Integrating Patent Management and R&D. An explorative analysis of the new product development process
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Hardorp, Lilian
Cengiz, Cihat
Tietze, Frank
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Hardorp, L., Cengiz, C., & Tietze, F. Integrating Patent Management and R&D. An explorative analysis of the new product development process. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.44063
Abstract
Complex processes within firms require more than one department’s input, and a functioning
integration among the departments is crucial. This is true for the R&D and the patent
department in research and development intensive manufacturing firms. Patent-related
activities, such as securing freedom to operate, positively influence a new product’s commercial
success. However, low patent awareness among research and development (R&D) personnel
and limited patenting resources lead to lacking guidance, risks, and missed opportunities.
This paper qualitatively explores how internal patent departments are integrated with R&D
along the stages of the new product development process. Capturing triangulated experiences
from both the patent management (PM) and R&D perspective within 12 manufacturing firms,
the research demonstrates that the R&D and PM representatives localise their integration in
the early stages of new product development (NPD), which appears to be especially beneficial
at the scoping stage where ideas are mature, whilst no heavy development investments occurred
yet. While facing heterogenous patent awareness among R&D employees that impedes the
integration on a behavioural dimension, the firms successfully employ several mechanisms to
improve the cross-functional integration between R&D and PM.
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This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/297068
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