Patent Mining is an Information Retrieval approach for obtaining information about topics and trends in Technology field.

Publications
- E.Ruffaldi, E.Sani, M.Bergamasco, Visualizing Perspectives and Trends in Robotics based on Patent Mining in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2010, PDF
- E. Sani, E. Ruffaldi, M. Bergamasco, Exploring Patent Information: trends and main actors in Robotics in EPO Patent Statistics for Decision-Makers Conference, 2009, Vienna
- E. Sani, E. Ruffaldi and M. Bergamasco, "Interactive Technology Maps for Strategic Planning and Research Directions Based on Publications and Patents Analysis", in the HANDBOOK ON BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Ed. Angappa Gunasekaran and Maqsood Sandhu, World Scientific, 2010, ISBN 978-981-283-605-2
- E. Sani, E. Ruffaldi and M. Bergamasco, “Patent based analysis of Technology Maps for Innovation Management and Research Planning ”, in the proceedings “Towards new challenges for innovative management practices”, n°2, Vol. 1, pp. 4-10, Editors: J.Legardeur, J. Pinho de Sousa, ERIMA Publication, 2008. ISSN 2100-0778
- E. Sani, E. Ruffaldi, H. Faste, M. Bergamasco,"Business Models for Enactive Interfaces",in Proceedings of ENACTIVE07, p. 251, 2007
- E. Sani, A. Frisoli, M. Bergamasco, "Patent based analysis of innovative rehabilitation technologies", in Proceedings of Virtual Rehabilitation 2007, pp. 96-101
For Students
Master Thesis and focused projects are available
Tools: MATLAB and Python
Visualization: Tulip