JP2001022794A - Processing supporting method for information retrieval system and recording medium recording processing support program for information retrieval system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store an optimal data file matched to the needs of respective users by preprocessing batch transferred patent gazette data and displaying these data after rearranging them so as to be easily used by users. SOLUTION: When automatically editing extracts on the basis of the patent gazette data, with the literary items of the gazette data as objects the data of 'country of issue' and 'gazette class' are deleted and the item indexes of 'disclosure number' or 'date of disclosure' and 'applicant' are removed so that these data can be clearly recognized from the form or position thereof. Next, a patent number, a practical novel invention registration number, the date of issue, the date of disclosure, an application number, the date of application, the presence/absence of examination demand, the number of claim items and the number of pages are arranged within one line. Next, the applicant, an inventor and plural international patent classifications(IPC) are arranged on the same line and settled within one line and when there are data for plural lines in the IPC, data are continued after the partition of ';'. Then, the data of a part out of one line are deleted and the mark of '+' is added.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a server for storing full-text data of patent gazettes (publication gazettes and patent publications) on a server and transmitting a plurality of patent gazette data to the client in response to a request from the client. In an information retrieval system that displays and prints data, data that has been batch-transferred to the client is used to realize processing such as display and printing unique to each user, storage as a data file that can be handled by a word processor, and statistical analysis. And a recording medium storing a program for realizing the information processing support method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Full-text data of a patent publication is stored in a server, a search is performed in response to a request from a client such as a personal computer connected through a network, and patent publication data is transmitted to the client in response to the request. There is an information retrieval system that displays or prints the received data at the client.

In this conventional information retrieval system, display and printing are performed after a basic program in a client receives patent publication data from a server and performs predetermined processing according to a user's instruction. Also, in order to speed up the display, a plurality of patent publication data that the user desires to display is collectively transferred from the server to the client in advance (hereinafter, referred to as batch transfer). It was the client's basic program to display and print it.

Further, the contents of the patent information to be displayed are displayed in a display format according to the format of the patent gazette.
However, this display format is not suitable for a task of performing a quick investigation while looking at the screen. Therefore, a plurality of windows are opened, and a "Technical field to which the invention belongs", "Abstract of patent", "Claims", "Representative drawing", etc. can be displayed in a desired form. There is something.

[0005] The print format conforms to the format of the patent publication. Therefore, if you want to print 100 patent gazettes and want to view them slowly in another place, you can print hundreds of patent gazettes (specifications) or 100 gazettes.
It is necessary to print the front pages.

On the other hand, it is also possible to download and record patent publication data on a hard disk or a floppy (registered trademark) disk of a client.

[0007] By collecting patent publications in a certain technical field and examining them by applicant and year of publication, it is possible to find trends in technological development. Therefore, a search has been performed in which the results of a search from a technical viewpoint are further narrowed down sequentially by the applicant and the year of issue. In a conventional information search system, when searching patent publication data for five years for ten companies, the search processing is repeated 50 times.

A system for creating an abstract based on patent information data is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-36907.
No. 8 discloses a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. However, this system is not a client-side system,
In addition, the subject belongs to in-house data, not patent gazette data.

[0009]

When a plurality of windows are opened on the display screen, the effective area for displaying patent information is reduced due to the necessity of a frame at the top, bottom, left and right of each window. It was difficult to use on clients with small display screens such as personal computers. For this reason, it is necessary to effectively use the display screen of the client to display the abstract and the solution required for the technical patent search and the patent drawings in a legible manner. It should be noted that the technical patent search referred to in this specification means a search that focuses on technical matters described in the patent gazette.

In using patent publication data,
It is important not only to display on the screen, but also to print the main parts of the invention on paper. Since patent information is used in various ways, various formats are required. The front page of the published patent publication has little technical content despite spending a lot of paper space. In addition, patent publications (hereinafter also including publications) do not have items like abstracts. In addition, various types were required depending on the purpose of use, such as a simple format for recording several records on one page, and a somewhat complicated one for several pages containing all drawings.

However, if the basic program of the client does not only exchange data with the server, but also performs all processes up to display and print control processing, the resources of the client must be consumed in order to consume resources of the client. It is difficult to display and print in a format according to each request. Therefore, in order to make the system easier to use, it is necessary to improve the output form.

[0012] In downloading, it was only possible to select one of a recording method of a very simple content of only bibliographic items and a recording method of a whole specification of about 800 kbytes in seven standard pages. For this reason, there has been a need for a method of storing the main parts of the invention in a pointed manner and storing them on the client side.

[0013] Statistical processing such as automatically counting the number of patents by the applicant and the year of publication and the technical code assigned by the user has been desired for patent publication data in a certain technical field. . However, due to the resources of the client's basic program, this is not implemented at all in this basic program, and therefore, there has been a demand for the development of a system capable of performing statistical analysis.

An object of the present invention is to solve these problems by using a plurality of patent publication data batch-transferred to a client to display and print an optimal form that meets the needs of each user. Has a processing support system that operates independently of the client's basic program, which can accumulate data files and analyze trends of industrial benefit for multiple patent publication data. To provide.

[0015]

An information retrieval system according to the present invention comprises a server and a client configured by using a programmed computer, and the client performs processing means for pre-processing batch-transferred patent publication data. Processing means for rearranging and displaying and printing patent publication data in a form that is easy for the user to use, and processing means for performing statistical analysis. These processing means are realized by the computer and its program.

Since the patent publication data batch-transferred to the client is composed of text data and drawing data, data processing specific to each is performed.

Next, display and printing are performed in a format that is easy to use. The guideline for this redesign is to make it convenient for conducting a technical patent search. The process of specifying the contents desired by the user, the process of deleting unnecessary data such as item headings and addresses, and the optimal In addition, a process of reconstructing the message into a minimum format, a process of adding various messages such as an alert, and the like are performed.

Examples of the printing format include a format in which the main part of the invention and the representative drawings are printed in three formats per page, a format in which six components are printed in one page without drawings, and claims. For this reason, two items per page, one item per page, one item on multiple pages to include all drawings, etc., and an attached part that specifies a circulation destination for circulation of printed matter It is configured in the form provided on the upper part.

The processing section for performing the statistical analysis includes a section for instructing the format of the analysis, a section for performing the counting operation, and a section for displaying, printing, and storing the results as electronic data.

[0020]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a processing function in an information retrieval system according to the present invention. This information search system includes a server 1 for storing, searching, and transmitting patent publication data, and instructing the server 1 to search and transfer data, and processing, displaying, printing, storing, and processing the transferred patent publication data. It is configured by a client 2 that performs statistical analysis processing and the like. Server 1 and Client 2
Each of them is configured using a computer and its program. The client 2 searches for patent publication data in cooperation with the server 1 and receives and accumulates batch transfer data of patent publication data. A basic program for displaying and printing, and a processing support program implemented separately from the basic program for arranging patent publication data in a form that is easy for the user to use in display and printing, and for further performing statistical analysis processing Is provided.

This processing support program is configured to operate a computer so as to add the following functions to the client 2. Processing of batch-transferred data; Patent publication data batch-transferred from the server 1 to the client 2 is composed of text data and drawing data, each of which requires specific data processing.

For text data, the SGML code included in the patent publication data is deleted. Typical examples are a line feed code, a multi-column code, and <H
0> and </ H0> codes. This is a process necessary for the client 2 to freely use the patent publication data. Next, batch-transferred text data itemized by items such as [abstract] and [technical field to which the invention belongs] are combined into one file.

Since the patent drawing data is compressed in the TIFF format, a process of returning to the bitmap data is performed by a known method. Arranged in a form that is easy for the user to use; the patent gazette is an official document and is strictly described so as to be applicable to various uses. Therefore, in order to display or print in a compact form suitable for a technical patent search, the format is modified as follows.

The data of [Issue Country] and [Gazette Type] are deleted. Item headings such as [Publication Number], [Publication Date], and [Applicant] are removed so that they can be clearly recognized depending on the data format and location. For example, since the public number is described as in "Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-12345", it can be recognized that the public number is the public number alone. Also, the publication date is arranged immediately after the publication number so that it can be recognized as the publication date. Application numbers, filing dates, patent numbers, and issuance dates are handled in a similar manner. However, the year of the Christian era is not basically recorded for the sake of compactness, but the year of filing is also indicated in parentheses for convenience in calculating the term of right. Also,
Patent publications have a registration date and an issuance date. The issuance date used as the basis for opposition is adopted, and the date is placed after the word "issuance" to avoid confusion with the registration date. did.

The presence or absence of a request for examination is described as “unclaimed” or “claimed”, and the number of claims is described as “1” only. The number of pages is only described as "(10 pages)".

In the patent publication, almost all characters are full-width characters, but symbols such as numbers, alphabets, and parentheses are converted to half-width characters. With this ingenuity, the main required numbers and dates can be recorded in one line.

For display and printing, numerical values indicating the total number of processes and the order of the processes are arranged at the leading edge of each case.

The applicant omits the code and address, etc.
In the case of more than one person, it is decided to continue after separating by ";". "Corporation" is omitted. As another embodiment, it is also useful to express “(stock)”. After that, the inventor was arranged. The inventor describes only the name after the “inventor”. In the case of two or more people, separate them with ";" and continue. In the case of printing, the total is one line. If the data does not fit on one line, the data in the excess is deleted, and "+" is added as a mark indicating that.

The international patent classification (hereinafter referred to as IPC)
If there are multiple lines of data, separate them with “;” and continue. In the case of printing, a portion of data that cannot be accommodated in one line is deleted and "+" is added.

The reason why the applicant and the inventor's line and the IPC line are omitted will be described. In about 95% of cases, these data fit on one line. On the other hand, in a normal technical patent search, it is very unlikely that the inventor should clarify the names of all of them. In IPC, the lead is important, but other IPCs are rarely essential and can be practically tolerated by the above-described treatment. Further, by formatting such that the number of lines is reduced, the blank portion of the material is reduced, and thus the number of pages of the paper material is reduced,
Contribute to the realization of resource-saving and ecological business environment. In view of such practical experience and environmental protection, the above-mentioned treatment is performed.

The patent number and the title of the invention are expressed in bold type so that they can be easily checked.

As an explanation of the technical contents, the abstract on the front page of the patent gazette includes [Problem] and [Solution] (or
[Purpose], [Structure], [Effect], etc.), but it is difficult to understand the technical content only by this. This summary has been prepared by the applicant and is not to be interpreted as interpreting the scope of the rights.
The contents may be rather rough, and it may be difficult to grasp the technical contents. On the other hand, the "technical field to which the invention belongs" and "means for solving the problem" in the specification are parts for explaining the technical contents of the invention, and the technical contents are more concretely described. It is written and it is easy to grasp the technical contents of the invention. Therefore, in addition to the [abstract], a part or all of the [technical field to which the invention belongs], [means for solving the problem], and [claims] can be selectively recorded by a user's instruction. I made it. There is no [abstract] in the patent publication.

The claims in the claims often include not only one claim but a plurality of claims.
To display or print more useful information in a smaller space, you may only want to include independent claims. For this purpose, the present invention includes, in the description of each claim,
It is now possible to select a format in which a claim or a claim is spelled out as a dependent claim and not recorded.

The technical processing for recording in this format is as follows. A "claim" or "claim" is found at a part (point a) where the character is spelled in the description of [claims]. If there is no "[" immediately before, it is determined that the description in this claim has a description in the dependent claim format, and it goes back to the preceding "[claim]" and spells out the next " It can be realized by a method of deleting immediately before []. If "[" does not exist, the data up to the end of the claims is deleted.

In arranging the main parts of the invention, the publication automatically discloses in the patent gazette [the technical field to which the invention belongs],
[Summary] and so on are placed first, followed by [Claims]. In the patent publication, [Claims] are placed first, followed by [Technical field to which the invention belongs], [Summary], and so on. In addition, according to a user's instruction, arrangement can be made in the reverse order.

[Technical field to which the invention pertains] has a heading expressed as [field] and employs only the first paragraph. In [Means for Solving the Problem], the heading is expressed as [Means], and only the first paragraph is adopted. The reason for limiting them to the first paragraph is that, in very rare cases, the distinction between
Since there is something missing, this is a measure to prevent confusion due to ambiguity or omission.

The format change as described above is most easily used by making all of the changes, but it is not always necessary to make all of them. Even if a part of the method is implemented according to the purpose of use, the situation is sufficiently easy to use in that part, and this should be considered in understanding the present invention.

It should be noted that when looking at various materials on the market so far, there is a case where the item name and address such as [public number] are omitted, but the logically necessary items so far are compactly recorded. There is no such format.

The applicant and the inventor are arranged on the same line and are accommodated in one line, and a plurality of IPCs are arranged on the same line and accommodated in one line. The development of the format should be noted. Further, it is easy to change the patent number or the title of the invention to bold, but this has a great effect in practice. Such a processing method is a pioneering method that has not been used in a conventional system even when used alone. However, a combination of these methods can provide a greater effect.

Display; Next, the display will be described. In the case of display, the main part of the invention is displayed continuously for one case following the bibliographic information in the left (or right) area of the vertically divided screen. Parts that cannot be displayed on the screen can be viewed by scrolling. In the opposite area, a drawing window is opened to display a patent drawing. In the lower right area of the screen, a control box is provided, in which "next" for giving an instruction to proceed to the next case, "previous" for returning to the display of the previous case, "Top" for displaying the top, "Last" for displaying the last, "Jump" for jumping the display, "Summary" for displaying the summary first, and "Claim" for displaying the claim first Buttons such as "Claim", "Print" for printing, "Attached print", and "End" are displayed so that each function can be selectively specified. This control box is arranged at the lower right of the screen, because it conforms to the operation when turning over paper materials and has good operability.

In the display, the above-described configuration is the most convenient, but even if a configuration lacking a part thereof plays a sufficient role.

FIG. 2 shows a typical example of a display according to the present invention. With this example, the effect of the present invention can be recognized.

Printing: When the user instructs printing while the screen is displayed, the system requests a print of the patent publication data being displayed or an instruction to print which data. It is also possible to instruct all prints. Therefore, after seeing the first few cases, it is possible to use the method according to the flow of business, such as printing all the cases.

FIG. 3 is an example of printing. By this example, the effect of the present invention can be more clearly recognized.

The "attached print" is a print in a format in which a prepared text is added to the upper part of a bibliographic item or a main part of the invention and printed. In this text, you can enter a circulation destination for circulating the printed materials, an evaluation entry column for getting an evaluation, and notes for circulation, etc. Above, it is useful. When the "attached print" is instructed, the system requests the designation of the name of the file of the text to be attached. At this time, the system displays the name of the file provided with the program as a default.

FIG. 4 shows an example of such an attached print. In this example, as a text sentence prepared by the user, a circulation destination entry column, a relevance entry column, and an urgency entry column are added and printed.

Next, another print will be described. 6 per page
From a simple content format that contains about a few abstracts to a slightly more complex format that contains a lot of content including drawings as three or two on one page, a one-page-per-item format, and more. , A multi-page format that contains the entire claim and all drawings,
Numerous formats have been prepared so that users can use them as needed. In addition, the following functions are provided for convenience in the practice of patent search. (1) The user name and technical name desired by the user are printed at the top of the page. As a result, it is possible to prevent the user from being lost when printing with the joint printer on the network, which is useful in practice. (2) The title of the invention is made prominent in print as bold or gothic. The title of the invention is an important part that describes the technical point of the invention, and is the first thing that needs to be seen in many technical patent searches. (3) Regarding [field], in a format where three items are inserted on one page, the maximum is three lines, and when two items are inserted,
Five lines were the upper limit. In about 90% of the cases, the data is included, but if it exceeds this, the data after that is deleted and "+" is added at the end. This is a practical choice, as it tends to state something important at the beginning. (4) In an official gazette, the field, abstract, means, and claims are arranged in this order, and in a patent publication, the claims, field, and solution are arranged in that order. Note that there is no [abstract] in the patent publication. (5) In an open gazette, claims can be made earlier according to a user's instruction. (6) In [Means], if the print area exceeds the range of printing on paper, the data in the excess area is deleted, and finally "+"
Was added. (7) The size of the drawing can be selected. This means that if a patent search in a shorter time is desired, a smaller drawing can be selected, and a larger one can be selected for easier viewing. (8) In the format for printing all drawings,
Nine items are arranged on one page, and are printed sequentially on a portion without text. (9) When printing a patent publication, the patent number is printed in bold. In addition, characters such as "registered gazette" are printed larger and bold than ordinary characters in the easy-to-see portion on the right to draw the user's attention. Patent publications are important as so-called right information, and such a display form is useful in practice for end users.

In printing, it is considered that the configuration in which all the components are as described above is most useful. However, the configuration in which a part is omitted is sufficiently effective.

FIGS. 5 to 10 show typical print examples.

FIG. 5 shows a print of the summary portion of the front page, which is a format that can be conveniently used when a large amount of patent publication data needs to be widely and simply checked.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are examples of printing three items on one page, and include a patent search and SDI (Selective
Dissemination of Information = selection of the latest information). In this compact material, one can particularly recognize the typical effects of the present invention.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show an example of printing two items on one page, which is convenient when a more detailed content check is required.

FIG. 10 shows an example in which all the claims and all the drawings are printed. One case may be a plurality of pages. This is useful in patent searches that require a more detailed content check.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, a variety of methods can be used as needed, from a method of quickly obtaining the simple contents of the patent gazette to a method of obtaining slightly more detailed contents of the essence part. Format can be provided. This contributes to the efficient use of patent information and, in turn, greatly contributes to the development of industry.

Storage of Data File: A method of storing patent publication data as a file of a hard disk or a floppy disk provided in the client will be described.
In this processing, patent publication data prepared in the same manner as display and printing can be realized by simply designating an output device to a hard disk or a floppy disk device instead of a printer or the like. FIG. 11 shows the data thus accumulated printed by an editor.

Statistical Analysis: In the statistical analysis, the batch-transferred patent publication data is first combined into one file. The method adopted the same method as display and print.

The user looks at this file, assigns a user code in terms of the technical viewpoint required by the user and the relationship with the company, and obtains one of the following statistical processing viewpoints.
It can be one. In the present invention, as a typical example, a user code is written after "CD =".

Before performing the statistical processing, the user designates the following items. (1) Analysis perspective; a. Vertical; applicant, horizontal; year of publication b. Vertical; user code, horizontal; issue year c. One viewpoint analysis; one of applicant, issue year, and user code. (2) Whether the vertical axis should be in the order of appearance of data or the order of the number of cases. (3) Is the vertical axis the total number? Indicate the number of data from the beginning. (4) Head of data table. (5) Name of data file (default is to display date-related name). Data is tabulated, displayed or printed as a table, and stored in a data file. FIG. 12 is an example of printing data obtained by this statistical analysis.

This table is also stored on the hard disk as a data file. FIG. 13 shows the data file read by a well-known diagram creation program, processed, and printed.

According to the present invention, the time required to analyze the trend of patents is, apart from the time to determine the search formula,
Only a few minutes is enough. To this end, it is possible to generalize the advanced use of patent information, that is, analyze trends in technologies and companies based on patent gazette data, and greatly contribute to the appropriate development of industry.

[0061]

According to the present invention, in an information retrieval system for retrieving patent gazette data, a search basic program is operated to extract extracted patent gazette data in a user-friendly format by a processing support program implemented separately from the basic program. Since it is processed and displayed and printed, or saved as a data file, efficient use of patent information can be promoted.

Further, the trend analysis of the technology based on the extracted patent gazette data extracted in the information retrieval system can be automatically performed, and the advanced use of the patent information has become possible.

In particular, a processing support program for processing and analyzing extracted patent gazette data extracted by a basic program for information retrieval is implemented in the client as a program different from the basic program. In addition, it becomes easy to develop and implement a processing support program according to the purpose of use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a processing function block diagram in an information search system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a display screen displaying an abstract of a patent publication by a processing support program in the information search system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example in which an abstract of a published patent publication is printed in a one-page-per-item format by a processing support program in the information search system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of printing an abstract of a published patent publication in a format to which a text sentence prepared by a user is added by a processing support program in the information search system according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an example in which an abstract of a published patent publication is printed in five formats on one page by a processing support program in the information search system according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example in which an abstract of a published patent publication is printed in five formats on one page by a processing support program in the information search system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an example of printing an abstract of a patent publication in three formats on one page by a processing support program in the information search system according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an example of printing an abstract of a published patent publication in two formats on one page by a processing support program in the information search system according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an example in which an abstract of a published patent publication is printed in two formats per page by a processing support program in an information search system according to the present invention, and is a modified example in which claims are preferentially arranged.

FIG. 10 is an example in which an abstract of a patent publication is printed in a format including all claims and all drawings by a processing support program in the information search system according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an example of printing a main part of patent publication data stored in a data file by a processing support program in the information search system according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an actual example of printing a result of statistical analysis processing by a processing support program in the information search system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... server, 2 ... client.

Claims (12)

[Claims] When automatically editing an abstract based on patent gazette data, the bibliographic information of the patent gazette data is targeted for: (1) a process of deleting an item name from each item;
(2) Processing to reduce the patent number and utility model registration number, issue date, publication date, publication number, application number, application date, whether or not there is a request for examination, number of claims, number of pages to one line, and (3) application The process of placing the inventor after the person on one line, (4) the process of packing the international patent classification into one line, and (5) the process of inventor and international patent classification exceeding one line each A process of deleting an excess portion and adding a mark to that effect, and a process support method in the information search system, characterized by performing the process. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the client is
A processing support method in an information search system, characterized by performing a process of attaching and printing a data file prepared in advance to an abstract automatically edited based on patent publication data. 3. An information search system for storing patent publication data in a server, transmitting the patent publication data to a client in response to a request from a client constituted using a computer, and editing the patent publication data in the client. In the processing support method in the system, when the client abstracts the technical description part of the patent gazette data, (1) the contents of [the technical field to which the invention belongs] and the [means for solving the problem] are predetermined. (2) The content of [Summary] is targeted as it is, (3) The content of [Claims] is targeted for a predetermined length or all, and (4) Drawings Means one or a specified number, and (5) the above (1) to (4)
A method of supporting information processing in an information retrieval system, wherein the information can be selectively recorded. 4. The client according to claim 3, wherein:
A processing support method in an information search system, wherein the contents of [Claims] are recorded only for independent claims when abstracting a technical description portion of patent gazette data. 5. An information search system for storing patent publication data in a server, transmitting the patent publication data to a client in response to a request from a client configured using a computer, and editing the patent publication data in the client. In the processing support method in the system, the client, in arranging the abstract data based on a plurality of patent publication data, arranges a numerical value indicating the total number of subject abstract data and the order of each abstract data at the head, and then bibliography The main parts of the invention where items are arranged and then arranged are (1) in the published patent publication, the technical field to which the invention belongs and the abstract are arranged first, and (2) in the patent publication publication, (3) In the published patent gazette, the claims are arranged first, and (4) the patent publication But placing art above, the process support method in the information retrieval system characterized in that to be able to choose. 6. An information retrieval system for storing patent publication data in a server, transmitting the patent publication data to a client in response to a request from a client configured using a computer, and editing the patent publication data in the client. In the processing support method in the system, when printing the abstract data of patent gazette data, the client prints three, two, or one
A processing support method in an information retrieval system, characterized in that a format for recording a matter is prepared and can be selectively used. 7. An information retrieval system that stores patent publication data in a server, transmits the patent publication data to a client in response to a request from a client configured using a programmed computer, and performs display, printing, and the like. When the client automatically edits an abstract based on the patent gazette data in (1), (1) a process of deleting an item name from each item with respect to bibliographic items of the patent gazette data; Number and utility model registration number, issue date, publication date, publication number, application number,
(3) processing to put the inventor after the applicant into one line, (4) international patent classification, The client performs processing of packing the data into one line, and (5) processing of deleting the excess part and adding a mark to that effect when the inventor and the international patent classification each exceed one line. A recording medium storing a processing support program in an information search system for causing a computer to function. 8. The processing support program according to claim 7, wherein the processing support program performs a process of attaching and preparing a data file prepared in advance to an abstract automatically edited based on patent publication data. A recording medium on which a processing support program for an information retrieval system is characterized. 9. An information retrieval system for storing patent publication data in a server, transmitting said patent publication data to a client in response to a request from a client constituted by using a programmed computer, and displaying or printing the information. In summarizing the technical description part of patent gazette data with the client in (1), the contents of (1) "Technical field to which the invention belongs" and "Means for solving the problem" (2) The content of the "abstract" is targeted as it is, (3) The content of the "claims" is targeted for a predetermined length or all, and (4) The drawing is one or specified. (5) A process in an information search system for causing the computer to function so that a process of selecting and recording the above (1) to (4) can be performed with respect to the number obtained Recording medium recording the assistance program. 10. The processing support program according to claim 9, wherein when abstracting a technical description portion of patent gazette data, the contents of [claims] are recorded only for independent claims. A recording medium recording a processing support program in an information search system characterized by the above. 11. An information retrieval system that stores patent publication data in a server, transmits the patent publication data to a client in response to a request from a client configured using a programmed computer, and displays and prints the patent publication data. In the arrangement of the abstract data based on a plurality of patent publication data, the client in the above arranges a numerical value indicating the total number of the subject abstract data and the order of each abstract data at the head, and then arranges bibliographic items. As the main parts of the invention to be arranged next, (1) in the published patent publication, the technical field to which the invention belongs and the abstract are arranged first, and (2) in the patent publication, the claims are arranged first. In addition, according to the instructions, (3) the claims are arranged first in the published patent publication, and (4) the technical fields are arranged first also in the patent publication. A recording medium storing a processing support program in an information search system for causing a computer of the client to function so as to perform a selection process. 12. An information retrieval system for storing patent publication data in a server, transmitting said patent publication data to a client in response to a request from a client constituted by using a programmed computer, and displaying and printing the information. In the format of printing the abstract data of the patent gazette data, the client computer in the above is used to specify the specified items without deciding the format and the number of pages to record 6 or 5 or 3 or 2 or 1 on one page. A recording medium recording a processing support program in an information retrieval system that functions to prepare at least three or more formats of all recording formats and to selectively use the formats.