title: Thomson Reuters innovation award research brief: the use of patent analytics in measuring innovation in India.
abstract: There are six different factors that can be used to assess the inventiveness of an organization and to determine how efficiently they apply invention resources to innovate effectively. This research briefing describes the techniques used to measure certain aspects of patenting activity by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) headquartered in India. The techniques are used to identify the most innovative SMEs in India in order to determine the winners of the Innovation Award 2009 from Thomson Reuters, awarded at InfoVision 2009 in Bangalore.
authors.affiliation: Scientific, UK. bob.stembridge@thomsonreuters.com.
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stembridge
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D004526:Efficiency; D007194:India; D007256:Information Systems; D010330:Patents as Topic; D012106:Research