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A patent map has long been considered as a useful tool to identify technology vacuum defined as an unexplored area of technologies that may deserve intensive investigation for future new technology development. However, previous studies for identifying technology vacuum on the patent map have been subjected to intuitive and manual identification of technology vacuum. In this context, this paper proposes...