十五年來專利指標研究文獻逐年成長,但是,至今尚無相關文獻對 專利指標進行系統性與全面性的了解。因此,本研究整理分析台灣 地區專利指標之研究與實證現況之文獻,期做為後續專利指標修訂、 研究與應用之參考。本研究利用專家常用關鍵字群進行檢索,再經 由文獻分析與內容分析方法,進行專利指標相關研究文獻之統計, 比較文獻歷年概況、學門與產業或企業類別之專利指標使用。本研 究結論為:(1)專利指標使用多元,且研究者常使用多個專利組合指 標;(2)台灣地區專利指標相關研究文獻量仍有成長空間;(3)台灣地 區進行專利指標相關主要研究團隊有七組;(4)學界使用專利指標與 財務績效連結並不明顯;(5)國立大學在政府研究資訊系統獲得較多 的計畫支持;(6)專利指標實證研究對象產業符合政府高科技政策規 劃;(7)以書目計量學的方法來分析專利資訊是目前較具可信度做法; 過去台灣地區專利指標使用大都屬於單一產業實證,本研究為台灣 地區首次針對專利指標相關文獻進行統計,可供後續興趣研究者ㄧ 窺專利指標研究發展的脈絡。

The past 15 years (1995-2009) witnessed an annual growth of the literature on patent indicators. However, no research was done to examine the patent indicators systematically and comprehensively. This paper reviewed the literature and current application of patent indicators in Taiwan to provide references for the future revision, application, and studies. The researchers first searched the literature using the expert keywords group; then studied the key literature by content analysis, such as using statistics to compare the publications and the application of patent indicators in industries. The findings are as follows: (1) The ways that patent indicators have been used are various and researchers usually combine multiple indicators to use. (2) The study on patent indicators in Taiwan needs to be improved in terms of quantity. (3) There are seven major research teams dedicated to the study of patent indicators in Taiwan. (4) The relationship is not significant between the usage of patent indicators and the financial performance of industries. (5) Comparing with private universities, the state-owned universities obtained 73% of government support for the research of patent indicators. (6) The empirical studies on patent indicators in industries are relevant to the government high-tech policy planning. (7) Bibliometrics is a valid method to study patent information. This research is the first one to use statistics to analyze the literatures of patent indicators. Since it includes more than one industrial evidence, it provides valuable references for the future studies.