JP2005038240A - Patent map creating system, and patent map creating program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a patent map creating system capable of easily determining a relation and similarity between a plurality of inventions on a patent map by referring to drawings. <P>SOLUTION: The patent map creating system 2 uses a macro function of spreadsheet software 3 to define a data sheet 4 storing the bibliographical information and evaluation information of a patent document, an XY list sheet 5 storing evaluation axis information, and various types of map sheets 6. An additional information acquiring part 10 additionally acquires additional document information such as claims, problem to be solved, and abstract, and drawing information such as a representative drawing from an unexamined patent information search system 32, a company patent management system, a CD-ROM 34 for the publication of patent applications, or the like. The additional document information is stored in the data sheet 4, and the drawing information is stored in a drawing information storing part 7. A patent map display part 11 uses the data sheet 4 stored with the additional information, and the drawing information stored in the drawing information storing part 7 to create a patent map with a drawing, and display it in a display device 24. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a patent map creation system and a patent map creation program for creating a patent map in which a plurality of patent documents are classified in a matrix by respective evaluation values of two evaluation axes.

  Conventionally, a patent map that creates a patent map by analyzing and evaluating multiple patent documents using spreadsheet software (for example, a spreadsheet program such as Excel (trademark) manufactured by Microsoft Corporation) installed on a personal computer Creation systems are known.

For example, in the patent map creation system described in Patent Document 2, the bibliographic items of the patent document to be evaluated are retrieved from the published patent gazette database using a macro function such as spreadsheet software (spreadsheet program). An evaluated basic data sheet in which an evaluation value is assigned to each patent document on the basic data sheet is created with reference to an evaluation data sheet that is stored above and stores separately set evaluation axes and evaluation values. Based on this evaluated basic data sheet, various patent maps were displayed, graphs and statistical tables were displayed, and used to examine technological trends of other companies.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-222435 (page 3, FIG. 1) JP 2001-282852 A (6th page, FIG. 2) JP 2002-342447 A (page 3, FIG. 1)

  However, the conventional patent map system displays character information such as bibliographic items of patent documents and feature points of the invention assigned to each patent document in each cell of the matrix. If you want to determine similarities between inventions with reference to the drawings, you must display the details for each patent document, display the drawings, print out, and determine the similarities and differences between the drawings. There is a problem that the comparison using the drawing information cannot be easily performed.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a display device with a matrix map or a list of patent maps for a plurality of patent documents on a data sheet to which respective evaluation values by a plurality of evaluation axes are assigned in advance. In the patent map creation system to be displayed, additional information acquisition means for acquiring additional information such as drawing information for each patent document from a patent information storage medium or a patent database, and at least part of the additional information is a matrix of the patent map, An additional information display means for displaying each cell of the list is provided.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a display device that displays a matrix map or a list of patent maps for a plurality of patent documents on a data sheet to which respective evaluation values by a plurality of evaluation axes are assigned in advance. In the patent map creation program to be displayed, additional information acquisition process for acquiring additional information such as drawing information for each patent document from a patent information storage medium or a patent database, and when the additional information is acquired, And a patent map display process for displaying on the display device so that at least a part of the additional information is included in each cell of the matrix or list.

  According to the patent map creation system according to the present invention, drawing information can be displayed in each cell of a matrix of a patent map, so that the similarity or difference between a plurality of patents can be easily determined with reference to the drawings. There is an effect that can be.

  In addition, according to the patent map creation program of the present invention, drawing information can be displayed in each cell of the matrix of the patent map, so it is easy to see the similarities and differences between multiple patents with reference to the drawings. There is an effect that it can be judged.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that what is called a patent in the present invention includes a utility model.
FIG. 1 is an overall system diagram for explaining cooperation between a user terminal device 1 equipped with a patent map creation system 2 according to the present invention and another system.

  The entire system includes a user terminal device 1, a public patent information search system 32 provided by a patent information service company, bibliographic information on patent documents downloaded from the public patent information search system 32 by reservation search, etc. A patent classification / evaluation system 31 that stores classification evaluation information, and an in-house patent management system 33 that manages patents that have been filed before the application is filed, and these are connected to each other via a network (not shown). Can be referred to each other.

  The user terminal device 1 includes an optical medium driving device 23 such as a CD-ROM drive device, a display device 24 such as a liquid crystal display device, and an input device 25 including a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse. The optical medium driving device 23 can read detailed document information, drawing information, and the like of the patent document from the open patent publication CD-ROM 34.

  The input device 25 is a user's instruction input to the patent map creation device according to an input menu using a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the display device 24, or a memo that can be arbitrarily input by the user for each patent document. Used for input. The display device 24 displays a GUI between the patent map creation system 2 and the user, displays input guidance from the input device 25, the contents of the data sheet 4 used in the patent map creation process, Display the patent map.

  The published patent information retrieval system 32 is a bibliographic item (gazette number, application number, filing date, applicant, international patent classification, etc.) or request issued by a storage medium such as a CD-ROM. The detailed data regarding the scope, detailed description, and drawings are stored in a patent database (not shown).

  The published patent information search system 32 has a built-in search program for searching a patent database, and can search for publications corresponding to various search conditional expressions. As a result, a search result is returned in response to a search request from the patent classification / evaluation system 31, or detailed content data such as an abstract of a patent document or a full text / full diagram in response to an inquiry by a patent document number from the user terminal device 1. Can be displayed and downloaded.

  The in-house patent management system 33 performs various term management and rights management, and electronically stores various documents and drawing data related to the in-house patent application.

The user terminal device 1 can access the published patent information search system 32 to perform search / content display and data download.
Furthermore, the company patent management system 33 can be accessed from the user terminal device 1 by an in-house reference number to search for and display the contents of the company application patent documents before publication.
The company patent management data in the patent classification / evaluation system 31 is automatically updated with the information of the company patent management system 33.

  Although not particularly limited, in this embodiment, the patent classification / evaluation system 31 does not have all information (abstract, full text, all figures) for each published patent document data, but only bibliographic items. To capture. If necessary, the patent classification / evaluation system 31 or the user terminal device 1 accesses the published patent information search system 32 by using the patent publication number, the patent registration number, or a code number corresponding thereto, and extracts the patent documents. , The full text and all figures can be referred to.

  A patent map creation system 2 configured by installing the patent map creation program of the present invention in the user terminal 1 includes a spreadsheet software 3 (for example, a spreadsheet program such as Excel (trademark) manufactured by Microsoft Corporation), and a detailed display. And a control unit 15.

  When the detailed display control unit 15 displays the detailed contents (abstract, full text, full figure, etc.) of the patent document on the data sheet 4 or the patent document on the map sheet 6 in cooperation with the spreadsheet software 3, it is disclosed. Access to the optical medium drive device 23 equipped with the patent information search system 32, the company patent management system 33, or the published patent publication CD-ROM 34 so that the detailed contents of the patent document can be acquired and displayed on the display device 24. It has become.

  The spreadsheet software 3 uses the macro function, the data sheet 4 that stores the bibliographic information and evaluation information of the patent document to be evaluated, the XY list sheet 5 that stores the evaluation axis information, the plurality of map sheets 6 and A drawing information storage unit 7 is defined, and a patent map can be created by operations such as data input / output, data selection, data aggregation, and graph creation.

  The data sheet 4, the XY list sheet 5, the plurality of map sheets 6, the storage contents of the drawing information storage unit 7, etc. are stored in a patent map file 22 (excellent as a book in Excel) with individual names assigned for each patent evaluation theme. The patent map creation system 2 can input / output data to / from an auxiliary storage device such as a magnetic disk device (not shown) of the user terminal device 1.

  The plurality of map sheets 6 include, for example, a fixed patent map sheet that is a combination of two selected from the applicant, application year, and technical classification (IPC classification, etc.), and a unique evaluation axis for the X and Y axes. Includes map sheets with unique information.

  Further, the spreadsheet software 3 uses the macro function to provide an additional information acquisition unit 10, a patent map display unit 11, an extraction print control unit 12, a patent map input / output unit 13, and an automatic extraction unit 14. I have.

  The patent map input / output unit 13 inputs bibliographic items and patent map data of patent documents from the input file 21 or the patent map file 22 to the spreadsheet software 3, or is currently creating the patent map file 22 from the spreadsheet software 3 or Output the completed patent map file.

  For each patent document accumulated on the data sheet 4, the additional information acquisition unit 10 obtains additional information such as drawing information from the published patent publication CD-ROM 34 that is a patent information storage medium, or a published patent information search system that is a patent database. 32 and additional information acquisition means acquired from the company patent management system 33.

  This additional information includes drawing information such as a representative drawing described on the top page of the published patent publication. Further, the additional information includes any combination of additional document information such as claims, problems, abstracts, and the first claim.

  The additional information acquisition unit 10 obtains the additional information for each patent document from the published patent publication CD-ROM 34, the published patent information search system 32, or the company patent management system 33 based on the publication number of the patent document on the data sheet 4. Load it. If the loaded additional information is additional document information, it is stored on the data sheet 4, and if the loaded additional information is drawing information, an identification code for identifying the drawing information for each patent document is assigned to the drawing information storage unit 7 To accumulate.

  The data sheet 4 is provided with a drawing identification code field for storing the identification code, and a patent document in which the drawing identification code field is blank indicates that the drawing information has not yet been acquired. If there is an entry in the code field, it indicates that the drawing information has been acquired and stored in the drawing information storage unit 7. And the drawing information of the said patent document can be called from the drawing information storage part 7 now using the drawing identification code | symbol.

  The identification code of the drawing information is not particularly limited, but in this embodiment, a two-digit code for identifying the type of patent document (AA: published patent publication, BB: published patent publication, UU: published utility model publication, YY: Public Utility Model Bulletin, VV: Registered Utility Model Bulletin, PP: Patent Gazette, TT: Published Patent Bulletin, etc.) and the last 2 digits of the year and 6 digits. ing.

  For each patent document on the data sheet 4, the additional information acquisition unit 10 inputs additional document information such as a claim, a problem, a summary, and the first claim in a CSV (Comma Separated Value format) format, for example. For example, a collective capture function that captures from the file 21 and stores it on the data sheet 4, or additional document information from the published patent information search system 32, its own patent management system 33, and the published patent publication CD-ROM 34 for each patent document. An individual capture function for capturing drawing information is provided.

The patent map display unit 11 displays the contents of the data sheet 4 and the XY list sheet 5, various graphs based on the map sheet 6, and various patent maps on the display device 24.
The patent map display unit 11 gives a patent to the display device 24 so that when the additional information is acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 10, at least a part of the additional information is included in each cell of the matrix or list of the patent map. Details of the map display means will be described later with reference to FIGS. In particular, a patent map including drawing information as additional information is referred to as a “map with a picture” in the present embodiment.

  The extraction printing control unit 12 is a control unit that performs layout editing so that the patented map with a picture created by the patent map display unit 11 can be printed out on a designated sheet.

  The patent map input / output unit 13 has an input function and an output function. The input function of the patent map input / output unit 13 inputs patent map data from the existing or created patent map file 22 to the data sheet 4. Also, when creating a new patent map based on a new patent document or adding new patent document data to an existing patent map, the bibliography of the patent document is transferred from the CSV input file 21 to the data sheet 4. Incorporate specific matters.

  The output function of the patent map input / output unit 13 outputs a patent map file 22 as a saved patent map book from the data sheet 4, the XY list sheet 5 and the map sheet 6 constituting the patent map book.

  The automatic extraction unit 14 automatically extracts patent documents that meet the extraction conditions for the plurality of patent documents on the data sheet 4 when the extraction conditions such as the patent applicant, the application year, and the classification are designated by the user. Is.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart for explaining the overall processing flow of the patent map creation system according to the present invention.
The patent classification / evaluation system 31 takes in the bibliographic information of the new patent document data by the reservation search from the open patent information search system 32.

  To retrieve the new patent document data, a search expression for extraction is registered in advance in the published patent information retrieval system 32, and the latest patent stored in the published patent information retrieval system 32 is automatically retrieved periodically. Receive notification of the result extracted by the formula by e-mail or the like. Then, the patent document data as a search result is taken into the patent classification / evaluation system 31 in, for example, a CSV format in which data in a record is separated by commas.

  This is generally called selective information distribution (SDI), and a search expression for a patent document is registered in advance, and a distribution of a result obtained by extracting a patent document that matches the search expression is received. Is called the reservation search function. Examples of the search formula include applicants belonging to the related industry and a technical range based on IPC classification.

  The patent map creation system first initializes the data sheet 4 in step (hereinafter abbreviated as “S”) 10, and then sets the evaluation axis and writes it in the XY list sheet 5 in S 12. The evaluation axis includes the evaluation axis (X axis) based on the parts of the technical classification, the evaluation axis (Y axis) based on the technical classification function, importance, examination request, employment status, IPC classification, applicant, application year, etc. Including an arbitrarily set evaluation axis.

  Next, the bibliographic items of the patent to be evaluated are fetched from the input file 21 and stored in the data sheet 4 in S14. Details of the data sheet 4 will be described later with reference to FIGS. The input file 21 fetched in S14 is a file for storing the bibliographic items of the patent to be evaluated extracted from the patent classification / evaluation system 31 by the search condition. For example, each record of patent document information is one record, Each field to be configured is created in a CSV format in which each field is separated by a comma.

  Next, while displaying each patent document on the data sheet 4 in detail in S16, the respective evaluation values based on the plurality of evaluation axes defined in the XY list sheet 5 are selected and input to each patent document on the data sheet 4 in S18. For the detailed display (abstract, full text, full figure) of the patent document in S16, the published patent information retrieval system 32, the company patent retrieval system 33, or the published patent publication CD-ROM is referred to.

  Next, S16 and S18 are repeated until there is no next record in S20. A state in which evaluation values are assigned to all records on the data sheet 4 is also referred to as an evaluated data sheet.

  Next, in S22, the patent documents included in the evaluated data sheet 4 are narrowed down according to the search condition as necessary, and all the patent documents on the data sheet, or the narrowed patent documents, are evaluated. A map sheet 6 in which various matrix totals are combined is created.

  Next, in S24, various patent maps are displayed on the display device based on the map sheet 6. The map sheet 6 created in S22 is used to display a graph such as a bar graph or display various statistical tables.

  In S26, additional information is obtained for each patent document on the data sheet with reference to the published patent information search system 32, the company patent management system 33, or the published patent publication CD-ROM. This additional information includes drawing information such as a representative diagram, and additional literature information such as claims, problems, abstracts, and the first claim. Among the additional information, the additional document information is accumulated on the data sheet 4, and the drawing information such as the representative diagram is accumulated in the drawing information accumulation unit 7 with an identification code assigned to each patent document. This identification code is stored in the drawing number column provided on the data sheet 4 when the drawing information corresponding to the identification number is stored in the drawing information storage unit 7, and the drawing number column is blank. Indicates that drawing information is not accumulated.

  In S28, a patent map with a picture including drawing information is created in each cell of the patent map and displayed on the display device. In the present embodiment, a patent map with a picture displaying a representative diagram as drawing information is created. An example of a patent map with a picture is shown in FIG.

  Next, in S30, the user determines whether or not to print this picture-added patent map. If printing is performed, in S32, the extracted print conditions such as the layout of the print screen, the size of the print paper, and the vertical and horizontal directions of the print paper are set. Set and print out in S34.

  FIG. 3 is an ER (Entity Relationship) diagram for explaining the linkage between the respective tables constituting the relational database of the patent classification / evaluation system 31, and the connection between the table items by the line segments is a “one-to-one” relationship. Indicates. The connection between the table items by the arrow indicates a “one-to-many” relationship, where the arrowhead is “1” and the arrowhead is “many”.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the database of the patent classification / evaluation system associates each patent document data table with the application number as a main key. The application number is also a link between the bibliographic data table 107 and the in-house patent document data table 101 that manages in-house patent document information before the application. This makes it possible to centrally manage the published patent information including the patent documents of other companies and the in-house patent document information.

  In-house patent document data (also referred to as A data) 101 includes an identification number ID, a publication type, a publication number, a publication number, a registration number, a publication date, a publication date, a registration date, an invention name, an international patent classification IPC, an application The number, application date, applicant, inventor, in-house reference number, technical group, intellectual property person in charge, reporting department that made the invention proposal, etc. are stored.

  Although not shown, the in-house patent document data 101 stores items relating to foreign applications and data relating to the degree of contribution of patents and their applied products to the company.

The inventor table 103 stores the application number, the inventor's name, and the description order of the inventor.
The applicant table 105 stores the application number, the name or name of the applicant, and the description order of the applicant.

  The bibliographic data table 107 includes the publication number, the name of the invention, the IPC classification, the applicant, the patent (publication) number, the application number, the application date, the publication date, the inventor, and the date of incorporation of the patent document data. Stores days, etc.

The total applicant table 109 stores a total code, a total applicant, and the name or name of the applicant.
The evaluation master 111 stores an ID that is an identification number and an evaluation code that indicates the importance of the patent document.

  The F-term data table 113 stores a publication number, an application number, an F-term theme code (five digits), a viewpoint (two-digit alphabet) and a number (two digits) (not shown). F-term is an abbreviation of File Forming Term, which is a technical item developed for machine search in order to efficiently conduct prior art searches for patent examination. The F term is given by analyzing the subject gazette from various viewpoints such as “production method”, “composition”, “use”, “configuration”, “method”, etc., for a specific range of FI classification, and a search that enables a detailed search It is a code system. F-terms are described in published patent publications after 2000.

The map data table 115 stores the map data number MAP_No, management number, application number, X-axis name, Y-axis name, company reference number, classification code, and the like.
The classification data table 117 stores an application number, a technical code indicating the classification of the first hierarchical group, an in-house technical classification code that is a detailed in-house technical classification code, and the like.
The evaluation data table 119 stores an application number, a technical code, an in-house technical classification code, an evaluated person in charge, an evaluation input date, an evaluation order, and the like.

  Since the classification data table 117 and the evaluation data table 119 have a [1: many] correspondence with the application numbers in the bibliographic data table 107, the patent evaluation database 53 includes a plurality of classifications for one patent document.・ Can have evaluation data.

  The F-term basic ledger table 121 is data purchased from a patent information service company or the like, and stores a theme code, a theme name, an FI range corresponding to the theme, and an F-term. Although not shown in FIG. 3, the F terms of the F term basic ledger table 121 have a one-to-many correspondence with the viewpoints and numbers of the F term data table 113.

  The theme data table 123 stores a publication number, application number, and evaluation theme name. The technical classification code table 125 stores an ID that is an identification number, a technical classification that indicates the classification of the first hierarchical group, and a technical code that is a code assigned to the technical classification.

  The detailed classification data table 127 stores IPC classifications and descriptions for IPC classifications. The theme master table 129 stores an ID that is an identification number and an evaluation theme name.

  The distribution table 131 includes an ID that is an identification number, a technical code that indicates a classification of a technical group that is a reference for categorizing a plurality of patent documents to be evaluated into a first hierarchy group, and an evaluation staff that evaluates patent documents in the second hierarchy group. A person's name, a technical group mail address that is a mail address of a representative workstation for each technical group, and a mail address that is a mail address of the person in charge.

  The in-house technical classification table 133 includes a technical classification that is the name of the first hierarchical group, a technical code that is a technical classification code, an axis code that is an evaluation axis code, a major classification of a technical classification for each evaluation axis, a major classification code, Same middle category, middle category code, same minor category, minor category code, not shown, same minor category and minor category code, in-house technical classification code that summarizes major classification code to fine classification code, in-house technical classification display name, etc. Storing.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a main screen of the patent map creation system according to the present invention. This main screen is a screen that is automatically displayed when the patent map file 22 is opened. The theme window 205 displays [lithium battery] which is the name of this patent map file.

  The main screen also has a [Patent Abstract Search] button 201 for moving to the patent abstract search system, a [Manual] button 202 for referring to the manual of the patent map creation system, and for inquiring unclear points to the system production department. [Inquiry] button, [Search formula memo] button 204 for calling a search formula memo for extracting a patent to be evaluated, [New creation] button 206 for newly creating a patent map, and patent [Menu] button 207 for performing various analyzes by map, [Unique information input] button 208 for assigning an evaluation to each patent from a unique point of view, and saving a patent map file [Save] button 209, [End] button 210 for ending operation of the patent evaluation system, In it includes a button 211 [Load existing Map Data for taking existing patent map data created, and a button 212 File output Map Data for the patent map data file output.

  In addition, the main screen includes a [application year-applicant graph] button 213, a [application year-classification graph] button 214, and an [applicant-classification graph] button 215 to move to a standard graph creation screen. In order to move to the creation screen, an [Application Year-Applicant Map] button 216, an [Application Year-Classification Map] button 217, and an [Applicant-Classification Map] button 218 are provided.

  The main screen also includes a [standard bubble chart] button 219 for moving to a standard bubble chart creation screen and a [various statistical map] button 220 for moving to various statistical map creation screens.

  The main screen is a [Portfolio analysis map] button 223 for moving to the portfolio analysis screen, and [Analysis table] button 224 for moving to the joint applicant analysis screen for creating the joint applicant map. [Joint Applicant Map] button 225 is provided.

  Furthermore, the main screen can be used when the [imported data list] button 226 for displaying the imported data list, the evaluation axis and evaluation value based on the unique information are set in the XY list, and the patent document based on the unique information has been evaluated. [Unique information graph] button 227 and [Unique information map] button 228 are provided.

  The main screen has a button 229 for scrolling the sheet menu of the spreadsheet program 3 to the left and right, sheet switching tabs 230 to 238 for switching work sheets displayed on the screen of the display device, An up / down scroll button 250 for scrolling the screen position up and down, and a left / right scroll button 251 for scrolling the displayed screen position to the left and right are provided. 229 to 251 are displayed in common even if the screen is switched to another screen.

  When the main screen tab 230 is clicked, the main screen shown in FIG. 4 is clicked. When the data sheet tab 231 is clicked, the data sheet shown in FIG. 9 is clicked. When the XY list tab 233 is clicked, the XY list sheet shown in FIG. The screen displayed on the display device can be switched.

  When the new data sheet tab 232 is clicked, a new data sheet for loading new data is displayed. When the additional update edit sheet tab 234 is clicked, an additional update edit sheet for additional update editing is displayed, and the selected XY map sheet tab 235 is displayed. When clicked, the selected XY map sheet is displayed, and when the extraction print tab 237 is clicked, an extraction print screen as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed.

  Next, referring to the data sheet display screens of FIGS. 9 and 10 and the XY list sheet display screen of FIG. 11, data sheets and XY list sheets in the patent map creation system will be described.

  In FIG. 9, the data sheet display screen includes an [input / content display such as evaluation] button 301, an [application year, applicant, classification code automatic input] button 302, a [return to menu] button 303, [Data Check & Delete] button 304, [Auto Filter] button 305, [Sort] button 306, [Character Replacement] button 307, a theme name display window 308 displaying the theme name [RAM], [ An “additional import such as“ claim ”” button 309 and a previous end number display window 310 are provided.

  The data sheet display screen displays a public number column 311 for displaying the public number, a name column 312 for displaying the name of the invention, a classification column 313 for displaying the IPC classification, and an applicant as a column for displaying the contents of the data sheet. Applicant column 314, patent (publication) number column 315 for displaying the patent (publication) number, application number column 316 for displaying the application number, publication date column 317 for displaying the publication date, application date column 318 for displaying the application date , An inventor column 319 for displaying the inventor, a feature point column 320 for displaying the feature point of the invention, for example, an X-axis column 321 for displaying the evaluation value of the X-axis which is the part component axis of the technical classification, for example, a function of the technical classification Y-axis column 322 for displaying the evaluation value of the Y-axis that is the axis, importance column 323 for displaying the evaluation value given by the importance, examination request column 324 for displaying the evaluation value according to the status of the examination request Employment status column 325 for displaying an evaluation value according to 325, in-house reference number column 326 for displaying an in-house reference number, a classification code column 327 in which an IPC classification code is further encoded in a data sheet, and an applicant is encoded in a data sheet An applicant code field 328 and an application year code field 329 in which the application year is encoded in the data sheet are provided.

  Each of the above fields corresponds to a field included in a record which is patent document information of the data sheet. Then, after each bibliographic item relating to a plurality of patent documents is taken into the data sheet, clicking the [Application Year, Applicant, Classification Code Automatic Input] button 302, the classification code field 327 and the applicant code field in the data sheet A numerical code is automatically assigned to 328 in order from the highest frequency and displayed on the display screen. At this time, numbers are assigned to the application year code column 329 in ascending order from the old application year to the new application year. At the same time, numerical codes are similarly assigned to the classification field 406, the applicant field 407, and the application year field 408 of the XY list sheet described in FIG.

  [Evaluation etc./Display Contents] button 301 is used to input an evaluation value for a patent document while displaying the detailed contents (abstract, full text, full figure) of the patent document on the selected data sheet. To do. When the “input / content display such as evaluation” button 301 is clicked, the data sheet display screen moves to an evaluation input screen (not shown), and the X-axis technical classification, Y-axis technical classification defined in the XY list sheet 5, The evaluation value of each evaluation item such as importance, examination request status, employment status, and feature points that can be described in free words can be input.

  On this evaluation input screen, each patent document can be described in X-axis technical classification, Y-axis technical classification, importance, examination request status, evaluation value of each evaluation item such as employment status, and free word The feature points are input and evaluation data is accumulated in the patent classification evaluation system 31.

  [Auto Filter] button 305 is a button for instructing on / off of the auto filter function by automatic extraction unit 14 in FIG. 1. This auto filter function saves labor for narrowing down patent documents for which a patent map is to be created from a plurality of patent documents on the data sheet 4.

  For example, if the pull-down menu displayed in the applicant column is opened when the auto filter function is on, all applicants, top ten applicants on the data sheet (top ten), and each application on the data sheet It is possible to select and input from people. Here, when the designation of top ten is entered, patent documents by the top ten applicants on the data sheet are extracted and remain on the data sheet. If a specific applicant is designated, the patent document of the applicant is extracted and remains on the data sheet. In the case of returning to the original state, when all applicants' designations are input, the selection of the patent document by the applicant is returned to the original state.

  In addition, when the auto filter function is on, if you open the pull-down menu displayed in the application year column, all the application years, the top 10 application years (top ten) on the data sheet, and each application on the data sheet You can select and input from the year. Here, when the designation of top ten is input, the patent documents of the top 10 application years are extracted on the data sheet and remain on the data sheet. If a specific application year is specified, the patent document of the application year is extracted and remains on the data sheet. In the case of returning to the original state, if all the application year designations are input, the selection of the patent document by the application year is returned to the original state.

  In addition, as an option of the auto filter function, a first condition for selecting a patent document of an application year having a value larger (smaller) than the first application year, and an application year having a value smaller (larger) than the second application year A second condition for selecting a patent document is input, and selection and extraction of the patent document by logical product (AND) and logical sum (OW) of the first and second conditions can be performed. With this function, it is possible to extract an application having an arbitrary period from the start year to the end year, or to extract an application excluding an arbitrary period.

  Furthermore, since the function related to the IPC classification of the auto filter function has the same function as that of the filing year, it is possible to extract an application based on any continuous IPC classification.

  In the evaluation input screen, the published patent information search system 32, the company patent management system 33, or the published patent publication CD-ROM 34 is searched using the publication number, application number, or in-house reference number of the selected patent document as a search condition. The detailed contents are obtained by accessing, and the detailed contents are displayed on the screen of the display device.

  Furthermore, from the evaluation input screen, the company's patent management system 33 is accessed using the in-house reference number as a search condition, and the model of the vehicle to which the invention is applied (including planned), whether there is a foreign application, whether there is a request for examination, examination The date of billing, life or death of rights, the degree of contribution of the invention to the company, etc. are displayed on the screen of the display device.

  The data sheet display screen shown in FIG. 10 is obtained after the additional document information is captured for the patent document on the data sheet by the additional document information capturing function by the “additional capture of“ claim ”” button 309. A display screen is shown. As shown in FIG. 10, a claims field 330, an assignment field 331, and a summary field 332 are added between the applicant field 314 and a patent (notification) number field 315 (not shown). (In which five cases are shown), the problem to be solved by the invention, and the abstract are incorporated in the corresponding columns.

  FIG. 11 is an example of a screen displaying the XY list sheet 5 of FIG. In the XY list sheet 5, the X-axis evaluation value, the Y-axis evaluation value, the importance, the examination request, the recruitment status, the IPC classification, the applicant, the application year, and the evaluation values corresponding to these fields are digitized. Has a field. On the screen displaying the XY list sheet, the X-axis column 401 for displaying the X-axis evaluation value, the Y-axis column 402 for displaying the Y-axis evaluation value, and the importance level for displaying the importance corresponding to the above fields. Degree column 403, examination request column 404 for displaying the status of examination request, adoption status column 405 for displaying the adoption status for products, classification column 406 for displaying the IPC classification, applicant column 407 for displaying the applicant, application year Has an application year column 408. In each column, for example, a numerical value of the evaluation value is displayed at the same time, such as 1 for the X-axis motor, 2 for the Y-axis power consumption, and 4 for the expiration of the examination request.

  FIG. 12 is an example of a display screen of a patent map with a picture using a selected XY map sheet of the map sheet 6. As shown in FIG. 12, the display screen of the selected XY map sheet includes a [MAP creation / update] button 501 for instructing creation or update of a patent map, and a [MAP clear] button for instructing clearing of the currently displayed patent map. 502, a [Return to Menu] button 503 for instructing to return to the menu of FIG. 4, a [Drawing Download] button 504 for instructing fetching of drawing information such as a representative diagram for each patent document in the selected XY map, [Drawing display] button 505 for instructing to display a drawing in the patent map, [Drawing non-displaying] button 506 for instructing not to display a drawing in the patent map, and storage in the patent map and drawing information storage unit 7 [Delete drawing] button 507 for instructing to delete the created drawing, horizontal axis pull-down menu 508 for specifying the horizontal axis of the patent map to be created, and patent map to be created A vertical axis pull-down menu 509 for designating the vertical axis, a check box 510 for designating whether or not to display a drawing when a patent map is created, and a [content display] button 511 for displaying detailed contents of a selected cell of the patent map. And a [Create Material] button 512.

  In the horizontal axis pull-down menu 508 and the vertical axis pull-down menu 509, the X axis, Y axis, classification, application year, importance, examination status, and employment status defined in the XY list sheet can be selected.

  To create a patent map, a horizontal map and a vertical axis are set using the horizontal axis pull-down menu 508 and the vertical axis pull-down menu 509, and then a [MAP creation / update] button 501 is clicked to create a patent map. At this time, if the check box 510 is checked, a map with a picture for drawing display is created when the map is created, and if the check box 510 is not checked, a normal patent map without a drawing is created. .

  When a patent map with a picture is created and displayed on the display device, each cell of the matrix of the patent map is divided into left and right, for example, patent document information is displayed on the left side and a representative diagram is displayed as drawing information on the right side. . That is, as shown in FIG. 12, on the left side 513 of the cell, for example, the applicant (A electricity in the figure), the publication number (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 07-XXXXXX), the title of the invention (volume rendering method), the filing date (1993/06) / 16) is displayed, and a representative diagram is displayed on the right side 514 of the cell.

  After creating a normal patent map, clicking the [Download Drawing] button 504 causes the additional information acquisition unit 10 in FIG. 1 from the published patent information search system 32, the company patent management system 33, or the published patent publication CD-ROM 34. A representative diagram is loaded as drawing information corresponding to each patent document in the patent map, an identification code is assigned to each representative diagram and stored in the drawing information storage unit 7, and a representative diagram 514 is stored in each cell of the patent map. indicate.

At this time, the representative diagram that is determined to be already stored in the drawing information storage unit 7 by the identification code uses the representative diagram stored in the drawing information storage unit 7 without being loaded again. Here, as a format of the drawing data, TIFF (Tagged-Image Files Format, extension .tif) or GIF (Graphics Interchange Format, extension .gif), which are general still image compression methods, can be used. .
FIG. 13 is an example of a screen in which an extracted print sheet for designating a print layout from the picture-added patent map of FIG. 12 and printing it on the designated paper is displayed on the display device.

  In FIG. 13, the extracted print screen includes a [Download drawing] button 601, an [Extracted print layout] button 602, a [Clear display contents] button 603, a [Re-layout] button 604, and an [Update memo field] button 605. [Drawing Delete] button 606, selection item display areas 608 and 611, memo column display areas 609 and 612, and drawing information display areas 610 and 613.

  The selection item display areas 608 and 611, the memo column display areas 609 and 612, and the drawing information display areas 610 and 613 are display examples when the number of columns 2 is specified, and corresponds to the number of columns and the specified number n. Thus, the display becomes n columns.

  [Download drawing] button 601 and [Delete drawing] button 606 are buttons having functions similar to those of [Download drawing] button 504 and [Delete drawing] button 507 in FIG. 12, respectively.

  An “extracted print layout” button 602 is a button for setting an extracted print condition, and is used for editing a layout suitable for a print sheet in order to print out from a map with a picture. When the “extracted print layout” button 602 is clicked, the extracted print control unit 12 displays a small screen for setting an extracted print condition so as to overlap the extracted print screen, and allows the user to input a selection item, a paper size, and the number of columns. Prompt. The selection item is to select document information to be displayed on the patent map as additional document information. In the present embodiment, any one of claims, problems, abstracts, and claims can be selected. . The paper size includes, for example, no designation, A4 portrait, A4 landscape, A3 portrait, A3 landscape, and the like. The number of columns designates how many cells of the map with pictures are arranged side by side in the horizontal direction of the printing paper, and in the embodiment, an arbitrary number of columns from 1 to 6 can be designated. .

  A “display content clear” button 603 is a button for clearing the display content when resetting the extraction printing conditions. [Relay] button 604 is a button for re-layout with a new number of columns when, for example, rewriting column number display window 607 and changing the number of columns.

  [Update memo column] button 605 is a button for transferring the character data to the memo column on the data sheet 4 when the memo columns 609 and 612 are entered or rewritten. By updating the memo field, the character data entered in the memo field on the extraction print screen is reflected on the data sheet 4 and is saved as a patent map file 22 when it is output from the patent map creation system 2, and the patent map file 22 is patented again. It can be displayed when it is read into the map creation system 2.

  Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5, the additional document information taking process operation by the additional information taking unit 10 of the patent map creation system will be described in detail.

  First, the patent map file 22 (Excel book) to be processed is opened in S100, the data sheet 4 is displayed in S102, and the theme name and contents of the map are confirmed. Next, in S104, the “additional import of“ claims ”etc.” button 309 in the data sheet display screen is clicked. When the “additional import such as“ claim ”” button 309 is clicked, the patent map creation system displays a file selection screen. The user selects and designates a data file to be imported as additional information in S106. input. This data file is configured in, for example, the CSV format, and includes a claim, a problem, a summary, and a first claim for each patent document.

  When the specification of the data file is input, additional information is taken into the additional update editing sheet from the additional data file in S108. The additional update edit sheet is a worksheet serving as a work buffer for fetching additional information into the data sheet 4, and includes columns for claim, problem, summary, and claim 1 for each patent document number. It shall be.

  When the additional information has been taken in, then in S110, the data taken in the additional update editing sheet is edited, and provided in the data sheet 4, claims, problems, abstracts, and claims 1. Are output to each of the fields, and capturing of additional literature information is terminated.

Next, the processing operation for creating a patent map will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, the user opens the patent map file 22 to be processed (referred to as a book in Excel) in S120, displays the data sheet 4 in S122, and checks the theme name and contents of the map. Next, in S124, the [Auto Filter] button 305 is clicked to turn on the auto filter function, the data sheet's applicant, application year, and classification fields are clicked to open the auto filter function pull-down menu. Set the extraction condition by. When the extraction condition is set, the patent map creation system automatically extracts patent documents that meet the extraction condition from the data sheet 4 by the auto filter function in S126, and displays the extraction result on the screen of the display device in S128. .

  Next, the user determines whether or not there is another extraction condition in S130, and if there is another extraction condition, returns to S124. If the extraction operation is completed and there is no other extraction condition, the process proceeds to S132.

  In S132, the screen is switched to the selected XY map sheet. At this time, in the selected XY map sheet shown in FIG. 12, only the map sheet frames indicated by reference numerals 501 to 512 and 229 to 251 are displayed, and the map portion is blank.

  Next, in S134, the user determines whether to create a map with a picture or a normal patent map. When creating a map with a picture, the check box 510 of [Display drawing when creating a map] is checked in S138. And make sure it is on. Corresponding to the ON / OFF of the check box 510, a drawing display flag that is a control flag for the patent map display unit 11 is set / reset. It is possible to instruct simultaneously to store and display a map with a picture using the loaded drawing information.

  Conversely, if drawing information is not required for the patent map, the check box 510 of [Display drawing when creating map] is unchecked in S136.

  Next, the user clicks the [Create / Update Map] button 501 in S140, and in S142, specifies the horizontal axis and vertical axis of the map using the horizontal axis pull-down menu 508 and vertical axis pull-down menu 509. When the designation input of the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of the map is made, a map creation confirmation message is displayed on the screen of the display device. For example, when [Yes (Y)] is clicked or entered, the patent map creation system displays S144. Then, it is determined whether the drawing display flag is on or off to determine whether a map with a picture is created or a normal patent map without a picture is created.

  If it is determined in S144 that the drawing display flag is on, the patent map creation system creates a patent map with a picture including drawing information and contents in S152. Next, in S154, the patented map with pictures is displayed on the display device, and in S156, it is determined whether or not a click input to the [Hide Drawing] button 506 is present. If there is no input, the display of the patented map with pictures is continued. If there is a click input of the [Hide Drawing] button 506, the process moves to S146, or only the drawing display is deleted from the currently displayed patent map, and the process moves to S148.

  If the drawing display flag is off in S144, the process advances to S146 to create a normal patent map without a picture, and the patent map is displayed on the display device in S148. Next, in S150, it is determined whether or not the “drawing display” button 505 is clicked, and if there is no input, the display of the patent map without a picture is continued. If there is a click input of the [Display Drawing] button 505, the process proceeds to S152.

Next, the processing operation of creating a patented map with a picture, which is the detail of S152 of FIG. 6, by the patent map creating system will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, in S180, a patent map matrix is created with the set horizontal and vertical axes. Next, one patent document on the data sheet is selected in S182, and in S184, cells on the matrix are determined according to the evaluation values on the horizontal and vertical axes of the patent document. In S186, the document information of the patent document is arranged on the left side of the determined cell.

  Next, in S188, whether or not a drawing identification code is entered in the drawing identification code column of the patent document on the data sheet 4, that is, whether or not the drawing information of the patent document is stored in the drawing information storage unit 7. If there is no entry, the process proceeds to S190, and if there is an entry, the process proceeds to S192.

  In S190, the additional information acquisition unit 10 of the patent map creation system captures a representative diagram as drawing information of the patent document from the published patent information search system 32, the company's patent management system 33, or the published patent publication CD-ROM 34, and identifies the drawing. A code is assigned and stored in the drawing information storage unit 7, and an identification code is stored in the drawing identification code column of the data sheet.

  In S192, the representative diagram is read from the drawing information storage unit 7 based on the identification code, and the representative diagram is arranged on the right side of the same cell as the cell in which the document information is arranged on the left side in S186. Next, in S194, it is determined whether or not all patent documents on the data sheet have been processed. If not, the process returns to S194. If completed, the creation of the patented map with pictures is complete.

  Next, the processing operation of the extraction print control unit 12 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, a patented map with pictures is created in S210, and a patented map with pictures as shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. Up to this point, it is as described with reference to the flowchart up to FIG. Next, when the user clicks the tab 237 of the extracted print sheet in S212, the extracted print screen as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the display device. Next, when the “extracted print layout” button 602 is clicked on the extracted print screen in S214, the extracted print control unit 12 displays a small screen for setting the extracted print conditions on the extracted print screen in S216.

  In step S218, the user sets and inputs a selection item, a paper size, and the number of columns on the extracted print condition setting screen. The selection item is to select document information to be displayed on the patent map as additional document information. In the present embodiment, any one of claims, problems, abstracts, and claims can be selected. . The paper size includes, for example, no designation, A4 portrait, A4 landscape, A3 portrait, A3 landscape, and the like. The number of columns designates how many cells of the map with pictures are arranged side by side in the horizontal direction of the printing paper, and in the embodiment, an arbitrary number of columns from 1 to 6 can be designated. .

  When the extraction print condition is set, the extraction print control unit 12 creates a print layout according to the extraction print condition in S220, and displays the extraction print layout as shown in FIG. 13 on the display device. In S222, the user determines whether or not the layout is appropriate by viewing this display. If the layout is inappropriate, the user proceeds to S224 and clicks the [Clear Display Contents] button 603. As a result, the extraction print control unit 12 clears the display contents laid out and displayed under the previously set extraction print conditions. Next, in step S226, the user inputs a new edit row number, selection item, or paper size. In step S228, the “re-layout” button 604 is clicked. Thereby, the extraction print control unit 12 creates a print layout under the newly set extraction print condition and displays it on the display device in S220.

  If it is determined in S222 that the layout is appropriate, the user determines whether or not to input a memo in S230. If the user wants to enter in the memo column in the cell of the patent map, the process proceeds to S232, and the memo column is not required. If so, the process proceeds to S244.

  In S232, a selection is made by, for example, clicking on a cell of the matrix of the patent map to which a memo is to be written, and in S234, a character is input from the keyboard of the input device 25 to the memo column. Next, in [S236], the [Memo field update] button 605 is clicked. When the “update memo column” button 605 is clicked, the extracted print control unit 12 transfers the contents of the memo column of the extracted print sheet to the memo column of the data sheet 4 in S238. In S242, the user clicks the data sheet tab 231 to display the data sheet 4 on the display device, and the contents entered in the memo column of a certain patent document on the extracted print sheet correspond to the corresponding patent document on the data sheet 4. It can be confirmed that it has been transferred to the memo field. Next, the user clicks the tab 237 of the extracted print sheet to return the display on the display device to the extracted print sheet. Next, in step S244, a print instruction is issued using a print instruction button or the like of the spreadsheet software, and extraction printing is performed.

  In this embodiment, when a patented map with a picture is created and displayed on a display device, the feature of each patent document can be easily grasped from the drawing information, unlike the conventional patent map without the drawing information. A comparison between a plurality of patent documents can be performed while viewing the information, and the mutual relationship between the patent documents and the parent-child relationship can be easily determined. By means of the memo field input function, it is possible to provide means for writing such a determination result as a memo on a patent map with a picture, printing it out, or transferring it to a data sheet for storage.

  In the above description, the extraction print condition is set before the memo column input. However, the extraction print condition setting can be changed after the memo column input first. is there.

It is a block diagram explaining the block configuration of embodiment of the patent map production system which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic flowchart explaining the whole flow of a patent map production system. It is ER figure which shows the example of a database structure of the patent classification evaluation system which a patent map creation system refers. It is a figure explaining the example of the menu display in a patent map production system. It is a flowchart explaining acquisition of the additional literature information in a patent map production system. It is a flowchart explaining the patent map preparation in a patent map preparation system. It is a flowchart explaining preparation of the patent map with a picture in a patent map preparation system. It is a flowchart explaining the extraction printing process in a patent map production system. It is a figure explaining the example of the data sheet in a patent map production system. It is a figure explaining the example of taking in additional information to a data sheet in a patent map creation system. It is a figure explaining the example of the XY list sheet in a patent map production system. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a patent map with a picture. It is a figure which shows the example of a layout at the time of extraction printing.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... User terminal device 2 ... Patent map creation system 3 ... Spreadsheet software 4 ... Data sheet 5 ... XY list sheet 6 ... Map sheet 7 ... Drawing information storage part 10 ... Additional information acquisition part 11 ... Patent map display part 12 ... Extraction Print control unit 13 ... Patent map input / output unit 14 ... Automatic extraction unit 15 ... Detail display control unit 21 ... Input file 22 ... Patent map file 22 ... Data / XY list sheet 23 ... Optical medium drive device 24 ... Display device 25 ... Input Device 31 ... Patent classification / evaluation system 32 ... Published patent information search system 33 ... Own patent management system 34 ... Published patent gazette CD-ROM

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In a patent map creation system that displays a matrix map or a list of patent maps on a display device for a plurality of patent documents on a data sheet to which respective evaluation values by a plurality of evaluation axes are assigned in advance,
Additional information acquisition means for acquiring additional information such as drawing information for each patent document from a patent information storage medium or a patent database;
Patent map display means for displaying on the display device so as to include at least a part of the additional information in each cell of the matrix or list of the patent map when the additional information is acquired;
Patent map creation system characterized by comprising:   2. The patent map creation system according to claim 1, wherein the drawing information is representative drawing information.   The additional information includes additional document information that is any one of claims, problems, abstracts, claims 1 or any combination thereof. Patent map creation system described. The additional information acquisition means includes
2. The patent map creation system according to claim 1, wherein the additional information for each patent document is loaded from a patent information storage medium or a patent database based on number information such as an application number or a publication number of the patent document.   2. The patent map creation system according to claim 1, wherein the patent map display means further displays the unique evaluation information given by evaluation for each patent document.   Storing drawing information loaded from a patent storage medium or patent database, and when the same drawing information is requested again, the drawing information storage that reads and provides the stored drawing information without reloading from the patent storage medium or patent database The patent map creation system according to claim 1, further comprising means.   The patent database includes an external patent database and an in-house patent database, and the additional information regarding the in-house patent application before publication is downloaded from the in-house patent database based on an application number or an in-house reference number. The patent map creation system according to claim 1.   Automatic extraction means for accepting input of extraction conditions for each bibliographic item of a plurality of patent documents on the data sheet and automatically extracting patent documents that meet the extraction conditions from the data sheet as patent map creation targets The patent map creating system according to claim 1, further comprising:   A new data sheet including a patent document extracted from the data sheet under desired conditions or a patent map created based on the data sheet is output as a separate sheet from the original data sheet. 9. The patent map creation system according to claim 1 or claim 8, wherein:   A new data sheet including patent documents extracted from the data sheet under desired conditions, or a patent map created based on the data sheet is output as a file separate from the file containing the original data sheet. 2. The patent map creation system according to claim 1, further comprising another file output means.   A patent map is created as a two-dimensional matrix of cells including the drawing information, and at least a part of the patent map is displayed on the screen. When the screen cannot be displayed at once, the display position on the two-dimensional matrix can be moved by the cursor. The patent map creation system according to claim 1. Printing paper designating means for receiving the paper to be printed out of the patent map and the input in the vertical and horizontal directions;
Layout selection means that accepts a selection input of a layout to be output to the paper, lays out and displays the patent map according to the input layout, and can be output to a printing press with the layout;
The patent map creation system according to claim 11, further comprising: On the display screen after the layout is designated by the layout designation means, the memo input means accepts the memo input to the memo field provided for each cell of the patent map, and displays the inputted memo in the memo field;
Memo transfer means for transferring the contents of the memo field to the memo field for each patent document arranged on the data sheet;
13. The patent map creation system according to claim 12, further comprising: In a patent map creation program for displaying a matrix map or a list of patent maps on a display device for a plurality of patent documents on a data sheet to which respective evaluation values by a plurality of evaluation axes are given in advance,
Additional information acquisition process for acquiring additional information such as drawing information for each patent document from a patent information storage medium or a patent database;
When the additional information is acquired, a patent map display process for displaying on the display device so as to include at least a part of the additional information in each cell of the matrix or list of the patent map;
Patent map creation program characterized by comprising:   15. The program for creating a patent map according to claim 14, wherein the drawing information is drawing information of a representative figure.   The additional information includes additional document information which is any one of claims, problems, abstracts, claims 1 or any combination thereof. Patent map creation program described. The additional information acquisition process includes:
15. The program for creating a patent map according to claim 14, wherein the additional information for each patent document is loaded from a patent information storage medium or a patent database based on number information such as an application number or a publication number of the patent document.   15. The program for creating a patent map according to claim 14, wherein the patent map display step further comprises a step of displaying unique evaluation information given by evaluation for each patent document. Drawing information accumulation process for accumulating drawing information loaded from a patent storage medium or patent database in a storage device;
If the same drawing information is requested again, the drawing information reading process for reading the drawing information accumulated from the storage device without reloading from the patent storage medium or the patent database;
15. The program for creating a patent map according to claim 14, further comprising:   The patent database includes an external patent database and an in-house patent database, and the additional information regarding the in-house patent application before publication is downloaded from the in-house patent database based on an application number or an in-house reference number. The program for creating a patent map according to claim 14. For each bibliographic item of a plurality of patent documents on the data sheet, an extraction condition reception process for receiving an input of an extraction condition;
An automatic extraction process for automatically extracting from the data sheet patent documents that meet the extraction conditions as a patent map creation target;
15. The program for creating a patent map according to claim 14, further comprising:   A new data sheet including a patent document extracted from the data sheet under desired conditions or a patent map created based on the data sheet is output as a separate sheet from the original data sheet. The patent map creation program according to claim 14 or claim 21, wherein   A new data sheet including patent documents extracted from the data sheet under desired conditions, or a patent map created based on the data sheet is output as a file separate from the file containing the original data sheet. 15. The patent map creation program according to claim 14, further comprising a separate file output process. Creating a patent map as a two-dimensional matrix of cells containing the drawing information;
A display position moving process in which at least a part of the patent map is displayed on the screen and when the screen cannot be displayed at once, the display position on the two-dimensional matrix is moved by the cursor;
15. The program for creating a patent map according to claim 14, further comprising: A paper to be printed out on the patent map and a printing paper designation process for accepting input in the vertical and horizontal directions;
Receiving a selection input of a layout to be output to the paper, laying out and displaying the patent map according to the input layout, and a layout designating process capable of outputting to the printing press with the layout;
25. The patent map creation program according to claim 24, comprising: On the display screen after layout designation in the layout designation process, accepting a memo input to the memo field provided for each cell of the patent map, and a memo input process to display the entered memo in the memo field;
Memo transfer process for transferring the contents of the memo field to the memo field for each patent document arranged on the data sheet;
26. The patent map creation program according to claim 25, comprising:

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