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Emerging Technologies 50 Most Innovative Companies Gartner Top 10 – Emerging Technologies 2009 Emerging Technologies 2009 – Most Disruptive Industries Most Disruptive Industries O’Reilly Radar Technology Review: 10 Emerging Technologies ZDNet Emerging Tech blog 4

Current News Sources Computerworld Fast Company Technovation New York Times Wall Street Journal NPR Television Networks 5

Business Contacts Future of Tech: Top 100 Companies (Business Week) Future of Tech: Top 100 Companies National Business Incubation Association Use Gale Encyclopedia of Associations Go to > Click on articles/journals tab. Select Business & Company Resources Center from articles/journals databases > Click Advanced Search link. > Select Associations from pull down. > Enter keyword for industryhttp://library.rpi.edu 6

Reference Tools Timelines of Invention and Technology – 16 th century to Present Access Science Encyclopedia EngNetBase Compilation of essential engineering information 7

Patent Backdrop – Otherwise healthy adult has stroke caused by hole in heart – Newer medical technologies bring to light previously undetected heart defects – Baby Boomers and Gen Xers Market May have known/unknown congenital heart defects while living into adulthood – Repair procedures in place since 1940s – Procedures performed by Pediatric Cardio. Surgeons – One known defect associated with migraines – Clinical trials for closures relating to strokes, migraines – Treatments vary 8

Google Patent Search Strategy Go to: Enter heart hole closure in all of the words search box. Select Issued patents check box. Return patents issued between Jan 1975 to Oct Click Google Search button. Click on first title in search results, Medical hole closure device and methods of use Medical hole closure device and methods of use US Pat Filed Dec 15,

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Ruiz’ Patent 11

Ruiz’s Patent 12

In 2010 Ruiz Was Referenced by 13

Carlos E. Ruiz’s Patent Medical hole closure device and methods of use … Carlos E. Ruiz Patent Patent Number: Issued: Nov 2,

Luiz Patent - Citations vs. References Luiz Patent was granted a patent Nov 2, Citations (Patents that Ruiz Cited) – Cited in his Application; Date back to 1950 Referenced by – Patents that cited Luiz’ 1999 patent – “Referencers” date from Jan 2000 – Oct

No. of Patents Referencing Ruiz’ Patent Time Period (Number of Patents) 2000 (1) 2001 (4) 2002 (4) 2003 (8) 2004 (8) 2005 (12) 2006 (11) 2007 (10) 2008 (6) 2009 (16) Jan to Oct 2010 (26) -- In last 8 months 16

More on Patents See Also Course Guides: BIETCourse Guides: BIET Select Business Implications of Emerging Technologies Compiled by: – Linda Knack Instructional Services Librarian Cole Library, Hartford, CT 17

Pre-Publication Resources Research Papers – Technical Reports Technical Reports – Working Papers SSRN, NBER SSRNNBER – Conference Proceedings Web of Science, IEEEXplore, Compendex Web of ScienceIEEEXploreCompendex Clinical Trials 18

Invisible College - Experts in the Field Research Databases – Scholarly Articles & Conference Papers Web of Science PubMed IEEEXplore Science Direct Other A to Z databases 19

Search Strategy – Web of Science From Web of Science page. Click Advanced Search link. In first search box enter, heart hole Select Topic Select Timespan Deselect Arts & Humanities. Click Search button. 20

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Web of Science Refine Search Results Most Cited Author Author’s Address/Contact Info Institutions where research is done Conference Titles Funding Agencies Document Type (Review Article 25

Public Companies Example – NMT Medical Ticker Symbol - nmti Sells stock Traded on stock exchange(s) - NAS Must report to SEC Information is public record 26

Company Databases Mergent Online LexisNexis Academic Net Advantage Business Source Premier Business & Company Resource Center 27

SIC &NAICS Numeric classification codes Describe industries Used to collect data on industries Used to classify companies by data Codes may vary source-to-source – e.g. US Census vs. Mergent Vary over time 28

SIC vs. NAICS – Example NMT Medical NMT Medical – SIC Code 3841 – (Surgical and Medical Instruments) – NAICS Code – (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing) Primary SIC/NAICS 29

SIC/NAICS Web Pages to Bookmark Ask Dr. NAICS (US Census Bureau) Ask Dr. NAICS NAICS (US Census Bureau) NAICS SIC Manual (Dept. of Labor ) SIC Manual Concordance Tables SIC to NAICS NAICS to SICSIC to NAICSNAICS to SIC 30

Industry Reports Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantageNetAdvantage From NetAdvantage page, click on Industries tab. Click Industry Surveys in left frame to browse reports Business & Company Resource Center From BCRS home page, click on Industry Search link. Enter NAICS code, click NAICS radio button. Click Search codes button. Reuters Sectors & Industries E- Stats E- Stats (US Census) – Measuring the Internet Economy 31

R&D and Other Statistics NSF (National Science Foundation) – Science & Engineering Science & Engineering National Center for Education Statistics NLM (National Library of Medicine) – FAQ: Medical Statistics FAQ: Medical Statistics SSTI Useful Stats 32

More Statistics New York State Statistical Yearbook Statistical Almanac of the United States U.S. Business Statistics – Alphabetical Alphabetical – Subject Subject International Business Statistics 33