Title Epidemic Model of a Concept within the Subject Classes of Patents: A Case Study on the Term RFID

Tavakolizade Ravari, Mohammad; Mansouri, Ali; Makizadeh, Fatemeh; Tusi, Ziba

doi:10.35050/JIPM010.2016.020

Title Epidemic Model of a Concept within the Subject Classes of Patents: A Case Study on the Term RFID

Authors

Mohammad Tavakolizade Ravari

Ali Mansouri

Fatemeh Makizadeh

Ziba Tusi

10.35050/JIPM010.2016.020

Abstract

The current research aims at studying the epidemic model of the term RFID within the classes of patents. Methodology: The research is descriptive and has been conducted based on the mathematical models of diseases. Research population consists of 35,627 granted patents from the USPTO database those which the terms RFID or Radio Frequency Identification occur in their titles or abstracts. Data analysis was performed through software like Excel, SPSS, and Ravar-Matrix. Findings show that the cumulative growth of sub-classes with the term RFID follows an S-logistic model. This is an evidence of natural growth rate for assigning the term RFID to the USPTO sub-classes over the years. Other finding reveals that the term RFID has been entered into and exited from the sub-classes of patents like the SIS epidemic model of diseases. As a final conclusion, the most technical fields those that are susceptible for RFID technology, have been met this technology. On the base of SIS model, the epidemic of RFID technology has been reached a balance.

Keywords

RFID

Epidemic model

Patents

SIS Model

Goffman Theory