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Innovation, Novelty and Patent Protection

Technology Commercialization

Can You Answer these Questions?

•Who needs it?

•Who would buy it?

•Why would they spend money on it?

•What need does it satisfy? What problem does it solve?

•What other companies make products like it?

Try These Databases First

Factiva This link opens in a new window
Factiva is a good source for international business and company news. It includes full text news reports from more than 10,000 sources from 159 countries and available in 22 languages.
Industry Reports This link opens in a new window
Provides detailed information about industries. Offers lengthy research reports on industry markets, brief reports on business environments, and company profiles. Access is available for Kent campus only.
ReferenceUSA This link opens in a new window
Includes information on over 10,500,000 U.S. companies. Search by company name, geographic area, business type, SIC code, yellow page listing, revenue, location, number of employees or any combinat...

Last Updated: Jul 7, 2022 1:45 PM
URL: https://libguides.library.kent.edu/c.php?g=1139240
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Subjects: Business

Tags: Patents, Technology Commercialization