JP2012048696A - Document preparation support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an application document preparation support system capable of outputting profitable information when inputting contents of a document for a patent application or the like.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a patent application document having "Description" and "Claims", including a recording section for recording an example sentence file containing "Description" and "Claims" in documents prepared in the past. The system also includes an input section to be used for inputting information about "Description" and "Claims". The system further includes a display section for displaying the information. A control section is provided for preparing the application document along with a predetermined format on the basis of the information. The input section is also used for selecting one of items in "Description" or one of "Claims" and for inputting a keyword. The control section extracts and displays a paragraph or a description item in the selected "Description" or a "claim" included in one area of "Claims" and containing the keyword from among the example sentence files recorded by the recording section and stored in a predetermined folder.

Description

  The present invention relates to a document creation support system for patent applications and the like.

  Conventionally, as in Patent Document 1, an application document creation support system for a patent application or a utility model registration application has been proposed. When the system is used, the user inputs specific contents such as “claims” in a predetermined area on the display screen, so that the application documents comply with a predetermined format including a description order and paragraph numbers. Can be created.

JP 2002-99525 A

  However, the specific content such as “claim” needs to be entered by the user, and the specific content such as the subordinate relationship for each “claim” and the relevance to “specification”. Providing useful information when inputting was not enough.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a document creation support system that can output useful information that is useful when inputting specific contents of documents such as patent applications.

  The application document preparation support system according to the present invention is an application document of a patent application or utility model registration application having at least a “specification” and a “claim”, A recording unit for recording an example sentence file including at least one of “claims”, an input unit used for inputting information on “details” and “claims”, and a display for displaying the information And a control unit that creates an application document according to a predetermined format including a description order and a paragraph number based on the information, and the input unit includes a description item in the “specification” or a “claim” Is used to select at least one of "and a keyword, and the control unit selects one of the example sentence files recorded in the recording unit and stored in a predetermined folder. Wherein items in the selected "document" or at least one region of "claims", and extracts a paragraph or a "claim" includes a keyword, and displays on the display unit.

  A paragraph (or “claim”) that serves as a reference for creating the specific contents of the items described in the application document from a sample sentence file previously recorded in a predetermined folder of the recording unit, a keyword, etc. Use the search criteria of, and quote the found paragraph (or “claim”) as useful information to help you enter the specific contents of the application documents for a patent application or utility model application It becomes possible to create specific contents such as a “specification”.

  Preferably, the display unit inputs a description item in the “specification” or information related to the “claiming range” in a state where the paragraph or “claim” including the keyword extracted by the control unit can be copied and pasted. Is displayed.

  The application document preparation support system according to the present invention displays an input unit used to input information relating to a “specification” and a “claim” in a patent application or utility model registration application, and displays the information. A display unit, and a control unit that creates an application document according to a predetermined format including a description order and a paragraph number based on the information. For each “claim” of “”, the presence / absence of a specific character string is determined, and based on the determination result, a “claim tree” illustrating the dependency of “claim” is displayed on the display unit.

  As a result, the user can use the subordinate relationship of “Claim” described in “Claim” as useful information for reference when inputting the specific contents of the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application. Can be easily recognized visually.

  Preferably, the control unit displays the “claim tree” on the display unit in a state where the contents of “claim” corresponding to the area displaying “claim” in the “claim tree” can be linked and displayed. indicate.

  The application document preparation support system according to the present invention displays an input unit used to input information relating to a “specification” and a “claim” in a patent application or utility model registration application, and displays the information. A display unit, and a control unit that creates an application document in accordance with a predetermined format including a description order and a paragraph number based on the information, and the control unit includes the “claim” in the “claims” In the above, the word described in the upper “claim” specified using the input unit is extracted, the word described in the lower “claim” subordinate to the specified upper “claim” is extracted, and the upper The word extracted from “claim” and the word extracted from the subordinate “claim” are displayed on one screen of the display unit.

  As a result, the user can use the lower “claims” as the upper “claims” as useful information for reference when inputting the specific contents of the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application. Therefore, it is possible to easily recognize visually whether or not the dependency is correct.

  Preferably, the control unit highlights one of words extracted from the lower “claim” that does not overlap with or overlaps with the extracted word from the upper “claim”.

  Preferably, the control unit determines whether the “claim” in the “claim” in the “claim” is a check target “claim” specified using the input unit and the check target “claim”. In the “Claim”, a predetermined extracted word is extracted from the used words, and the same phrase as a backward adjacent word adjacent to the rear of the extracted predetermined extracted word is used in front of the predetermined extracted word. If it is not used, a warning is displayed on the display unit, and the predetermined extracted word is a phrase indicating that the backward adjacent word has already been described more than once in front of the predetermined extracted word. .

  The user can easily determine whether or not there is an error in how to use the predetermined extracted word by confirming the word (predetermined extracted word, backward adjacent word) displayed as a warning.

  The procedural amendment document preparation support system according to the present invention includes an input unit used for inputting information relating to “claims” in a procedural amendment for a patent application or utility model registration application, and a display unit for displaying the information. And a control unit that creates a procedure amendment document in accordance with a predetermined format including the description order based on the information, and the control unit selects the input unit among the “claims” in the “claims” The words described in the upper "claim" specified by using the upper "claim" are extracted, the words described in the lower "claim" subordinate to the specified upper "claim" are extracted from the upper "claim" The extracted word and the word extracted from the subordinate “claim” are displayed on one screen of the display section, and the control section displays the input section among the “claims” in the “claim scope”. "Claims" to be checked specified using In the “claim” that is subordinate to the “claim” to be checked, a predetermined extracted word is extracted from the used words, and the same phrase as the backward adjacent word adjacent to the extracted predetermined extracted word Is used in front of the predetermined extracted word, and if it is not used, a warning is displayed on the display unit. It is a phrase indicating that it has been described more than once.

  The application document preparation support system according to the present invention displays an input unit used to input information relating to a “specification” and a “claim” in a patent application or utility model registration application, and displays the information. A display unit, and a control unit that creates an application document in accordance with a predetermined format including a description order and a paragraph number based on the information, and the control unit includes the “claim” in the “claims” Then, the word described in the “claim” specified using the input part is extracted, and the ratio of the extracted word used for each paragraph of the predetermined description item in the “specification” is calculated, The ratio calculated for each extracted word and paragraph is displayed on the display unit.

  As a result, the user can use the "claims" for each "claim" as useful information that can be used as reference when entering the specific contents of the application documents for patent applications or utility model registration applications. Visually check whether the content of the “claim” is sufficiently described in the “form for carrying out the invention” by looking at the match rate of each word in the “form for carrying out the invention” paragraph Can be easily recognized.

  Preferably, the control unit calculates the ratio for a plurality of paragraphs specified using the input unit.

  Preferably, the control unit displays the ratio calculated for each paragraph on the display unit in a state where the contents of the paragraph corresponding to the area displaying the ratio calculated for each paragraph can be linked and displayed. .

  The computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents according to the present invention is described based on the input of information relating to the “specification” and “claims” in the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application. Patent application or utility model registration application that is at least a “specification” and a “claim”, which is a computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents that creates application documents according to a predetermined format including order and paragraph number Of the application documents in the past, which are stored in a predetermined folder among example sentence files including at least one of “specification” and “claims” created in the past. Or the item specified by the user in at least one area of “Claim” and the key specified by the user Performing a first display step of displaying a first extraction step of extracting a paragraph or "claims" including over de, extracted paragraphs or "claims" on the display unit.

  The computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents according to the present invention is described based on the input of information relating to the “specification” and “claims” in the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application. A computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents that creates application documents according to a predetermined format including order and paragraph number, and determining whether or not a specific character string exists for each “claim” of “claim” And a second display step for displaying a claim tree illustrating the dependency of “claims” based on the result of the determination.

  The computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents according to the present invention is described based on the input of information relating to the “specification” and “claims” in the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application. A computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents that creates application documents according to a predetermined format including order and paragraph number, and among the “claims” in the “claims”, the higher-order specified by the user A second extraction step for extracting words described in “claims”, a third extraction step for extracting words described in lower “claims” subordinate to the designated higher “claim”; A third display step of displaying the word extracted from “claim” and the word extracted from the lower “claim” on one screen is executed.

  The computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents according to the present invention is described based on the input of information relating to the “specification” and “claims” in the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application. A computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents that creates application documents according to a predetermined format including order and paragraph number, and the “claim” in the “claims” is designated by the user A fourth extracting step for extracting the word described in the claim, a calculating step for calculating a ratio of the extracted word used for each paragraph of the predetermined description item in the specification, and the extracted A fourth display step of displaying the ratio calculated for each word and paragraph is executed.

  The document creation support system according to the present invention is a document in which a plurality of description items are determined, and is used to input a recording unit that records example sentence files created in the past and information on the contents of the description items. An input unit; a display unit that displays the information; and a control unit that creates the document according to a predetermined format including a description order based on the information. The input unit includes a plurality of description items. Is used to select one or more items to be entered and a keyword to be entered, and the control unit is selected from those stored in a predetermined folder among example sentence files recorded in the recording unit. Among the described items, an area including a keyword is extracted and displayed on the display unit.

  From an example sentence file that has been recorded in a predetermined folder in the recording unit in advance, an area (paragraph, etc.) that serves as a reference for creating the specific contents of the description items in the document, a predetermined search condition such as a keyword, etc. It is possible to create a specific content by quoting the searched area as useful information to be searched for and used when inputting the specific content of the document. Documents mentioned here include not only application documents for patent applications and utility model registration applications, but also documents submitted to the court (such as complaints, answer letters, etc.) and academic papers that have multiple description items. It is done.

  The application document preparation support system according to the present invention includes an input unit used for inputting information related to the “specification” in a patent application or a utility model registration application, and a description order and paragraph number based on the information. A control unit that creates an application document in accordance with a predetermined format including the code, and the control unit is adjacent to a code described in an area excluding “description of the code” in the “specification” and a forward direction of the code. Extract the word or character string and edit the combination of the extracted word or character string and the code corresponding to the extracted word or character string in the “Description” in the “Description” Displayed on the screen.

  The “description of reference” column in the “specification” includes the number of the member used in the area excluding the “description of reference” in the “description” and the name of the member (corresponding to the reference This is an area useful for understanding the invention by displaying a list of combinations with words or character strings adjacent to the front. When creating such a “description of code” field, based on the contents described in the “specification”, combinations of codes and words or character strings are listed as candidates to be described in the “description of code” field. , It becomes possible to use as a reference when filling in the contents of “description of symbols”.

  When a code, a word, or a character string is extracted from the “specification”, an unnecessary code, word, or character string may be included, or a necessary code, word, or character string may not be extracted. The extraction result is displayed in an editable state, and while editing the displayed extraction result, the items to be described in the “description of code” column can be determined. It can be done easily.

  Preferably, the input unit uses the number of hiragana characters included in the character string or the number of hiragana regions included in the character string as an extraction condition for extracting the character string from the region excluding “description of the code” in the “specification”. In consideration of the extraction condition, the control unit uses a code written in an area excluding “description of code” in the “specification” and a word adjacent in the forward direction of the code. Or a character string is extracted.

  For extraction of words or character strings that are adjacent to the front of the code, conditions that include hiragana can be set, so that codes and words or characters that require less editing work according to the tendency of the creator of the “detail” It is possible to extract a combination of columns.

  Preferably, the input unit is also used for inputting information related to the “drawing” in the patent application or the utility model registration application, and the control unit extracts the code described in the “drawing”, The code extracted from “” is determined whether it matches the code extracted from the region excluding “description of the code” in the “specification”. For the matching code, the “drawing” and “specification” For a code that does not match a combination of a word or character string extracted from an area excluding the “explanation of the code” and a code corresponding to the extracted word or character string, the code extracted from the “drawing” The contents described in the “Description” in the “Description” are displayed on the editing screen.

  Thus, when creating the “description of code” column, based on the contents described in the “drawing” and “specification”, the code and the word or character string as candidates to be described in the “description of code” column. Can be used as a reference when entering the contents of “description of symbols”. Also, by looking at the enumerated contents, it is determined whether or not the matter (symbol) described in the “drawing” and the matter “symbol and word or character string” described in the “specification” are the same. It is possible to recognize the contents of “drawings” and “specifications”.

  The computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents according to the present invention includes a description order and a paragraph number based on the information related to the “specification” in the application document of the patent application or the utility model registration application. A computer program for supporting preparation of an application document that creates an application document according to a predetermined format, which is adjacent to a code described in an area excluding “description of the code” in the “specification” and the forward direction of the code A combination of a word or character string extracted in the fifth extraction step and a code corresponding to the word or character string extracted in the fifth extraction step. And a fifth display step of displaying the content described in “description of reference” of “specification” on a screen for editing.

  The application document preparation support system according to the present invention includes an input unit used for inputting information relating to a “specification” and a “drawing” in a patent application or a utility model registration application, and a description order based on the information. And a control unit that creates an application document according to a predetermined format including a paragraph number, and the control unit extracts a code described in the “drawing”, and extracts the extracted code as “ The contents described in “Explanation of symbols” are displayed on the editing screen.

  As a result, when creating the “description of code” column, the codes are listed as candidates to be described in the “description of code” column based on the contents described in the “drawing”. It can be used as a reference when filling in the contents. However, at this time, only the code is listed, and the relationship with the word or character string is not clarified.

  Preferably, the control unit is adjacent in the forward direction of the code described in the region excluding “description of the code” in the “description” and the code described in the region of the “description” excluding the “description of the code”. The word or character string to be extracted, and whether the code extracted from the “drawing” is the same as the code extracted from the region other than the “description of the code” in the “specification” is determined. Is a combination of a word or character string extracted from an area excluding “description of code” in “drawings” or “specifications” and a code corresponding to the extracted word or character string, The code extracted from the “drawing” is displayed on the screen for editing the contents described in “Description of the code” in the “Description”.

  Thus, when creating the “description of code” column, based on the contents described in the “drawing” and “specification”, the code and the word or character string as candidates to be described in the “description of code” column. Can be used as a reference when entering the contents of “description of symbols”. Also, by looking at the enumerated contents, it is determined whether or not the matter (symbol) described in the “drawing” and the matter “symbol and word or character string” described in the “specification” are the same. It is possible to recognize the contents of “drawings” and “specifications”.

  When a computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents according to the present invention receives information related to the “specification” and “drawings” in the application documents of a patent application or utility model registration application, the description order and A computer program for supporting creation of an application document that creates an application document according to a predetermined format including a paragraph number, which is extracted by a sixth extraction step of extracting a code described in the “drawing” and the sixth extraction step And a sixth display step of displaying the obtained code on the screen for editing the contents described in “Description of code” of “Description”.

  Preferably, a word or character adjacent in the forward direction of a code described in a region excluding “description of reference” in the “specification” and a code described in a region excluding “description of reference” in the “specification” A second extraction step of extracting a column, and a second determination step of determining whether a code extracted from the “drawing” matches a code extracted from an area excluding “description of the code” in the “specification” For the matching codes, a combination of a word or character string extracted from an area excluding “description of the code” in the “drawing” or “specification” and a code corresponding to the extracted word or character string is used. For the codes that do not match, the seventh display step of displaying the code extracted from the “drawing” on the screen for editing the contents described in the “description of the code” of the “specification” is further executed.

  The computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents according to the present invention is described based on the input of information relating to the “specification” and “claims” in the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application. A computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents that creates application documents according to a predetermined format including order and paragraph number, the “claims” to be checked specified by the user and the “claims to be checked” In the “claim” having a dependency relationship with the above, the eighth extraction step of extracting the predetermined extracted word from the used words, and the same phrase as the backward adjacent word adjacent to the rear of the extracted predetermined extracted word, A third determination step for determining whether or not the word is used ahead of the predetermined extracted word, and a warning display when it is determined that the word is not used in the third determination step. Running and 8 display step, predetermined extraction word, rear adjacent word, a phrase indicating that the previously described more than once in front of a predetermined extraction word.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a document creation support system that can output useful information that is useful when inputting specific contents of documents such as patent applications.

It is a block diagram of the application document preparation system in this embodiment. It is a block diagram of a 1st screen (main screen). It is a block diagram of the 2nd screen (The content entry screen of "the problem which invention is going to solve"). It is a block diagram of the 3rd screen (example sentence search screen of "the problem which invention is going to solve"). It is a block diagram of the 4th screen (contents entry screen of "claims"). It is a block diagram of the 5th screen ("claim tree" screen). FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of a sixth screen (“claim dependency check” screen). It is a block diagram of the 7th screen ("Match check with embodiment" screen). It is a block diagram of the 8th screen (The content entry screen of "the form for inventing" after "a conformity check with embodiment"). It is a block diagram of the 9th screen (The content entry screen of "drawing / brief description of drawing"). It is a block diagram of the 10th screen (contents description screen of "description of a code | symbol"). It is a block diagram of the 11th screen (code extraction setting screen used for "code description"). FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram of the twelfth screen (code extraction result screen of “description of code”) and shows a result of extracting a code and a word adjacent to the front of the code from the “specification”. FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram of the twelfth screen (code extraction result screen of “description of code”), showing the result of extracting a code and a word or character string adjacent to the front of the code from “specification”. . It is a block diagram of the 12th screen (code extraction result screen of “description of code”), and shows the result of code extraction from “drawings”. In the block diagram of the twelfth screen (code extraction result screen of “description of code”), a code extracted from “drawing”, a code extracted from “specification”, and a word adjacent to the front of the code Or it shows the result of matching the combination with the character string. It is a figure which shows the 6th screen of the state where the warning of the back adjacent word etc. was displayed on the 61st area | region and the 62nd area | region. It is a figure which shows the 6th screen in the state where the back adjacent word etc. were displayed by warning in the 65th area | region and the 66th area | region. It is a figure which shows the 4th screen of the state by which the back adjacent word was highlighted by the 43rd area | region. It is a block diagram of the 5th screen ("claim tree" screen) when there is a multi-dependent claim.

  Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. An application document creation support system that supports creation of application documents for patent applications or utility model registration applications in the present embodiment includes an input unit 1, a control unit 2, a recording unit 3, a display unit 4, and a printer 5 (FIG. 1). reference).

  The input unit 1 is a device for inputting information such as a keyboard and a mouse. The control unit 2 is an arithmetic device such as a CPU. In the recording unit 3, application documents for executing the first to eighth extraction steps, the first to eighth display steps, the first to third determination steps, the calculation step, etc. based on a predetermined operation using the input unit 1 A creation support program is installed. The recording unit 3 records an application document file created using the application document creation support program and an example sentence file used in the application document creation support program in a predetermined folder. The example sentence file is an application document file of a patent application or utility model registration application created in the past, and includes “specification” and “claims (claims or claims of utility model registration)” in the application documents. Includes at least one content. As will be described later, the example sentence file is used to refer to the example sentence when creating the specific contents of the items described in the application document.

  Note that the recording unit 3 in which the application document creation support program and the like are installed may be provided in a server (application service provider) that can communicate with the control unit 2 via a network.

  Based on an instruction from the user via the input unit 1, the control unit 2 activates the application document creation support program installed in the recording unit 3 and displays a predetermined display screen on the display unit 4. 2 to 20 (first to twelfth screens P <b> 1 to P <b> 12) are a part of a predetermined display screen displayed on the display unit 4. While the user views information on the predetermined display screen displayed on the display unit 4, the user inputs information related to the items described in the application document into a predetermined area on the display screen using the input unit 1. 2. Based on such information, application documents (“application”, “specification”, “claim”, “abstract”, “drawing”) in a predetermined format including the description order and paragraph numbers It is completed, and the display unit 4 is ready for display and the printer 5 is ready for printing. An operation area for inputting a predetermined command such as overwriting a file is provided around the predetermined display screen (not shown).

  Specifically, when the application document preparation support program in the present embodiment is started, a first screen (main screen) P1 is displayed on the display unit 4 (see FIG. 2). The first screen P1 has first to twelfth areas A1 to A12.

  When the first area A1 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 displays the specific contents of the “application (patent application or utility model registration application)” which is one of the application documents, A content entry screen for entering the “title of invention” in one “specification” is displayed, and the first screen P1 is deactivated (not shown). When the second area A2 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 captures the image data of “drawing” that is one of the application documents or the “specification” that is one of the application documents. An image capture and content entry screen (9th screen P9) for entering the specific content of “Simple Description of Drawing” is displayed, and the 1st screen P1 is deactivated (see FIG. 10). When the third area A3 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 enters the contents for entering the specific contents of the “description of code” in the “specification” which is one of the application documents. The screen (tenth screen P10) is displayed, and the first screen P1 is deactivated (see FIG. 11).

  When the fourth area A4 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 captures the image data of “table”, “chemical formula”, and “formula” in the “specification” which is one of the application documents. An image capture screen for performing is displayed, and the first screen P1 is deactivated (not shown). When the fifth area A5 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 displays a content entry screen for entering the specific contents of the “technical field” in the “specification” that is one of the application documents. Is displayed and the first screen P1 is deactivated (not shown). When the sixth area A6 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 displays a content entry screen for entering the specific contents of the “background technology” in the “specification” that is one of the application documents. Is displayed and the first screen P1 is deactivated (not shown).

  When the seventh area A7 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 fills in the specific contents of “the problem to be solved by the invention” in the “specification” which is one of the application documents. A content entry screen (second screen P2) is displayed to deactivate the first screen P1 (see FIG. 3). When the eighth area A8 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 displays a content entry screen (fourth item) for entering the specific content of “claim” which is one of the patent application documents. Screen P4) is displayed and the first screen P1 is deactivated (see FIG. 5).

  When the ninth area A9 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 fills in the specific content of “means for solving the problem” in the “specification” which is one of the application documents. A content entry screen for displaying the first screen P1 is made inactive (not shown). When the tenth area A10 is clicked by using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 fills in the specific contents of the “form for carrying out the invention” in the “specification” which is one of the application documents. A content entry screen is displayed and the first screen P1 is made inactive (substantially the same as the eighth screen in FIG. 9 and without highlighting the selected paragraph). When the eleventh area A11 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 enters the contents for entering the specific contents of the “effect of the invention” in the “specification” which is one of the application documents. A screen is displayed and the first screen P1 is deactivated (not shown). When the twelfth area A12 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 displays a content entry screen for entering the specific content of the “summary” that is one of the application documents, One screen P1 is made inactive (not shown).

  Next, details of the second screen P2 will be described (see FIG. 3). The second screen P2 has 20th to 25th regions A20 to A25. Here, as a specific example of the content entry screen, the procedure for entering the specific content of “the problem to be solved by the invention” in the “specification” that is one of the application documents is shown on the second screen P2. The procedure for entering the specific contents of other description items (for example, “technical field”) is also the same.

  When the twentieth area A20 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 displays a screen for writing notes related to the content input of the second screen P2 (the content input of “the problem to be solved by the invention”). Is activated and the second screen P2 is deactivated (not shown). When the 21st area A21 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 activates the first screen P1 and deactivates the second screen P2 (see FIG. 2). When the 22nd area A22 is clicked using the input section 1, the control section 2 displays the specific contents of the description items to be input to the 23rd area A23 (here, the specific contents of the “problem to be solved by the invention”). ) Is displayed on the display unit 4 (not shown).

  The 23rd area A23 is an area in which the input section 1 is used to enter specific contents of a description item (here, “problem to be solved by the invention” in “specification” which is one of application documents). The contents can be entered by directly writing in the 23rd area A23 with the keyboard of the input unit 1 or the like, or the contents can be entered by pasting the text of another file. Also, by copying and pasting the selected paragraph among the paragraphs displayed in the 30th area A30 on the third screen P3 in a state where the example sentence search screen (the third screen P3, see FIG. 4) is displayed. You can also cite other literature and fill in the content. When the 24th area A24 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 erases the contents entered in the 23rd area A23. When the 25th area A25 is clicked using the input section 1, the control section 2 displays another window for selecting information to be referred to in order to describe the contents in the 23rd area A23, such as displaying example sentences.

  Next, details of the third screen P3 will be described (see FIG. 4). The display of the third screen P3 is performed by performing a predetermined operation (for example, clicking on the 25th area A25) using the input unit 1 while the second screen P2 is displayed. The third screen P3 has 20th to 32nd areas A20 to A33. The 20th to 25th regions A20 to A25 are the same as the 20th to 25th regions A20 to A25 in the second screen P2. However, in order to arrange the 26th to 33rd areas A26 to A33, the arrangement and size of the 23rd to 25th areas A23 to A25 are different from those of the second screen P2.

  The twenty-sixth area A26 is used to select a target area to be searched from among example sentence files recorded in a predetermined folder of the recording unit 3 using the input unit 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, in the 26th area A26, when “issue” corresponding to “issue to be solved by the invention” is selected as the selected item, the predetermined area of the recording unit 3 is selected. Are searched for whether or not a predetermined keyword is included in the “problem to be solved by the invention” in the document of each example sentence file.

  Here, an example is shown in which “problem to be solved by the invention” is selected as the search target area, but other description items and “claims” in the “specification” may be selected. . When “Claim Range” is selected, a predetermined keyword is included in “Claim Range” in each document of the example sentence file from the example sentence files recorded in a predetermined folder of the recording unit 3. Is searched for. That is, in this case, the output to the 30th area A30 is performed in units of claims instead of in units of paragraphs.

  In the present embodiment, the search target area selected in the twenty-sixth area A26 is described as one of the items described in the “specification” and the “claims”. The area may be selectable.

  The twenty-seventh area A27 is used for inputting a search keyword for searching for a specific paragraph (or “claim”) from example sentence files recorded in a predetermined folder of the recording unit 3 using the input unit 1. used. FIG. 4 shows a state where “hydrogen” and “energy” are input as search keywords.

  In the twenty-eighth area A28, when a plurality of search keywords are input to the twenty-seventh area A27, are they searched using the input unit 1 with AND conditions (extract all paragraphs including the search keyword)? , And is used to select one of searching with OR condition (extracting a paragraph including at least one search keyword). FIG. 4 shows a state where the search is selected under the AND condition.

  When the 29th area A29 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 sets the 26th to 28th areas A26 to A28 from the example sentence files recorded in a predetermined folder of the recording unit 3. The paragraph (or claim if the search target area is “claim”) that matches the search condition is searched, and the paragraph that meets the search condition (or “claim”) is displayed in the 30th area A30. If multiple paragraphs (or “claims”) that meet the search criteria are found, multiple paragraphs (or “claims”) are separated by lines, and a selection is made for each paragraph (or “claim”). Displayed as possible. Of the multiple paragraphs (or “claims”), the paragraph (or “claims”) selected by clicking using the input unit 1 is separated by lines or color-coded, so that other paragraphs ( Or “claims”) in a state that can be distinguished.

  This search will be specifically described. When the 29th area A29 is clicked and a search execution instruction is issued, the control unit 2 specifies a search target area in the example sentence file recorded in a predetermined folder of the recording unit 3. In the application document, the name corresponding to the target area is written in black brackets. Therefore, the character string of the black brackets including the name corresponding to the target area is searched from the example sentence file, and the black mark including another name is included. The area up to the area where the character string in parentheses is described is determined to be a paragraph corresponding to the target area. The control unit 2 searches the paragraph (or “claim”) including the search keyword input in the 27th area A27 among the paragraphs (or “claims”) corresponding to the target area, and selects the search keyword. If there is a paragraph (or “claim”) that includes it, it is extracted (first extraction step) and displayed in the 30th region A30 (first display step). This process is performed for all example sentence files recorded in a predetermined folder of the recording unit 3.

  When any paragraph (or “claim”) is clicked using the input unit 1 in a state where a paragraph (or “claim”) matching the search condition is displayed in the 30th area A30, the control unit 2 copies the paragraph (or “claim”) including the clicked area and pastes it in the 23rd paragraph A23.

  FIG. 4 shows three paragraphs that match the search conditions in the 30th region A30, and the middle paragraph “therefore, the problem of the present invention is that the amount of energy required for hydrogen generation is considered in view of such achievements. It is to provide an extremely efficient hydrogen generation method and apparatus that is small, has a very simple generation facility, and is inexpensive and readily available as a raw material for generating hydrogen. " This paragraph is selected and copied and pasted in the 23rd area A23.

  The thirty-first region A31 is used to select a position at which the paragraph (or “claim”) selected in the thirty-third region A30 is inserted into the twenty-third region A23 using the input unit 1.

  If the 32nd area | region A32 is clicked using the input part 1, the control part 2 will display the another screen which selects the folder which recorded the example sentence file (not shown). While viewing this separate screen, the input unit 1 can be used to change the folder containing the example sentence file used as the example sentence. When the 33rd area A33 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 activates the second screen P2 and deactivates the third screen P3 (see FIG. 3).

  In the present embodiment, the specific items described in the application document are selected from the example sentence files recorded in advance in a predetermined folder of the recording unit 3 (which can be changed to another folder using the 32nd area A32). When searching for paragraphs (or “claims”) that will be helpful in creating the content, using specific search conditions such as keywords, and entering the specific content of the application documents for a patent application or utility model registration application As useful information for reference, it is possible to create specific contents such as a “specification” by quoting the found paragraph (or “claim”).

  In addition, it is possible to read the example sentence file from information published by filing an application by accessing a database such as the JPO Digital Library using a predetermined search condition, but the amount of data is large and the search time is long. In addition, the system becomes complicated, for example, by using communication means accessed via the Internet. Moreover, it is limited to the literature by which the application was published.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, only the example sentence files recorded in the designated folder and the search target area such as “problem to be solved by the invention” are limited, so the search range is limited. Therefore, it is possible to increase the search processing speed as compared with a form in which these are not limited.

  In addition to the information published in the application, even before the application is published, an application document obtained by the user and including the “specification” and the “claim” is used as a sample sentence file in the recording unit 3. And can be used to create specific contents of items described in application documents.

  In addition, some of the information published in the application (application documents) is difficult to determine whether it is technically correct. Therefore, without making such a determination, a paragraph that matches the search conditions is simply included in the application documents. It is not preferable to cite the specific contents of the listed items as there is a risk of creating application documents using incorrect technical information.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, only example sentence files that the user or the like has determined in advance that they may be used as a search target are recorded in a predetermined folder of the recording unit 3, and conditions among them are determined as conditions. The above paragraph (or “claim”) is retrieved and cited, and this problem can be solved.

  Next, details of the fourth screen P4 will be described (see FIG. 5). The fourth screen P4 has 40th to 48th regions A40 to A48. When the forty region A40 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 activates a screen for writing notes related to the content input of the fourth screen P4 (content input of “claims”), The fourth screen P4 is deactivated (not shown). When the forty-first area A41 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 deactivates the fourth screen P4 and activates the first screen P1 (see FIG. 2). When the forty-second region A42 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 creates specific contents of the description items to be input to the forty-third area A43 (here, specific contents of “claims”). A help screen that teaches the tips is displayed on the display unit 4 (not shown).

  The 43rd area A43 is the specific content of the description item (here, "claim" specified in the 46th area A46 in "claims" which is one of the application documents) using the input unit 1. The contents can be entered by writing directly to the 43rd area A43 with the keyboard of the input unit 1 or the like, or the contents can be entered by pasting the text of another file. You can also. Similarly to the other description items, the example sentence recorded in the predetermined folder of the recording unit 3 using the example sentence search screen as shown in the third screen P3 corresponding to the “claim”. The contents can also be entered by quoting (copying and pasting) a paragraph (or “claim”) of the file. When the forty-fourth area A44 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 erases the contents entered in the forty-third area A43. When the 45th region A45 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 displays another window for selecting information to be referred to in order to describe the contents in the 43rd region A43, such as displaying example sentences.

  The forty-sixth area A46 is used to select a “claim” number to be entered in the forty-third area A43 using the input unit 1. FIG. 5 shows a state where “Claim 1” is selected and the specific content of “Claim 1” is entered in the 43rd area A43.

  When the 47th region A47 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 has three functions for confirming the contents described in the claims ("claim tree display", " A screen for selecting “dependency check” and “match check with embodiment”) is displayed in a separate window (not shown). When the forty-eighth region A48 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 activates a preview screen that displays the contents of all the claims described in the claims, and displays the fourth screen P4. Deactivate (not shown).

  When “claim tree display” is selected using the input unit 1 in a state where such another window is displayed, the control unit 2 displays the subordinate relationship of “claims” described in “claims”. The tree shown is displayed (see the fifth screen P5, FIG. 6). When performing “claim tree display”, the control unit 2 determines whether or not the character string “to be described in claim ○” is included for each “claim” described in “claim”. Judgment is made (first determination step), and if such a character string is included, a “dependent claim” is assumed, and if such a character string is not included, a tree structure is created as “independent claim” And display (second display step).

  In addition, in the first determination step, when subordinate to a plurality of higher-order claims such as “˜claim ○ or according to claim Δ”, a tree structure subordinate to each higher-order claim is shown. . For example, when claim 2 is dependent on claim 1, claim 3 is dependent on claim 1 or claim 2, and claim 4 is dependent on any of claims 1 to 3. Becomes a tree structure including eight claims (see FIG. 20).

  As a result, the user can use the subordinate relationship of “Claim” described in “Claim” as useful information for reference when inputting the specific contents of the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application. Can be easily recognized visually.

  At this time, the control unit 2 displays the “claim tree” in a state in which the contents of “claim” corresponding to the area displaying “claim” in the “claim tree” can be linked and displayed. 4 is displayed. Specifically, in the state where the fifth screen P5 is displayed, using the input unit 1, when the area labeled “Claim ○” is clicked, the control unit 2 is clicked on “Claim”. ”And a“ claim ”subordinate to the“ claim ”is displayed (see FIG. 7).

  When “Check Claim Dependency” is selected using the input unit 1 in a state where such another window is displayed, the control unit 2 displays the “claim” currently displayed on the fourth screen P4 ( Here, it is assumed that “claim 1” (see FIG. 5) is a high-order “claim” to be checked, and a subordinate “claim” (here “claim 2”) that is one subordinate concept of such “claim”. -6 ") is displayed (see FIG. 7).

  Specifically, the control unit 2 extracts words used in the “claims” at the top of the check target (second extraction step) and displays them in the 62nd area A62 of the sixth screen P6 described later (first 3 display step), a word used in a subordinate “claim” corresponding to one subordinate concept of the “claim” is extracted (third extraction step) and displayed in a 66th area A66 of the sixth screen P6 described later. (Third display step), these extracted words are compared, and in the 66th area A66, words that are listed in the 66th area A66 but are not listed in the 62nd area A62 are highlighted (here. Highlight the word around the box).

  The word extracted in the second and third extraction steps (the same as the word extracted in the fourth extraction step described later) includes at least one of kanji, katakana, and alphabet, and does not include hiragana. For example, when “claim” is written as “first substance”, the word “first” and two words “substance” are extracted from this portion, and “claim” , “First substance” is written, one word “first substance” is extracted from this portion.

  As a result, the user can use the lower “claims” as the upper “claims” as useful information for reference when inputting the specific contents of the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application. Therefore, it is possible to easily recognize visually whether or not the dependency is correct.

  When the “matching check with embodiment” is selected using the input unit 1 in a state where such another window is displayed, the control unit 2 displays the “claim” currently displayed on the fourth screen P4. Here, “claim 1” (see FIG. 5) is the “claim” to be checked, and the content described in “claim” is “form for carrying out the invention” in “description”. Is displayed (see FIG. 8).

  Specifically, the control unit 2 extracts the word used in the “claim” to be checked (fourth extraction step) and displays it in a 75th area A75 of the seventh screen P7 to be described later. For each paragraph in “Mode for Implementing”, the ratio (matching rate) in which the extracted word is used in the paragraph is calculated (calculation step) and displayed in the 72nd area A72 of the seventh screen P7 (the first step). 4 display process). The match rate may be, for example, the number of characters including the word extracted in the fourth extraction step in the calculation target paragraph divided by the number of characters in the calculation target paragraph.

  As a result, the user can use the "claims" for each "claim" as useful information that can be used as reference when entering the specific contents of the application documents for patent applications or utility model registration applications. Visually check whether the content of the “claim” is sufficiently described in the “form for carrying out the invention” by looking at the match rate of each word in the “form for carrying out the invention” paragraph Can be easily recognized.

  In place of the matching check between the content of the selected “claim” and “form for carrying out the invention”, the content of the selected “claim” and “means for solving the problem” A form in which a match check is performed may be used. In this case, the control unit 2 extracts the word used in the “claim” to be checked (fourth extraction step), displays it in the 75th area A75 of the seventh screen P7 to be described later, For each paragraph in “Means for Doing”, the ratio (matching rate) in which the extracted word is used in the paragraph is calculated (calculation step) and displayed in the 72nd area A72 of the seventh screen P7 (the fourth). Display process).

  Next, details of the sixth screen P6 will be described (see FIG. 7). The sixth screen P6 has 60th to 70th regions A60 to A70. When the 60th area A60 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 deactivates the sixth screen P6 and activates the fourth screen P4 corresponding to the “claim” to be checked (FIG. 5). 5). The 61st area A61 is an area for displaying the contents of the “claim” to be checked (here, “claim 1”). The 62nd area A62 is an area for displaying the word (phrase) used in the “claim” to be checked extracted by the control unit 2.

  When the word displayed in the 62nd area A62 is clicked using the input unit 1 while the sixth screen P6 is displayed, the control unit 2 presents the clicked word in an emphasized state. The fourth screen P4 displaying the contents of “claim” (here, “claim 1”) displayed in the 61st area A61 is activated, and the sixth screen P6 is deactivated (not shown).

  The 63rd area A63 is used to select the number of the “claim” displayed in the 65th area A65 by using the input unit 1 (the subordinate “claim that is one subordinate to the“ claim ”to be checked). Only “term” can be selected). When the 64th region A64 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 deactivates the sixth screen P6 and activates the fourth screen P4 corresponding to the “claim” selected in the 63rd region A63. To.

  The 65th area A65 is an area for displaying the contents of “claim” (here, “claim 2”) selected in the 63rd area A63. The 66th area A66 is an area for displaying the word (phrase) used in the subordinate subordinate “claim” extracted by the control unit 2. In the 66th area A66, the control unit 2 highlights the words that are listed in the 66th area A66 but are not listed in the 62nd area A62 (here, the words are surrounded by a square frame).

  When the word displayed in the 66th area A66 is clicked using the input unit 1 while the sixth screen P6 is displayed, the control unit 2 presents the clicked word in an emphasized state. The fourth screen P4 displaying the contents of “claim” (here, “claim 2”) displayed in the 63rd area A63 is activated, and the sixth screen P6 is deactivated (not shown).

  When 67th area | region A67 is clicked using the input part 1, the control part 2 displays the screen used in order to set the conditions which extract a word from a "claim" on the display part 4 (not shown). ). When the 68th region A68 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 updates the word in the upper “claim” and the lower “claim” with the latest conditions for extracting the word. Extract, compare extracted words, etc. When the 69th area A69 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 ends the display of the sixth screen P6 and displays the fifth screen P5. When the 70th area is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 ends the display of the sixth screen P6 and activates the fourth screen P4.

  Since the lower “claim” adds a new component to the higher “claim”, the lower “claim” usually includes the words used in the higher “claim”. New words are used. However, there are cases where it is difficult to understand whether a new word is used to add a new component or an unintended word is used by mistake. In the present embodiment, the upper “claim” word and the lower “claim” word are displayed on one screen, and the newly used word is highlighted in the lower “claim”. Therefore, by looking at these highlighted words as useful information to be used as reference when entering the specific contents of patent application or utility model registration application documents, the upper “claims” (here It becomes possible to easily determine whether or not the subordinate relationship between “claim 1”) and the subordinate “claim” (here “claim 2”) is correctly written.

  Next, details of the seventh screen P7 will be described (see FIG. 8). The seventh screen P7 has 71st to 78th regions A71 to A78. When the 71st area A71 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 deactivates the seventh screen P7 and activates the fourth screen P4 corresponding to the “claim” to be checked (see FIG. 5).

  72nd area | region A72 is an area | region which displays the ratio (matching rate) in which the word (phrase) used by the "claim" of check object was used for every paragraph of "form for inventing" , A paragraph number, a part or all of the contents described in the paragraph number, a match rate, and a check box. When the check box is checked, the match rate is calculated by assuming that it is the same paragraph as the above paragraph. Paragraphs with a high match rate are likely to contain explanations that include the contents of the “claims” to be checked, so if you look at the contents of such paragraphs, the description requirements for the “specifications” (such as enablement requirements) It becomes possible to confirm whether it is satisfied.

  Multiple paragraphs are separated by lines and displayed in a state where each paragraph can be selected. Of the plurality of paragraphs, the paragraph selected by clicking using the input unit 1 is displayed in a state where the paragraph can be distinguished from other paragraphs by color coding or the like. FIG. 8 shows a state where the paragraph 7 is selected in a state where the paragraph 8 is set to be the same paragraph as the paragraph 7. Moreover, the form displayed according to a color according to the height of a match rate may be sufficient.

  When the 73rd area A73 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 extracts the word in the “claim” to be checked and checks the extracted word in the state where the check state of the check box is the latest. The match rate calculation for each paragraph of “DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION” is performed.

  The control unit 2 displays the ratio (match rate) calculated for each paragraph on the display unit 4 in a state where the contents of the paragraph corresponding to the area displaying the ratio calculated for each paragraph can be linked and displayed. To do. Specifically, when the 74th area A74 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 displays an eighth screen P8 displaying “form for carrying out the invention” on the display unit 4. (See FIG. 9). At this time, the selected paragraphs (here, paragraphs 7 and 8) are highlighted.

  The 75th area A75 is an area for displaying a word (phrase) used in the “claim” to be checked extracted by the control unit 2. The control unit 2 highlights the word used in the paragraph selected in the 72nd area A72 from the unused word (here, the word is surrounded by a square frame).

  When the word displayed in the 75th area A75 is clicked using the input unit 1 in the state where the seventh screen P7 is displayed, the control unit 2 The fourth screen P4 displaying the content of the “claim” (here, “claim 1”) to be checked is activated and the sixth screen P6 is deactivated (not shown).

  When the 76th area A76 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 is used to set a condition for extracting a word (phrase) from “claim”, a condition for color coding according to the match rate, and the like. Display a screen (not shown). When the 77th area A77 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 ends the display of the seventh screen P7 and displays the fifth screen P5. When the 78th area A78 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 ends the display of the seventh screen P7 and activates the fourth screen P4.

  Next, details of the eighth screen P8 will be described (see FIG. 9). The eighth screen P8 has 80th to 85th regions A80 to A85. The configurations of the 80th to 85th regions A80 to A85 are substantially the same as the 20th to 25th screens A20 to A25 of the second screen P2, but the 8th screen P8 after the display of the 7th screen P7 is the 83rd. In the area A83, the selected paragraph is highlighted.

  When the 80th area A80 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 displays a memo writing screen related to the content input of the eighth screen P8 (the content input of the “form for carrying out the invention”). Is activated and the eighth screen P8 is deactivated (not shown). When the 81st area A81 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 deactivates the second screen P2 and activates the first screen P1 (see FIG. 2). When the 82nd area A82 is clicked using the input section 1, the control section 2 displays the specific contents of the description items to be input to the 83rd area A83 (here, the specific contents of the “form for carrying out the invention”) ) Is displayed on the display unit 4 (not shown).

  The 83rd area A83 is an area in which the input unit 1 is used to enter specific contents of a description item (here, “form for carrying out the invention” in “specification” which is one of application documents). The contents can be entered by directly writing to the 83rd area A83 with the keyboard of the input unit 1 or the like, or the contents can be entered by pasting the text of another file. You can also use the example sentence search screen to cite other literature and fill in the content. When the 84th region A84 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 erases the contents entered in the 83rd region A83. When the 85th area A85 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 displays another window for selecting information to be referred to in order to describe the contents in the 83rd area A83, such as an example sentence display.

  Next, details of the ninth screen P9 will be described (see FIG. 10). The ninth screen P9 has 90th to 99th areas A90 to A99. When the 90th area A90 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 uses the ninth screen P9 for writing notes related to the content input of the ninth screen P9 (content input of “drawing” and “simple description of drawing”). Is activated and the ninth screen P9 is deactivated (not shown). When the 91st area A91 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 deactivates the ninth screen P9 and activates the first screen P1 (see FIG. 2). When the 92th region A92 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 displays the specific contents of the description items to be input to the 96th region A96 and the 97th region A97 (here, “drawing” and “simple drawing”). A help screen that teaches tips for making “detailed explanation” is displayed on the display unit 4 (not shown).

  The 93rd area A93 is used to select a “drawing” number to be entered in the 96th area A96 using the input unit 1. FIG. 10 shows a state in which “FIG. 1” is selected and the specific contents of “FIG. 1” are entered in the 96th area A96. When the 94th region A94 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 adds another “drawing” or selects drawing data to be inserted into the 96th region A96. Display a window. When the 95th area A95 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 deletes the contents entered in the 96th area A96.

  The 96th area A96 is an area for entering the specific contents of a description item (here, “drawing” which is one of application documents) using the input unit 1. The contents can be entered by pasting the drawing data by clicking on the area A94. The 97th area A97 is an area in which the input section 1 is used to enter specific contents of a description item (here, “simple description of drawing” in “specification” which is one of application documents). The contents can be entered by directly writing to the 97th area A97 with the keyboard of the input unit 1 or the like, or the contents can be entered by pasting the text of another file. When the 98th region A98 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 displays another window for selecting information to be referred to in order to describe the contents in the 97th region A97, such as term display. When the 99th region A99 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 erases the contents entered in the 97th region A97.

  Next, details of the tenth screen P10 will be described (see FIG. 11). The tenth screen P10 has 100th to 105th regions A100 to A105.

  When the 100th area A100 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 activates a screen for writing notes related to the content input of the 10th screen P10 (content input of “description of code”), The tenth screen P10 is deactivated (not shown). When the 101st area A101 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 activates the first screen P1 and deactivates the tenth screen P10 (see FIG. 2). When the 102th area A102 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 creates specific contents of the description items to be input to the 103rd area A103 (here, specific contents of “description of symbols”). A help screen that teaches the tips is displayed on the display unit 4 (not shown).

  The 103rd area A103 is an area in which the input section 1 is used to enter the specific contents of the description item (here, “description of code” in “specification” which is one of the application documents). The contents can be entered by writing directly into the 103rd area A103 with the keyboard of the section 1 or the like, and the contents can be entered by pasting the text of another file. In addition, based on the combination of the code described in the “specification” and the word or character string described before the code, the code used in the “description of the code” and the word or character corresponding to the code It is also possible to extract a column and display it in the 121st area A121 (see FIGS. 13 and 14), edit this, and determine the contents to be entered in the 103rd area A103. When the 104th area A104 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 erases the contents entered in the 103rd area A103.

  When the 105th area A105 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 selects information to be referred to in order to describe the contents in the 103rd area A103, such as code extraction from the “specification”. Display another window.

  In particular, when a selection is made to extract the code described in the “specification” and the word or character string described before the code in another window, the control unit 2 activates the eleventh screen P11, The tenth screen P10 is deactivated (see FIG. 12).

  Next, details of the eleventh screen P11 will be described (see FIG. 12). The display of the eleventh screen P11 is performed by performing a predetermined operation (for example, clicking on the 105th area A105, etc.) using the input unit 1 while the tenth screen P10 or the twelfth screen P12 is displayed. . The eleventh screen P11 has 111th to 116th regions A111 to A116.

  When the 111th area A111 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 extracts the code used in the description of “code” and the word or character string corresponding to the code from the “specification”. A help screen that teaches tips for doing this is displayed on the display unit 4 (not shown). When the 112th area A112 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 closes the 11th screen P11 and activates the screen before the 11th screen P11 is activated (the 10th screen P10 or the 12th screen P12). ) Is displayed.

  The 113th area A113 sets conditions (first and second extraction conditions) for extracting a code and a word or character string corresponding to the code (adjacent to the code) from the “specification”. Used to do.

  As a first extraction condition, when extracting a word or a character string, whether to extract only a word that does not include hiragana or to extract a character string that includes not only a word but also hiragana, and a character string The upper limit setting for the number of characters in the string, the upper limit setting for the number of hiragana characters included in the string, and the upper limit setting for the number of occurrences of the hiragana characters included in the string (number of hiragana areas included in the string) Part 1 is used. As the second extraction condition, the input unit 1 is used to select whether or not a code beginning with an alphabet is recognized as a code.

  When the 114th area A114 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 is used to set a condition for extracting a word or character string from the “specification” (such as a word to be excluded from the extracted phrase). Display a screen (not shown).

  When the 115th region A115 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 starts from the “description” according to the extraction conditions (first extraction condition, second extraction condition) set in the 113th region A113. And the word or character string adjacent to the front of the code is extracted, the eleventh screen P11 is closed, and the inactive display on the tenth screen P10 is switched to the active display on the twelfth screen P12 (see FIGS. 13 and 14). On the twelfth screen P12, as will be described later, the combination of the extracted code and the word or character string is displayed in the 121st area A121.

  Specifically, there is a code from the contents described in the “specification” excluding “description of the code” such as “form for carrying out the invention” written in the 83rd area A83 of the eighth screen P8. The area is read, and the code and the word or character string adjacent to the front of the code are extracted (fifth extraction process) and displayed on the 121st area A121 (editing screen) of the twelfth screen P12 (fifth display process). . The display (enumeration) of the combination of code and word or character string is displayed in the sorted state, that is, the code is arranged in ascending order, and the word or character string is arranged in ascending order. It is desirable to be done at.

  When a plurality of words or character strings corresponding to the extracted codes are extracted, the control unit 2 lists all combinations of the plurality of codes and words or character strings. For example, for the code “10”, there are three types of words or character strings adjacent to the front: “shoes according to the present embodiment”, “shoes”, and “shoes according to the first embodiment”. When extracted, the respective combinations are listed as extraction results in the 121st area A121 (see FIG. 14).

  The code extracted in the fifth extraction step indicates that includes at least one of a number and an alphabet. However, whether or not to recognize a code beginning with an alphabet (for example, B1) as a code can be selected according to the second extraction condition.

  The word extracted in the fifth extraction step is adjacent to the front of the extracted code, includes at least one of kanji, katakana, and alphabet, and does not include hiragana, and the character string indicates the extracted code Is one that is adjacent to the front, includes at least one of kanji, katakana, and alphabet, and includes hiragana. Conditions including hiragana can be selected in the first extraction condition. For this reason, the word or character string extracted in the fifth extraction step is determined according to the first extraction condition such as the number of times including hiragana from the word or character string preceding the extracted code.

  For example, in the case where “first substance 10a” is written in the “detailed description of the invention” in the “specification” and the selection is made not to perform extraction including hiragana as the first extraction condition From this part, the code “10a” and the word “substance” are extracted. In the case where “first substance 10a” is written and selection is made to perform extraction including hiragana as the first extraction condition, from this part, the sign “10a” and “first The character string “substance of” is extracted.

  Further, for example, there is a selection in which “second switch SW2” is written in “detailed description of the invention” in the “specification” and a code beginning with an alphabet is not recognized as a code as the second extraction condition. In this case, the combination of the code and the word or the character string is not extracted from this part. However, when the selection that recognizes the code starting with the alphabet as the code is selected as the second extraction condition, from this part, “SW2 ”And the word“ second switch ”are extracted.

  When the 116th area A116 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 closes the eleventh screen P11 and the screen before the eleventh screen P11 is activated (the tenth screen P10 or the twelfth screen P12). Is displayed.

  Next, details of the twelfth screen P12 will be described (see FIGS. 13 and 14). Display of the twelfth screen P12 is performed by performing a predetermined operation (for example, clicking on the 115th region A115) using the input unit 1 in a state where the eleventh screen P11 is displayed. The twelfth screen P12 has 100th to 105th areas A100 to A105, and 121st to 124th areas A121 to A124. The 100th to 105th areas A100 to A105 are the same as the 100th to 105th areas A100 to A105 in the tenth screen P10. However, in order to arrange the 121st to 124th areas A121 to A124, the arrangement and size of the 103rd to 105th areas A103 to A105 are different from those of the 10th screen P10.

  The 121st area A121 displays, as an extraction result, a combination of a code extracted from the “specification” and a word or character string corresponding to the code, or edits the displayed code or word or character string. Used to do.

  FIG. 13 shows the result when a condition for extracting only words that do not contain any hiragana is set as the first extraction condition. Only a combination of a word that does not contain hiragana and a code is extracted from the “specification”. Indicates the state. FIG. 14 shows, as the first extraction condition, a word that does not include hiragana and a character string that includes hiragana (the number of hiragana characters included in the character string is up to three characters, and the number of times hiragana appears in the character string is three times ( The number of hiragana regions in the character string up to 3) is the result of setting the extraction conditions. From the “specification”, combinations of words and codes that do not contain hiragana, and hiragana A state in which a combination of a character string including a character and a code is extracted is shown.

  The 122nd area A122 is used to select conditions (insertion position, full text replacement, etc.) for reflecting the contents displayed in the 121st area A121 in the 103rd area A103 using the input unit 1.

  When the 123rd area A123 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 changes the content displayed in the 121st area A121 to the 103rd area A103 under the reflection condition set in the 122nd area A122. To reflect. When the 124th area A124 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 switches the active display of the twelfth screen P12 to the active display of the tenth screen P10.

  The “description of reference” column in the “specification” includes the number of the member used in the area excluding the “description of reference” in the “description” and the name of the member (corresponding to the reference This is an area useful for understanding the invention by displaying a list of combinations with words or character strings adjacent to the front. In the present embodiment, when creating the “description of code” column, based on the contents described in the “specification”, the code and the word or character string as candidates to be described in the “description of code” column. It is possible to enumerate combinations and use them as reference when entering the contents of “description of symbols”.

  When a code, a word, or a character string is extracted from the “specification”, an unnecessary code, word, or character string may be included, or a necessary code, word, or character string may not be extracted. In the present embodiment, the extraction result is displayed in the 121st area A121 in an editable state, and items to be described in the “description of code” column are determined while editing the extraction result displayed in the 121st area A121. Therefore, it is possible to correctly and easily describe the “description of code” column.

  In particular, for extraction of words or character strings that are adjacent to the front of the code, conditions that include hiragana can be set, so that codes and words that require less editing work according to the tendency of the creator of the “detail”. Alternatively, it becomes possible to extract a combination of character strings.

  As described above, it is possible to list candidates for the contents to be used in “description of code” from the area excluding “description of code” in the “specification”, but the code described in “drawing” is read out. In addition, candidates for contents used in “description of the code” can be cited (see FIGS. 15 and 16).

  When a predetermined operation for reading a code from the “drawing” is performed using the input unit 1 in a state where the ninth screen P9 is displayed (see FIG. 10), the control unit 2 starts from the “drawing”, that is, Then, an area that can be recognized as a code is extracted from the drawing data pasted on the 96th area A96, the ninth screen P9 is closed, and the twelfth screen P12 is displayed (see FIG. 15). On the twelfth screen P12, as will be described later, the extracted code is displayed in the 121st area A121.

  Specifically, an area with a code is read out from the drawing data pasted in the 96th area A96 of the ninth screen P9 and extracted (sixth extraction step), and displayed in the 121st area A121 of the twelfth screen P12. (Sixth display step). The display (enumeration) of the codes on the edit screen is desirably performed in a sorted state, that is, in a state where the codes are arranged in order from the smallest number. For example, in FIG. 15, “10”, “11”, “12”, “13”, “20”, “30”, and “40” are extracted from the 96th region A96 of FIG. 10 as codes. Indicates.

  As a result, when creating the “description of code” column, the codes are listed as candidates to be described in the “description of code” column based on the contents described in the “drawing”. It can be used as a reference when filling in the contents. However, at this time, only the code is listed, and the relationship with the word or character string is not clarified.

  When a predetermined operation for extracting a combination of a code and a word or a character string is performed from the “specification” using the input unit 1 with the twelfth screen P12 displayed (see FIG. 15), the control unit No. 2 is an extraction condition (first extraction condition, second extraction condition) set in the 113th area A113, and extracts a code and a word or character string adjacent to the front of the code from the “specification”. Data is written in the area A121 (see FIG. 16).

  Specifically, there is a code from the contents described in the “specification” excluding “description of the code” such as “form for carrying out the invention” written in the 83rd area A83 of the eighth screen P8. The area is read, and the code and the word or character string adjacent to the front of the code are extracted (seventh extraction process) and displayed in the 121st area A121 of the twelfth screen P12 (seventh display process). The display (enumeration) of the combination of code and word or character string is displayed in the sorted state, that is, the code is arranged in ascending order, and the word or character string is arranged in ascending order. It is desirable to be done at.

  In addition, whether the code extracted from the “drawing” and the code extracted from the “specification” matches the code extracted from the “drawing” and the 121st area A121 between the seventh extraction process and the seventh display process. A second determination step is performed to determine whether or not.

  In the second determination step, when the code extracted from the “drawing” and described in the 121st area A121 matches any of the codes extracted from the “specification”, the control unit 2 A word or character string adjacent to the front of the code in the “specification” is written on the right side of the area where the code is written in A121. When the codes match and a plurality of words or character strings corresponding to the codes are extracted, the control unit 2 lists all combinations of the plurality of codes and words or character strings.

  In the second determination step, when the code extracted from the “drawing” and described in the 121st area A121 does not match the code extracted from the “specification”, the code in the 121st area A121 is described. The right side of the selected area is left blank.

  Therefore, in the seventh display step, matching is performed between the code extracted from the “drawing” and the combination of the code extracted from the “specification” and the word or character string adjacent to the front of the code. For the reference numerals that are extracted from the “drawings” and that are the same as those extracted from the region other than the “description of reference numerals” in the “specifications”, the “reference numerals” in the “drawings” and “specifications” For the codes that do not match the combination of the word or character string extracted from the region other than “Description” and the code corresponding to the extracted word or character string, the code extracted from “drawing” The content described in “Explanation of symbols” of the “book” is displayed on the screen for editing (the 121st area A121 of the 12th screen P12).

  Thus, when creating the “description of code” column, based on the contents described in the “drawing” and “specification”, the code and the word or character string as candidates to be described in the “description of code” column. Can be used as a reference when entering the contents of “description of symbols”. Further, by looking at the contents listed in the 121st area A121, the matter (symbol) described in the “drawing” matches the matter “symbol and word or character string” described in the “specification”. Can be recognized, and it is possible to help confirm the contents of the “drawing” and the “specification”.

  For example, FIG. 16 shows a state where the code “11” is extracted from the “drawing” but the code “11” cannot be extracted from the “specification”. As a result, since the unnecessary reference “11” is described in the “drawing”, it should be deleted, or it can be known whether the description corresponding to the reference “11” is missing. It becomes possible.

  In addition, although the code | symbol was extracted from "drawing" here, the combination of a code | symbol and a word or a character string was extracted from "specification", and the form which matches these was demonstrated, from "specification" previously, A combination of a code and a word or a character string may be extracted, then a code may be extracted from the “drawing”, and these may be matched.

  When a predetermined operation is performed using the input unit 1 after the input of all the description items is completed, the control unit 2 follows a predetermined format such as a description order and a paragraph number assignment based on the described information. The application document is prepared, and is displayed in a state where it can be displayed on the display unit 4 or printed on the printer 5. For this reason, using the application document creation support system in the present embodiment, while looking at predetermined display screens such as the first to twelfth screens P1 to P12, the specific items described in the application documents such as “claims” are specified. By inputting information about the contents, it is possible to complete the application document in accordance with the format of the application document.

  At this time, as useful information that can be used as reference when entering the specific contents of the application documents of a patent application or utility model registration application, a paragraph extracted from an example sentence file under an arbitrary search condition can be cited. The tree structure of "term" is displayed, information for confirming the dependency between the upper "claim" and the lower "claim" is displayed, and the word " Display the usage rate (match rate) for each paragraph of “Mode for Carrying Out the Invention” (or “Means for Solving the Problems”), or “Drawing” candidates for contents to be described in “Description of Symbols” It is also possible to extract from the contents described in the “specification”.

  In addition, the description items in the application documents such as “form for carrying out the invention” and the description order thereof may be changed due to legal revisions, etc., but the application document preparation support program should be revised each time. In this way, it is possible to deal with changes in the description items.

  In addition, as a document with a plurality of description items, it was explained taking application documents for patent applications and utility model registration applications as an example, but documents such as documents to be submitted to the court (complaints, answer letters, etc.), academic papers, etc. It is also possible to apply to those that have been determined.

  In addition, when “Check Claim Dependency Check” is selected using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 is dependent on the “claim” to be checked and the “claim” above or below. In the “claim”, a form (eighth extraction step, third determination step, eighth display step) for confirming how to use a predetermined word (hereinafter referred to as “predetermined extraction word”) may be added.

  Specifically, in the “claim” to be checked and the “claim” dependent on the “claim”, a predetermined extracted word is extracted from the used words (eighth extraction step), It is determined whether or not a word adjacent to the rear of the predetermined extracted word extracted in the eighth extraction step (hereinafter, “rear adjacent word” is used in front of the predetermined extracted word (third determination step)). If not, a warning is displayed in the 61st area A61 and the 62nd area A62 (or the 64th area A65 and the 66th area A66) of the sixth screen P6 (here, a word is enclosed by a double square frame). (See the eighth display step, FIGS. 17 and 18).

  When the word displayed in the 62nd area A62 is clicked using the input unit 1 while the sixth screen P6 is displayed, the control unit 2 presents the clicked word in an emphasized state. The fourth screen P4 displaying the content of “claim” (here, “claim 1”) displayed in the 61st area A61 is activated and the sixth screen P6 is deactivated (see FIG. 19). .

  When the word displayed in the 66th area A66 is clicked using the input unit 1 while the sixth screen P6 is displayed, the control unit 2 presents the clicked word in an emphasized state. The fourth screen P4 displaying the contents of “claim” (here, “claim 2”) displayed in the 63rd area A63 is activated, and the sixth screen P6 is deactivated (not shown).

  In the eighth extraction step, a phrase indicating that a backward adjacent word has already been described one or more times in front of the predetermined extracted word, such as “above”, “above”, “above”, and “above”, is extracted in advance. Extracted as a word.

  In the third determination step, in a region ahead of the predetermined extracted word extracted in the eighth extraction step in the “claim” to be checked, and in a claim higher in the “claim” to be checked, It is determined whether there is the same phrase.

  Since the predetermined extracted word is a word indicating that it has already been written at least once in the front, if the “claim” is correctly described, in the third determination step, the same phrase as the backward adjacent word should be found. is there. However, when the “claim” is not correctly described, it is possible that the same phrase as the backward adjacent word cannot be found in the third determination step. In this case, in the eighth display step, a warning is displayed to prompt the user to confirm.

  Note that a higher-order claim with respect to a “claim” to be checked is a higher-order claim that is treated as a dependent claim. The “claim” to be checked is claim 3, and in this claim 3, a case where “... the device described in claim 1 or 2” is described as an example will be described. .

  If both claim 1 and claim 2 are independent claims, in the third determination step, the region in front of the predetermined extracted word in claim 3 and claim 1 have the same phrase as the backward adjacent word. A determination is made as to whether or not there is the same phrase as the backward adjacent word in the area ahead of the predetermined extracted word in claim 3 and in claim 2.

  If claim 1 is an independent claim and claim 2 is a dependent claim of claim 1, in the third determination step, the region ahead of the predetermined extracted word in claim 3 and claim 1 And whether or not there is the same phrase as the backward adjacent word, and whether or not there is the same phrase as the backward adjacent word in the area ahead of the predetermined extracted word in claim 3 and claims 1 and 2 Judgment is made.

  17 and 18 show examples of such warning display. In the “claim” to be checked (here, claim 1), when “display portion” is written although it should originally be written as “display portion”, the 61st area A warning display in which the predetermined extracted word “above” in A61 and the rear adjacent word “display unit” adjacent to the rear of the predetermined extracted word are emphasized is performed, and the rear adjacent word “display unit” in the 62nd area A62 is displayed. The highlighted warning is displayed (see FIG. 17).

  In the dependent claim (herein, claim 2) of the “claim” to be checked, although it should originally be written as “the display unit”, it is described as “the display device” Is a warning display in which the predetermined extracted word “above” in the 65th area A65 and the rear adjacent word “display device” adjacent to the rear of the predetermined extracted word are emphasized, and the rear adjacent word in the 66th area A66 is displayed. A warning display in which “display device” is emphasized is performed (see FIG. 18).

  The user highlights the word (predetermined extracted word, backward adjacent word) displayed in the 61st area A61 or the like on the sixth screen P6, or is highlighted (may be displayed as a warning) in the 43rd area A43 on the fourth screen P4. It is possible to easily determine whether or not there is an error in how to use the predetermined extracted word by checking the word (the backward adjacent word). In particular, identification can be facilitated by changing the highlighting and display method in the third display step using a square frame.

  In addition, the subject of the eighth extraction step, the third determination step, and the eighth display step may be not only the “claims” in the application documents but also the “claims” in the procedure amendment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input part 2 Control part 3 Recording part 4 Display part 5 Printer A1-A12 1st-12th area | region (1st screen)
A20 to A33 20th to 33rd areas (second screen, third screen)
A40 to A48 40th to 48th regions (fourth screen)
A60 to A70 60th to 70th region (sixth screen)
A71-A78 71st-78th area (seventh screen)
A80-A85 80th-85th area (8th screen)
A90-A99 90th-99th area (9th screen)
A100-A105 100th-105th area (10th screen, 12th screen)
A111-A116 11th-116th area (11th screen)
A121 to A124 121st to 124th areas (12th screen)
P1 to P12 1st to 12th screen

Claims (25)

Example sentences including at least one of “specification” and “claims” in a past application document of a patent application or utility model registration application having at least “specification” and “claim” A recording unit for recording files;
An input section used to enter information relating to the “specification” and “claims”;
A display unit that displays the information; and a control unit that creates an application document according to a predetermined format including a description order and a paragraph number based on the information;
The input unit is used to select at least one of items described in the “specification” or “claims”, and to input a keyword,
The control unit includes at least one area of the item described in the “specification” or “claim” selected from among the example sentence files recorded in the recording unit and stored in a predetermined folder And an application document creation support system that extracts a paragraph or “claim” including the keyword and displays it on the display unit.   The display unit is a screen for inputting information related to a description item in the “specification” or “claims” in a state where the paragraph including the keyword extracted by the control unit or a “claim” can be copied and pasted. The application document creation support system according to claim 1, wherein: An input unit used to input information relating to the “specification” and “claims” in the patent application or utility model registration application;
A display unit for displaying the information;
A control unit that creates an application document along a predetermined format including a description order and a paragraph number based on the information;
The control unit determines whether or not there is a specific character string for each “claim” of the “claim” input using the input unit, and based on the result of the determination, the “claim” An application for creating an application document, characterized in that a “claim tree” that illustrates the dependency of each other is displayed on the display unit.   The control unit is configured to display the “claim tree” in a state in which the contents of “claim” corresponding to an area displaying “claim” in the “claim tree” can be linked and displayed. The application document creation support system according to claim 3, wherein the application document creation support system is displayed. An input unit used to input information relating to the “specification” and “claims” in the patent application or utility model registration application;
A display unit for displaying the information;
A control unit that creates an application document along a predetermined format including a description order and a paragraph number based on the information;
The control unit extracts the words described in the upper “claim” designated using the input unit from the “claims” in the “claim”, and the designated upper “claim”. And subordinate “claims” are extracted, and the words extracted from the upper “claims” and the words extracted from the lower “claims” are An application document creation support system characterized by being displayed on a screen.   The said control part highlights either the word which does not overlap with the extracted word from the said upper "claim" among the words extracted from the said lower "claim", or the overlapping thing. 5. Application document creation support system according to 5. The control unit is subordinate to the “claim” to be checked, which is designated using the input unit, among the “claims” in the “claim”, and the “claim” to be checked. In the “Claim”, whether a predetermined extracted word is extracted from the used words, and the same phrase as the backward adjacent word adjacent to the rear of the extracted predetermined extracted word is used in front of the predetermined extracted word. If it is not used, a warning is displayed on the display unit,
6. The application document creation support system according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined extracted word is a phrase indicating that the backward adjacent word has already been described one or more times in front of the predetermined extracted word. An input part used to input information relating to “claims” in the amendment of the procedure of the patent application or utility model registration application;
A display unit for displaying the information;
A control unit that creates a procedure amendment document according to a predetermined format including a description order based on the information;
The control unit extracts the words described in the upper “claim” designated using the input unit from the “claims” in the “claim”, and the designated upper “claim”. And subordinate “claims” are extracted, and the words extracted from the upper “claims” and the words extracted from the lower “claims” are On the screen,
The control unit is subordinate to the “claim” to be checked, which is designated using the input unit, among the “claims” in the “claim”, and the “claim” to be checked. In the “Claim”, whether a predetermined extracted word is extracted from the used words, and the same phrase as the backward adjacent word adjacent to the rear of the extracted predetermined extracted word is used in front of the predetermined extracted word. If it is not used, a warning is displayed on the display unit,
The procedural correction document creation support system, wherein the predetermined extracted word is a phrase indicating that the backward adjacent word has already been described once or more before the predetermined extracted word. An input unit used to input information relating to the “specification” and “claims” in the patent application or utility model registration application;
A display unit for displaying the information;
A control unit that creates an application document along a predetermined format including a description order and a paragraph number based on the information;
The control unit extracts a word described in the “claim” designated using the input unit from the “claim” in the “claim”, and a predetermined description item in the “specification” An application document creation support system that calculates a ratio of the extracted word used for each paragraph and displays the extracted word and the ratio calculated for each paragraph on the display unit.   The said control part performs the calculation of the said ratio with respect to the several paragraph designated using the said input part, The application document preparation system of Claim 9 characterized by the above-mentioned.   The control unit displays the ratio calculated for each paragraph on the display unit in a state where the content of the paragraph corresponding to the area displaying the ratio calculated for each paragraph can be linked and displayed. The application document preparation support system according to claim 9. When information related to the “specification” and “claims” in the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application is input, the application documents in the prescribed format including the description order and paragraph number based on the information A computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents,
Example sentences including at least one of “specification” and “claims” in a past application document of a patent application or utility model registration application having at least “specification” and “claim” Among the files stored in the specified folder, those specified by the user in at least one area of the “specification” in the application documents or “claims”, and specified by the user A first extraction step of extracting a paragraph or “claim” containing the generated keyword;
A computer program for supporting the preparation of an application document, wherein a first display step of displaying an extracted paragraph or “claim” on a display unit is executed. When information related to the “specification” and “claims” in the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application is input, the application documents in the prescribed format including the description order and paragraph number based on the information A computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents,
A first determination step of determining whether or not there is a specific character string for each “claim” of “claim”;
A computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents, wherein a second display step of displaying a claim tree illustrating the dependency of “claims” is executed based on the result of the determination. When information related to the “specification” and “claims” in the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application is input, the application documents in the prescribed format including the description order and paragraph number based on the information A computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents,
A second extraction step of extracting the words described in the upper “claim” designated by the user among the “claims” in the “claim”;
A third extraction step of extracting words described in the lower “claim” subordinate to the designated upper “claim”;
Application document preparation support characterized by executing a third display step of displaying a word extracted from the upper “claim” and a word extracted from the lower “claim” on one screen. Computer program. When information related to the “specification” and “claims” in the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application is input, the application documents in the prescribed format including the description order and paragraph number based on the information A computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents,
A fourth extraction step of extracting a word described in the “claim” designated by the user among the “claims” in the “claim”;
A calculation step of calculating a percentage of the extracted word used for each paragraph of the predetermined description item in the “specification”;
A computer program for supporting the preparation of an application document, wherein a fourth display step of displaying the extracted word and the ratio calculated for each paragraph is executed. A document in which a plurality of description items are determined, and a recording unit that records example sentence files created in the past,
An input part used to enter information about the content of the listed items;
A display unit for displaying the information;
A control unit that creates the document according to a predetermined format including a description order based on the information;
The input unit is also used to select one or more description items from a plurality of description items and to input a keyword,
The control unit extracts an area including the keyword in the selected description item from among the example sentence files recorded in the recording unit and stored in a predetermined folder. Document creation support system characterized by being displayed in the department. An input unit used to input information related to the “specification” in the patent application or utility model registration application;
A control unit that creates an application document along a predetermined format including a description order and a paragraph number based on the information;
The control unit extracts a code described in an area excluding “description of the code” in the “specification” and a word or character string adjacent to the front of the code, and extracts the extracted word or character string A system for supporting the preparation of an application document, characterized in that a combination with a code corresponding to an extracted word or character string is displayed on a screen for editing the content described in "Description of code" in "Description". The input unit sets the number of hiragana characters included in the character string and the number of hiragana regions included in the character string as extraction conditions for extracting the character string from the region excluding “description of the code” in the “specification” Also used to
In consideration of the extraction condition, the control unit extracts a code described in an area excluding “description of code” in the “specification” and a word or a character string adjacent in the forward direction of the code. The application document preparation support system according to claim 17, wherein: The input unit is also used to input information related to “drawings” in patent applications or utility model registration applications,
The control unit extracts the code described in the “drawing”, and whether the code extracted from the “drawing” matches the code extracted from the region other than the “description of the code” in the “specification”. For the codes that are determined and matched, a combination of a word or character string extracted from an area excluding “description of the code” in the “drawing” or “specification” and a code corresponding to the extracted word or character string The code extracted from the “drawing” is displayed on a screen for editing the content described in the “description of the code” in the “specification”. Application document creation support system. When information related to the “specification” in the application document of a patent application or utility model registration application is entered, an application document is created based on the information in a prescribed format including the description order and paragraph number. A computer program for support,
A fifth extraction step of extracting a code described in an area excluding “description of the code” in the “specification” and a word or a character string adjacent in the forward direction of the code;
The combination of the word or character string extracted in the fifth extraction step and the code corresponding to the word or character string extracted in the fifth extraction step is described in “Description of code” in “Description”. And a fifth display step of displaying on the screen for editing the contents to be edited. An input unit used to input information related to the “specification” and “drawing” in the patent application or utility model registration application;
A control unit that creates an application document along a predetermined format including a description order and a paragraph number based on the information;
The control unit extracts the code described in the “drawing”, and displays the extracted code on a screen for editing the content described in the “description of the code” in the “specification”. Application document creation support system.   The control unit includes a word that is adjacent in a forward direction to a code described in an area excluding “description of code” in the “specification” and a code described in an area excluding “description of code” in the “specification”. Alternatively, a character string is extracted, and it is determined whether the code extracted from the “drawing” matches the code extracted from the region other than the “description of the code” in the “specification”. For a code that does not match a combination of a word or character string extracted from an area excluding “description of the code” in “drawings” or “specifications” and a code corresponding to the extracted word or character string, 22. The application document creation support system according to claim 21, wherein the code extracted from the drawing is displayed on a screen for editing the content described in the “description of the code” in the “specification”. When information related to the “specification” and “drawing” in the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application is input, the application documents are created according to a predetermined format including the description order and paragraph number based on the information. A computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents,
A sixth extraction step of extracting the code described in the “drawing”;
And a sixth display step for displaying the code extracted in the sixth extraction step on a screen for editing the contents described in the “description of the code” of the “specification”. Computer program for support. A code written in an area excluding “description of code” in the “specification” and a word or a character string adjacent in the forward direction of the code written in an area excluding “description of code” in the “specification”. A seventh extraction step to extract;
A second determination step of determining whether the code extracted from the “drawing” matches the code extracted from the region excluding “description of the code” in the “specification”;
For matching codes, match the combination of the word or character string extracted from the area excluding “description of the code” in the “drawing” and “specification” and the code corresponding to the extracted word or character string. For the reference not to be performed, a seventh display step of displaying the reference extracted from the “drawing” on the screen for editing the content described in the “description of reference” of the “specification” is further executed. 24. A computer program for supporting preparation of application documents according to claim 23. When information related to the “specification” and “claims” in the application documents of the patent application or utility model registration application is input, the application documents in the prescribed format including the description order and paragraph number based on the information A computer program for supporting the preparation of application documents,
In the “claim” specified by the user and the “claim” dependent on the “claim” to be checked, a predetermined extracted word is extracted from the used words. An extraction process;
A third determination step of determining whether or not the same phrase as the backward adjacent word adjacent to the rear of the extracted predetermined extracted word is used ahead of the predetermined extracted word;
If it is determined that it is not used in the third determination step, an eighth display step for displaying a warning is performed,
The computer program for supporting the preparation of an application document, wherein the predetermined extracted word is a phrase indicating that the backward adjacent word has been described once or more before the predetermined extracted word.

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