Patented biologically-inspired technological innovations: a twenty year view
Thu, 08/11/2007 - 15:03 | 
Thomas Hesselberg
| Title | Patented biologically-inspired technological innovations: a twenty year view |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Other Author Affiliations | 2006 |
| Authors | Bonser, R. H. |
| Journal | Journal of Bionic Engineering |
| Place Published | 3 |
| Edition | 39-41 |
| Type of Article | review |
| Issue | eng |
| Pagination | Publication rate of patents can be a useful measure of innovation and productivity in fields of science and technology. To assess the growth in industrially-important research, I conducted an appraisal of patents published between 1985 and 2005 on online databases using keywords chosen to select technologies arising as a result of biological inspiration.Whilst the total number of patents increased over the period examined, those with biomimetic content had increased faster as a proportion of total patent publications. Logistic regression analysis reveals that we may be a little over half way through an initial innovation cycle inspired by biological systems. |