JP2007102583A - Patent information management system, patent information management method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a patent information management system capable of easily changing an input screen according to the job of a user on the user side. <P>SOLUTION: A setting screen 11 for prompting the user to input information for setting validity or invalidity for each entry is displayed. An input from the user to the setting screen 11 is acquired, setting information for each user is generated and recorded. From the recorded setting information for each user and model information of the input screen, a user-based input screen 12 is generated, and displayed on a display. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a patent information management system, a patent information management method, and a program for managing information related to a patent case using a computer.

  In recent years, the utility of a patent information management system for performing application for domestic and foreign patents, request for examination, deadline management such as intermediate processing, and pension management after registration has been increasing. Such a patent information management system has functions for deadline management and annuity management, a function for outputting such management information, a function for issuing various notifications, etc., and XML (eXtensible Markup Language) Other systems, such as an electronic application system that supports applications, a package management system that centrally manages a large number of intellectual property documents, and a patent information search system that allows a large number of intellectual property documents to be stored and searched by keywords Some have made it possible to cooperate with An existing patent information management system is mainly provided as a web application that uses a web browser as a client and communicates using HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol).

In Patent Document 1, a domestic application ledger, a foreign application ledger, and their progress ledgers are displayed on a screen, and patent information and progress information are entered and managed on those screens. It is possible to display and input progress information related to multiple applications. Patent Document 2 describes a method for customizing a screen from a template part and an optional part. In addition, Patent Document 3 describes a method of customization by inputting items and positions to be additionally displayed in a column provided as a spare screen.
JP 2003-242246 A JP 2003-186671 A JP 2002-73838 A

  The patent information to be managed for each case consists of many items. For this reason, it is necessary to provide a function for individually inputting information on a large number of items on an input screen for inputting patent information for each case. However, the items of information to be managed by individual users differ depending on the business in charge. For example, a person in charge of a domestic application does not need an item of information relating to a foreign application, and vice versa. In view of this, it is possible to change (customize) the item configuration according to the work of each user by changing the setting file for setting the configuration of the program and the input screen.

  However, changing the program and setting file requires specialized knowledge, and it is difficult for the user to easily and flexibly change it. Moreover, even if the system provider takes charge of the change work, there is a problem that it takes time and effort to create the input screen according to each user's request. Furthermore, when the user's charge changes, there is also a problem that a quick response cannot be made when it is desired to change the item configuration of the input screen.

  In view of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a patent information management system, a patent information management method, and a program capable of easily changing an input screen in accordance with a user's assigned work on the user side.

  In order to solve the above problems, the patent information management system of the present invention is a patent information management system for managing information consisting of a plurality of items related to patent matters, and setting information for setting validity or invalidity for each item. Acquired by setting screen display means for displaying a setting screen for the user to input, setting information acquisition means for acquiring input from the user to the setting screen and generating setting information for each user, and setting information acquisition means Setting information storage means for storing setting information for each user, user-specific input screen generation means for generating an input screen for each user based on the setting information for each user stored in the setting information storage means, and the generated user And display means for displaying another input screen.

  According to the present invention, each user can set an input screen dedicated to the user by selecting on the setting screen an item that should be valid according to his / her business.

  The input screen for each user may generate an input screen for each user based on the template information of the input screen and the setting information for each user.

  The user-specific input screen generation unit may generate an input screen including one or more information input units corresponding to items that are set to be valid.

  The user-specific input screen generation means generates an input screen in which one or more information input units corresponding to the items that are set effectively are arranged in a matrix, and the setting screen is the same as the corresponding information input unit for each item. It may further include a line feed attribute setting unit for allowing the user to input information for setting whether or not to allow other information input units to be arranged on the right side of the line.

  The user-specific input screen generation unit generates an input screen in which one or more information input units corresponding to items that are set to be valid are arranged in a matrix, and the setting screen includes addition of the information input units in units of rows and You may further have a line addition attribute setting part for making a user input the information for setting whether deletion is possible.

  The setting screen may further include an item name setting value input unit for allowing the user to input a setting value of the item name.

  The setting screen may further include a language type selection unit for allowing the user to select a language type on the input screen.

  Further, a patent information management system based on another aspect of the present invention is a patent information management system for managing information consisting of a plurality of items related to a patent case, and enables or disables each item on a plurality of input screens. Setting screen display means for displaying a setting screen for allowing a user to input setting information to be set, and setting information acquisition means for acquiring input from the user to the setting screen and generating setting information for each user and input screen And a setting information storage means for storing setting information for each user and input screen acquired by the setting information acquisition means, and an input screen for each user based on the setting information for each user and input screen stored in the setting information storage means And a display unit for displaying the generated input screen for each user.

  According to the present invention, for each of the plurality of input screens, each user sets the user-specific input screen by the user himself / herself selecting an item that should be valid according to his / her business on the setting screen. be able to.

  According to the patent information management system, the patent information management method, and the program of the present invention, the input screen adapted to the user's assigned task can be easily changed on the user side.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram relating to an input screen customization function in the patent information management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  The patent information management system 100 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that executes a program, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory) that is a main memory that stores a program or data being executed, a program, and the like. Or a storage system such as a hard disk drive for storing data, an input device such as a keyboard or mouse, and a display device, or a network system configured by organically connecting multiple computers through a communication line To be realized.

  The input screen customization function shown in FIG. 1 is a part of the overall function of the patent information management system 100.

  The setting screen display unit 1 is a means for displaying on the display device a setting screen 11 for allowing the user to input information for setting validity or invalidity for each item of the input screen for inputting information for each patent case.

  The setting information acquisition unit 2 is a unit that acquires input from the user on the setting screen 11, generates setting information (setting file) for each user, and records it in the setting information storage unit 3.

  The setting information storage unit 3 is means for storing setting information (setting file) for each user generated by the setting information acquisition unit 2.

  The input screen template information storage unit 4 is a part in which input screen template information, that is, input screen information covering the information input units corresponding to all items is stored.

  The user management unit 8 is means for managing a combination of a login ID and a password for each user and performing user authentication when logging in to the patent information management system 100.

  The user-specific input screen generation unit 5 is logged in from the setting file for each user stored in the setting information storage unit 3 and the template information of the input screen stored in the template information storage unit 4 of the input screen. This is means for generating a user-specific input screen.

  The user-specific input screen storage unit 6 is means for storing the information of the user-specific input screen 12 generated by the user-specific input screen generation unit 5 in association with the login ID.

  The user-specific input screen display unit 7 is means for analyzing information on the user-specific input screen 12 and displaying the information on the display device.

  As a language for describing the input screen, for example, there is JSP (Java Server Pages). JSP is a Java (registered trademark) program embedded in an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format file. Therefore, the input screen can be customized by changing the HTML.

  Next, the operation of the input screen customization function in the patent information management system 100 of this embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart regarding the setting of the input screen.

  First, on the login screen of the patent information management system 100, the user inputs his login ID and password (step S201). The user management unit 8 manages a combination of a login ID and a password set in advance by each user, and performs user authentication by receiving the login ID and password input on the login screen (step S202). If the user authentication fails (NO in step S203), the user management unit 8 notifies the error and waits for the input of the login ID and password again (step S204). If the login is successful (YES in step S203), the user is permitted to call the setting screen 11 and the user-specific input screen 12 (step S205).

  This time, in order to set the user-specific input screen 12, the user performs an operation input for calling the setting screen 11 using the input device 9. The setting screen display unit 1 receives the calling of the setting screen 11 (YES in step S207), and displays the setting screen 11 on the display device (step S208).

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the setting screen 11.

  As shown in the figure, the setting screen 11 includes an item name initial value display unit 21, an item name set value input unit 22, and display attribute information for each item included in the template information. A check box 23, a line feed attribute check box 24, a line addition attribute check box 25, and the like are provided in a table format.

  The initial value displayed on the initial value display section 21 of the item name is fixed. A setting value (character string) of an item name input by the user is input and displayed in the item name setting value input unit 22. The display attribute check box 23 is a part for setting validity or invalidity (display or non-display) for each item. More specifically, this is a part for setting whether or not to display the information input unit corresponding to the item on the input screen 12 for each user. A line feed attribute check box 24 is a part for setting whether or not to permit another information input part to be arranged on the right side of the same line of the information input part corresponding to the item (whether or not to make a line break). It is. The check box 25 of the line addition attribute is a part for setting whether or not the information input part can be added and deleted in units of lines. Some items have initial values given to the display attribute, line feed attribute, and line addition attribute, and these initial values are fixed, that is, cannot be changed. A check box identified by a dotted line in FIG. 3 indicates that an initial value of the attribute is given. The check boxes having these initial values can be visually distinguished from other check boxes by, for example, color and shape. The setting screen 11 is provided with a radio button 29 for selecting one of the language types (Japanese / English).

  Returning to FIG. 2, the user inputs setting contents corresponding to his / her business contents on the setting screen 11 (step S209). That is, by using the input device 9 such as a keyboard or a mouse, input of text into the input unit 22 of the setting value of the item name, check on each check box 23, 24, 25 of the display attribute, line feed attribute, and line addition attribute And language type selection with the radio button 29 are performed.

  When the registration button 26 on the setting screen 11 is pressed by the user (YES in step S212), the setting information acquisition unit 2 is activated. The setting information acquisition unit 2 acquires an input of setting contents by the user to the setting screen 11 (step S213), forms a file as setting information for each user, and records it in the setting information storage unit 3 (step S214). At this time, the setting file is recorded in association with the login ID of the logged-in user.

  If the cancel button 28 on the setting screen 11 is operated by the user (YES in step S210), all the setting contents on the setting screen 11 until that time are cleared (step S215), and the initial state screen is displayed. Returned to

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, when the preview button 27 on the setting screen 11 is operated by the user (YES in step S211), the input screen reflecting the setting contents of the user-specific input screen 12 up to the present time is displayed. The image is displayed as a preview screen (step S216). Accordingly, setting information can be input while confirming the setting contents, and work efficiency can be improved.

  Next, an operation when the user-specific input screen 12 is called will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart regarding the calling of the user-specific input screen 12.

  This operation is started when an operation input for calling the input screen 12 is performed by the user in step S206 of FIG. 2 after successful user authentication in the flowchart of FIG.

  When the input screen is called, the user-specific input screen generation unit 5 is activated, and the user-specific input screen generation unit 5 first obtains the login ID of the logged-in user from the user management unit 8 (step S401). Subsequently, the user-specific input screen generation unit 5 checks the setting information storage unit 3 for the presence of a setting file associated with the login ID (step S402). When the corresponding setting file is stored in the setting information storage unit 3 (NO in step S403), an error notification that the setting of the input screen has not been completed is performed (step S404), and this process is terminated. To do.

  If the corresponding setting file exists in the setting information storage unit 3 (YES in step S403), the user-specific input screen generation unit 5 reads the setting file from the setting information storage unit 3 and also inputs the template information storage unit of the input screen The template information of the input screen is read from 4 (step S405), and the information of the user-specific input screen 12 is generated based on these information (step S406). The generated information on the user-specific input screen 12 is recorded in the user-specific input screen storage unit 6 logically associated with the login ID (step S407).

  Thereafter, the user-specific input screen generation unit 5 calls the user-specific input screen display unit 7. The user-specific input screen display unit 7 obtains the login ID of the logged-in user from the user management unit 8, and obtains information on the user-specific input screen 12 associated with the login ID from the user-specific input screen storage unit 6. The read analysis is performed and the user-specific input screen 12 is displayed on the display device (step S408).

  Thereafter, information is input from the user to the information input section of each item on the displayed input screen 12 for each user by using the input device 9 and input to the information input section of each item. Information is recorded in a format associated with the item.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the input screen image 13 corresponding to the template information of the input screen, and FIG. 6 shows an example of the image of the user-specific input screen 12. The user-specific input screen 12 in FIG. 6 reflects the setting contents shown in FIG.

  According to the settings shown in FIG. 3, the display attribute values of the item names are “wrapping number”, “former OurCase”, “English name”, “local agent”, “local agent Ref”, and “local agent person in charge” Is off. Accordingly, the result of packing the information input portions of other items in the row direction and the column direction from the input screen image 13 corresponding to the template information shown in FIG. 5 except the information input portions corresponding to those corresponding items is shown in FIG. 6 is obtained as a user-specific input screen 12 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of a method for packing information input units corresponding to valid items on the user-specific input screen 12. FIG. 7A shows setting contents of display attributes on the user-specific input screen 12. Here, it is assumed that the non-display attribute is set for the item-5, the item-7, the item-8, and the item-9. As a result of filling each non-displayed item, as shown in FIG. 7B, in the line to which item-5 belongs, the item-6 is packed on the right side of the item-4, and the right side is blank. Become. In addition, since the items -7, -8, and -9 belong to the same line, when these items are set to non-display, the lower line (item-10, item-11, item-9) The entire line including the items -12 is attached immediately below the line including the items -4 and -6.

  An item whose line feed attribute value is set to ON excludes that another information input unit is placed on the right side of the same line in the information input unit of the item. This is useful in the following cases, for example.

  FIG. 8A shows a part of an image corresponding to the template information on the input screen. Here, by turning on the value of the line feed attribute of the item “request to specific research institution”, the right side of the information input unit 81 corresponding to the item “request to specific research institution” in the template information on the input screen The information input unit 82 of the item “Old OurCase” arranged in FIG. 8 is moved to the next line on the user-specific input screen 12 shown in FIG. That is, when a line break is desired after the information input part of a certain item, the value of the line break attribute of that item may be turned on.

  In the setting screen 11 shown in FIG. 3, since the value of the line addition attribute of the items whose item names (setting values) are “file charge” and “office work charge” is set to ON, the information input section for these items Additions and deletions are performed in units of lines. For example, in the user-specific input screen 12 of FIG. 6, the two information input units 83 and 84 of the item “in charge of file” are arranged in one line, and addition and deletion of these two information input units 83 and 84 are performed. Means to be done at the same time. The same applies to the “office work” item. Thus, the two items can be handled as one group.

  Further, in the setting screen 11 shown in FIG. 3, when the test data of the setting value is input to the setting value input unit 22 of the item name, the corresponding item is displayed on the user-specific input screen 12 shown in FIG. The name is displayed instead of the set value from the initial value. For example, for the information input sections 85, 86, 83, 84, and 87, the item names “OurCase”, “reference number”, “technical charge”, and “Japanese name” are “OurRef”, “agency reference number”, “ It is changed to “File Manager” and “Invention Name (Japanese)”.

  Also, according to the setting contents of the example of the setting screen 11 shown in FIG. 3, the language type is set to “Japanese” with the radio button 29 for selecting one of the language types (Japanese / English). Therefore, the language displayed on the input screen for each user shown in FIG. 6 is Japanese. When the language type is set to “English”, the language displayed on the input screen for each user is English.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, each user effectively sets necessary items according to his / her business contents through the setting screen 11 and creates a dedicated input screen 12 for each user. be able to. In addition to setting valid items, item names, line feed attributes, line addition attributes, language types, and the like can be set.

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Other embodiments and modifications of the present invention are shown below.

  FIG. 9 shows an example in which the function of the user-specific input screen generation unit 5 is implemented by Java (registered trademark). Here, a portion 91 surrounded by a dotted line obtains a session ID, obtains a login ID held in the session (a login ID held in the user management unit 8), and generates a JSP file name It is a part to do. Another portion 92 surrounded by a dotted line is a description portion that expands the JSP file corresponding to the login ID. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a description example 101 of the user-specific input screen 12 by JSP and an image 102 of the user-specific input screen corresponding thereto.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another example when the user-specific input screen 12 is created by JSP. In this example, first, a JSP 110 using a system-specific custom tag 111 for generating HTML is generated. Subsequently, the user-specific input screen generation unit 5 acquires the tag handler 114 that implements the function of the custom tag 111 through the tag library descriptor 113 in which the tag library configuration information 112 is described in XML. The tag handler 114 is associated one-to-one with a Java (registered trademark) tag class in which the function of the custom tag 111 is implemented. The user-specific input screen generation unit 5 generates an HTML 115 that defines a detailed item configuration of the user-specific input screen by calling and analyzing a method in the Java (registered trademark) tag class corresponding to the acquired tag handler 114. The final JSP 116 is output.

  Although the above description has been made assuming that there is one type of input screen, if there are a plurality of types of input screens, it is necessary to prepare a setting screen and model information for each type of input screen.

  In this case, when the user calls the setting screen 11 using the input device 9, the user inputs an ID (input screen ID) that identifies the type of the input screen. When the setting screen display unit 1 receives the call of the setting screen 11 and displays the setting screen 11 on the display device, the setting screen display unit 1 displays the setting screen 11 corresponding to the acquired input screen ID. The setting information acquisition unit 2 acquires an input of setting contents by the user to the setting screen 11, and then files it as setting information for each user and input screen and records it in the setting information storage unit 3. When calling an arbitrary input screen, the user-specific input screen generation unit 5 requests the user to input information indicating the type of the input screen (input screen ID) after user authentication by inputting the user's login ID and password. To do. The user-specific input screen generation unit 5 reads the setting file for each input screen of the corresponding user from the setting information storage unit 3 based on the login ID of the user and the input screen ID that has been input, and the template information of the input screen Template information corresponding to the type of the input screen is read from the storage unit 4. After this, it is the same as described above, and the user-specific input screen generation unit 5 generates information on the user-specific input screen from the read setting file and template information of the input screen.

  As means for generating a user-specific input screen, a JSP in which a display control program for controlling display / non-display of each item on the input screen based on a setting file may be employed. This JSP is commonly used for each user, and is prepared for each type of input screen.

  FIG. 12 shows a description example of JSP in which this display control program is embedded. In the JSP description example 120, 121 indicates a part of the display control program. The part 121 of the display control program displays / not displays the item whose file name is “file identification” in the setting files 122 and 123. It is responsible for display switching control. That is, in the setting files 32 and 33, a flag value is set by the user for the item “file identification”, and a part 121 of the display control program is input if this flag value is “YES”. The item of “file identification” on the screen is displayed. If “NO”, it is not displayed.

  The JSP in which this display control program is embedded is read and interpreted by the web browser every time a user-specific input screen is called by the user. Then, by executing the display control program on the web browser, an input screen for each user is generated and displayed on the display device.

  When a JSP in which this display control program is embedded is adopted, as shown in FIG. 13, the template information storage unit 4 and the user-specific input screen storage unit 6 of the input screen according to the first embodiment are unnecessary. Instead of these configurations, the user common JSP storage unit 15 is required. The user common JSP storage unit 15 stores a JSP in which a display control program is embedded for each type of input screen.

  The user-specific input screen display unit 16 includes a web browser. The user-specific input screen display unit 7 receives a call of the user-specific input screen including the input screen ID from the user, and reads the JSP corresponding to the input screen ID from the user common JSP storage unit 15. The user-specific input screen display unit 7 acquires the login ID of the currently logged-in user from the user management unit 8, is associated with the login ID from the setting information storage unit 3, and corresponds to the input screen ID. Read the configuration file. Then, a user-specific input screen is generated and displayed based on the read JSP and setting file.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the information input unit corresponding to the item set to be invalid on the setting screen 11 is not hidden, but is displayed as a non-inputable information input unit in a format that can be identified by the user. Also good. This makes it possible to clearly identify items that can be input and items that are not so, among all the items. FIG. 15 shows a description example of JSP in a case where the information input part of the item set to invalid is displayed as the information input part of the item that cannot be input. Here, the description portion 151 is a description portion relating to an item that cannot be input.

  Further, the configuration on the display of the user-specific input screen may be common to all users, and the validity / invalidity of the input function of the information input unit of each item may be controlled according to the setting file for each user. In this case, when the input unit tries to input an invalid item, control is performed so that a warning (sound, display) that the input is invalid is issued.

  The embodiment according to the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. .

It is a block diagram regarding the customization function of the input screen in the patent information management system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart regarding the setting of an input screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting screen. It is a flowchart regarding the call of the input screen classified by user. It is a figure which shows the example of the input screen image corresponding to the template information of an input screen. It is a figure which shows the example of the image of the input screen classified by user. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the method of packing the information input part corresponding to an effective item in a user-specific input screen. It is a figure which shows the example of the input screen classified by user regarding a line feed attribute. It is an example at the time of mounting the function of the input screen generation part according to user by Java (registered trademark). It is a figure which shows the example of a description of the input screen classified by user by JSP, and the image of the input screen classified by user corresponding to this. It is a figure which shows another example in the case of producing a user-specific input screen by JSP. It is a figure which shows the example of description of JSP which embedded the display control program. It is a block diagram regarding the customization function of an input screen at the time of using JSP which embedded the display control program in a patent information management system. It is a figure which shows the example which displays the information input part corresponding to the item set as invalid as an information input part which cannot be input. It is a figure which shows the example of description of JSP which displays the information input part corresponding to the item set as invalid as an information input part which cannot be input.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Setting screen display part, 2 ... Setting information acquisition part, 3 ... Setting information storage part, 4 ... Model information storage part of an input screen, 5 ... Input screen generation part according to user, 6 ... Input screen storage part according to user, 7 ... user-specific input screen display unit, 8 ... user management unit, 9 ... input device, 11 ... setting screen, 12 ... user-specific input screen, 100 ... patent information management system.

Claims (10)

A patent information management system for managing information consisting of a plurality of items related to patent matters,
A setting screen display means for displaying a setting screen for allowing the user to input setting information for setting validity or invalidity for each item;
Setting information acquisition means for acquiring input from the user to the setting screen and generating setting information for each user;
Setting information storage means for storing setting information for each user generated by the setting information acquisition means;
A user-specific input screen generating unit that generates a user-specific input screen based on the setting information for each user stored in the setting information storage unit;
A patent information management system comprising: display means for displaying the generated input screen for each user.   The patent information management system according to claim 1, wherein the user-specific input screen generating unit generates a user-specific input screen based on template information of the input screen and setting information for each user.   The patent information management system according to claim 1, wherein the user-specific input screen generation unit generates an input screen including one or more information input units corresponding to items that are set to be valid. The user-specific input screen generating means generates an input screen in which one or more information input units corresponding to items that are set to be effective are arranged in a matrix,
The setting screen allows the user to input information for setting whether or not to allow another information input unit to be arranged on the right side of the same row of the corresponding information input unit for each item. The patent information management system according to claim 1, further comprising a line feed attribute setting unit. The user-specific input screen generating means generates an input screen in which one or more information input units corresponding to items that are set to be effective are arranged in a matrix,
The setting screen further includes a line addition attribute setting unit for allowing a user to input information for setting whether or not the information input unit can be added and deleted in units of lines. The patent information management system according to claim 1.   The patent information management system according to claim 1, wherein the setting screen further includes an item name setting value input unit for allowing a user to input a setting value of an item name.   The patent information management system according to claim 1, wherein the setting screen further includes a language type selection unit for allowing a user to select a language type on the input screen. A patent information management system for managing information consisting of a plurality of items related to patent matters,
A setting screen display means for displaying a setting screen for allowing the user to input setting information for setting valid or invalid for each item of each of a plurality of input screens;
Setting information acquisition means for acquiring input from the user to the setting screen and generating the setting information for each of the user and the input screen;
Setting information storage means for storing the setting information for each of the user and the input screen generated by the setting information acquisition means;
A user-specific input screen generating unit that generates a user-specific input screen based on the user and the setting information for each input screen stored in the setting information storage unit;
A patent information management system comprising: display means for displaying the generated input screen for each user. A method of managing information consisting of a plurality of items related to patent cases using a computer,
Displaying a setting screen for allowing the user to input setting information for setting validity or invalidity for each item by the setting screen display means;
A step of acquiring input from the user to the setting screen by setting information acquisition means and generating setting information for each user;
Storing the setting information for each user generated by the setting information acquisition means by setting information storage means;
Generating a user-specific input screen based on the setting information for each user stored in the setting information storage unit by a user-specific input screen generating unit;
A patent information management method comprising: displaying the generated user-specific input screen by a display means. A program for causing a computer to function as a patent information management system that manages information consisting of a plurality of items related to patent matters,
The computer,
A setting screen display means for displaying a setting screen for allowing the user to input setting information for setting validity or invalidity for each item;
Setting information acquisition means for acquiring input from the user to the setting screen and generating setting information for each user;
Setting information storage means for storing setting information for each user generated by the setting information acquisition means;
A user-specific input screen generating unit that generates a user-specific input screen based on the setting information for each user stored in the setting information storage unit;
A program that functions as display means for displaying the generated input screen for each user.

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