (b) predicting future citation levels; and (3) using these prototype tools to examine the validity of hypothesized relationships between citation patterns and the technology strategies of companies. The project aims to provide analytical tools for developing and assessing corporate technology strategies, including patent citation databases and user-friendly search and analytical software, consulting services, and publications. The project addresses the need to understand the interrelationships among patent citations, the technology strategies of companies, and their economic performance. The project will use this knowledge as the basis for its contribution to the future of US economic competitiveness, that is, to make available analytical tools useful for formulating and analyzing corporate technology policies that will be valuable to companies and investors. ***