Are you Looking for Innovation? What About to use a Free Tool to Check 110 Million Patents? / Procurando por Inovação? Use uma Ferramenta Gratuita e Pesquise 110 Milhões de Patentes!!

Arnaldo Di Petta; Renato Ribeiro Nogueira Ferraz

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<line> Are yo* Looking for Innovation? </line>

<line> What Abo*t *o use a Fre* To*l to Ch**k 110 Million P**ents? </line>

<line> Procur*ndo por Inov*ção? </line>

<line> U*e *ma Ferram*nta Gratuita * *esqu*se 110 Mil*ões *e Pate*t*s!! </line>

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<line> Arnal*o Di Petta </line>

<line> Doutorado *m A*ministração pe** *niversid*de Nove de Julho </line>

<line> *estre em A*ministraçã* pela Universida*e N*ve de Julho </line>

<line> E-mai*: adi.petta@*ot*ail.com </line>

<line> R**ato Rib*ir* Nogueira Fe*r** </line>

<line> Pós-Dout*rado em Ciência d* I*formação *ela Univers*dade de Toulon </line>

<line> Dou*ora*o em Ciências *ela *ni*ersi*ade Feder*l d* S*o Paulo </line>

<line> Pr*fes*or da Universi*ade de Mogi das Cruzes </line>

<line> E-mail: ren*tobio@hotmail.c*m </line>

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<line> Av*l*ado pelo s*stema Tri*le R*v*ew: D*sk Review a) </line>

<line> pe*o Editor-Chefe; e b) Doub*e Blind Re*iew </line>

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<line> Re**são: Gra*atica*, Norma*i*a </line>

<line> e de *ormatação </line>

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<line> A. Di Pet*a, R. R. *. Ferraz </line>

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<line> ABSTRA*T </line>

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<line> In the midst of d*f**re*t </line>

<line> academi* researches *hat *nvestigate *he generat*on or not of </line>

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<line> innovation throu*h p*te*ts, this paper aims to broaden *his di*cus*ion. We introduce the use </line>

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<line> of * free paten* min*ng tool ex*loiting Espacenet, a database *hat </line>

<line> conta**s more than 110 </line>

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<line> million docume*t*. *ec*use the g** in t*e l*t**ature reg*rding *raining *or the use of *h*s type </line>

<line> o* tool, we present a practic*l *x*mple of how t* use it. The objec*i** i* t* *otivate the </line>

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<line> d*bate and its disse*in*tion </line>

<line> *mong stu*ents and r*search*rs, as well as among small </line>

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<line> entrepreneur*, *o take advantag* of </line>

<line> the technological adv*n*es towar*s innovat*o* a*d new </line>

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<line> business opportunities. *he examp*e *an be used in the acad*mic are* a*d in business training </line>

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<line> co*rse*, to identif* ot*er busines* </line>

<line> opportuni*ies tha* c*n b* *ffe*t*v**y imple*ent*d. **e </line>

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<line> co*clu*i*n is t*at by *eaching ab*u* *ntelle*tual p*operty, **m*lementing *ith practice in the </line>

<line> use of *he patent mining tool, it is possibl* to foster innovation. By def*ning topics of interest </line>

<line> and looki*g for e*isting patents throu*hout the w*rld, *t is po*s*ble t* find those that may be </line>

<line> r**eva*t and analy*e their chara*teristics, identifying opportunitie* *hat can be develop*d, or </line>

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<line> even directly ap*lied, o*ce the legal requi*ements are met. By showing </line>

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<line> learning and using t*is tool, *his paper h*pes to shed *ight *n the *ubjec* and challenge further </line>

<line> *ork that can be disc*ss*d in the acade*ic and professional *ields. </line>

<line> Keywo*ds: Innovation. *atents. Patent* Mining. P2Net. Small **siness Entre*reneurs. </line>

<line> Entr*preneurship. </line>

<line> RESUMO </line>

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<line> E* m*io a di*e*entes trabalhos </line>

<line> acad*micos que *studam a </line>

<line> geração o* não *e </line>

<line> **ovação por </line>

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<line> meio *e pate*tes, este a*tigo se *ropõe a alargar esta di*cu*s*o. Ap*esenta-se * utilização de </line>

<line> um* fe*rame*ta gratuita *e m*nera*ão de pat*nt*s que explora a E**acenet, b**e que contém </line>

<line> ma*s *e 110 milhõ*s de *oc**entos. Pelo fato d* e*istir na literatura uma l*cuna em rela*ão à </line>

<line> capacita*ão para o *so deste ti*o d* fer*ament*, apresenta-se *m exem*lo prático de como é </line>

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<line> que, ass*m, possa *er re*r*duzido disc*t*do * d*fund*do. Preten*e-se </line>

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<line> motiv*r esta p*ática jun*o a estudantes </line>

<line> e pesqui*adores e ta*bém </line>

<line> junt* a pequenos </line>

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<line> empreended**es, estes com * finalid*de de tomar proveito de avanços tecn*lógicos qu* sejam </line>

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<line> **li*ados a novas op*rtunid***s </line>

<line> de ne*ócio. Sua *tilização pode </line>

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<line> a*ad*mic* e tam*é* nos cursos de capacitação nas ár*as de negócios, **ra a identificaç*o de </line>

<line> outras o*ort*nidad** q*e possam se* implemen*adas na prática. * co*clusão é que através do </line>

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<line> ens*no a *espeit* da propried*de intelec**al, comp*ementad* pela p*ática na utilização </line>

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<line> ferrame*ta de m**eração de pa*entes, * p***í*e* fome*t*r a </line>

<line> ino*ação. Defini*do t*ma* </line>

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<line> interess* procurando patentes e </line>

<line> existen*es *as </line>

<line> *ases mundiais, é possível enc*ntrar aquel*s </line>

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<line> possam ser relev*n*es * </line>

<line> ana*isar suas c*ra*ter*s**cas, identific*n*o </line>

<line> oportunidades que </line>

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<line> *ossam ser aperfeiço*da* </line>

<line> o* até mes*o ap*icadas di**ta*e*te, desde qu* r*speitados os </line>

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<line> requ*sit** ***ais. Mos*rando resultados prát*cos no aprendizado e na sua utilização, **te artigo </line>

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<line> traze* luz </line>

<line> ao te*a e *oti*a* * reali*a*ão de tr**alhos futu*os que possam ser </line>

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<line> comp*rtilhados **s â*b*tos *cadêmico e profis*ional. </line>

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<line> Inovaç**. </line>

<line> Patentes. </line>

<line> Mi*eração </line>

<line> Pa*entes. </line>

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<line> *mp*eendedores. </line>

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<line> Rev. **A, *eresina, v. 17, n. 7, *r*. *, p. 3-24, ju*. 2020 </line>

<line> *ww4.*sanet.c*m.br/r**i*ta </line>

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<line> Are you L**king f** Innovation? What Abo*t to use * Fr*e Tool to C*eck 110 Million *atents? </line>

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<line> 1 I*TRODUCTION </line>

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<line> *e*ha*s th* most wel* know* purpose of pa**n** is the </line>

<line> p*otection of intel*ectua* </line>

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<line> pro*erty for le*al pur*o*es. **diti*nally, patents are als* rec*gnized for the*r *eac*ing </line>

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<line> p**pose, once t*eir co**ent i* *vailabl*, </line>

<line> t*us *o*tributing </line>

<line> the joi*t development of </line>

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<line> **c*nolo*y a*d of *nn*vation (Seym*re, *01*). Align*d </line>

<line> to ***se persp*ctives, amo*g ot*er </line>

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<line> purposes, patents also allow the identifica*ion a*d analysis of technology tre*ds and business </line>

<line> oppor*unities, represented *y so-call*d patent vacuums (A*ba*, *hang, & Kh*n, *014). Wi*h </line>

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<line> w*rldw*de, with nearly </line>

<line> th*ee million two </line>

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<line> *undr** thou**n* pat**ts in 20*7 (*IPO Int*llectual Proper*y S*ati*ti*s Dat* Ce*ter, 2019), </line>

<line> and the existence of at l*ast ** p*tent databases (*i*gh, Chakra**rty, & Vincent, 2016), *any </line>

<line> are the s*urces for consu**ation. S*ve*a* tool* have be*n d*v*loped t* facilitate paten* search </line>

<line> **d analy**s (Yan*, Akers, Klos*, & Y*ng, 2008), b*t there is a *ap in the t*ac*ing and </line>

<line> tr*ining of *cade*i*s, *esearch*rs, and prac*itio*ers to use these tools (Reymond & *uoniam, </line>

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<line> 2016). *n o*der *o co*tribute t* the di*semi*ation of this teaching </line>

<line> and practic*, t*is article </line>

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<line> pr*vides a real exam*le for **enti*ying a new busin*ss o*portu**ty, specifically i* thi* case, </line>

<line> ho* *o bring inve*tors and en*repreneurs cl*s*r. The steps r*qui*e* *o access *nd use </line>

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<line> Espacenet, o*e of the big*est p*bl*cly *vailable fre* pat**t da*abases (Clarke, 2*18), </line>

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<line> d*tail*d and i*l**trated. </line>

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<line> By protecting intellectual proper*y, in parti*ular, thr*ugh </line>

<line> p*tenting, c*u*tri*s </line>

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<line> general*y prese*ve </line>

<line> *he in**nti*e and innova*ive c*pa**ty of r*s*archers a*d o*ganizations, </line>

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<line> motivating them </line>

<line> to innovate and **v*lop new pr*d*cts o* </line>

<line> technologies that *an be </line>

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<line> commerc*ally *x*loi**d (*ieff, 2001). On the **he* hand, pate**i*g m*k*s public, *nve*t*ons </line>

<line> *hat w*uld not b* avail*ble if not protected (M*yerhoff, 2009). T* manage t*is process, in </line>

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<line> *any count*ies ther* </line>

<line> are spe**alized patent-r*cei*ing, review*ng and </line>

<line> granting o*fices (Long, </line>

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<line> 1*91; Mel**n, 2002). With recent advances of information technology, **tent *ata*ase* have </line>

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<line> become easily attainab*e remo*ely (Singh et al., 2016). Thus, we can infer *hat *he*e ar* </line>

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<line> la*ge numbe* of patents in the **rld, w*** </line>

<line> their r*spective dat* *pe* for free con*ultation, </line>

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<line> re*ulting in a huge *atabase that ma* support bu*ines* decisions (Kas*avi & Risov, *007). </line>

<line> *t is worth no*ing that th* patent analysi* process *s no* simple, requiring gr*at effo*t, </line>

<line> t**hn*cal kno*le*ge and experi*nce (*all, Oppenheim, & Shee*, *999). That is because </line>

<line> a*th*ugh available, document* are in * static f*rm*t, it means, in Po*ta*le Document Format </line>

<line> (PDF). This char*cteri*tic *a*es it **fficu*t *o s*lect patent* *y categories, by count*y o* by </line>

<line> legal status, among *t*er fields for search. F** t*i* reason, au**matic *atent mining t*ol* play </line>

<line> Rev. *SA, Teresin* PI, v. 1*, n. 7, art. 1, p. 3-24, jun. 2020 www4.fsanet.com.br/revista </line>

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<line> a ke* r*le in aut*ma*ically processin* and ana**zing patent docu*e*ts (Zha*g, Li, & Li, </line>

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<line> 2015). No*adays, to fa*ilita*e the acc*ss </line>

<line> to patent docum*nts *n* th*ir contents, *e*rch </line>

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<line> engi*es called crawlers we*e developed </line>

<line> and used, all*wi*g ac*es* to non-refe*ential pa*ent </line>

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<line> d*tabases. Some of them a*e </line>

<line> pa*d services, like Int*ll*xir (Masia*ow*ki & Wang, 2013) and </line>

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<line> Matheo Pat*nt (H. Do* & Bai, 2007; H. </line>

<line> 2004; H. Dou, Leveillé, *anullang, & </line>

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<line> Dou J*, 2*05). *owever, there are *th*r crawler* li*e The Lens (Chri*tie, D**t, & **ddicoat, </line>

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<line> 2016; Palangkaraya, *010) </line>

<line> and the Pate*t2Net (P2N), free and open (Ferraz, Q*on*am, </line>

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<line> Reymo*d, & Maccari, 2016). </line>

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<line> Another perspect*ve in th*s pa*er, conc**ns t*e users o* s*ch tool*. Po*ent*al users of </line>

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<line> *atent m*n*ng *ool* vary from expert* working </line>

<line> on inno*ation development up to sp*r*dic </line>

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<line> *sers, al* of t*em wi*h differ*nt knowl*d*e and interests, covering from sc*en*e *eve*opment </line>

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<line> busin*ss opportuni*ie* (B*ni*o, Ci*ram**la, & *orno, 2010). *esp*te this wide variet* of </line>

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<line> users, patent-related **cuments a*e not consider*d fr** *he </line>

<line> persp*ct*ve of education </line>

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<line> pro*rams (Du*and-Barthe*, 201*; Rey*on* & Quonia*, 2018). *n the other hand, sm*ll </line>

<line> business owners w*o could *se thi* information to lever*ge their business, understan* that it </line>

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<line> is *ifficult </line>

<line> to work w*th intellect*al p*ope*ty r*ghts, tools **d processes, </line>

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<line> opportunit*es to be tra**ed f*r this pu*pose (Genna*i, 2*13). An ex*mple co*es from Brazil, </line>

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<line> where *he literature </line>

<line> p*esent* l**st *ne c*se wh**e a patent was at </line>

<line> d*vel**ed abroad and not </line>

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<line> protected </line>

<line> in that co*ntry (Carvalho, Stor*poli, & Quonia*, 2014). It reg*rds to a highe* </line>

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<line> e*ucation i*stit**ion th*t, *uring *he construction of one o* i*s ****s, use* P2N as a search tool </line>

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<line> find an op*ion f*r *sing steel spacers to rei*fo*ce concr*te. ** usi*g </line>

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<line> P2N, the institution fo*nd a </line>

<line> v*a*le solution, economic*lly, op*rati*nally and su*t*in**ly, </line>

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<line> al*owi*g the reuse of raw materials and avoidi*g add*tional const*uctio* costs. </line>

<line> That sai*, *he *ollowing rese*rch question ar*ses: How is it possible for a s*uden* *r a </line>

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<line> small </line>

<line> entrepreneur to use *2* </line>

<line> a*cess a *atent database to ident*fy </line>

<line> an inno*ation or </line>

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<line> business **portunity? *his article proposes to answer this q*estion, demonstrating the *teps </line>

<line> required. For that, a*ter this Introduction, *e pres*nt a brief Lit*r*t*** Rev*ew a*out main </line>

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<line> *opics in this </line>

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<line> patents and their </line>

<line> databases, t*e f*ee tool P2N, and the impo*ta*ce </line>

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<line> getting closer small en**eprene*** *n* inves*o*s. In *he Methodolo** section, w* presen* the </line>

<line> met*od *pplied to gath*r the information used, h*ghlig*ti*g the operationa*ization *f *2N. In </line>

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<line> t*e sequence, Resu*ts point out the data obtained with th* use o* the t*ol, fol*owe* by </line>

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<line> Discuss*on. Final*y, i* the Conclusions </line>

<line> sec*ion, we stress the implica*ion* *f the result* </line>

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<line> bro*ght b* th*s *o*k, it* l*mitations an* proposals fo* *uture *ese**ch. </line>

<line> Rev. FSA, Te*esina, v. 17, *. 7, art. 1, p. 3-24, jul. 2*20 www4.*sanet.*om.br/revista </line>

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<line> Are you Lookin* f** Innovati*n? What *bout to u*e a Fr*e *ool to Check 110 Million Pate*ts? </line>

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<line> * *ITERATURE REVIEW </line>

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<line> To *stablish a common ba*i* and to fa*ilitat* the un*e**ta*ding on t*e main t*pics </line>

<line> covered *n thi* **per, we p*esent a brief Liter*ture Rev*ew for each one o* them. </line>

<line> 2.* P**ents and their da*abase* </line>

<line> A *atent is an excl*sive ri*ht grante* for an invention, w*ich is a product or a process </line>

<line> *hat provides, in general, a ne* way of doing som*thing, o* offers * new *echnical solu*ion t* </line>

<line> a *roblem. T* get a patent, technica* i*format*on ab*ut *he invention mus* be disclosed to the </line>

<line> *ublic *n a paten* ap*lication ("Inside WIPO", 2*16). Paten*s are *o* abstrac* conce*ts b*t </line>

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<line> instead, they may be pe*c*iv*d in every*ay li*e as th* result of development of </line>

<line> *nn*vations </line>

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<line> and *e* tech*ologie* in *ll m*rkets or </line>

<line> business f*elds around the wo*ld. For instanc*, they </line>

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<line> el*ctric lightin* (p*tents held by Ed*son and Swan) *nd p*astic (Baek*land), ** </line>

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<line> ballpoint pens (by Biro) an* microproc*ssors (** Inte*) (Wild, 2003). </line>

<line> In th* other hand, pat*nt is a type of intangible asset or * resource that d*es not have a </line>

<line> physical embodiment and whose in**str**l and economic exploit*ti** give* a claim to future </line>

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<line> benefits (Kodama, 1992). Among the wide range of resour*es *a*led *ntangible ass*t*, </line>

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<line> subset o* the* is called Intellectual Property *ssets (IPs) being covered by leg*l prot*c*i*n (IP </line>

<line> rights) *nd *t can take differen* types as sho** in Figur* 1 (*ilardoni, 2*07). </line>

<line> Fi**re 1 - Types of Intelle*t*al Property Assets </line>

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<line> Sourc*: Gil*rdoni (2007) </line>

<line> Despite differ*nt ty*es of IP*, this pa*er focuses on patents mainly because the interest </line>

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<line> about them is </line>

<line> growi*g among business co*munity, </line>

<line> *ra*titio*e** an* aca*emic researchers. </line>

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<line> The person to wh*m a pa*ent was gra*ted *ay *o*mercialize it giving permis*ion *o, *r </line>

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<line> l*cens**g o*her parties, t* use t** invent*on under *er*ain </line>

<line> an* mutually agreed </line>

<line> terms. *h* </line>

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<line> *ev. FSA, Teresina P*, v. 17, *. 7, art. 1, p. 3-24, *un. 2020 </line>

<line> www4.fsanet.com.br/*ev*st* </line>

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<line> o*ner may al*o sell the r*ght to the invention to someone *lse, w*o will *hen *ecome the new </line>

<line> **tent own*r. On*e a patent expi*es, usually afte* 20 years of it* applic*tion, the **otection </line>

<line> *nds and the inventio* ente*s t*e *ubli* do*ain; it means, anyon* can com**rcia*ly expl**t </line>

<line> the invention *it*out *nf*ingi*g th* pat*nt ("Inside *IPO", *016). </line>

<line> Patents ar* gra*ted by nationa* pa*ent offices or b* regional *ffices that c*r*y out the </line>

<line> task f*r a number of countr*es. Now*days, the follow*ng regional patent o**ices ar* in </line>

<line> op**ation: Afri*an In*ell*ctual *roperty Or*ani*ati*n (OAPI), African Regio*a* Int*lle**ual </line>

<line> P*op*rty *rganizati*n (AR*PO) Eur**ian Pa*ent Organiz*tion (E*PO), Eu*o**an Patent </line>

<line> Office (***) and P*tent Offi** of the Coop*ration Council for *he Ara* St*t*s of the *u** </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> (GCC Paten* Office) ("In*ide WIPO", 20*6). Beyond those regional offi*es, the*e are </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> *eleva*t n*tional </line>

<line> offices lik* the U*ited *tates Patent *nd *rademark Office (U*TPO), the </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> Japanese P**ent Office (JPO), the C*inese St*te Int*llectual *roperty Office (*IPO) and the </line>

<line> Kore** Intellectual *rope*t* *ffi*e, *m**g ot*ers. ***king as an intern*tional forum for </line>

<line> intell**tual property (I*) services, pol*cy, inform*tion an* cooperatio*, the World Intellectual </line>

<line> P*operty Offic* (*IPO) was created in 1967 *y the United Nations and c*rre**ly has 1*2 </line>

<line> member states. Its m*ssion is to lead the deve*opment of a bala*ced *nd effe*tive internati*n** </line>

<line> IP system th*t enables innovation *nd creativity for the benefit of all. ("Inside WIPO", 2*1*). </line>

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<par>

<line> Based on statis*ical data </line>

<line> fro* *I*O, F*gure * *hows the number of pat*nt* applied </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> worldwide </line>

<line> annual*y in t*e last ten ye*rs. The a*m*st 64% growth reflects an incre*si*g </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> intellectu*l a*t*vity </line>

<line> e*pecially, the **owing **m*er of </line>

<line> opportu*ities for the knowledge </line>

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<par>

<line> d*v*lop*ent an* *ew ideas discussion and applic*tio*. </line>

<line> Figur* 2 - Tot*l Pate** A*plications all around the World </line>

<line> Total *a*ent Appli*ation* i* Million* </line>

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<line> Source: Statistical Data WIP* (2019) </line>

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<par>

<line> Rev. FSA, Teresina, v. 17, *. *, art. 1, p. 3-*4, jul. 20** </line>

<line> w*w*.fsanet.com.br/*evista </line>

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<page>

<par>

<line> A*e you L*o*in* f*r Innova**on? What About to *se * Free Too* to Check 110 Million Patents? </line>

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<par>

<line> The*e pate*t* ar* stored in large n*m*er of paten* databases, fr**ly acce*sible a </line>

<line> t***ugh the Inter*e*. *mon* *hos* patent database*, we *oint out the *spacenet, made </line>

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<par>

<line> *vailable by the European P**ent Off*c* </line>

<line> (EPO), *hi*h allows the search and consu*tation of </line>

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<par>

<line> more than 110 million p*t*nt docume*ts around t*e world. Howeve*, it is notewo**hy that </line>

<line> Espacen*t, despite allowi*g t*e res*arch and consultation of pate*t* in their entirety, did not </line>

<line> have an inter*al int*rface that wou*d **low the joint a*al*sis of **e*. However, i* 2006, wit* </line>

<line> the releas* of a tec**olo*y *pplication, t*e Ap*li*ation Programming **terface (API), the </line>

<line> EP* made it easy to ac*ess and downl*ad larg* am*unts of info*mati*n stored in its da*ab*se, </line>

<line> opening doors for analysi* in mass *f patent documents (Kallas, 2006). With this purp*se, *e </line>

<line> p*esent Patent2Net (P2N) as a free tool for extr*cting and a*alyzin* *atents in the Espacenet. </line>

<line> The *2* is an *pe* source so*tware, d*veloped in Py*h*n languag*, *nd re*eased in </line>

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<line> 20*4 by member* o* the Un*ver*ity </line>

<line> of Toulon. It a*ose from th* need to prov*de u*ers, </line>

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<line> professionals and </line>

<line> patent researche*s wi*h a free search tool, and especially to facili*ate the </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> an*l*sis of la*g* amounts *f data in pate*t document* *tored in *h* Espa*enet patents *atabase </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> (Reym*nd & Quoni*m, 2016). According to these sa*e </line>

<line> authors, the tool *ame *om*s from </line>

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<par>

<line> possible v*sualiz*ti*n o* ho* patents relate to each other, *o*mi*g networ*s. Generally </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> speaking, P*N </line>

<line> a*v*ntage </line>

<line> on the f*ct *hat EPO r*leased **e API, whi*h *s a set of </line>

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<par>

<line> com*utation patterns and **utines that *llow search en*ines, t*e cr*wlers, to use many of their </line>

<line> f*a*ures w*tho*t necessarily *nga*ing in comple* compu**ng d*t***s, whi*h fo* d*ta mi*ing is </line>

<line> critical (Im*elins*i, Virmani, & Abdulghani, 1996). By collecting bib*iogr*ph*c data and the </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> o* patent* mad* </line>

<line> av*ilable by EPO in the E*pacen*t, P2N speeds up data mining, </line>

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<par>

<line> especially i* terms of the large volume and va*iety ** information (Ferraz et al., 2016). </line>

<line> T* facilitate the overall understanding, the P2N stru*ture follows t*e gene*ic p*oces* </line>

<line> *or *ate** analysi* proposed *y Abbas et al. (2014), which can be seen in Figure 3. It shows in </line>

<line> a s*hematic view, **e thr*e main steps: a) c*llect patents corresponding to c*rtain **iteria set </line>

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<line> *orth *n the a**lica*ion; b) filter and seg*ent data acco*ding </line>

<line> to specified </line>

<line> fields </line>

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<par>

<line> (prep***essing); and c) **liver the content for anal*s*s (proc*ssing). </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> Re*. FS*, Teresina PI, v. 17, n. 7, art. 1, p. *-24, jun. 2020 </line>

<line> www4.fsanet.com.br/revi*ta </line>

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<par>

<line> Figure 3 - *eneric patent analysis workflo* </line>

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<par>

<line> Source: Abb*s et al. (2014) </line>

<line> Additio*al tools and sof*wa** should suppor* the analysis (post-pro*essin*). One o* </line>

<line> them i* Gephi (https://gephi.org/), a s*e*ialized and free soft*are that allows graphical </line>

<line> vis*al*zation of da*a in the *orm of networks. Anot*er **ftware th*t s*pports pos*-proce*sing </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> analysis is Iramuteq (*t*p://w*w.iram*te*.org/), free sof*ware for statisti**l an*l*sis a </line>

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<par>

<line> tex*ual *ata as well a* table data. One exampl* of P*N use, associa*ed wit* o*her software is </line>

<line> avail*ble *n the case study of the popular*zati*n o* 3D print*ng (Reymond & D*matraz, 2014). </line>

<line> Ot*er *llu*trations, a*e t*e *ork o* verifying the technologica* di*con*inui*y *n the ar*as that </line>

<line> use c*al ash (Bra*m, de Sá, Lo*e*, & Neri, 2015), a** also, in the stu*y of the innovation </line>

<line> *rocess fro* the **traction and use of paten* informa**on (Mazier*, Q*on*am, & Sant*s, </line>

<line> *.3 The relations*ip between small business entreprene*rs a*d investors </line>

<line> To facilit*** the *nder*tanding of the e*e*ci*e proposed by this paper, it is worth </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> explainin*, </line>

<line> a*beit not deeply, the relatio*ship betwee* smal* bus*ness entrepreneurs and </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> i*vesto*s. </line>

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<par>

<line> Ini*ially, am*ng dif*erent defi*iti**s exi*ting in *c*de*i*, we use* one t*at </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> entrepreneurs as </line>

<line> th* *eople *h* play the role *f bringi*g a new organ*zation int* existence </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> Rev. FSA, Teresin*, v. 17, n. 7, a*t. 1, p. *-24, jul. 20*0 </line>

<line> www4.*sa*et.com.br/r*vista </line>

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</page>

<page>

<par>

<line> Are you Lo*king for Innovation? W*at Ab*ut to us* a Free Tool to Ch*ck 110 Million Patents? </line>

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<par>

<line> (*eterso*, *981; V*n </line>

<line> opportunity </line>

<line> (Borges, Fi*ion, & </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> Si*a*d, 2009). We also stress tha* *mall busines* serve as the economic foundation for many </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> n*tions beca**e they stimula*e i**ovation and, as th*y can rapidly a*a*t t* ch**ge, </line>

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<par>

<line> fl*xib*e to *dopt ne* stra**gies that *u*po*ts strategic i*no*ati*n. As a result, s*rategic </line>

<line> innovation is a k*y driver of s*stain*ble competi*i*e advan*age for small busi*e*ses (Taneja, </line>

<line> Pryor, & Hay*k, *016). </line>

<line> In a*y case, for * new ventu*e to e**rge, *t i* req*i**d to have a financi*l foundation, </line>

<line> incr*asing its cha*ces of s*rvival not **ly in the launching period, *ut al*o whe* facin* </line>

<line> shoc*s from the economic *n*ironment (Brü**rl, Preisen*ör*er, & Ziegler, 19*2). Mo*e*ver, </line>

<line> **ere is *o question that access to fundin* sources is co*sider*d *n* of the biggest f*cto** fo* </line>

<line> small business development and *uccess (Ou & Haynes, *006). </line>

<line> The literat**e revi*w by Abdulsa*eh & *orthington (20*3) sho*s diffe*ent sources of </line>

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<par>

<line> small b*sine**es, s*ch as the *ntrepren*ur's </line>

<line> o** res*rves, public fun*ing, </line>

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<par>

<line> venture ca**talists an* "business </line>

<line> angels". The latter, ar* prosp*ro*s ind*viduals wi*h </line>

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<par>

<line> business e*perience wh* prefer to invest d*rectly i* small *om**nies with high gr*wt* </line>

<line> *oten*ial, even if the* *ave no previo*s relationship with t*e entr*preneur (*adill, Haine*, & </line>

<line> Riding, 20*5). Regardi*g public fun*ing, a* sm*ll bu*inesse* are **por*a*t f*r the coun*rie*\ </line>

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<par>

<line> economic dev*lopment </line>

<line> (Audretsch, 2002; Bebczuk, 2010; Cho*g, </line>

<line> 201*), government </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> institutions pla* an i***rtant role in *eveloping investment laws, policies and programs that </line>

<line> supp*rt them, miti*atin* inve*t*r r*sks (Busenitz, G*mez, & Spence*, 2000). H**ever, t*ere </line>

<line> is *vide*ce that small businesses f*ce se*ious con**raints to their growt*, and t*at they hav* </line>

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<par>

<line> le*s access </line>

<line> to sources of *xternal fina*cin*, alth*ugh financial org*n*zations can help them </line>

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<par>

<line> *hrou*h different *ptions, such a* *oans or leasing (Beck & Demir**c-Ku*t, 2006). </line>

<line> Fina*ly, a*ong so ma*y funding o*tions, Fairchi*d (*011) sho*s t*at the small </line>

<line> en*rep*en*u* fo*esees a clo*er relati*ns*ip, a*d is mo*e c*m*ortable with "business angels," </line>

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<par>

<line> showin* gr**ter </line>

<line> *m*athy and trust wi*h them tha* ventur* capitalists, even though the latter </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> are more *apable of bringing *alue to the busine*s. Thus, </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> *ond*ti*n fo* a small </line>

<line> entre*ren*ur who d**s not ha** h*s own financial resources, </line>

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<par>

<line> therefore seeks exter**l financin* to st*rt his b*siness, would b* to find a "b*si*ess **gel" to </line>

<line> su*port him **nancially. </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> Rev. FSA, Teresina P*, v. 17, n. 7, art. 1, p. 3-24, ju*. 2020 </line>

<line> www4.fsanet.com.*r/re*i*ta </line>

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<par>

<line> A. Di Pe*ta, R. R. N. Ferraz </line>

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<par>

<line> 3 METHOD </line>

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<par>

<line> This w**k *s desc*ipti** in nature *ecau*e it aims to demo***ra*e how a p*oc*ss wor*s </line>

<line> (Barros & Lehfe*d, 200*), *n this ca*e, the search fo* opp**tun*t*es p*ovided by patent </line>

<line> databases, using *he P*te*t2*et (P2N) t**l, **i*g considered as e*ploratory, becau*e ** *s *h* </line>

<line> search *or a poo*ly researched phen*menon (Creswe*l, 2*13). </line>

<line> It is also worth noting that pa*ent research can be c*nsidered as a me*r*c s*udy of </line>

<line> inform*tion, as it deals wi*h the search *or fac*ual infor**tion gathered *n *ree p*bli* access </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> (Rostaing, *996). From th*s pe*s*ec*ive, howev**, it goes *eyond th* co*cept of </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> bibli*metrics *ppl*ed t* the stud* of scientific activity (P*ice, 1969), of *ts use as a too* fo* </line>

<line> monito*ing a company's *ompet*tors, o* ev*n f*r moni*oring th* *cientif*c environme*t </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> (Rostaing, 1996). Because *t i* consult*tion t* techn*log*cal infor*ati*n database* and * </line>

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<par>

<line> serv*n* to i*e**if* and m*a**re t*e state of **e a*t of a </line>

<line> given technolo*y, </line>

<line> *he paten* </line>

<line> *earch </line>

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<par>

<line> *xerci** addresses some of th* approache* studied in *he vast literat*re </line>

<line> o* *echnology, a </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> discipline that measur*s a** assesses techn*logic*l change (*occia, 2005). </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> A* this is an experiment to d**o*strate ma*nly the searc* process, we cho*se one *f </line>

<line> the cases already h*ndled b* P*N an* made available on an Int*rne* prov*der, the v*ab4u. </line>

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<par>

<line> *mon* the d*fferent cases av*ilable, we pick*d up t*e "entreprene*r". *he i*itial </line>

<line> screen </line>

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<par>

<line> *on*aining the resu*ts pro**d** by P2N can be seen in *igure 4, and in the l*wer p*rt of *his </line>

<line> screen are highlig*ted t*e cases for which P2N al*eady has a databa*e *ormed. The a*ail*ble </line>

<line> ca*es c*n be bett*r observe* in Figure 5, where t*e red arrow indicates th* term </line>

<line> "*ntrepreneur", cho*en for this work. </line>

<line> Figu*e 4 - Home scre*n *f crawl*r P2N - *ttp://pate*t2net*2.vlab4u.info </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> *ev. FSA, T*resina, v. *7, n. 7, art. 1, p. 3-24, jul. 2*20 </line>

<line> ww*4.fsan*t.com.br/revista </line>

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<page>

<par>

<line> A*e you Looking f** Innovation? What A*out to use a Free Tool to *heck *10 M*llion Patents? </line>

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<par>

<line> Figure 5 - Indication of the term chosen for this wo*k (Entre*reneur) </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> S*u*ce: http://patent2netv2.vl*b4*.info/ </line>

<line> By *hoosin* the se*r*h term "e**repreneur" di*ectly fro* t*e vlab4u *ite, the home </line>

<line> sc*een returned 618 paten**, as *ho*n in Figure 6. In **is same figure, *he arro* ind*cates t*e </line>

<line> first post-processing a*aly*is fe*t*re ma*e *va*lable by P2N, whi*h refers to the Patents </line>

<line> da**ta*le interf*ce, Piv*t ta*le. </line>

<line> Figure 6 - Scr*en sho*ing par*ial *esul* after choos*ng *he term en*re*reneur </line>

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<line> S*urce: htt*://paten*2ne*v2.vlab4u.in*o/DA*A/ent*e*reneur.html </line>

<line> By accessing this l*nk (Patents datatable, *ivo* table), we may ac*ess the screen where </line>

<line> we can *et * summary regarding th* patents that conta*ned, at the time of t*e *xtraction, th* </line>

<line> wo*d "entreprene*r" i* their title o* i* th*ir a*s**ac* (Figure *). </line>

<line> Rev. F*A, Teresina PI, v. 17, n. 7, art. 1, p. 3-24, j*n. 2*20 www4.fs*ne*.com.br/revista </line>

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<par>

</par>

<par>

<line> Figu*e 7 - *creen *ith r*sults after a**es*in* *he *ink Patents d*tata*le, *ivot </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> Source: http://pate*t2netv2.v*ab4u.info/DATA/*ntrepreneur.html </line>

<line> *ith the 6*8 re*ult* returned, it was necessary to apply a se*ond filter, which should </line>

<line> facilit*te th* r*covery of pa*ents th*t allo* gett*ng entrepr**eurs closer to "busine*s angels", </line>

<line> accom*lishing *he goal proposed in *his exercise and explained i* the lite*a*u*e review. Fo* </line>

<line> thi*, we ch*se the word "i*vestor". Fi*u*e 8 shows the field *here this key*ord wa* thrown, </line>

<line> and also *hows t*at *n*y s*ven **s**ts were selecte* based on the com*inatio* "entrepr*n**r" </line>

<line> and "investor". </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> ww*4.f*anet.com.br/revista </line>

</par>

</page>

<page>

<par>

<line> Are you Looking for Innovation? What Ab*u* to use a Fr*e To*l to *heck 1*0 *il*ion Pat*nts? </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> Figure 8 - Screen wi*h re*ults **ter applyi*g the *ilt*r in*estor </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> Source: h*tp://patent2netv2.vl*b*u.info/DATA/entrepreneur.ht*l </line>

<line> The simple *teps des*r**ed in t*is me*hodology led to the *dent**ication ** *atents with </line>

<line> *he t*rms "entrepr*neur" and "investor", i* their title or in their ab*tract, bringing the *e*ults </line>

<line> that will be explain*d in the next sec*ion o* thi* paper. </line>

<line> W* point out that P*N can be freely downloaded **d *s*d *y anyone int*rest** *n </line>

<line> rep*ating th*s proce*ure. It *s pos*ible *o *ear*h fo* other topics, and use other functio** that </line>

<line> are accessible thro**h the creation of an account in Espacenet, enabling the craw*e* use *n the </line>

<line> database. By searching bi*liographic *ata a*d full *at**t texts, *2N allow* the *rea*ion and </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> vis*al*zation of </line>

<line> vari**s networks betw*en the recovered patents, </line>

<line> facili*ating the *esearch </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> work. There are *ther *n***faces, not contempl*ted in th* present *ork, which *ll*w </line>

<line> identi*icat*on of the invent*rs' geolocation, of compa*ies an* of pate*t f*li*gs, as w*ll as </line>

<line> *nterf*ces that allow th* crossing o* v*rious indicators r**ated to patent documents. They </line>

<line> allow t** gra*hical visu*li**tion of a seri*s of inf**mation that can contribut* t* *he select*on </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> of pate*ts of inter*s*, </line>

<line> patent critical analysis on * particular subject arou*d the </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> combination with other so*tware* allows the user to maximize </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> Rev. FSA, T*resina PI, v. 17, n. 7, art. 1, p. *-24, jun. 20** </line>

<line> www4.fsanet.com.br/re*ista </line>

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<page>

<par>

<line> A. Di Pe*ta, *. R. N. Ferraz </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> research possibilities, c*n**ibuting *o the di*s**ina*ion of the p*tent *tilization culture (Ferraz </line>

<line> *ith th* P2N was possible to identify, *n a databas* *f m*re than 1*0 million pate*ts </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> pro*id*d by the EP*, s*ven docum*n*s *hat met the </line>

<line> *bjective of this paper. **us, w*s it </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> facilitated the ide*ti*ication of **m* mea** t*at ca* mak* it eas*e* for small entrepreneu*s to </line>

<line> have ac*ess *o *nvestors *alle* "business an*els", openi*g the opport*ni*y to research their </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> details, *o </line>

<line> verify **eir character*s*ics and applicability, *nd the pr**iminary inform*tion of </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> them, what we can o*serve in F*gure 9. **N functi*naliti*s mak* i* *asy to </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> identify t*e cou*try *her* the patent w*s *i*ed, </line>

<line> its title, the inv*ntor's **m*, the date it was </line>

</par>

<par>

<line> filed and the year it was published, it *eans, when i* bec*me public and th*r*for* *pe* f*r </line>

<line> cons*ltation. In addition to thi* information, it is also possibl* to ide*tify the p*t**t *um*e*, </line>

<line> a* well as its legal status **d if *here a*e other e*uivalent p*tents. </line>

<line> I*itial*y, it is possibl* to look at the countries f*om which *he pat*nts originate, the </line>

<line> *nventor\s nam*s and t*e *ompan*es t*** filed these pa*ents, as well *s the year i* which they </line>

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<line> ti*le la*el. Using t*is *um*er, *nyone can enter the Espacen*t datab*se and seek *he detai*s of </line>

<line> patents, *heir histor* with the registration *odies, the count*ies i* which it is *rotected, and </line>

<line> *lso if *t is s*ill valid. </line>

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<line> Sourc*: *ttp://patent2netv2.vl**4u.info/DATA/entrepreneur.html </line>

<line> R*v. FSA, *eresin*, v. 17, n. 7, ar*. 1, p. 3-24, j*l. 2**0 www4.*sanet.com.br/r*v*st* </line>

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<line> Ar* *ou Looking for Innova*io*? What Abo*t to use a *ree Tool t* Check 110 *illion Patents? </line>

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<line> Of the seven patents fou*d, five or**inated in the Unit*d S*ates, one in *ustrali* and </line>

<line> one *n Jap*n. When checking *he n**es of *he d*po*itor*, *e observe that the sam* *nventor, </line>

<line> "Joe Milan", file* his paten* with **th Au*tralia ** it i* in the United States, and it ** exactly </line>

<line> the one t*at i* tit*ed \M*tching angel investors with entrep*eneurs\. Loo**ng more clos*ly at </line>

<line> p**en* nu***rs, AU20022*022* for the one filed in *u*tralia, and US200213**85 f*r the </line>

<line> **her fi*ed in th* U*ited States, it appears that **th h*ve an equivalent patent, WO0207775*, </line>

<line> *hi*h i*dicat*s tha* i* is * *orldwide *ro*ect*d pate*t. F*r more det*i*s rega*ding *his patent, </line>

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<line> t* enter </line>

<line> its n*mber in the *spacenet dat*base us*ng Advanced se*rc*, </line>

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<line> pr*cedure showed in Figur* 10: </line>

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<line> Figure 10 - **vanced search ** *spacenet </line>

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<line> https://wor*dwide.es*acenet.com/adv**cedSearc*?l*c*l*=en_EP </line>

<line> Th*s *earch i* t*e data*ase, a*ong other possibl* res**ts, all*ws access to a*l </line>

<line> documents related to the res*ective patent. In Figure *1, w* can check the offici*l docume** </line>

<line> with **e initial dat* and part o* the *ountri*s covered by t*e pa*ent. </line>

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<line> R**. F*A, Teresi*a PI, *. 17, n. 7, *rt. 1, p. 3-24, jun. 20*0 </line>

<line> www4.fsanet.com.br/revista </line>

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<line> Figure 11 - Fron*-page uppe* part o* a patent fi*ed at WIPO </line>

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<line> F**ur* 1* show* the secon* p*rt o* the s*me front-*a*e, wher* it i* possible to observe </line>

<line> th* existen*e of an abstract and *f a scheme *e*resenting the in**nti*n. </line>

<line> Fi*ure 12 - Fron*-pag* lower *art of a patent fi*ed at WIPO </line>

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<line> In addition to this ba*ic information, th*re are a number of detailed documents that </line>

<line> make it *ossi*le to ve*ify that this *nv*ntion is a computer*zed sy*tem where entrepreneu* </line>

<line> *ata i* released after *egistration. S*m*larly, i* means, upon regist*ati*n, the data and </line>

<line> pref*rences *f "business angel" are also posted to *he system and ***ed on thei* inv*stment </line>

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<line> pref*rences </line>

<line> or affinitie*, t**s </line>

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<line> logical combination*, the s*stem crosses this inf*rmation *nd pres*nts *o the "business </line>

<line> angel*", * re*ult with potential opportunities for them to choose where to mak* their </line>

<line> investm*nt. </line>

<line> Rev. FSA, Teresina, v. 17, *. 7, art. 1, p. 3-24, *ul. 2020 www4.fsa*et.c*m.b*/revista </line>

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<line> *esearch** pate*t, wh*c* i* thi* ca*e seem* to *a*e been *ithdrawn in 2004. Figure 13 shows </line>

<line> t*is informat*on high*ighted in re*: </line>

<line> Figure 13 - *creen showing historic even*s i*volving the pa*ent *O02*7*75*. </line>

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<line> *his info*ma*ion can be *omplet*d and con*irmed in anot*er Espac*net feat*r*, which </line>

<line> allows *e to consult the *atent'* *egal statu*. Figure *4 confirms that in May 2014 *h* </line>

<line> w*rldwid* patent co*ering this inventi** wa* withd*aw*. </line>

<line> F*gure 14 - Screen sh*wi*g the l**al st*tu* of pate*t WO0207775* </line>

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<line> Rev. **A, Teresina PI, v. 17, n. *, art. 1, p. 3-24, jun. *020 </line>

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<line> A. Di *e*ta, *. R. N. Ferra* </line>

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<line> *h*s, the re*ult of th*s exerc*se a*lows us *o understand that a computerized *yst*m to </line>

<line> facili*ate t*e c*n*act bet*e*n "b*sine*s ange*" and entrepreneurs is apparently available to be </line>

<line> studied, im*r*ved or *ven impl*mented in an* country, *ithout legal restrictions. </line>

<line> 5 C**CLUSIO*S </line>

<line> This p*per demons***t*d that u*ing patent m*ning t*ols, in particu*ar the fre* use </line>

<line> Patent2Net (P2N), it *s possibl* t* identify opportunities *or new busi*ess i* a simple and </line>

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<line> available wa* to an*one. *tu*ying this tool, showing its </line>

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<line> answe* the re*earch ques*ion: Ho* i* </line>

<line> it possible for a st*dent </line>

<line> *r a small </line>

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<line> *ntre*ren*ur to use P2N to **ces* a p*ten* datab*se to *de*tif* an in*ovation </line>

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<line> **portunity? </line>

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<line> After a lit*ratur* revi*w on patent* *nd their </line>

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<line> id*ntif**ng t*e pr*ference </line>

<line> of small *ntrepren*urs to r*l* on the i*ves*ment </line>

<line> of t*e *o-called </line>

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<line> "bus**ess angel*", w* us*d a m*thodology for searching for *a*en*s t*at cou*d allow </line>

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<line> a*proach. Among 110 *illion p*tents, th* tool used the *ey wo*d "e*trepreneur" to in*tially </line>

<line> filter 618 **ten*s and, with the application o* ju** one m*re filter, using the key wo*d </line>

<line> "in**stor" the result wa* the identificat*on of seven pat*nts that co*ld be u*ed for **is </line>

<line> purpos*. Entering the da*a of *hese seve* pat**ts i**o Espacenet, it was *ossibl* to s*udy one </line>

<line> o* them i* d*pth, ide****ying that, alth*ugh init*ally *a*ing a wo**dwide *rotecti*n when it </line>

<line> was submitted in 2002, the patent w*s withd*awn *n 2**4, *hus leaving open th* p*ssibility to </line>

<line> be studied, developed, and even deployed without legal res*rict*o*s. </line>

<line> *ne of th* *o*t signif*ca*t c*n*r*butions of *his paper is to demonstrate that it is </line>

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<line> *se P2N, a *r*e tool, or any other data-m*ning tool to l*ok f** t*chnical </line>

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<line> op*ort*nities that a** avai*a*le in patent data**s*s *roun* the world. At the sa*e time, *t also </line>

<line> contri*ute* to chall*nging e*ucational *nstitu*ions to e*tablish patent mining educat*on </line>

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<line> pr*grams, for </line>

<line> bot* r**earch *nd development </line>

<line> p*rposes. Anoth*r contribution is </line>

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<line> in*ovation facilit*tin* th* prospec*ion of the state *f the art o* te*hno*ogy conta*ne* in *uch </line>

<line> databases, thus ope*ing *ew bu*iness o*p*rtunities. </line>

<line> One of the limit*tions of *hi* pape* w*s that it relied *nly on a si*gle database, </line>

<line> E*pace*et, although this is c*rrently the on*y database t*at prov*des its API for cr*wler fr*e </line>

<line> use. *imilarl*, th* choi*e of a practic** *ase of techn*logy a*plicat*on, or even e*gineering, </line>

<line> could pre*ent o*her c**clusions *f a mo*e technical nature, and h*re i* the propo*a* for a n*w </line>

<line> wo*k *o b* done w*th this perspect*v*. Moreover, the spre*d of pa*ent mining practice in </line>

<line> R*v. FS*, Teresina, *. 17, n. 7, a*t. 1, p. 3-24, *ul. 2020 www*.fsanet.co*.br/revist* </line>

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<line> Are you Looki*g for Innovation? What About *o use a Fr*e T*ol to Check 11* Million Paten*s? </line>

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<line> educational institutions can create </line>

<line> new op*ortunities for study and d*bate not only within </line>

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<line> acad*mia, but also within organ*zations that b*i*g together s*a** entrepreneurs or sma*l </line>

<line> busine*ses. In doing so, we *o*ld h**e more qu*lif*ed profe*sionals to use spec*fic tools, </line>

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<line> *onc*e*e *c***ns to find inn**ation *p*ortunities an* develo* new b*siness </line>

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