PTLR Codification

Created from: http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/wiki/Patent_Thicket_Literature_Review

The Patent Thicket Literature Review Coding Rules

This collection of terms, definitions, key words have been organized and assigned shorthand codes to identify them. See below:

Core Terms

Saturated Invention Spaces = (SIS)

As first defined by Teece: when a single firm, or a small number of firms, successfully patents an entire technological area. (p.15)  

Example of: 
market failure - (MF) 
imperfect competition - (IC)
Look for:
cluster - (CLSTR)
coherent groups - (CoGs)
adjacent - (Adj)

Diversely-held Complimentary Inputs = (DHCI)