JP2004310193A - System, method, and program for suggestion management - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically accumulate a point for the degree of contribution to an invention. <P>SOLUTION: A suggestion management system has terminals 11 to 15 which display documents for presenting suggestions or documents on which suggestion details are mentioned, and by which an offerer or a person concerned with a suggestion inputs information on the suggestion; servers 17 to 20 connected to the terminals through a network 16; and databases 21 to 26 managed by the servers. The server, every time information is inputted which is related to the suggestion by the offerer or the person concerned from the terminal, adds a point for the degree of contribution to the offerer or the person concerned, and registers the point with the databases. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a proposal management system, a proposal management method, and a proposal management program, and more particularly to a proposal management system, a proposal management method, and a proposal related to a proposal of an improvement proposal of a manufacturing process, a proposal of a utility model, an invention, a design, and the like. Regarding management programs.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are the following systems for managing intellectual property using a computer, managing intermediate processing in a patent application examination stage, and distributing rewards for proposals.
[0003]
That is, as an intermediate processing management system that manages an intermediate processing procedure for the JPO, an electronic wrapper file for registering a document to be sent from the patent office in Patent Literature 1, and an electronic wrapper file connected to the electronic wrapper file, There is disclosed an intermediate processing management system having a display unit for displaying a list of notices and dispositions, and a computer having a response procedure selection input unit for displaying a response procedure (FIG. 1 and the like).
[0004]
In addition, as a system for distributing a reward to a publicly offered proposal, Patent Literature 2 proposes a proposal, and when rewarding a proposal adopted from among the proposals, the same proposal of a plurality of proposers is provided. On the other hand, there is disclosed a system for setting a distribution ratio of rewards in accordance with a proposal order, and a distribution of distribution at a distribution ratio according to the involvement status to participants such as a system planner.
[0005]
Further, as a management system of intellectual property information, Patent Literature 3 incorporates intellectual property information into a database, searches for data related to a corresponding department from the information by a search formula, and adds the importance of the data to the searched data. There is a disclosure of an intellectual property information management system that adds degree information. Patent Literature 4 further discloses a related information providing section for intellectual property information to which importance degree information is added. There is disclosure of an information management system.
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-014327 A
[Patent Document 2]
JP-A-2001-188825
[Patent Document 3]
JP-A-2002-007427
[Patent Document 4]
JP-A-2002-083082
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the system as described above, when proposals such as improvement of business contents and invention proposals are made, when proposals are made jointly by multiple persons, when the invention proposer and the person who creates the application document are different, etc. In general, more than one person is often involved.
[0008]
However, in the past, when multiple people were involved, the contribution ratio of each person was not always clear, and the name of the proposer or inventor was described in descending order of the contribution ratio related to proposals and application documents. Proposers and the like only subjectively describe the ratio of contribution to the proposal by the proposer.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The proposal management system of the present invention displays a proposal submission document or a document describing the content of a proposal, and a terminal where a proposer or a person involved in the proposal (including a person who evaluates the proposal) inputs information related to the proposal. A server connected to the terminal via a network, and a database managed by the server, wherein the server is configured such that whenever information about a proposal is input from the terminal by a proposer or a related person, A contribution point is given to the proposer or the person concerned, and the contribution point is registered in the database.
[0010]
The proposal management method of the present invention displays a proposal submission document or a document describing the content of a proposal, and the proposer or a person involved in the proposal inputs information related to the proposal, and the terminal is connected to the terminal via a network. Server, and a database managed by the server, a proposal management method of a proposal management system comprising:
The server assigns a contribution point to the proposer or the related person and registers the contribution point in the database each time information relating to a proposal is input from the terminal by the proposer or the related person. It is.
[0011]
A proposal management program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute the proposal management method according to the present invention.
[0012]
The above proposals include proposals for improvement of business contents and intellectual property such as inventions, utility models, designs, trademarks, copyrighted works, know-how, etc., but are not particularly limited to these. The present invention can be applied as long as it is involved and evaluates its contribution.
[0013]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0014]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a proposal management system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, an inventor terminal 11 is a terminal of the inventor who creates a proposal, a cooperator terminal 12 is a terminal of a co-inventor or a cooperator such as a circulation person of the proposal, and a supervisor terminal 13 approves the application. The terminal of the boss or the person in charge of patent, the terminal of the patent department 14 is the terminal of the department in charge of the patent, the outside terminal 15 is the terminal of the patent office that creates the application documents and the terminal of the evaluator of the invention who corrects the contribution points of the invention, Each of the terminals 11 to 15 is connected to the server 10 via the network 16.
[0015]
The server 10 includes four servers: a company server 17, a groupware server 18, a patent server 19, and a knowledge server 20.
[0016]
The company server 17 manages data relating to all employees, such as employee ID, name, department, post, manager ID, etc., searches an employee database 21 that records these data by accessing from each terminal, and retrieves the searched data. Send to the accessed terminal.
[0017]
The groupware server 18 has a function of setting a proposal approval route in advance in a GUI and a workflow engine for distributing a approval workflow in accordance with the route. In addition to this, during the work flow in the workflow, It has a point accumulation function for giving an arbitrary contribution point to a worker or automatically adding a fixed contribution point. It also manages data such as a workflow ID, a workflow name, a workflow route ID, an applicant ID, an application date and time, a current worker ID, a history of the worker ID, and a work state recorded in the workflow database 22.
[0018]
The patent server 19 manages a patent management database 23 and a patent application database 24. The patent application database 24 records data such as an in-house receipt number, a workflow ID, an application summary, an applicant ID, an applicant contribution point, a related worker ID, a related worker contribution point, and a comment. The patent management database 23 records data such as an application number, a publication number, an application date, a publication date, an applicant ID, an in-house receipt number, an invention summary, and a state of examination.
[0019]
The knowledge server 20 has a text mining function, is used to analyze arbitrary sentence data from proposals and application specifications based on dictionary data, and create a contribution distribution related to the specification creation. Using a basic mining dictionary 25 having synonyms, synonyms, technical terms, and the like as a dictionary, and a contribution degree mining dictionary 26 in which an in-house reception number, employee ID, contribution content, contribution ratio, and the like are input, a contribution degree distribution diagram is printed. Printing, file output, display on a display, etc. can be performed. The text mining function, in addition to the frequency of occurrence of words in the description, features word analysis that searches for unique words connected to the analysis target based on statistical methods, extracts words that are often used simultaneously with extracted words It includes co-occurrence word analysis, correspondence analysis that outputs the relationship between the extracted word and the analysis target to a positioning map, and typical sentence analysis that displays a free description sentence for a specific analysis target in the order of typical contents. For example, by using the text mining function, a contribution distribution map for the claims pointed out in the notice of reasons for refusal is created from the specification filed, the proposal submission document submitted by the inventor, and the comments section of the cooperator. When a notice of reasons for refusal is notified from the JPO, a person who is suitable for responding to the reasons for refusal of each claim pointed out in the notice of reasons for refusal can be selected based on the distribution map of contributions.
[0020]
Next, the flow of proposal management will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a flowchart, FIGS. 3 to 6 are diagrams illustrating an example of a display screen of a terminal, and FIGS. 7 to 9 are diagrams illustrating examples of application contents and comment contents.
(1) First, the inventor issues a proposal for the invention using the workflow system of the groupware server 18. If there is an invention cooperator (joint inventor) such as an experimenter, the name of the cooperator and the contribution point (contribution ratio) are specified. The contribution (the ratio (%) of the contribution point to the total contribution point) has a fixed share between the inventor and the cooperator, and is determined in combination with the subsequent accumulation of points.
[0021]
Here, the inventor A (Taro Patent), B (Sota Kobe), and C (Hanako Kansai) jointly configure the device with "a, b, and c" to improve the response characteristics of the device. Inventor A has made a patent application as shown in FIG.
[0022]
The inventor A displays a workflow operation menu on the screen of the inventor terminal 11, as shown in FIG. Select “Patent Application / Invention Proposal” from the business menu such as vacation application, business trip application, patent application / invention proposal.
[0023]
In step S1, the groupware server 18 of the server 10 is accessed from the inventor terminal 11, and a patent application / invention proposal screen is displayed.
[0024]
In the patent application / invention proposal, personal codes such as names and employee numbers drawn from the company server 17 are automatically described. The inventor A inputs contents describing the invention such as a problem and a solution. Further, the inventor A wants to input the names of the co-proposers B and C, the employee number, etc., select the contribution points (1P to 5P) of the invention, and circulate a workflow for approval of a patent application / invention proposal, which will be described later. If there is a target person, specify the target person. Here, Osaka Jiro and Hiroshima autumn leaves are inputted as the circulators D and E. The registration date of the patent application / invention proposal is automatically registered after the input is completed.
[0025]
When the inventor A inputs information to the workflow for patent application / invention proposal, the inventor A accesses the company-wide server 17 and obtains a co-proposer from the database 21 in which the employee ID, name, affiliation, post, boss ID, etc. are registered. Alternatively, data such as the employee ID of a circular or the like may be searched and displayed on the patent application / invention proposal screen.
[0026]
In step S2, the inventor is given a contribution point by the server 10 (groupware server 18), the work history as a workflow is registered in the database 22, and the contribution point is registered in the database 24. The contribution point is 10 points (10P), the contribution point of the inventor A who is the creator of the proposal is 5P (50% contribution), and the contribution points of the inventors B and C are 2P (20%). ) And 3P (30% contribution). As for the contribution point, a fixed point (here, 10P) is uniformly given to all the inventions. The contribution (5P) of the inventor A who is the creator of the proposal, 50% (5P) is determined, and the remaining 5P is determined. The contribution ratios of the inventors B and C are determined. The display screen on the right side of FIG. 3 shows a screen to which contribution degree points have been given.
(2) Next, in step S3, the groupware server 18 sends a decision workflow (decision WF) as shown in FIG. 4A to the co-inventors B and C and the circulators D and E. By the deadline date, co-inventors B (Sota Kobe) and C (Hanako Kansai) and circulars D (Jiro Osaka) and E (Koji Hiroshima) will review and approve. A comment can be input for the proposal content. Here, it is assumed that the readers D (Osaka Jiro) and E (Hiroshima Koyo) have input the comment.
[0027]
For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the response characteristics are greatly improved when the reader D (Jiro Osaka) adds "d to the apparatus composed of a, b, and c. A similar characteristic can be obtained. ", And as a result, the reader E (Hiroshima Autumn Leaves) can easily operate the apparatus by adding e to the apparatus composed of a, b, and c as shown in FIG. No. ".
[0028]
In step S4, the server 10 (groupware server 18) gives a contribution point 1P to the circulators D and E by a comment (this contribution point is uniformly given to the comment), and the workflow is performed. The work history is registered in the database 22, and the contribution points are registered in the database 24. Note that the format of the decision is not limited to the workflow (WF) format, but may be a forum format as shown in FIG. In the case of the forum format, a workflow in which a forum address, an outline of the invention, and the like are described arrives, and a viewer registers a comment in the approval forum.
[0029]
The history of the review / approval of the proposal and the content of the comment are registered in the workflow database and sent to the inventor terminal (step S5).
(3) Next, the inventor A looks at the comments of the circulators D (Jiro Osaka) and E (Hiroshima Hiroshima) written in the returned Decision WF, and as shown in FIG. Jiro) and E (Hiroshima colored leaves) will be updated, and the content of the proposal will be updated. The inventor A further adds a contribution point 1P to the circulator D (Jiro Osaka) who made two comments, and sets the contribution point to 2P.
[0030]
In step S6, the server 10 (the groupware server 18) sets the contribution point 5P for the inventor A, and sets the contributor D (Osaka Jiro) and E (Hiroshima Hiroshima) according to the contribution degree based on the comment. Contribution points 2P and 1P are given, respectively.
[0031]
For the updated proposal contents and contribution points, the work history as a workflow is registered in the database 22, and the contribution points are registered in the database 24.
(4) Next, in step S7, the inventor A (or another person such as a boss) determines whether brush-up (re-examination) is necessary.
[0032]
When it is determined that the brush-up is necessary (YES), the process returns to step S3, and the updated inventor workflow (agreement WF) arrives at the co-inventors B and C and the circulators D and E.
(5) If it is determined that the brush-up is not necessary (NO), in step S8, the application documents are prepared and the contents of the proposal and the contribution points are given to the persons (bosses, patent officers) who will conduct final inspection. Circulate the workflow to make a final check on the contribution. If the creator of the application document is not the inventor A, the application document creator is also given a contribution point and registered in the databases 22 and 24. Here, the circulator who was not the first co-inventor also becomes a co-inventor of the patent application if there are points.
[0033]
The final confirmation of the contribution point is, for example, when the comment of the reader D is not a technical indication as described above but is merely an indication of an erroneous description in the specification and the drawing, the contribution point of the reader D is set to 1P. Take measures such as reducing the contribution point of the inventor A by 2P. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a proposal adjusted so that the points of the inventors A, B, and C are increased.
[0034]
When all points are distributed, points may be distributed to inventors as the number of reviews and the number of subjects increase. Therefore, the final confirmation of the contribution rate is performed. For example, the lower limit of the contribution rate of the inventor who finally creates the proposal is set to 50%, and if there is a joint inventor, 30% is set to the joint inventor. When there are a plurality of joint inventors, 30% of them are further allocated. If there is no joint inventor, the contribution ratio of the inventor who creates the proposal is set to 80%. The remaining 20% can be distributed according to the contribution points of the inventor, joint inventor, and commenter who ultimately create the proposal.
(6) In step S9, if the approval of the supervisor and the person in charge of patent is obtained, it is determined that the application is possible, and the documents are sent to the patent department terminal 14, and the patent department in charge of applying to the Patent Office as it is. Alternatively, after the application documents are sent to an external terminal 15 such as a patent office for further examination and addition, the application documents are returned to the inventor A or the department in charge of patent, and after obtaining approval, the patent office issues a patent. Filed with the Office.
[0035]
Contribution points and comments of the applicant (inventor) and related persons relating to the patent application are registered in the patent application database 24, and the application number, publication number, invention summary, etc. after the application are registered in the patent management database 23. If it is determined that the application cannot be made, the process returns to step S5.
[0036]
In addition, the number of contribution points accumulated in the course of the processing of the workflow is assumed to be performed by the person who conducts the final review, but it can be determined by a third party (a person who can neutrally check the contribution content from a neutral position, for example, The contribution points may be corrected in accordance with the contents of the invention and the degree of work by referring to the history stored in the database by the position of the in-house patent manager and the external invention evaluator contracted by the company.
(7) Next, in step S10, using the knowledge server 20, a text mining function is performed based on the contents of the invention, the names of contributors to the invention contents (contents of the invention described in the claims), the contribution points, and the like. Then, the correspondence between the contributors (the inventor and related persons of the invention) and the contribution points for the entire specification is created and output as a contribution distribution map.
[0037]
The system and method for managing the invention from drafting (proposing a document) to filing the application have been described above. Then, after the application, a reward or the like of the invention can be paid to the person concerned with the invention in accordance with the contribution point.
[0038]
The evaluation using the contribution point and the contribution distribution by the knowledge server 20 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS.
[0039]
The contribution distribution creation can be divided into two steps (note that the integration of the two steps is S10, which can be divided into two steps as described here).
[0040]
(First step)
First, as shown in FIG. 10, the outline of the invention described in the patent application, the contribution points (contribution P) of the inventors A, B, and C, and the contributions of the readers D and E at the time of comment by the reader, %) Is created (or graph).
[0041]
In addition, the relationship between the constituent elements of the claims and the proposed invention (idea) is extracted. By giving the outline of the invention described in the patent application, the comment of the circulator, and the contents of the claims in the application documents as text mining data, the outline of the invention etc. described in the patent application and the constituent elements of the claim can be compared. A correspondence table as shown in FIG. 11 can be created. From this correspondence table, for example, it can be seen from the correspondence table of FIG. 11 that the constituent features a, b, and c of claim 1 were proposed at the time of patent application. When the relevance is clear, such as when the data amount is small, a correspondence table as shown in FIG. 11 may be manually created according to the correction of the contribution degree.
[0042]
In the above description of the embodiment, the constituent elements a to e of the claims are described as they are in the outline of the invention described in the patent application and comments of the circulator, but actually, the terms described in the claims are used. Is often abstracted compared to the summary of the invention and the comments of the reader, and does not always match completely (for example, "switch means" in the claims, "switching element" and "transistor" in the comments of the reader) ")), The association can be extracted and a correspondence table can be created by using the text mining function.
[0043]
Next, based on the degree of contribution of each submitted idea (FIG. 10) and the correspondence table (FIG. 11) between the time of submission of the idea and the constituent elements of the claim, FIG. The contributions of the circulators are calculated, and the totals are calculated to calculate the contributions of the inventor and the circulator to each claim as shown in FIGS.
[0044]
For example, from the table of FIG. 12, the constituent requirements a, b, and c of claim 1 are proposed at the time of patent application, and the contributors are inventors A (Taro Patent), B (Sota Kobe), and C (Hanako Kansai). It can be seen that the degree of contribution is higher in the order of A>C> B. Note that, for example, the distribution of the contribution points in FIG. 10 and the proposal of the configuration requirement b ′ are made by the circular reader D (Jiro Osaka) as shown in FIG. In the contribution degree, the inventor A is the highest, and the circulator D is the second highest. This takes into account that inventor A has subscribed to constituent requirement b 'in the patent application and that proposal of constituent requirement b' is based on inventions of constituent features a, b, and c. However, if the importance of the component b 'is high or if the component b' has little relevance to the components a, b, and c, the contribution of the circulator D is corrected to be higher than that of the inventor A. Good (this point is the same for claims 2 and 3 shown in FIG. 13).
[0045]
(2nd step)
Next, the entire specification is divided into paragraphs, and analyzed by a text mining function to clarify which claim relates to the content of each paragraph. At this time, the target paragraph can be set in advance (for example, only the “embodiment” and the “effect of the invention” are analyzed).
[0046]
Further, in some paragraphs, the contents related to a plurality of claims are described, but for example, if the description relates to claims 2 and 3, it is limited to the more important invention related to claim 2. No problem. Alternatively, the more relevant one may be selected by text mining. FIG. 14 is a table showing the correspondence between the contents described in the paragraph numbers of the specification and each claim when only the embodiment is analyzed from the column of the detailed description of the invention. In addition, when the content related to a plurality of claims is described in some paragraphs, not only one claim is selected and marked with “つ け る”, but also a plurality of ◎, ○, Δ, etc.). Referring to FIG. 14, the paragraph numbers (0022) to (0049) of the embodiment explain the technology according to claim 1, the paragraph number (0050) describes the technology according to claim 2, and the paragraph number (0051) It is analyzed that the technique according to claim 3 is explained.
[0047]
Although the correspondence is shown in the table here, the contents of the claims and the specification may be actually displayed and shown. FIG. 16 shows the display screen.
[0048]
Here, in the specification, the description relating to claim 1 is indicated by underlining, claim 2 is indicated by italics, and claim 3 is indicated by surrounding the text with □ (encircling line). The color is changed for each statement relating to the claim to be analyzed (for example, red for claim 1, blue for claim 2, yellow for claim 3) and text for each claim related to analysis Can be changed to shaded or bold. By changing the display for each analysis target in this way, it is possible to visually grasp the correspondence relationship with the claims. At the same time, the outline of the invention described in the patent application and the comment of the circulator are displayed, and the correspondence with the claims is visually grasped by underlining, enclosing lines, coloring of colors etc. in the same way as the claims etc. You may be able to.
[0049]
As described above, the degree of contribution of the inventor / circulator is calculated for each claim, and information as to which claim is described in the entire specification is arranged.
[0050]
FIG. 15 shows a table listing the contributions of the inventor / circulator to each statement (claims, paragraphs) in the entire specification. Here, the paragraph numbers in the specification show only (0022), (0050), and (0051) for simplification. In FIG. 15, the contribution meter of the entire specification may be shaded or changed in color to make it easy to see.
[0051]
In this way, the degree of contribution to the entire specification and the relevance of the written content are organized, and it becomes clear to whom the written content pointed out for reasons of refusal is related, and the inventor is not retired. Even in the case of disappearance, it is possible to respond in the descending order of contribution.
[0052]
In addition, from the drafting of an invention (proposing a proposal document) to the filing of an application, it is necessary to evaluate the degree of contribution in the intermediate processing from application to setting registration and setting registration to expiration of rights, patent opposition, invalidation trial, correction trial, patent litigation, etc. It goes without saying that the system and method of the present embodiment can be applied. For example, processing from application to setting registration will be described below.
(8) When an intermediate process (notification of refusal reason, patent opposition, etc.) occurs after a patent application, the workflow is transferred from the patent clerk to the appropriate rep based on the contribution distribution map. In this case, certain points are also given to the intermediate process respondent.
(9) After the intermediate processing, the correction of the contribution points is performed again by a neutral third party or the like, and the contribution distribution map for the specification and drawings is also updated. After the patent is registered, a contribution distribution map for the patent gazette is created.
(10) Finally, patent compensation and rewards are paid to the invention-related persons according to the contribution points.
[0053]
According to the above procedure, the contribution points of the persons involved in the invention can be accumulated. However, the rules for awarding the contribution points and the range of the point grantees (for example, the degree of contribution to a patent officer or an outside invention evaluator). Handling of whether or not to give points) can be determined as appropriate.
[0054]
In the embodiment described above, the contribution point increases according to the number of reviews, so the total value of the contribution points of the proposals differs for each proposal, and the total does not reflect the importance of the invention. Will be. For example, it is desirable to increase the contribution point of the proposal of the basic invention depending on whether the invention is the basic invention or the utilization invention, but the contribution point of the proposal of the basic invention is lower because the number of reviews is small. It can happen. Therefore, it is preferable to weight contribution points between inventions according to the importance of the invention. For example, in the case of the basic invention, the contribution point is multiplied by n (n>1; n is a natural number, a decimal number, for example, 1.5 or 2), and the importance of the invention is determined by the total value of the contribution points. Can also be evaluated. If it is difficult to judge the importance of the invention by the time of filing, weighting according to the profit may be performed based on the royalty amount of the invention after setting and registration.
[0055]
The server 10 and each database described above can be configured by a computer as shown in FIG. That is, the functions of the servers 17 to 20 and the databases 21 to 26 can be realized by one or a plurality of computers.
[0056]
Information input from the terminals 11 to 15 in FIG. 1 is stored in a memory 123 such as a DRAM or a storage unit such as an MO or a disk device 124 such as a hard disk. The CPU 126 is a program describing the flow of steps S1 to S6, S8, and S10 of FIG. 2 and the management of the database and the control of data input / output with each terminal (here, the program is stored in the disk device 124). )) To perform processing. The keyboard 121 serves as an input unit for inputting data, and the CRT 122 serves as a display unit for showing a work status and a contribution distribution. Reference numeral 125 denotes a bus such as a data bus, 127 denotes a communication unit for communicating with each terminal, and 128 denotes a printer for printing a contribution distribution and the like.
[0057]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, contribution points related to a proposal can be automatically accumulated regardless of the subjectivity of the proposer or the parties involved in the proposal. Contribution contents and contribution points can also be viewed in chronological order, and the contribution points can be corrected by a neutral third party.
[0058]
Also, if the proposal is an invention, if there is no inventor who created the proposal due to retirement of the inventor, etc., the intermediate processing respondent can be selected based on the contribution degree points, and the contribution points of the respondents are also accumulated. it can. Further, a distribution chart of the degree of contribution can be created for the specification or patent publication at the time of application.
[0059]
As a result, compensation money and reward money for proposals such as inventions can be fairly distributed to the proposer and related parties. The most appropriate person can be assigned to the notification of reasons for refusal or the opposition to the patent, according to the content of the pointed out.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a proposal management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a proposal management method according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display screen of a terminal.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen of a terminal.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display screen of the terminal.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display screen of the terminal.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an application content.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of comment contents.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of comment contents.
FIG. 10 is a table showing contribution points and contributions (%) for each submitted idea.
FIG. 11 is a correspondence table between ideas submitted and claims.
FIG. 12 is a table showing the contribution of the inventor / circulator to the constituent requirements of claim 1;
FIG. 13 is a table showing the degree of contribution of the inventor / circulator to the constituent requirements of claims 2 and 3;
FIG. 14 is a table showing the correspondence between the contents described in the paragraph numbers of the specification and each claim when only the embodiment is analyzed from the column of the detailed description of the invention.
FIG. 15 is a table listing the contributions of the inventor / circulator to each statement (claims, paragraphs) in the entire specification.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display screen of the contents of the claims and the specification.
FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a computer.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Server
11 Inventor terminal
12 Cooperator terminals
13 Boss terminal
14 Patent department terminal
15 External terminal
16 Network
17 Company-wide server
18 Groupware server
19 Patent Server
20 Knowledge Server
21 Employee Database
22 Workflow Database
23 Patent Management Database
24 Patent Application Database
25 Basic Mining Dictionary
26 Contribution Mining Dictionary

Claims (11)

A terminal for displaying a proposal submission document or a document describing the content of the proposal, and allowing the proposer or a person involved in the proposal to input information regarding the proposal; a server connected to the terminal via a network; and a server managed by the server. And a database to be
The server assigns a contribution point to the proposer or the related person each time information on a proposal is input from the terminal by the proposer or the related person, and registers the contribution point in the database. Become a proposal management system. The proposal management system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal includes a first terminal for inputting a proposal content, and at least one second terminal for examining and evaluating the proposed content,
The server assigns a first contribution point to the proposer and registers the proposed content in the database at least when information relating to the proposed content is input from the first terminal, and registers the proposed content in the database. 2 terminal, and when information relating to the evaluation of the proposal is input from the second terminal, a second contribution point is given to the evaluator, registered in the database, and the evaluation of the proposal is registered in the database. The information is sent to the first terminal, and when the first terminal inputs information relating to the revised proposal based on the evaluation of the proposal, a third contribution point is given to the proposer and registered in the database. A proposal management system. 2. The proposal management system according to claim 1, wherein the server includes means for evaluating the contribution of the proposal using the registered contribution points, the means comprising: a proposal input by a proposer or a person involved in the proposal. A proposal management system that analyzes the correlation between information about a proposal and a proposal based on the information, and evaluates the contribution of the proposal based on the analysis result and the contribution points. 2. The proposal management system according to claim 1, wherein the server distributes the contribution points such that the contribution points of the proposer with respect to the total of the accumulated contribution points become a fixed ratio. The proposal management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the proposal is a proposal related to intellectual property. A terminal for displaying a proposal submission document or a document describing the content of the proposal, and allowing the proposer or a person involved in the proposal to input information regarding the proposal; a server connected to the terminal via a network; and a server managed by the server. A proposal management method of a proposal management system, comprising:
The server assigns a contribution point to the proposer or the related person each time information relating to the proposal is input by the proposer or the related person from the terminal, and registers the contribution degree point in the database. Management method. 7. The proposal management method according to claim 6, wherein the terminal includes a first terminal for inputting proposal contents, and at least one second terminal for examining and evaluating the proposed contents,
At least, when information relating to the proposal content is input from the first terminal, a first contribution point is given to the proposer and registered in the database, and the proposal content is stored in the second terminal. A first step of sending, and when information regarding evaluation of a proposal is input from the second terminal, a second contribution point is given to an evaluator, registered in the database, and the evaluation of the proposal is registered in the database. A second step of sending to the first terminal, and a third contribution point is given to the proposer when information about the proposal modified based on the evaluation of the proposal is input from the first terminal. And a third step of registering the proposal in a database. 7. The proposal management method according to claim 6, wherein the server analyzes the correlation between the information on the proposal input by the proposer or a person related to the proposal and the proposal based on the information, and analyzes the analysis result and the contribution. A proposal management method that evaluates the contribution of proposals based on degree points. 7. The proposal management method according to claim 6, wherein the server distributes the contribution points such that the contribution points of the proposer to the total of the accumulated contribution points are a fixed ratio. The proposal management method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the proposal is a proposal related to intellectual property. A proposal management program for causing a computer to execute the proposal management method according to any one of claims 6 to 9.

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