Patents as a methodological instrument to identify technological convergence processes: the case of bio and nanotechnology
This article proposes a reflection on a possible methodological route in order to begin to understand, in a plausible manner, the implications of convergent technologies such as bio and nanotechnology. The methodology proposed by Jeong, Kim and Choi (2015) for the measurement of convergence through...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Entreciencias: diálogos en la sociedad del conocimiento |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/62586 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/entreciencias/article/view/62586 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | convergencia biotecnología nanotecnología patentes Convergence biotechnology nanotechnology patents |
| Sumario: | This article proposes a reflection on a possible methodological route in order to begin to understand, in a plausible manner, the implications of convergent technologies such as bio and nanotechnology. The methodology proposed by Jeong, Kim and Choi (2015) for the measurement of convergence through patent is retaken. In addition, adaptations are proposed, which cover the use of other sources of information, and the technical classifications that define bio and nanotechnology. It is observed that there is reduced convergence between the mentioned sectors, as the main literature on the subject underlines (Roco, Bainbridge, Tomn, and Whitesides, 2013). Finally, the convergence is characterized in terms of technologies and companies. |
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