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Gwen Smith Ishmael, Sr. Vice President of Insights and Innovation at Decision Analyst in Arlington, TX, has led marketing and new product development activities in the CPG and technology industries since 1986. She also conceived and developed ground-breaking Web-based promotional vehicles, two of which are patent pending. Gwen holds an MBA in Marketing and is a featured speaker on insights and innovation around the world. Her writings have been featured in international text books, most recently in Managing 4 Ps of Marketing FMCG Sector, and Product Innovation: A Strategic Tool for Growth, by ICFAI Publications, 2006 and 2007, respectively.

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Renee Hopkins Callahan Renee Hopkins Callahan started IdeaFlow and serves as chief blog-wrangler. She is Director of Innovation Services at Decision Analyst in Arlington, Texas, is a former journalist who worked as an editor and reporter for The Dallas Morning News and the Nashville Tennessean, and was managing editor of D, the Dallas city magazine. She has a master's degree in rhetoric and has also taught college-level English and informal logic.
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July 12, 2004

Interdisciplinary Patent Analysis

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Posted by Renee Hopkins Callahan

I've been involved in an off-blog conversation with John Wolpert and several other people about patents and patent analysis. The initial question, which stemmed from the Business 2.0 article A Patent Popularity Contest, was can a patent be valued based on the number of patents that cite it?

I'm on my way to the airport, but wanted to post John's more specific question: Has anyone seen any studies on how often an invention in one domain turns out to be a core element of a solution in a domain for which the invention was not originally intended?

Suggestions and comments welcome!

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