Assistive technology
This groundbreaking report looks at patenting and technology trends in innovation in assistive technology. It identifies the prominent technologies, top players and markets for patent protection across seven domains - mobility, cognition, communication, hearing, the built environment, self-care and...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Geneva, Switzerland
WIPO
2021
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| Colección: | WIPO publication
no. 1055E/21 |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword.....7; About the contributors.....8; Acknowledgments.....13; Executive summary.....14: 1- Introduction: Definition of assistive Technology and its end-users; how the different assistive technologies were categorised; the data used in this report and how it is analyzed.....20; 2- Assistive technology patent landscape: Analysis of patenting activity for conventional and emerging assistive technology by functional category, focusing on growth trends, the profile and filing strategy of key players and geographical distribution, supported by case studies and experts’ comments.....32; 3- Trends in assistive technology: Overall patenting and technology trends of conventional and emerging assistive tech nology, including the impact of enabling technologies, the use of industrial designs and an analysis of technology readiness of emerging assistive technologies.....160; 4- Assistive technology – the wider context: Factors influencing the entry of a product to the market and its accessibility and availability to end-users, and how policy is seeking to address the associated challenges and opportunities .....196; 5- The future of assistive technology: How assistive technology could develop in terms of technology and policy-making, considering potential intellectual property and other implications.....232; Annex 1: Conventional taxonomy.....254; Annex 2: Emerging taxonomy...258; Annex 3: Use of enabling technologies across emerging assistive technology.....260; Annex 4: Technology readiness level (TRL) rating scale and impact assessment questions.....264; Annex 5: Abbreviations and glossary.....265. .