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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Success often means anticipating what’s coming -- not just connecting the available dots, but accurately predicting where they will lead next. By visually identifying hot spots for innovation as well as connections between industries, patent maps -- graphical models that provide visual representation of the areas in which companies are protecting intellectual property -- can help your business stay one step ahead of the curve. When mapping patents from 2001 to 2006, Jan Youtie, a researcher at Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute, noticed that Samsung had noticeably more patents in the biomedical realm than other companies with similar portfolios. “That made me to wonder: what are they up to?” she says. In 2011, Samsung announced plans to move into the biomedical business, producing drugs for cancer and arthritis patients at a plant in Seoul.
