JP2002207720A - System for preparing patent specification - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically prepare a patent specification based on a paper prepared by a reseacher. SOLUTION: This patent specification preparing system 1 has a paper storage part 4 for storing the paper 5, and preparation programs 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g for preparing respective sections of 'Title of the Invention', 'What is claimed', 'Means for solving problem', 'Technical field relating to the Invention', 'The prior art and Problem to be solved in the Invention', 'Embodiment of the Invention', 'Effect of the Invention', 'Short description of Figures' of the patent specification, based on the paper 5 stored in the paper storage part 4. The purpose of the present invention is solved thereby.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for automatically preparing a patent specification based on an academic paper.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, researchers at universities and research institutes compile their research contents into academic papers and prepare academic papers to present their research results at academic societies and the like. For this reason, many researchers can create excellent academic papers.

[0003]

As described above, researchers at universities and research institutes are excellent at creating academic papers,
There is relatively little interest in patent applications. Further, even if a researcher attempts to apply for a patent for the research, it is extremely difficult for a researcher who is not accustomed to preparing a patent specification to apply for a patent. For this reason, in many cases, patents are not filed for excellent research and scholarly papers are created, and even if a company is interested in the paper, the paper is publicly known, and six months have passed. In this way, companies are exposed to non-monopoly development competition, forcing them to develop at high risk, and for small and medium-sized enterprises with small management resources, the results of university research cannot be used. In addition, university researchers may suffer a nation-wide loss that the results of their research will not be utilized in society and will hinder industrial development.

[0004] Therefore, the present invention is to solve the problem of providing a patent specification creation system capable of automatically creating a patent specification based on an academic paper created by a researcher at a university or a research institution. It is assumed that.

[0005]

The above object can be attained by the patent specification creating system described in the claims.

According to the patent specification creating system of the first aspect, the column of "name of invention" of the patent specification is created based on the "article name" of the academic paper stored in the paper storage means. Based on the description of the "discussion" or "introduction" of the academic paper stored in the storage means, a column for "claims" and a column for "means for solving the problem" of the patent specification are created, Based on the description of the "introduction" of the academic paper stored in the storage means, a column of "problems to be solved by the prior art and the invention" of the patent specification is created, and the field of the academic paper stored in the paper storage means is created. A column of "Embodiment of the invention" of the patent specification is created based on the description of "Experimental method", and the patent specification is created based on the description of "Experimental results" of the academic paper stored in the paper storage means. "Effect of invention Since the column of "is created, it is possible to automatically create a patent based on the academic papers.

[0007]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a patent specification creating system 1 for automatically creating a patent specification based on an already created academic paper. A general personal computer 2 is used as hardware of the patent specification creation system 1. The paper input unit 3 shown in FIG. 1 is for inputting a paper from a storage medium storing a paper created by operating the keyboard of the personal computer 2 or a paper created by another personal computer. The dissertation storage unit 4 stores the academic dissertation input from the dissertation input unit 3.

The personal computer 2 has a patent specification creation software program 6 for automatically generating a patent specification based on the academic paper 5 stored in the paper storage unit 4.

[0009] Patent specification creation software program 6
Is the "article name" of the academic article 5 stored in the article storage unit 4.
A program 6a for creating a column of "Title of Invention" of a patent specification based on the above, and a patent specification based on a statement regarding "discussion" or "introduction" of the academic paper 5 stored in the paper storage unit 4. Creation program 6b for creating a column of "claims" and a column of "means for solving the problem" in the book, and "name of invention" of a patent specification already created by the creation program 6a. A creation program 6c for creating a column of “technical field to which the invention belongs” of the patent specification on the basis of the description of the patent specification based on the description of “introduction” of the academic paper 5 stored in the paper storage unit 4. A patent is created based on the creation program 6 d for creating a column of “problems to be solved by the prior art and the invention” and the description of “experimental method” of the academic paper 5 stored in the paper storage unit 4. The creation program 6e for creating the column of “Embodiment of the Invention” in the detailed book, and the description of “the invention of the invention” based on the description of “experimental results” of the academic paper 5 stored in the paper storage unit 4. Creation program 6f for creating a column of "effect" and the creation program 6e described above.
And a creation program 6g for creating a column of "Brief Description of the Drawings" of the patent specification based on the description of the "Embodiment of the Invention" created by the above.

Next, the patent specification creation system 1
An operation for automatically creating a patent specification from an academic paper will be described. First, in a state where the patent specification creation system 1 composed of the personal computer 2 is operated so as to be operable, an academic paper 5 as a base for preparing a patent specification 5
Is stored in the article storage unit 4 as described above. For the sake of convenience, this academic paper will be named "Control of Engine with High Purification Efficiency of Exhaust Gas".

When the user clicks on "Title of Invention" on the display screen of the personal computer 2, the above-mentioned creation program 6a is started. In general, the "title of the invention" in the patent specification is roughly classified into "apparatus" and "method". Therefore, the display of the personal computer 2 selects either "apparatus" or "method". Switch to the screen. In this case, when "device" is clicked, the title of the invention becomes "control device for engine with high exhaust gas purification efficiency". Conversely, when "method" is clicked, the title of the invention becomes "control method of engine with high exhaust gas purification efficiency".

As described above, the "name of the invention" in the patent specification
Is created, the display of the personal computer 2 is switched to a screen for creating a column of “Claims”. In this state, when the user clicks on “claims” on the display screen of the personal computer 2, the above-described creation program 6 b is started, and the “discussion” or “introduction” of the academic paper 5 stored in the paper storage unit 4 is performed. ”Is created in the“ Claims ”section of the patent specification. In this case, since the created “Claims” column is displayed on the display screen of the personal computer 2, if it is deemed necessary to correct the personal computer 2 based on the opinion of an expert or the like, Partial correction is possible by keyboard operation.

When the "claims" column of the patent specification is created as described above, the creation program 6b executes the patent specification based on the description of the "claims" of the created patent specification. Is automatically created, and the column of “means for solving the problem” is temporarily stored in the storage unit of the personal computer 2. The “means for solving the problem” column temporarily stored in the storage unit of the personal computer 2 is arranged after the “problems to be solved by the prior art and the invention” column to be created. Is done.

When the "claims" section and "means for solving the problem" in the patent specification are created as described above, the display of the personal computer 2
The screen is switched to a screen for creating a column of “technical field to which the invention belongs”. In this state, when "technical field to which the invention belongs" is clicked on the display screen of the personal computer 2, the above-described creation program 6c is started, and the "name of the invention" of the patent specification already created by the creation program 6a is clicked. , A column of "technical field to which the invention belongs" of the patent specification is created. Note that, in this case, the creation program 6c automatically outputs (detailed description of the invention) characters,
A paragraph number (0001) is attached to the lower column of the character, and a column of “technical field to which the invention belongs” is arranged below the paragraph number (0001).

When the column of "Technical field to which the invention belongs" of the patent specification is created as described above, the display of the personal computer 2 creates the column of "Prior art and problems to be solved by the invention". The screen is switched to In this state, when the user clicks on “Problems to be Solved by the Related Art and the Invention” on the display screen of the personal computer 2, the above-described creation program 6 d is activated, and the academic paper 5 stored in the paper storage unit 4 is read. Based on the description of “Introduction”, a column of “Problems to be solved by the prior art and the invention” in the patent specification is created. In this case, the creation program 6d attaches a paragraph number (0002) to the lower column of the "Technical field to which the invention belongs" and puts "Prior art and invention to be solved" in the lower column of the paragraph number (0002). Column of "Issues to be made".

[0016] As described above, when the column of the "prior art and problems to be solved by the invention" in the patent specification is created,
As described above, the column of “means for solving the problem” temporarily stored in the storage unit of the personal computer 2 is arranged in the lower column of the paragraph number (0003). In this state, the display of the personal computer 2 is switched to a screen for creating a column of “Embodiments of the Invention”. In this state, when "Embodiment of the invention" is clicked on the display screen of the personal computer 2,
The above-described creation program 6e is activated, and a column of “embodiment of the invention” of the patent specification is created based on the description of “experimental method” of the academic paper 5 stored in the paper storage unit 4. In this case, a column of “Embodiments of the Invention” is placed below the paragraph number (0004), and
For each punctuation described in “Experimental Method”, paragraph numbers are assigned sequentially from paragraph number (0005). Also,
When drawings are involved in the preparation of the column of “Embodiments of the Invention” in the patent specification, the drawings are numbered (FIGS. 1, 2, 3...) And each member in each drawing is attached. Are given serial numbers (1, 2, 3,...).
If a continuous word at the beginning of the next sentence, do not add a paragraph number.

When the “Embodiment of the invention” section of the patent specification is created as described above, the personal computer 2
Is switched to a screen for creating a column of “Effect of the Invention”. In this state, when the user clicks “Effect of the Invention” on the display screen of the personal computer 2, the above-described creation program 6 f is started, and the description about “Experimental results” of the academic paper 5 stored in the paper storage unit 4 is entered. Based on this, a column of “Effect of the Invention” in the patent specification is created. In addition, since the column of "Effects of the Invention" in the patent specification is generally a brief description, (the present invention) (Problems to be solved are to provide an engine control device with high exhaust gas purification efficiency.) (According to the present invention, an engine control device with high exhaust gas purification efficiency is provided. May be provided.) The creation program 6f may be configured to automatically create the sentence “

As described above, the "effect of the invention" in the patent specification
Is created, the display of the personal computer 2 is switched to a screen for creating a column of "Brief description of drawings". In this state, when the user clicks “Brief description of the drawing” on the display screen of the personal computer 2, the above-described creation program 6g is started,
"Embodiments of the invention" in the patent specification already prepared
Is searched for the figure number of each drawing, and a "Brief description of drawings" column of the patent specification is created. In this case, the creation program 6g searches for the code assigned to each member in the “Embodiment of the Invention” section of the patent specification and automatically creates the (Description of Code) section.

The items "discussion,""introduction,""introduction,""experimentalmethod," and "experimental results" in an academic paper correspond to these items even if they are similar to the respective items. It shall be.

As described above, the patent specification creation system 1
As a result, a patent specification can be automatically created from an academic paper, so that even a researcher who is not accustomed to creating a patent specification can easily create a patent specification and apply for a patent. In the above description, the preparation of a patent specification has been described. However, the preparation of a utility model registration specification can also be performed in the same manner.

Note that a patent application requires an abstract together with a patent specification. The personal computer 2 automatically creates an abstract based on the academic paper 5 stored in the paper storage unit 4. It is advisable to have a summary writing software program to do this.

An abstract creation software program is a creation program for creating a column of “summary” of an abstract based on the description of “purpose of research” of the academic paper 5 stored in the article storage unit 4; A creation program for creating a column of "solution means" of an abstract based on the description of "discussion" or "introduction" of the academic paper 5 stored in the paper storage 4, and stored in the paper storage 4 It can be configured to have a creation program for selecting a representative figure in the “Method of experiment” of the academic paper 5 and putting a representative figure number in the “Selected figure” column of the abstract .

[0023] An application form program or a format check program for allowing a researcher to prepare an application for a patent application is provided, and the application form, patent specification, and abstract are compiled as application documents and submitted to the Patent Office. If a program for converting to a transmission form is attached, even a researcher can easily apply for a patent.

[0024]

According to the present invention, a patent specification can be automatically prepared based on an academic paper prepared by a researcher of a university or a research institution. However, it is easy to create a patent specification and apply for a patent at about the same time as writing a dissertation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a patent specification creation system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Patent specification preparation system 2 Personal computer 3 Paper input part 4 Paper storage part 5 Academic paper 6 Patent specification preparation software program 6a-6g preparation program

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An article storage means for storing an academic article, and a "article name" of the academic article stored in the article storage means.
Means for creating a column of "name of the invention" in the patent specification based on the above, and "patent" in the patent specification based on the description regarding "discussion" or "introduction" of the academic paper stored in the paper storage means. A means for creating a column of "claims" and a section of "means for solving the problem"; and a "conventional method" of the patent specification based on the description of "introduction" of the academic paper stored in the paper storage means. And a problem to be solved by the present invention, and a description of the “experimental method” of the academic paper stored in the paper storage means. Means for creating a column of 'form' and means for creating a column of 'effect of the invention' in the patent specification based on the description of 'experimental results' of the academic paper stored in the paper storage means. Prepared patent specifications System.