CN1490742A - Patent family analyzing system and method - Google Patents
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The system consists of multiple computer at the client end, an application software server and a load data bank server, of which the software server comprises a patent unloading engine and a patent family analysing unit. The patent family unloading condition is set through the user interface in computer of the client end by the user to unload patent family information on the condition automatically from a patent family databank by the engine as well as to store them into the local data bank. The patent family analysing condition is set through the client interface by the user to search and analyse the patent family information in the local databank and to send the analysis result to the user through computer at the client end.
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[technical field]
The present invention relates to a kind of patent information disposal system and method, especially relate to a kind of System and method for of statistical study patent family.
[background technology]
Patent family refers to the arrangement of the patent of same theme in the whole world, be embodied in and be meant then on the patent documentation that with of the set of same patent wherein this patent formerly as the right of priority of all patents in the patent family is called basic patent as all patents of the patent formerly of right of priority.Patent family analysis understands the rival for company and technical development dynamically plays crucial effect, helps the patent arrangement strategy of the company that analyzes as certain company being carried out patent family analysis, thereby knows the production development strategy of company clearly; Certain technical field is carried out patent family analysis, help to understand the state of development of this technology in various countries or area.
Provide the database of patent family now on the market, pass through its website as LexisNexis
Www.lexix.comOffer client's patent family data storehouse, the user can be with retrieval mode patent searching family data such as the patent No., Business Names.For general user, read the patent family data of retrieving out, also need to understand voluntarily and statistical study, not too convenient.In addition, when search condition is set, retrieve with one group of self-defining patent No. if desired, need to seem comparatively loaded down with trivial details by the patent No. of pen input as search key, and when claim is big, can't once import, because when retrieving with the patent No., the limited length system of keyword, if retrieve in batches, adding up just seems wastes time and energy.So be desirable to provide a kind of patent family analyzing system, the user is provided retrieval mode easily, simultaneously the above-mentioned patent family data that retrieves is carried out further analysis and arrangement, provide the stronger patent family analysis result of a readability to represent to the user.
[summary of the invention]
Patent family analyzing system of the present invention and method offer user's retrieval mode easily, and can carry out statistical study to the patent family data that retrieval obtains.
The invention provides a kind of patent family analyzing system, it includes many client computers, one application software server and a local data base, described many client computers link to each other with application software server by network, and application software server connects by a kind of database and links to each other with local data base.Wherein client computer provides an interactive user interface, and the user can set patent family by this interactive user interface and download condition and the patent family analysis condition is set.Application software server includes: a patent download engine, it can be downloaded condition according to the patent that the user is provided with and download Patent data from a remote data base automatically, downloads the patent family data from a patent family data storehouse according to the patent family download condition that the user is provided with; One patent family analysis device, it can generate the patent analyses result according to the patent family analysis condition that the user is provided with; One control device, the running of its control patent download engine and patent family analysis device, mutual between scheduling patent download engine and patent family analysis device and the user, it receives the download condition of user's setting and the download condition is sent to the patent download engine, to download the result and show the user by user interface, receive the patent family analysis condition of user's setting and to the patent family analysis device of sending, the analysis result that the patent family analysis device is produced sends client computer to simultaneously.Local data base is used to store the Patent data and the patent family data of download.
The present invention also provides a kind of patent family analysis method, and it includes following steps: (a) user downloads condition by the UI Preferences patent; (b) the patent download engine is downloaded condition according to this patent and is downloaded qualified Patent data by network from a remote data base, and it is saved to a local data base; (c) user downloads condition by the UI Preferences patent family; (d) the patent download engine is downloaded condition according to patent family and is downloaded qualified patent family data by network from a patent family data storehouse, and it is saved to local data base; (e) user is by UI Preferences patent family analysis condition; (f) the patent family analysis device generates analysis result according to this patent family analysis condition.
Patent family analyzing system of the present invention and method assisted user are provided with the patent family search condition, and retrieval gained patent family data is carried out statistical study, represent to the user in the statistical graph mode, have improved the readability of patent family analysis report.
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Fig. 1 is patent family analyzing system hardware structure figure of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a patent family analyzing system functional block diagram of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is that the patent family data of patent family analyzing system of the present invention and method is downloaded process flow diagram.
Fig. 4 is the patent family analysis process flow diagram of patent family analyzing system of the present invention and method.
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As shown in Figure 1, be patent family analyzing system hardware structure figure of the present invention.This system includes many client computers 10, one application software server 12, one local database servers 15, at least one remote database server 16 and a patent family data storehouse server 17.Wherein client computer 10 links to each other with application software server 12 by network 11, and network 11 can be an intranet Intranet, also can be Internet or other type communication network.Application software server 12 links to each other with local database server 15 by connecting 13, connecting 13 is that a kind of database connects, connect (OpenDatabase Connectivity as the open type data storehouse, ODBC), perhaps Java database connection (Java DatabaseConnectivity, JDBC) etc.Application software server 12 links to each other with remote database server 16 and patent family data storehouse server 17 by external network 14, and external network 14 is external communication networks, as Internet.Local database server 15 is used for the data that access is downloaded by remote database server 16 and patent family data storehouse server 17.Application software server 12 is by all disclosed Patent datas of remote database server 16 accesses, by patent family data storehouse server 17 access patent family data.
As shown in Figure 2, be patent family analyzing system functional block diagram of the present invention.Client computer 10 includes a user interface 100 and an output unit 101 as a result.User interface 100 provides an interactive user interface for the user, so that the user carries out corresponding operating, comprises being provided with of maintenance to the setting of downloading condition, company profile, patent family analysis condition etc.Output unit 101 is used for showing and output patent family analysis result as a result, and display format comprises chart and form etc.Local database server 15 includes a local data base 150, stores at least one Business Name set, and each Business Name set is made up of all Business Names that belong to same corporate family.
Patent family data download apparatus 1201 is used for downloading the patent family data from patent family data storehouse server 17.Patent family data storehouse server 17 includes a patent family data storehouse, stores complete patent family data, as the patent family data storehouse of LexixNexis company.After above-mentioned Patent data download apparatus 1200 had been downloaded patent, it was that search condition is downloaded the patent family data and is that search condition is downloaded the patent family data with the Business Name that the user can select with the patent No. by user interface 100.
If with the patent No. is that search condition is downloaded the patent family data, system can illustrate above-mentioned patent tabulation of downloading by user interface 100 row, and the user can choose the patent that will download the patent family data according to actual needs.The user also can filter out qualified patent by filtercondition is set.Wanting other patent of certain self defined class is carried out patent family analysis as the user, can this self-defined classification be filtercondition then, filters out to belong to other all patents of this self defined class.Patent family download apparatus 1201 can be sent to patent family data storehouse server 17 automatically according to the patent tabulation generated query condition of these selections.The patent family under each patent is searched in server 17 search patent family data storehouses 170 in patent family data storehouse respectively.For each patent family, all patents that wherein comprise all have common right of priority, and wherein these patents with common right of priority are called as the patent family member, and this common right of priority is called as basic patent.The patent family data of returning includes some basic messages of all patent family members and basic patent, as the patent No. and each license country etc.
If with the Business Name is that search condition is downloaded the patent family data, system can illustrate above-mentioned patent right people's Business Name of downloading patent by the user interface row, the user can choose a part of Business Name wherein, for each Business Name, if store the Business Name set of the said firm's title correspondence in the local data base 150, system is the Business Name set of prompting the said firm correspondence automatically, the user can select the one or more Business Names in the said firm's title set to make up as a consortium, goes to download the patent family data of group of the said firm with the name of group of the said firm; If do not have corresponding Business Name set in the local data base 150, then directly select the said firm's title to go to download the patent family data of the said firm.After selection finished, patent family download apparatus 1201 can be sent to patent family data storehouse server 17 automatically according to the Business Name generated query condition of these selections.Patent family data storehouse server 17 search patent family data storehouses 170, go to search the patent family data of the said firm or consortium respectively with each Business Name or consortium's title, the patent family data of returning is arranged with Business Name or consortium's title, patent family data for each company, arrange with the patent No. respectively again, each patent No. all is associated with one group of patent family data, comprises all patent family member and basic patent.
Company profile's attending device 121 is convenient to user inquiring, increases, revises, deletes the Business Name set newly and is inquired about, increases newly, revises, deletes the interior Business Name of certain Business Name set.
The analysis condition that patent family analysis device 122 is used for being provided with according to the user produces analysis result.The analysis condition that it is provided with according to the user, this analysis condition is converted to the query statement of database identification, this query statement is sent to local database server 15, the patent family data of storage is back to patent family analysis device 122 with qualified patent family data in the local database server 15 search local data bases 150.For example, the user wants a plurality of opponents are compared at the patent family of certain technical field, and then the user selects opponent's title by user interface 100, sets this particular technology area, and the technical classification of supposing this particular technology area correspondence is A.This analysis condition is converted to query statement by patent family analysis device 122, local database server 15 at first searches the patent family data of these a plurality of opponents according to this query statement, then the patent family data of each opponent is screened according to the technical point class-mark, if the technical classification of patent is A, then the patent family data with this patent place is included in the Query Result, up to finding the patent family data of all companies, then the patent family data that searches is back to patent family analysis device 122 at this particular technology area.Patent family analysis device 122 is at first arranged these qualified patent family data again according to Business Name, then the patent family data of each company is added up according to the mandate country, the patent family data transmission after will putting in order is then given control device 123.
As shown in Figure 3, be the operation process chart of patent family analyzing system of the present invention and method.In flow process 3, at first the user downloads condition (step S30) by the UI Preferences patent, and this patent is downloaded condition and is sent to Patent data download apparatus 1200 by control device 123.Patent data download apparatus 1200 is downloaded condition according to this patent and is downloaded Patent data (step S31) from remote data base 160 automatically.After patent was downloaded and finished, the user downloaded condition (step S32) by the UI Preferences patent family.The patent family download apparatus is downloaded condition according to this patent family and 170 is downloaded patent family data (step S33) from the patent family data storehouse.The patent family data is downloaded and is finished, the user is by UI Preferences patent family analysis condition (step S34), the patent family analysis condition that this sets is sent to patent family analysis device 122 by control device 123, patent family analysis device 122 converts this patent family analysis condition to the query statement (step S35) of database identification, then this query statement is sent to local database server 15, local data base 15 is according to this query statement search local data base 150, search qualified patent family data, and the patent family data that finds is back to patent family analysis device (step S36).Patent family analysis device 122 obtains analysis result (step S37) after the patent family data of returning is put in order.This analysis result is sent to client computer 10 by control device, exports this analysis result by output unit 101 as a result with the form of statistical graph.
As shown in Figure 4, be the patent family data download process flow diagram of patent family analyzing system of the present invention and method.In this flow process 4, at first, the user downloads condition (step S40) by UI Preferences, this Patent data download apparatus 1200 is downloaded condition generated query statement according to this Patent data, this query statement is sent to remote database server 16 by network 14, remote database server 16 search remote data bases 160 are searched qualified Patent data, the result that this is searched is back to Patent data download apparatus 1200 then, and this download result is saved to local data base 150 (step S41) by control device 123.Patent data is downloaded and is finished, and the user downloads condition (step S42) by the UI Preferences patent family.At first, the user judges whether to download patent family data (step S43) according to Business Name as required, if the user selects to download the patent family data according to Business Name, then flow process 4 proceeds to step S44, at this moment, the related patentee's title of Patent data of the above-mentioned download of system's meeting automatic pick-up, form with tabulation lists to the user by user interface, the user can select to download the Business Name of patent family data voluntarily, company of every selection, system can judge automatically that the said firm's title has or not corresponding Business Name set (step S45), if corresponding Business Name set is arranged, then system points out the pairing Business Name set of the said firm's title (step S46) automatically, the user can therefrom choose one or more Business Names as a consortium (step S47), and the consortium that patent family data download apparatus 1201 is formed with these a plurality of Business Names is the patent family data (step S48) that search condition is downloaded group of the said firm; If there is not corresponding Business Name set, then patent family data download apparatus 1201 is called the patent family data (step S49) that search condition is downloaded the said firm with the said firm's name.If the user does not select to download the patent family data according to Business Name, then flow process 4 enters step S410, and the user selects to download the patent family data according to the patent No..If the user selects to download the patent family data with the patent No., then the patent that step S41 can be downloaded of system lists to the user by user interface 100 with the form of the patent No., the user can select whether manually to choose claim (step S411) according to actual needs, if, then choose the patent (step S412) that needs to download patent family automatically, patent family download apparatus 1201 is that search condition is downloaded patent family data (step S416) with the patent No. of selecting; If not, enter step S413, the user selects to set claim with filtercondition.The user is provided with patent filtercondition (step S414) by user interface 100, system filters out qualified patent (step S415) according to user's filter condition from the patent that step S41 downloads, patent family download apparatus 1201 is that search condition is downloaded patent family data (step S416) with the patent No. that filters out.At step S48, among S49 and the S416, patent family download apparatus 1201 is according to Business Name or patent No. generated query statement, by network 14 these query statements are sent to patent family data storehouse server 17, patent family data storehouse server 17 obtains qualified patent family data (step S417) according to query statement search patent family data storehouse 170.At last, the patent family data that these obtain is transmitted back to the patent family analysis device by network 14, and is saved to (step S418) in the local data base 150 by control device 123.
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1. patent family analyzing system, it comprises many client computers, one application software server and a local data base, described many client computers link to each other with application software server by network, application software server connects by a kind of database and links to each other with local data base, it is characterized in that:
Client computer provides an interactive user interface, and the user can set patent family by this interactive user interface and download condition and the patent family analysis condition is set;
Application software server includes:
One patent download engine, it can download condition certainly according to the patent that the user is provided with
Moving from remote data base download Patent data, according to the patent family of user's setting
The download condition is downloaded the patent family data from a patent family data storehouse;
One patent family analysis device, it can be according to the patent family branch of user's setting
The condition of analysing generates the patent analyses result;
One control device, its control patent download engine and patent family analysis device
Running, between scheduling patent download engine and patent family analysis device and the user
Mutual, it receives download condition that user is provided with and the download condition is sent to specially
Sharp download engine will be downloaded the result and show the user by interactive user interface,
Receive the patent family analysis condition of user's setting and to the patent family branch of sending
Analysis apparatus, the analysis result that the patent family analysis device is produced sends the visitor to simultaneously
Family end computing machine;
Patent data and patent family data that the local data library storage is downloaded.
2. patent family analyzing system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that client computer also includes an output unit as a result, is used for showing and output patent family analysis result.
3. patent family analyzing system as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that application software server also includes company profile's attending device, and the user checks, increases newly, revises and delete the Business Name set by it.
4. patent family analysis method is characterized in that including following steps:
(a) user downloads condition by the UI Preferences patent;
(b) the patent download engine is downloaded condition according to this patent and is downloaded qualified Patent data by network from a remote data base, and it is saved to a local data base;
(c) user downloads condition by the UI Preferences patent family;
(d) the patent download engine is downloaded condition according to patent family and is downloaded qualified patent family data by network from a patent family data storehouse, and it is saved to local data base;
(e) user is by UI Preferences patent family analysis condition;
(f) the patent family analysis device generates analysis result according to this patent family analysis condition.
5. patent family analysis method as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that also including with the step of analysis result by interactive user interface output.
6. as claim 4 or 5 described patent family analysis methods, it is characterized in that wherein step (c) includes following steps:
(c1) select to download the patent family data or download the patent family data with the patent No. with Business Name;
(c2) if select to download the patent family data with Business Name, then system's related patentee's title of patent that the patent download engine is downloaded is shown to the user by user interface, and the user therefrom chooses the Business Name that needs to download patent family;
(c3) download the patent family data if select with the patent No., then system is shown to the user with the patent No. of patent patent that download engine is downloaded by user interface, and the user can need to download the patent No. of patent family or the claim that filtercondition is set needs to download patent family is set by choosing voluntarily.
7. patent family analysis method as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that wherein step (c2) comprises the steps:
(c21) user chooses a certain Business Name by user interface;
(c22) system judges that the said firm's title has or not corresponding Business Name set, if corresponding Business Name set is arranged, then point out the Business Name set at the said firm title place automatically, the user therefrom selects one or more Business Name combinations as a consortium;
(c23) if there is not corresponding Business Name set, then directly enter step (c24);
(c24) repeat above-mentioned steps, select a plurality of Business Names, all select to finish, enter step (d) up to all Business Names that need download the patent family data.
8. patent family analysis method as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: wherein step (f) includes following steps:
The patent family analysis condition generated query statement that the patent family analysis device is provided with according to the user;
According to the qualified patent family data of this query statement search local data library lookup;
Generate analysis result according to the patent family data that searches.
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