Academic–Patent Bridge: From Papers to Claims

Description

* Description: This module teaches how to connect scholarly articles with patents to understand technology pathways. You will identify inventors in both domains and resolve name variants using affiliations and co-authors. Search methods link seminal papers to later patent families via citations and shared terminology. You will map maturation from early publications to claims language, noting when concepts become protectable inventions. A dataset recipe merges DOIs, patent numbers, and family IDs for traceable crosswalks. You will practice labeling readiness levels and probable application domains cautiously. Outputs include a reading pack for decision-makers with evidence-backed transitions from lab to market. Ambiguity handling shows what to say when signals are weak or attribution is contested. Ethics notes address credit, collaboration, and the limits of inference from public data. The result is a grounded narrative of how ideas travel, with sources someone else can verify.

* Format: Screencasts, crosswalk workbook, disambiguation tips, and reading-pack template.
* Duration: 90 minutes of training plus a 30-minute build sprint.
* What You’ll Learn: Cross-referencing articles and patents, disambiguation, readiness labeling, and evidence-first storytelling.
* Target Audience: R&D scouts, tech-transfer staff, and analysts tracking research-to-market trajectories.