Abstract
The intellectual property (IP) is not only a source of the profit of enterprises, but also can control the industrial competitiveness among countries. The manufacturing enterprises should work out their IP strategy which enables them to maximize value capture, and R & D, patent application and practical use must be based on that strategy. In this study, we proposed the patent application strategy matrix which can diagnose the strategy in the patent application of enterprises, and the questionnaire survey was done to the enterprises excerpted from the published unexamined patent application on the matrix. In this paper, the situation of the capital and the human resources related to IP strategy of the small and medium-sized enterprises clarified from the questionnaire answer and the result in an examination of the effectiveness of that matrix are reported.
