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1、PatentsandtheFourthIndustrialRevolutionTheinventionsbehinddigitaltransformation
2、December2017Inco-operationwithForewordDearreaders,Aneweraoftechnologicaldevelopmentcharacterisedbydigitaltransformationisrapidlygatheringmomentum–onewhichisfrequentlyreferredtoastheFourthIn
3、dustrialRevolution(4IR),or,insomeregions,asIndustry4.0.Theconsensuson4IRisstillformingbutthefactthatitisreferredtoasa‘revolution’impliesthatitsimpactisexpectedtobefar-reaching.Businesses,industry,analysts,policymakersandmanyothersarestartingtodiscussingreaterdetailitsc
4、haracteristicsandthechallengesandopportunitiestherevolutionpresents.Asanorganisationattheforefrontoftechnology,theEPOhasthetoolsandskillstosupportthisdialoguewithaclearpictureofevolvingtrends:theEPOisoneoftheleadingsuppliersofpatentinformation,andthesoliddatathatwehold
5、canhelpustoreliablyidentifyandfollowdevelopmentsasweheadintothisperiodofgreatchange.OurESPACENETdatabase,forexample,providesfreeaccessonlinetoawealthofmorethan100millionpatentdocumentscontainingdataaboutinventionsandtechnologicaladvancesfromaroundtheworld.AndwithPATSTA
6、T,wehaveputoneofthemostadvancedstatisticaltoolsforanalysingtechnologytrendsinpatentsatthedispositionofthepublic.Pairedwiththeexpertiseofourpatentexaminers,thesetoolsareareliableresourceforconductingmeaningfulstudiesontheemergenceoftechnologytrendsandtheirdevelopmentove
7、rtimeandeconomicregions.Wehaveemployedourdataandskillstoproducethispublication,theEPO’sfirstlandscapingstudyrelatedtopatentsand4IRtechnologies.Thestudyprovidesapictureofthedynamicsof4IRtechnologiesasreflectedinpatentapplicationsandclearlydemonstratesthat4IRinnovationis
8、acceleratingfasterthanotherfields.Itisalsobecomingmoreinterdisciplinary,asthechangeswearewitnessingaredrivenbyconnectedobjects,dataandsoftware.TheEPOisalerttotheeffectsof4IRtechnologiesandtheirimplicationsforbothitsownworkandtheneedsofusersofthepatentsystem.Foryearsnow
9、,wehavebeenapplyingastable,rigorousandtransparentexaminationpracticeregardingpatentsforcomputer-implementedinventions
