[Research purpose]To identify potential technology opportunities in figurative fields,it is crucial to find R&D partners pre-cisely for companies to efficiently carry out technological innovation to continuously gain competitive advantages.[Research method]In this paper,from the perspective of technology opportunities,we firstly visualize the relevant patent information collected and pre-pro-cessed by using generative topology mapping method to identify technology opportunities;Secondly,we analyze the connection between target companies and technology opportunities based on technology matching degree to screen candidate partners;Then we construct a com-petitiveness portfolio map based on technology capability and technology concentration to realize the evaluation and selection of the feasibil-ity of the proposed method is verified by using the technology path optimization of intelligent underwater robots as an example.[Research conclusion]This case study shows that the proposed identification method of R&D partners can recommend R&D partners for enterprises to realize technological innovation opportunities and provide decision support for enterprises to formulate R&D cooperation strategies.
关键词
技术机会/潜在技术机会识别/研发合作伙伴识别/专利分析/专利信息/GTM
Key words
technological opportunities/identification of potential technological opportunities/R&D partner identification/patent analysis/patent information/GTM