Patent landscape on the Optical Coherence Tomography applications in medical diagnosis is investigated. Combining the quantitative analysis, qualitative research and expert advice, the article strives to render the current patenting activity characteristics from multiple perspectives including the overall trend, geographical distribution, key assignees, the main technical branches and the technology-function features. And based on all the analyses, the article finally reveals current patenting characteristics comprehensively, in particular, compares the differences of patent filing between China and the global scope, and suggests our institutions the patenting priorities and potential risks.

Thomson Data Analyzer and UCINET were used to perform data mining and quantitative analysis of papers on copper ore exploration research from SCIE database. The quantitative analysis was done and the result showed that global copper ore exploration research papers keep growing in fluctuations from 2008; its research priorities are the causes of chalcopyrite and pyrite, mining and mineral processing, geology, mineralogy, geochemistry as well as copper on exploration and development of environmental protection and research. China, USA, Iran, Australia, as well as their major institutions occupy the dominant position in this field. China and its major research institutions are very active in the field in recent years, especially Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nanjing University, the amount of paper is well ahead of other international institutions, but their research quality and influence, as well as capacity for international cooperation need to be further strengthened.

This paper reviews the current academic thinking on knowledge transfer channels between universities and private industry, from a human resource perspective. It also offers a general framework for “re-organising” the literature, so as to identify gaps in the understanding of organizational behavior and human resource management for university-industry knowledge transfer. The review highlights that knowledge transfer channels with highest “relational intensity” are also most valued by industry, and that most knowledge transfer channels are not currently institutionalized or formalized. It concludes that knowledge transfer between universities and industry is characterized by important management challenges, which require an understanding of the extent and nature of individuals’ involvement. However, the existing literature emphasises the outcomes rather than processes of knowledge transfer. Future research looking at knowledge transfer processes at the individual and organizational level of analysis would provide valuable information for better policy-making.