Previous ArticleRegarding [Technology Search]? After reading this article, you will understandWe have provided a detailed introduction to the requirements for technology search.

How can we complete a satisfactory technology search report in the process of practice? What should be done as the commissioning party and the commissioned party for technology novelty search?

Today's article will provide us with a more in-depth and professional perspective to gain a detailed understanding of the writing of technology search reports.

1、 Writing the Key Points of Science and Technology

basic principle

The key points of science and technology are the "theme" of the novelty search project, which is provided by the client. Basic principles of writing:

① Fully reflect the overview of the novelty search project. The content mainly includes the technical field to which the project belongs, background technology, technical problems to be solved, technical solutions adopted to solve technical problems, main technical features, technical parameters or indicators, achieved technical effects, and application promotion or prospects.

② Closely follow the research theme of the project and highlight the innovation and progressiveness of the project.

③ When writing, it is important to focus and highlight different search purposes.

2、 Requirements for Writing Key Points of Science and Technology

Newcomers should strictly review the scientific and technological key points provided by the client:

01In principle, substantive content should not be concealed or omitted. The main technical content should be described in detail, especially the technical content related to novelty search points should be disclosed within the scope allowed by the client;

02Avoid using vague descriptions, modifying or advertising language that is unrelated to the main technical content, such as being the first, pioneering, internationally leading, possessing advanced level, and having excellent performance;

03Try to avoid using self written and self created words by the client. If it is necessary to use them, use commonly used technical words recognized by peers in the relevant technical field to describe their substantive meanings in detail, so that technical personnel and search personnel in the industry can understand them correctly;

04Reduce the length appropriately;

05Pay attention to the standardization of text and terminology, as well as the conversion of measurement units.

3、 Basic principles for extracting new search points

Novelty search points are innovations that need to be verified, and are technical features that reflect the novelty and progressiveness of novelty search projects. The search point is the prerequisite for retrieval and the basis for comparative analysis. The purpose of novelty search is to verify whether the innovative points of the project have novelty.

01The extraction of new search points should be based on the "key points of science and technology", extracted from the technical scheme and key technical features of the project, selected in a way that is conducive to reflecting the innovation of the project, summarized point by point, and listed item by item;

02Do not list general technical features in novelty search projects as search points;

03Relatively independent search content should not be grouped together as a search point

4、 Quality control in the process of novelty search

01The description of the search point should be truthful, complete, concise, and logically clear;

02Use existing and standardized technical terms for description, with rigorous and accurate wording, and avoid vague and advertising words (such as special processes, unique formulas, new catalysts, high yields, low costs, good effects, user-friendly interfaces, cheap economy, etc.);

03Do not use words written or created by the client;

04New search points should be few but precise, not too many.

5、 The relationship between "key points of science and technology" and "novelty search points"

01The key points of science and technology must include search points, but not all key points of science and technology are reflected in search points;

02Novelty search points are technical feature points extracted from key scientific and technological points, which can reflect the novelty and progressiveness of the project. When the novelty search points are not enough to clearly explain the characteristics of novelty search projects, there should be corresponding supplementary explanations in key scientific and technological points.

03The key points of science and technology can include language that is technical, functional, applied, evaluative, predictive, and forward-looking; And the search points only include technical language.

04、The combination of the two reflects all necessary technical features of the project.

05、When writing a search conclusion, it is necessary to analyze and compare each article based on the search points and scientific and technological key points.

6、 Frequently Asked Questions on New Commission Inquiry and Acceptance

1. The scientific and technological key points and search points filled in by the client are not standardized. The client's description of the search project is unclear, and the expression of the search points is inaccurate, which makes it impossible to carry out the search work or achieve the client's intention.

(1) In the key points of science and technology, a large section is devoted to introducing the development or application of relevant technologies. However, for the research content and main technical characteristics of the commissioned novelty search project, only the project name and a few keywords are used to make it difficult for the novelty search personnel to understand the main research content of the project.

(2) The content is filled too broadly, too much propaganda or commercial language is used to explain the project, or too much description of the performance characteristics and functions that cannot reflect the innovation points of the project due to the uncertainty of judging the innovation points of technology or products, which not only increases the cost of novelty search, but also makes the novelty search project lose its novelty and progressiveness.

(3) Inaccurate grasp of the search points, the project itself has innovative aspects, but these innovative contents have not been fully demonstrated in the search points, resulting in the search staff retrieving a large number of useless relevant literature, and the client is also very dissatisfied with the search results.

2. The client does not proactively provide key technical points

The client is concerned about technology leakage and adopts a confidential approach to the key technologies or data of their own developed achievements or products during the commissioned search. These technical secrets are an important support for the novelty of the project, which leads to the inability of the search agency to accept the client's search request, and even if accepted, it cannot achieve the expected results. New search agencies should explain their confidentiality responsibilities to the client and alleviate their concerns.

3. The client uses rare or self created words

In order to highlight the "novelty" of their research project, the client uses some obscure words or creates new words in the description of search points or key technical points, without specifying the substantive content of the relevant technology. If the search personnel are unfamiliar with the subject matter, they are prone to being misled or taking detours, making subjective search conclusions.

4. The novelty of the search points provided by the client is not innovative enough

Some clients, due to the mature technology and lack of innovation in their research projects, but also hoping to find as few relevant literature as possible, adopt a descriptive approach that avoids emphasizing the key or core technologies and avoids contradictions. Instead, they mention some insignificant, detailed, or routine content or technical parameters as a search point, resulting in the inability to find research content or technical indicators that are the same as the search point. Although the conclusion is that no identical literature reports have been detected, experts can understand at a glance that there is actually nothing innovative about this project.

7、 The abilities that need to be improved as a novelty seeker

1. Ability to communicate with users

Effective communication with users is a fast way for recruiters to understand and master the research content and technical points of novelty search projects, and it is also the key to accurately extracting and summarizing novelty search points.

(1) Newcomers should actively communicate with relevant technical personnel of the project to avoid misleading information.

(2) Before communicating with users, the search personnel should carefully read the search commission form or search contract, clarify what information they still need to know, and identify which technical points they have doubts or are unclear about. This should be the focus of communication and humbly ask users for advice one by one.

(3) When communicating with users, the search staff should have clear thinking, purpose, focus, and pertinence, and pay attention to capturing effective information. They can also restate their understanding of the content to the user for confirmation, fully understanding its essence.

(4) Newcomers can generally communicate with users in the following aspects to obtain useful information: what problems the novelty search project mainly solves; The current domestic and international situation of the industry; What is the specific innovation of this project; Why can't peers achieve the difference between this innovation and similar research projects; Can you provide the names of domestic and foreign companies or research institutions that are leading in technology in the industry; Do technical proprietary terms have synonyms or synonyms, abbreviations or full names, common names or other non-standard usage; Has the client applied for a patent or published a paper on this technology.

2. The ability to extract and summarize new search points

The search point is the basis for the search personnel to formulate search terms, develop search strategies, compare and analyze, and judge novelty. The accuracy of the search point extraction directly affects the reliability and pertinence of the search conclusion.

(1) The search point cannot be completely determined by the user. The search staff should effectively communicate with technical personnel, deeply explore the connotation of the topic and comprehensively understand its essence through continuous communication, and help users determine the correct search point.

(2) Choose ways that are conducive to reflecting project innovation, such as theoretical or principle innovation, method innovation (technical means, production processes, technological applications, etc.), product structure, composition, new material application, formula innovation, etc.

(3) For some new search topics that lack novelty and only make small improvements based on existing research by others (such as using a new method, new technology, local improvement, or a combination of certain methods, etc.), the search personnel need to conduct pre search and repeated comparative analysis in order to extract search points that reflect their novelty.

(4) The extracted search points should be specific, expressed concisely and clearly, and organized.