“Visualization” of the SDGs-Tech

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are theinternational goals
for a sustainable and better
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world by 2030, as stated in the “2030 Agenda for
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Sustainable Development” adopted at the United
Nations Summit in September 2015. SDGs include
17 goals that are universal, not only for developing
countries but also for developed countries
themselves. Japan is also actively involved in thisissue.

1What is “visualization”?
Table1：Example of classification of development goals for patent publications

The visualization of SDGs-related patenttechnologies is conducted using an AI method
called BERT, which was released by Google inOctober 2018. While BERT is an AI trained toread ordinary text like Wikipedia and novels, it
was specially trained to read patentdocuments at IP AI Research Center in Japio.
Furthermore, eight classes（1）of classifiers
were added to the BERT after the training,which correspond to the goals related toscience and technology among the SDGs, andtraining was conducted to determine SDGsTech by reading text related to each SDG.

Description of patent publication (excerpt)
This invention provides a technology that makes it
easier to recognize the relationship between data on
crop growth and the location where the data was
obtained...It is easy to visually grasp the condition of
the field when focusing on ....
This invention determines the degree of influence ...
from biometric information obtained using a sensor
device that can be measured at home. It can be used
in a variety of devices and methods in technical fields
related to health maintenance.
In the water generating device disclosed herein, thewater generating device has a plurality of replaceable
water generating members including moistureabsorbing members...The efficiency of water
generation can be improved in response toenvironmental changes.

Estimated development goal

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2．ZERO HUNGER
3．GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
6．CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
7．AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY

8．DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
9．INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
11．SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
13．CLIMATE ACTION※ See also the WIPO press [https://www.wipo.int/sdgs/en/story.html].

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■ Results
The table below shows the result of AI estimation of patent applications published by the JPO andUSPTO in 2020. As mentioned in the paragraph “What is visualization?”, as AI estimation with the 8classes, it was estimated that about 55%(JP) and 62%(US) of the total applications fall under any of theeight goals 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 13. The website of the IP AI Research Center publishes the annual andmonthly rankings of SDGs companies.
Table2：AI estimated result
Number of publications
100000
90000
80000
70000

JP publications
US publications

60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0The remaining did not fall under any of the above goals and was classified as "other." Thesepublications may be patents that should be classified into goals 1, 4, 5, 10, 12, and 14~17, which
are not currently included in the classifier, or they may not yet be classified by our estimation
model. We hope users will understand that the estimated results are the current research resultsof the Center and do not accurately reflect the SDGs activities of each company.

3■ Rankings of SDGs companies
On the website of the Center, the annual and monthly rankings of SDGs companies are announced.
The table below shows an example of a company ranking. Estimated goals and values are calculated
for each patent application, and scores (sum of estimated values in each patent application) arecalculated for each goal, and the applicants with the highest score are displayed in order.
Table3: Example of a company ranking
ScoresCanon Inc.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Mazda Motor Corporation
Panasonic IP Management Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD.
DENSO CORPORATIONISEKI & CO., LTD.
Toyota Motor Corporation■ For more detailed data
For users who subscribe to Japio-GPG/FX, we will provide individual AI estimation results up to
100 documents per month for the patent applications of your choice.
For more information, please contact us.

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