Patent Strategy-Oriented Technology Opportunity Mining and Innovation Design

This book establishes a systematic framework for the deep integration of patent strategy, technology opportunity mining and innovation design, and proposes a complete systematic methodology that connects the whole process of patent analytics, technological evolution and design practice. Different from fragmented research, it decodes technological trends from patent big data, helping readers identify high-value R&D directions, optimize patent portfolios and avoid repeated innovation investment.

Structured into ten chapters, the content advances progressively from fundamental concepts to cutting-edge models, including the patent panorama-based maturity analysis model, the system evolution-driven product design space model, and the five-flow model for obstacle patent resolution. Practical applications are illustrated through a case study on vascular interventional robotics.

Targeting innovation managers, patent engineers and researchers, this book features integrated whole-chain methods covering strategic planning, data mining and design implementation, together with six analytical models and step-by-step operational guidelines. Focusing on manufacturing scenarios, it provides application solutions to shorten R&D cycles, prevent patent conflicts and enhance intellectual property value. By tackling the complicated challenges in patent strategy and technology opportunity mining, this book serves as both an academic reference and a practical guide to translating patent information into competitive innovation strategies.

Li Hui, PhD, Associate Professor of the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Part-time Researcher of the National Engineering Research Center of Technological Innovation Methods and Tools, Master's Supervisor.

Her research directions are Innovation Design, Patent Avoidance and Layout Design. Prof. Li has hosted eight research projects including the National Key Research and Development Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Joint Fund, etc. She has participated in six research projects including the Special Project of Innovation Methods, won three provincial and ministerial level awards, published more than 20 SCI/EI academic papers and obtained over 20 authorized patents.

Tan Runhua, Doctor (Zhejiang University Mechanical Department), Foreign Academician of National Academy of Engineering of Ukraine, Foreign Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Founder, Life Honorary Director, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor of the National Engineering Research Center for the Methods and Implementing Tools of National Technological Innovation. He is also the Vice President of the Research Society of Innovation Methods and the President of the TRI Research Society. He has served as the Vice President of Hebei University of Technology, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and government consultant for Hebei Province.

He was one of the first scholars to introduce TRIZ into the country. Based on the practice of promoting and applying TRIZ domestic enterprises, he created the C-TRIZ theory for solving the invention process. He has presided over and completed several projects such as the National Supporting Plan, the 63 Plan, the Special Work on Innovation Methods, and the National Natural Science Foundation. He has won the first prize in scientific and technological progress in Hebei Province and other awards. In 2016, he received the international award "Archimedes Medal" in the field of TRIZ.

He has published 20 on innovation methods, applied for more than 100 patents, and published more than 500 papers. He created the "Innovative Engineer - Invention" model in batches. Prof.Tan transferred the methods of technological innovation to more than 2000 enterprises and trained more than 10,000 innovative engineers, applied for a number of invention patents, and created a number of new technologies, new processes, and new products.