Open access to patent information: Possibilities and limitations of R&D library support
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 07/06/2026 - 19:38Sci-tech development requires commercialization of urgent and competitive intellectual solutions, and innovative products. The clear idea of the national and global patent landscape and the status in individual sci-tech sectors has to be produced to analyze the competitive environment, to minimize the risk of duplication and violation of patent rights, and to provide efficient technological transfer and cooperation between researchers and inventors. The open science concept facilitates consolidated patent databases, comprising open patent analytic tools.