JP2009032296A - Patent management program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a patent management program for managing accurately and quickly electronic application data, and managing easily a patent, without requiring complicated work and causing operation errors. <P>SOLUTION: A computer executes a procedure of: accumulating automatically inventor data in an inventor storage area, by only inputting the application data into a database; accumulating other data in an other data storage area therein; linking the inventor data with the other data; displaying an inventor list in a terminal device; and displaying the application data of a selected inventor, when the inventor is selected from the inventor list. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a patent management program. Specifically, patent application documents submitted to the Japan Patent Office are automatically distributed in a database so that existing applications can be easily searched.

  Conventionally, application data such as patent applications or utility model registration applications are managed by binding application documents into files for each classification of specifications, drawings, etc., or manually entering bibliographic items into a computer. ing.

Recently, along with the increase in the number of applications, the management of application data has become a very complicated task, and it takes a long time for the work, and there is a problem that manual errors are likely to occur. In order to solve this problem, management of patent documents using computerized data has been proposed.
For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-85799 proposes a patent abstract automatic generation method that reduces the load of search processing and visual confirmation processing by automatically creating and storing abstracts from patent documents at the time of packaging creation processing. Yes.
JP-A-11-85799

  However, in the patent abstract automatic generation method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-85799, the patent abstract is searched and the amount of documents to be searched is reduced, but the extracted information is not linked. There is a problem that other information cannot be derived from each information.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems. By simply inputting application data, application data is automatically stored for each data, and when necessary data is selected, another application including the data is stored. It is an object of the present invention to provide a patent management program that can display data and can easily perform patent management without complicated operations and work errors.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a database having at least a drawing storage area for accumulating drawings attached to a patent application or / and a utility model registration application. An other data storage area for storing other data consisting of an application date or / and an applicant file number;
When the application data is input to the database, the drawing is stored in the drawing storage area.
A procedure for automatically distributing the other data to another data storage area;
A procedure in which each drawing stored in the drawing storage area is linked with corresponding other data stored in another data storage area;
The drawing stored in the drawing storage area is an input signal for drawing display, and sequentially displays a plurality of drawings on one screen sequentially on the display unit of the terminal, and
There is provided a patent management program characterized by comprising a procedure for displaying the other data corresponding to the required drawing when the required drawing is selected.

By simply inputting the application data filed online with the Japan Patent Office, the drawings are automatically stored in the drawing storage area of the database, and the drawing data is linked to other data, so the drawing data is displayed on the terminal. By selecting the necessary drawing data, other application data corresponding to the drawing data can be displayed.
In this way, since the drawing and other data are linked, other data related to the displayed drawing can be instantly found, which is particularly useful for managing application data characteristic of the drawing.

  In addition, since multiple drawings are simultaneously displayed on one screen of the display device, it is not necessary to read the contents of a document such as a specification for a plurality of application data, and even if the application number is not known, the drawings can be viewed at a glance. Necessary data can be determined.

  According to the patent management program of the present invention, since a series of operations as described above can be made to function on a computer, the contents of the specification can be easily confirmed from the drawing data. Can be reduced.

  The above drawing is an abstract selection diagram. By making the drawings to be displayed as the selection drawings described in the abstract, the contents of the invention can be understood only by looking at one drawing which is the point of the invention, and it is necessary instantly without looking at many drawings. Application data can be judged.

In the present invention, the database further includes an inventor name storage area for storing at least an inventor's name described in a patent application or / and a utility model registration application. Other data storage area for storing other data consisting of a number, an application date or / and an applicant file number,
When the application data is input to a database, the inventor name is stored in the inventor name storage area, and the other data is automatically distributed in the other data storage area.
A procedure in which the inventor names stored in the inventor name storage area are grouped in a rule order and linked to each inventor name data and other data stored in the other data storage area of the application invented by the corresponding inventor When,
The inventor name stored in the inventor name storage area is an inventor-displayed input signal, and is sequentially displayed on the display unit of the terminal in a regular order,
When a displayed inventor is selected, a patent management program is provided that includes a procedure for displaying the other data of the application invented by the inventor.

  Since the inventor names are displayed in order, even if the specific contents of the application data are not known, a certain amount of technical contents can be predicted from the inventor name, and related application data invented by the same inventor can be obtained. It can be easily taken out.

  In addition, the rule order is displayed purely in the order of the Japanese syllabary order or ABC order, etc., so that the inventor's display becomes easier to understand and the necessary data can be easily extracted.

  The application document data input to the database is made up of online application data to the Japan Patent Office or / and public gazette data imported from the electronic library of the Japan Patent Office via a communication network.

As a result, the application data filed online with the Japan Patent Office is simply transferred to the database as it is, and the database can be easily created without requiring complicated work.
In addition, the application document data can be easily entered into the database simply by importing it from the Japan Patent Office's electronic library via a communication network, and various necessary data can be easily entered into the database. The number of related application data in various fields can be increased.

  The data is preferably in HTML format or XML format. This makes it easy to input data filed online with the JPO.

For each of the above application data, the file name is specified and stored in the database,
In each of the above files, there is a procedure that can additionally register the document data to be submitted to the JPO after application, the document data sent from the JPO, and each date data as the above other data,
When the file name is input from the terminal, there is a procedure for displaying other data corresponding to the file name.

The additionally registered data is also automatically stored in the database, so that necessary data can be easily updated as needed. Therefore, it is possible to take out the latest applicable application data just by inputting the file name, and to perform data management after application such as deadline management.

  As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, each data such as a drawing and an inventor name is automatically stored in each storage area of the database simply by inputting the application data. Since the data is displayed on the terminal and the necessary data is selected, the application data including the data can be displayed. In this way, since a series of operations as described above can be caused to function on a computer, a patent administrator can easily manage patents, eliminate complicated operations and operational errors, and instantly transfer necessary data. Can be taken out.

  In addition, since data of online applications and data from the electronic library of the Japan Patent Office can be diverted, it is easy to input data, and various patterns of data can be stored. Furthermore, since application data can be additionally registered, it is useful for managing the deadline of each application.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The patent management program of the present invention comprises at least a drawing storage area for accumulating only drawings attached to a patent application or / and a utility model registration application, and includes the full text of the application document data, application number, application date, and / or It has a database with another data storage area for storing other data consisting of applicant file numbers.

Specifically, when the application data is input to a database, a drawing is automatically distributed to the drawing storage area, and the other data is automatically distributed to another data storage area.
A procedure in which each drawing stored in the drawing storage area is linked with corresponding other data stored in another data storage area;
The drawing stored in the drawing storage area is an input signal for drawing display, and sequentially displays a plurality of drawings on one screen sequentially on the display unit of the terminal, and
When a required drawing displayed is selected, a procedure for displaying the other data corresponding to the drawing is provided, and this is a patent management program for causing a computer to execute each of the steps.

  Further, the drawing storage area further includes a selection diagram storage area for storing only the selection diagram of the abstract, and the corresponding data stored in the other data storage region is automatically allocated to the selection diagram storage area. And a procedure for displaying data corresponding to the selected diagram by selecting the selected diagram.

  Further, the other data storage area includes an inventor name storage area for storing only the inventor's name, and also stores an application number, an application file number, an application date, an invention name, an applicant, etc. Each memory area is subdivided. Inventor names stored in the inventor name storage area are grouped in alphabetical order or other order. Similarly, other data is also organized in the order of rules.

  In addition, each of the above-mentioned application data is specified and stored in a database with the file name. Document data to be submitted to the JPO after application, document data sent from the JPO, date data, etc. There is a procedure that can be additionally registered as data. When the file name is input from a terminal, other data corresponding to the file name is displayed.

  Application document data input to the database of such a patent management program consists of online application data to the Japan Patent Office or / and published gazette data to be imported from the electronic library of the Japan Patent Office via a communication network. The data is assumed to be in HTML format or XML format.

  In this way, it is possible to display other data corresponding to the data simply by identifying and selecting the necessary data from the drawing, inventor name and other data displayed on the computer screen. Can be searched and surveyed. Thereby, each company etc. can manage their application data and application data of other companies in the related technical field.

Actually, the patent management program of the present invention can be started and application data can be managed by the following method.
First, necessary application document data is input to a database in the form of data after online application to the JPO. The input data is automatically stored in the storage area of each data by the program, and each data is linked with each other data. Through such an input operation, all data to be managed, such as all data of the company application or data of other companies related to the related technology, is input.

Next, when it is desired to confirm / search whether the same type of application has been filed before, necessary data is displayed from the input data according to the information content before the search. For example, in order to search for an application that does not know the bibliographic information such as the application number but has a characteristic in the drawing, only the drawing data is called out from the input data, and multiple drawings are displayed on the terminal screen. Split and display.
For example, as shown in FIG. 1, one screen of the display device 1 is divided into eight, and selection drawings D1 to D8 of eight patent applications are simultaneously displayed on the screen. By sequentially repeating this one screen, it is possible to easily find a patent application for a target drawing from among a large number of patent applications.

  When you select the drawing data corresponding to the search by clicking on it from the displayed drawing data, the information on the other application data related to the drawing data is displayed on the screen, and the contents of the specific application data are confirmed. can do.

Such a series of operations can be easily performed only by selecting items according to instructions on the screen by a computer. Also, new application data or additional registration data can be input in the same manner by simply selecting an item on the screen.
Since only the operation on the computer screen is performed, the operation can be easily repeated only by changing the screen, and the data to be called and displayed can be changed instantaneously.

  The application data may be input via various recording media such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk, CD-ROM, MO, and DVD-ROM, or may be input via a network. Further, it is preferable that the application data searched and displayed can be output via the recording medium as described above, and can be printed out.

It is the schematic which shows drawing displayed on the screen.

Explanation of symbols

      Drawing consisting of D1-D8 selection diagrams

Claims (3)

A patent management system for application data,
The database includes at least an inventor name storage area for storing only the inventor name described in the patent application or / and the utility model registration application, and includes the full text of the above application data, the application number, the application date, and / or Other data storage area for storing other data consisting of applicant file numbers,
When the application data is input to a database, the inventor name is stored in the inventor name storage area, and the other data is automatically distributed in the other data storage area.
A procedure in which the inventor names stored in the inventor name storage area are grouped in a rule order and linked to each inventor name data and other data stored in the other data storage area of the application invented by the corresponding inventor When,
The inventor name stored in the inventor name storage area is an inventor-displayed input signal, and is sequentially displayed on the display unit of the terminal in a regular order,
A patent management program comprising: a procedure for displaying the other data of the application invented by the inventor when the displayed inventor is selected.   The inventor names stored in the inventor name storage area are grouped in the order of the Japanese syllabary or ABC rules, and displayed on the inventor's display unit in the order of the Japanese syllabary or ABC order. Item 2. The patent management system according to Item 1. The database further includes a selection diagram storage area for accumulating a selection diagram of abstracts attached to the application data, and the entire text and application number of the application data of the patent application or / and utility model registration application. An other data storage area for storing other data consisting of an application date or / and an applicant file number;
When the application data is input to the database, the selection chart is automatically allocated to the selection chart storage area, and the other data is automatically distributed to another data storage area;
A procedure in which each selection chart stored in the selection chart storage area is linked with corresponding other data stored in another data storage area;
A selection diagram of each application data stored in the selection diagram storage area is an input signal for drawing display, and a sequence in which a plurality of selection diagrams are sequentially divided and displayed on one screen on the display unit of the terminal,
The patent management system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a procedure for displaying the other data corresponding to the selection diagram when the required selection diagram displayed is selected.

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