引文生态视角下标准必要专利的引文特征研究

Study on Citation Characteristics of SEP from an Ecological Perspective

标准必要专利是被行业技术标准所包含的专利,即如果不使用该专利将无法实施该技术标准。企业要达到行业技术标准就必须要获得标准必要专利的授权许可,因此,标准必要专利信息是重要的竞争情报。本文基于美国高通公司专利样本分析归纳了标准必要专利区别于一般普通专利的引文特征,又通过中国华为公司和中兴公司专利样本对所发现特征进行了可重复性检验,最后从引文生态视角对标准必要专利的引文特征进行了剖析和解读。本文力图为专利情报工作者识别和预见"潜在"的未来标准必要专利提供基于引文特征的参考依据。

Standard essential patents(SEP)are patents contained in industry technical standards,i.e.,if a patent is not used,the technical standards will not be enforced.In order to meet the industry technical standards,enterprises must obtain the license of standard-essential patents.Therefore,standard essential patent information is an important competitive intelligence.Based on the analysis of Qualcomm’s patent samples,this paper summarizes the citation characteristics of standard essential patents that differ from ordinary patents,and tests the repeatability of the features found by Huawei and ZTE’s patent samples.Finally,it was found that the citation characteristics of standard essential patents are analysis and interpretation from the perspective of citation ecology.This paper also aims to provide references based on citation features for patent intelligence workers to identify and foresee“potential”future standard essential patents.