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Many commercial patent databases offer features like “patent sandboxes” or “patent maps” that visualize a company’s key technological domains in 3D, much like a sandbox simulation. Exploring the patent histories of century-old tech giants such as IBM, AT&T, Sony, and Kodak through these visualizations became one of the most enjoyable aspects of this writing process. It felt akin to playing historical simulation games like Civilization, witnessing the rise and fall of nations on a massive 3D terrain map.

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    2026年

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  • Qiang Yue,
  • Fei Yang

摘要

Many commercial patent databases offer features like “patent sandboxes” or “patent maps” that visualize a company’s key technological domains in 3D, much like a sandbox simulation. Exploring the patent histories of century-old tech giants such as IBM, AT&T, Sony, and Kodak through these visualizations became one of the most enjoyable aspects of this writing process. It felt akin to playing historical simulation games like Civilization, witnessing the rise and fall of nations on a massive 3D terrain map.