专利地图是企业专利情报分析利用的一种辅助工具,是企业知识产权管理和制定实施专利战略的有效手段。然而应用领域专利地图制作中往往没有合适的分类,或者即使有专利分类也不全面。本文对专利地图进行应用分类,在此基础上研究了每种专利地图的应用领域、表现形式及解读方法。 Patent map is an auxiliary tool for enterprise patent information analysis and utilization, and it is an effective means for enterprise intellectual property management and formulating and implementing patent strategy. However, there is often no suitable classification in the field of application of patent maps, or even patent classification is not comprehensive. In this paper, the application of patent map classification, on the basis of the study of each patent map application areas, forms and interpretation methods.