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1、PatentsandtheFourthIndustrialRevolutionTheinventionsbehinddigitaltransformation
2、December2017Inco-operationwithForewordDearreaders,Aneweraoftechnologicaldevelopmentcharacterisedbydigitaltransformationisrapidlygatheringmomentum–onewhichisfrequentlyreferredtoastheFourthIndustrialRevolution(4IR),or,inso
3、meregions,asIndustry4.0.Theconsensuson4IRisstillformingbutthefactthatitisreferredtoasa‘revolution’impliesthatitsimpactisexpectedtobefar-reaching.Businesses,industry,analysts,policymakersandmanyothersarestartingtodiscussingreaterdetailitscharacteristicsandthechallengesandopportunitiestherevolutionpre
4、sents.Asanorganisationattheforefrontoftechnology,theEPOhasthetoolsandskillstosupportthisdialoguewithaclearpictureofevolvingtrends:theEPOisoneoftheleadingsuppliersofpatentinformation,andthesoliddatathatweholdcanhelpustoreliablyidentifyandfollowdevelopmentsasweheadintothisperiodofgreatchange.OurESPACE
5、NETdatabase,forexample,providesfreeaccessonlinetoawealthofmorethan100millionpatentdocumentscontainingdataaboutinventionsandtechnologicaladvancesfromaroundtheworld.AndwithPATSTAT,wehaveputoneofthemostadvancedstatisticaltoolsforanalysingtechnologytrendsinpatentsatthedispositionofthepublic.Pairedwithth
6、eexpertiseofourpatentexaminers,thesetoolsareareliableresourceforconductingmeaningfulstudiesontheemergenceoftechnologytrendsandtheirdevelopmentovertimeandeconomicregions.Wehaveemployedourdataandskillstoproducethispublication,theEPO’sfirstlandscapingstudyrelatedtopatentsand4IRtechnologies.Thestudyprov
7、idesapictureofthedynamicsof4IRtechnologiesasreflectedinpatentapplicationsandclearlydemonstratesthat4IRinnovationisacceleratingfasterthanotherfields.Itisalsobecomingmoreinterdisciplinary,asthechangeswearewitnessingaredrivenbyconnectedobjects,dataandsoftware.TheEPOisalerttotheeffectsof4IRtechnologiesa
8、ndtheirimplicationsforbothitsownworkandtheneedsofusersofthepatentsystem.Foryearsnow,wehavebeenapplyingastable,rigorousandtransparentexaminationpracticeregardingpatentsforcomputer-implementedinventions
