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. 2023 Sep 9;9(9):e19892. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19892

Table 2.

Results of axial coding.

Main categories Sub-categories Initial categories extracted from open coding
Vocational skills services Agency services Intellectual property application,
Contact and communication
Legal services Legal lawsuits, Drafting of contracts
Information services Intellectual property information retrieval,
Legal information retrieval
Commercial operation services Relationship matching services Network of relationships,
Ability to match supply and demand
Business communication services Negotiation ability, Coordinate ability
Transaction process services Transaction materials processing,
Supervision of transactions process
Value-added business services Consultation services Professional consulting business,
Managerial consulting business
Training services Intellectual property business training,
Intellectual property knowledge training
Assessment services Comprehensive assessment