Global Patent Landscape of Decision Support System in The Business: An Overview

Abstract

The study of decision support systems in business and entrepreneurial ecosystems continues to grow and play an essential role. However, few studies have not comprehensively reviewed decision support system studies from the patent perspective. This research attempts to review the global patent landscape and the main trends of patents on decision support systems in business. Research using patent landscapes analysis was intended to clarify data visualization, identification, and analysis. This study uses 6,713 patent documents and 3,492 simple patent families over 35 years from the Lens.org database. The study results reveal increased trends regarding developments to patent activity related to decision support systems in the business. There were business opportunities that business parties could use to the potential for increasing patent filings. The CPC codes that dominate decision support system patents in the business were G (physics). The United States was the most prolific country regarding owners and inventors.