JP2020135630A - Information processing device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device and information processing program for processing information on newly filed trademark registration applications and/or patent applications.SOLUTION: A trademark detection device 1 of the present invention comprises: an information acquisition unit 52 configured to acquire new trademark registration application information regarding a newly filed trademark; and a detection unit 53 configured to compare the new trademark registration application information with comparison information to be compared with new trademark registration application information in order to detect a trademark application that meets predetermined conditions or trademark registration application information related to such trademark application.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a program for processing information relating to a trademark registration application and / or a patent application.

In order to obtain information on the business development of other companies in a specific field, it is common to search for information on trademark registration applications and patent applications in that field. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a trademark support system in which a plurality of products and services are input as search keys and a business operator corresponding to the search keys is displayed.

Japanese Patent No. 6031710

When a business operator intends to start a new business, it is common to apply for trademark registration related to the new business in advance or to apply for a patent for the related technology. Therefore, by monitoring the information of the trademark registration application and / or the patent application of a specific business operator, it is possible to obtain information on a field in which the business operator is likely to start a new business.

In view of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device and an information processing program for processing information of newly applied trademark registration applications and / or patent applications.

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an information acquisition unit for acquiring new application information regarding a newly filed trademark registration application or patent application, comparative information to be compared with the new application information, and the new application information. With respect to a trademark registration application satisfying a predetermined condition, a patent application satisfying the predetermined condition, trademark registration application information relating to a trademark registration application satisfying the predetermined condition, and a patent application satisfying the predetermined condition. It has a detection unit that detects any of the patent application information.

The program according to the present invention compares a procedure for acquiring new application information regarding a newly filed trademark registration application or patent application, comparative information to be compared with the new application information, and the new application information. , Trademark registration application satisfying the predetermined condition, patent application satisfying the predetermined condition, trademark registration application information relating to the trademark registration application satisfying the predetermined condition, and patent application information relating to the patent application satisfying the predetermined condition. Have the computer perform the steps to detect one.

According to the present invention, it is possible to detect information on a trademark registration application and / or a patent application newly filed by a predetermined business operator in a predetermined field.

A block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the trademark detection device according to the embodiment of the information processing device of the present invention. The figure which shows an example of the hardware configuration of a control device The figure which shows the example of the functional block for controlling the processing executed by a control unit. The figure which shows the example of the registration screen displayed on the display device at the time of a registration process. Flow chart for explaining the details of the notification process 1 The figure which shows the example which visualized the relationship of the classification, the application year, and the number of applications in the 1st example of the notification process 1 as a table. The figure which shows the example which visualized the relationship of the classification, the application year, and the number of applications in the 2nd example of the notification process 1 as a table. The figure which shows the example which visualized the relationship of the classification, the application year, and the number of applications in the 3rd example of the notification process 1 as a table. Flow chart for explaining the details of the notification process 2 Diagram showing an example of a list display screen of search results The figure which shows the example of the related information display screen when one of the applicant names displayed in the applicant column is selected. The figure which shows the example of the related information display screen when one of the divisions displayed in the division column is selected. Flowchart for explaining the details of the new entry extraction process

Hereinafter, as an embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention (the present embodiment), a trademark detection apparatus that handles information of a trademark registration application will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Structure of trademark detector]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the trademark detection device 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the trademark detection device 1 includes an input device 10, a display device 20, a communication device 30, a storage device 40, a control device 50, and a notification device 60.

The input device 10 is an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel. The input device 10 receives an input by a user (hereinafter referred to as a user) of the trademark detection device 1.

The display device 20 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display. The display device 20 displays based on the control of the control device 50.

The communication device 30 connects to a public network such as the Internet to transmit and receive data.

The storage device 40 stores various data used in the trademark detection device 1, a program executed by the control device 50, and the like.

The control device 50 controls the operation of the trademark detection device 1. The control device 50 is an example of a computer. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the control device 50. As shown in FIG. 2, the control device 50 includes a CPU 101, a ROM 102, a RAM 103, and an input / output unit 104. The CPU 101, ROM 102, RAM 103, and input / output unit 104 are connected to each other via the bus 105. When the CPU 101 appropriately reads a program corresponding to the operation of the trademark detection device 1 from the storage device 40 and expands it into the RAM 103, various processes described below are executed.

The notification device 60 gives a predetermined notification to the user. The notification device 60 has, for example, a mail transmission function, and notifies predetermined information to a user's mail address registered in advance based on a notification instruction from the notification unit 55, which will be described later. Details of the predetermined information notified by the notification device 60 will be described later.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a functional block for controlling the process executed by the control device 50. As shown in FIG. 3, the control device 50 includes a registration unit 51, an information acquisition unit 52, a detection unit 53, a display unit 54, and a notification unit 55. The processing by each of these functional blocks is executed by the CPU 101 by expanding various programs to the ROM 102 described above. The operation of the trademark detection device 1 is realized by a combination of each process executed by each functional block of the control device 50.

The registration unit 51 accepts registration of a character string based on the user's input to the input device 10. The information acquisition unit 52 appropriately acquires necessary information from the storage device 40. Alternatively, the information acquisition unit 52 may acquire necessary information from an external public network (Internet, etc.) via the communication device 30. The detection unit 53 detects necessary information in response to a user request. The display unit 54 displays the information detected by the detection unit 53 via the display device 20. When a predetermined condition set in advance is satisfied, the notification unit 55 notifies the user via the notification device 60. Details of the processing executed by each functional block will be described in the description of the operation of the trademark detection device 1 described below.

[Operation of trademark detection device 1]
The operation of the trademark detection device 1 will be described in detail below.

<Registration process>
First, the registration process will be described. In the registration process, the registration unit 51 accepts registration of the detection target by the user via the input device 10. Registration of the detection target is performed, for example, by the user inputting a keyword or the like through the input device 10 in the input window (input form) displayed on the display device 20. The timing at which the registration process is performed is an arbitrary timing before the notification processes 1 and 2 described later are performed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen displayed on the display device 20 during the registration process. As shown in FIG. 4, the registration screen 200 has an applicant registration form 201, a field registration form 202, and registration buttons 203 and 204. The registration screen in the trademark detection device 1 is not limited to the registration screen 200 shown in FIG. 4, and is an operation button for causing another display object (for example, another search form or the trademark detection device 1 to perform a specific operation). Etc.) may be displayed.

In the applicant registration form 201, a character string indicating a company or organization (hereinafter, applicant) in which the user wants to obtain information regarding a trademark registration application (hereinafter, may be simply referred to as a trademark or trademark application) is input. It is a column to be done. Further, the field registration form 202 is a field in which a character string indicating a field in which the user wants to obtain information on the trademark is input. The registration button 203 is a button for accepting registration by pressing the registration button 203 with a character string indicating the applicant to be registered in the applicant registration form 201 input. The registration button 204 is a button for accepting registration by pressing the field registration form 202 with a character string indicating the field to be registered entered.

Specifically, for example, a user who wants to obtain information on a trademark applied by a specific applicant inputs the applicant's name on the applicant registration form 201 via the input device 10. Specifically, for example, when the user wants to obtain information about company A, the user inputs the character string "A" in the applicant registration form 201. When the input is completed, the user presses the registration button 203. Then, the registration unit 51 registers the character string "A" as a target (detection target) for subsequent processing.

At this time, the applicant registration form 201 displays a list of applicants including the input keyword as registration candidates, and the user selects a desired applicant from the applicant group and then presses the registration button 203. You may press it. Specifically, when the character string "A" is entered in the applicant registration form 201, the candidate groups "A chemistry", "A product", "A real estate", etc. including the character string "A" can be selected. It may be displayed in the applicant registration form 201 in various manners.

Further, for example, a user who wants to obtain information on a trademark in a specific field inputs a character string indicating the field in the field registration form 202 via the input device 10. The character string indicating the field is, for example, a character string relating to a designated product or a designated service, and / or a character string indicating a classification. In addition, the classification is the classification of goods or services described in the attached table of the Trademark Law Enforcement Regulations, and refers to the classification of goods or services using the trademark into a plurality of categories. As of 2018, the categories are set from Class 1 to Class 45.

A specific example will be described. If the user wants to obtain trademark information about a product in a particular field, such as a lamp, the user enters the string "lamp" in the field registration form 202. Further, when the user wants to obtain information on a trademark related to a service (service) in a specific field, for example, transportation, the character string "transportation" is input to the field registration form 202. Further, when the user wants to obtain information on the trademark according to the classification in the trademark, for example, the 11th category, the character string "11th category" is input to the field registration form 202. When the input is completed, the user presses the registration button 204. Then, the registration unit 51 registers the character string input in the field registration form 202 as a target (detection target) for subsequent processing.

In addition, in the field registration form 202, the character string indicating the product or service and the character string indicating the classification may be input at the same time. For example, when the character string entered in the field registration form 202 is only "lamp", the goods or services including the character string "lamp" are classified into the fourth category "lamp lamp" and the eleventh category "lamp". It covers various categories such as "power generation lamps for vehicles", "gas lamps", "oil lamps", and "trumps" of the 28th category. Therefore, for example, a character string indicating a product or service and a character string indicating a classification, such as "lamp" and "class 11", are simultaneously input to the field registration form 202, so that a field not intended by the user is entered. Can be prevented from being registered.

In the trademark detection device 1, the notification processes 1 and 2 described below are executed with the character string registered in the registration process described above as the detection target. In the present embodiment, the notification process 1 is performed when the character string indicating the applicant is registered, and the notification process 2 is performed when the character string indicating the field is registered. First, the notification process 1 when the character string indicating the applicant is registered will be described in detail.

<Notification processing 1>
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the details of the notification process 1.

In step S11, it is determined whether or not the set period has elapsed since the previous notification process 1. The set period is a period set by the user in advance, and can be any period in the past such as one week, one month, six months, and one year. The setting period may be set at the same time as the registration of the detection target in the registration process, for example, via the input device 10. Specifically, although not shown, the setting period is set by the user inputting a desired period in the setting period setting form (which may be something like a radio button) displayed on the registration screen 200. .. If the character string indicating the applicant is newly registered, step S11 is not performed.

In step S12, the information acquisition unit 52 acquires information regarding the trademark application filed by the applicant (hereinafter referred to as the registered applicant) indicated by the registered character string.

More specifically, the information acquisition unit 52 acquires information on the trademark application filed by the registered applicant by using the trademark gazette data published by the Japan Patent Office. In the present embodiment, the trademark gazette includes a public trademark gazette in which an unregistered trademark is described.

In the present embodiment, the information regarding the trademark application includes various information described in the trademark gazette, that is, information about the applicant, information about the filing date, classification of goods and services, information about designated goods or designated services, and similar group code. Information, information on the application number, etc. are included. Hereinafter, the information regarding these trademark applications may be referred to as trademark registration application information.

As the acquisition destination of the information regarding the trademark application acquired by the information acquisition unit 52, for example, an existing trademark database operated by a company other than the JPO may be used in addition to the trademark gazette data published by the JPO. Further, the information acquisition unit 52 has previously constructed a trademark registration application information database (DB) in the storage device 40 by acquiring all or a part of the trademark gazette data published by the JPO in advance. May be good. In this case, in the process of step S12, the information acquisition unit 52 can use the trademark registration application information DB as the acquisition destination of the trademark registration application information. That is, the notification process 1 can be executed even if the trademark detection device 1 is not in the online state.

Summarizing the above, in step S12, the information acquisition unit 52 acquires new trademark registration application information regarding the trademark newly applied by the registered applicant in the preset setting period. The new trademark registration application information in the notification process 1 is information on a trademark newly filed by the registered applicant within the set period, and the trademark registration application information in a plurality of fields filed by the applicant. included. The new trademark registration application information is an example of the new application information of the present invention.

In step S13, the detection unit 53 compares the new trademark registration application information acquired in step S12 with the comparison information generated in advance, and detects a trademark application satisfying a predetermined condition.

The pre-generated comparative information is, for example, information about a trademark application filed by a registered applicant before the start of the set period. That is, the comparison information in the notification process 1 is, for example, information regarding a trademark application filed by the registered applicant before the start of the set period. The comparison information may be generated by accumulating new trademark registration application information before the start of the set period, and may be stored in the storage device 40, for example.

The comparison information in the notification process 1 is not limited to the information regarding the trademark application filed by the registered applicant before the start of the set period, and may include various other information. For example, as the comparison information in the notification process 1, information on a patent application filed by the registered applicant before the start of the set period, information on the name of the product sold by the registered applicant before the start of the set period, and the like. Alternatively, it may include information about the industry classification to which the registered applicant applies.

Further, in the notification process 1, a trademark application satisfying a predetermined condition is, for example, a trademark application having a tendency different from that before the start of the set period.

A specific example will be described. In the first example, for example, in the comparative information, a certain applicant (assumed to be Company A) had a class 3, 5, 14, 14, 16, 28, and 1 year before. It is assumed that it has been shown that a trademark application has been filed in Class 29, Class 30, and Class 32. Then, it is assumed that the new trademark registration application information indicates that Company A has newly filed a trademark application in Class 5 in the last year. In this case, the detection unit 53 detects the Class 5 trademark application newly filed in the last year as an application satisfying a predetermined condition. FIG. 6A is a diagram showing an example in which the relationship between the classification, the year of filing, and the number of applications in the first example of the notification process 1 is visualized as a table. FIG. 6A illustrates the number of applications of Company A in each category from 2014 to 2018 (the most recent year). In FIG. 6A, applications satisfying certain conditions are shown shaded.

In the second example, the comparative information shows that Company A filed a trademark application in Class 3 10 years ago, but no new application was filed after 10 years ago. It is assumed that it has been done. Then, it is assumed that the new trademark registration application information indicates that Company A has filed a new trademark application in the third category for the first time in 10 years. In this case, the detection unit 53 detects that the third-class trademark application filed for the first time in 10 years is an application satisfying a predetermined condition. The length of the period (fixed period) for which the application has not been filed may be set in advance by the user, for example. FIG. 6B is a diagram showing an example in which the relationship between the classification, the year of filing, and the number of applications in the second example of the notification process 1 is visualized as a table. FIG. 6B exemplifies the number of applications of Company A in each category before 2008 (more than 10 years ago) and in 2018 (most recent year) in the third category. In FIG. 6B, applications satisfying the predetermined conditions are shown with diagonal lines.

In the third example, it is assumed that the comparative information indicates that Company A filed only a few applications a year in Class 14 prior to one year. Then, it is assumed that the new trademark registration application information indicates that Company A has filed 10 or more new trademark applications in the last year in Class 14. In this way, when the number of trademark applications newly filed within the set period has increased by a predetermined rate or more as compared with before the start of the set period, the detection unit 53 is newly filed within the set period. The trademark application is detected as an application satisfying a predetermined condition. FIG. 6C is a diagram showing an example in which the relationship between the classification, the year of filing, and the number of applications in the third example of the notification process 1 is visualized as a table. In FIG. 6C, the number of applications of Company A in each category from 2014 to 2018 (the latest one year) is illustrated. In FIG. 6C, applications satisfying the predetermined conditions are shown with diagonal lines.

In this way, when the new trademark registration application information and the comparison information are compared, the detection unit 53 detects in step S13 a trademark application having a tendency different from that before the start of the set period.

In step S14, the notification unit 55 notifies the user of the information regarding the application detected in step S13 via the notification device 60. The content to be notified includes at least information regarding the category in which the detected application was made. By receiving such notification content, the user can know that the registered applicant has filed a trademark application with a tendency different from that before the start of the set period.

When the process of step S14 is completed, the process returns to step S11. That is, in the notification process 1, the processes of steps S11 to S14 are repeatedly executed every time the set period elapses.

Such notification processing 1 is useful in the following cases, for example. That is, when the user has registered company A in the trademark detection device 1, the trademark detection device 1 detects that a new trademark application in the fifth category of company A has been filed within the set period and notifies the user. Suppose you did. In this case, the user can quickly know that Company A is likely to plan to enter a new field related to the designated product included in the fifth category.

<Notification processing 2>
Next, the notification process 2 when the character string indicating the field is registered will be described in detail. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the details of the notification process 2.

In step S21, it is determined whether or not the set period has elapsed since the previous notification process 2. The set period is a period set in advance by the user, as in the notification process 1. If the character string indicating the field is newly registered, step S21 is not performed.

In step S22, the information acquisition unit 52 acquires information on the trademark application included in the field indicated by the registered character string (hereinafter, the registered field).

More specifically, the information acquisition unit 52 acquires information on a trademark application whose registered character string is included in the "classification of designated goods or designated services, goods and services" of the trademark gazette data.

A specific example will be described. For example, in the registration process, it is assumed that the character string "lamp" and the character string "class 11" are registered at the same time. In this case, the information acquisition unit 52 acquires information on the trademark application in which the character strings "Class 11" and "Lamp" are both included in the "Designated goods or designated services lined up goods and services classification" column of the trademark gazette data. To do.

That is, in step S22, the information acquisition unit 52 acquires the new trademark registration application information of the registered field in the preset setting period. The new trademark registration application information in the notification process 2 is information on a trademark newly filed within a set period in the registered field, and includes information on a trademark application filed by a plurality of applicants. ..

In step S23, the information acquisition unit 52 acquires comparison information for comparison with the new trademark registration application information. In the notification process 2, the comparative information is information on a trademark filed by an applicant who has newly applied for a trademark within the set period in the registered field before the start of the set period.

The comparison information in the notification process 2 is not limited to the information related to the trademark filed by the applicant who newly applied for the trademark within the set period in the registered field before the start of the set period, and other information. Various information can be included. For example, the comparison information in the notification process 2 includes information on a patent application filed before the start of the set period by an applicant who has newly filed a trademark registration application within the set period in the registered field.

In step S24, the detection unit 53 compares the new trademark registration application information acquired in step S22 with the comparison information acquired in step S23, and detects an applicant who satisfies a predetermined condition. An applicant who satisfies a predetermined condition is an applicant who has not filed an application in the registered field before the start of the set period, but has newly filed a trademark application within the set period.

A specific example will be described. For example, it is assumed that the comparative information indicates that three applicants, Company B, Company C, and Group D, have filed applications in the registered field before the start of the set period. Then, it is assumed that the new trademark registration application information indicates that Company B, Company C, Group D, and Company E have newly filed trademark applications in the registered field within the set period. In this case, the detection unit 53 detects Company E as an applicant who satisfies a predetermined condition.

In this way, when the new trademark registration application information and the comparison information are compared, the detection unit 53 has not filed an application in the registered field before the start of the set period, but has applied for a new trademark within the set period. The applicant who performed the above is detected in step S24.

In step S25, the notification unit 55 notifies the user of the information about the applicant detected in step S24 via the notification device 60. The content to be notified includes at least information about the detected applicant. By receiving such notification content, the user can know that the trademark application in the field newly registered by Company E has been filed within the set period.

When the process of step S25 is completed, the process returns to step S21. That is, in the notification process 2, the processes of steps S21 to S25 are repeatedly executed every time the set period elapses.

Such notification processing 2 is useful in the following cases, for example. That is, when the user has registered the character strings "Category 11" and "Lamp" in the trademark detection device 1, the trademark detection device 1 newly filed a trademark application for company E in the field within the set period. Suppose that it detects that it has been damaged and notifies the user. In this case, the user can quickly know that Company E is likely to be planning to enter a new field related to the 11th class lamp.

<Search process>
Next, the search process of the trademark detection device 1 will be described. In the search process, the trademark application corresponding to the search keyword is searched based on the search keyword input by the user, and the search result is displayed.

Specifically, for example, it is assumed that the user inputs an arbitrary search keyword in the search form (not shown) of the search screen displayed on the display device 20. The arbitrary search keyword is, for example, a character string indicating a company name, an organization name, a product name, a service name, a classification, or the like.

In this case, the information acquisition unit 52 acquires information on the trademark application including the search keyword entered in the search form as the trademark registration application information. Then, the display unit 54 causes the display device 20 to display the acquired information in a list.

FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an example of a search result list display screen. As shown in FIG. 8, the search result list display screen 300 has a search form 301, a trademark name field 302, an applicant field 303, a filing date field 304, a classification field 305, and a designated product or designated service. It has columns 306 and. In this way, specifically, on the search result list display screen, various information such as the application number of the search result, the name and title of the trademark, the applicant, the filing date, the classification, the designated goods or the designated services is displayed. To.

On the list display screen 300, the user may select each information using the input device 10 to display more detailed information or related information. FIG. 8B is a diagram showing an example of the related information display screen 310 when one of the applicant names displayed in the applicant column 303 is selected. Further, FIG. 8C is a diagram showing an example of the related information display screen 320 when one of the categories displayed in the category column 305 is selected.

As shown in FIG. 8B, when the user selects the search result displayed in the "applicant" column of the list display screen 300, the related information display screen 310 is displayed before the applicant starts the set period. Information such as the typical field in which the trademark is applied and / or the number of applications for each year is displayed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8C, when the user selects the search result displayed in the "category" column of the list display screen, the related information display screen 320 is displayed among the applicants applying for the category. Information such as the number of applications for each year of the top several companies is displayed. The display modes of the related information display screens 310 and 320 shown in FIGS. 8B and 8C are not particularly limited in the present invention. The related information display screens 310 and 320 may be displayed on a screen separate from the list display screen 300, or may be popped up in the list display screen 300, for example. In the examples shown in FIGS. 8B and 8C, the number of cases for 5 years from 2014 to 2018 is displayed, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a user's desired number of years can be displayed. You may.

<Related patent detection process>
In the search process described above, the search result is displayed on the display device 20. Further, in the notification processes 1 and 2 described above, when the user who receives the notification from the notification device 60 performs a predetermined operation via the input device 10, the display regarding the notification content is displayed on the display device 20. In the notification process 1, the trademark registration application information regarding the trademark newly filed by the registered applicant within the set period in the notified field is displayed. In the notification process 2, the trademark registration application information regarding the trademark newly filed by the notified applicant within the set period in the registered field is displayed.

When displaying in this way, the display unit 54 may simply display the trademark registration application information via the display device 20. However, as described below, the detection unit 53 may detect the patent application related to the displayed trademark, and the display unit 54 may display the information regarding the detected patent application.

Trademark patent-related information is generated in advance by associating the goods or services designated as designated goods or designated services at the time of application for trademark registration with the patent classification, and is stored in the storage device 40. Such trademark patent-related information may be generated by the control device 50 of the trademark detection device 1 or may be generated by an external device.

Examples of the correspondence between the designated goods or services in the trademark and the patent classification are as follows. For example, the IPC "A23C" (dairy product) corresponds to the "dairy product" in the 29th category. Further, for example, the IPC "A61K" (dental preparation) corresponds to the "dental material" in the fifth category. Further, the IPC "G10" (musical instrument) corresponds to the "musical instrument" in the fifteenth category. In addition to these, the trademark patent-related information includes a large number of items in which the designated goods or services in the trademark and the patent classification correspond to each other.

The method for generating trademark patent-related information is not particularly limited in the present invention, but for example, the following method may be adopted. That is, for example, the text data including the character string described in the designated goods or designated services in the trademark registration application is subjected to natural language processing such as morphological analysis, and the character strings described in the designated goods or designated services in the trademark registration application. And the correspondence with the trademark classification. The correspondence between the trademark information and the patent information in the trademark patent-related information is not limited to 1: 1 and may be 1: many or many: many. Further, the patent classification may be IPC or CPC, or may be FI or F-term.

For example, when the trademark registration application information is displayed on the display device 20, when the user performs a predetermined input operation via the input device 10, the information acquisition unit 52 performs the designated product or designation of the displayed trademark. Obtain information on patent applications in the patent classification corresponding to the service. At this time, the information acquisition unit 52 may acquire information on the patent application by using, for example, patent publication data published by the Japan Patent Office.

A specific example will be described. For example, it is assumed that the display device 20 displays trademark registration application information that is a trademark filed by the applicant "Company F" and includes "dairy products" (class 29) as designated products. Here, when the user selects the display of "dairy products" (for example, clicking with a mouse), the information acquisition unit 52 acquires information on the patent application of Company F, which is classified into the patent classification corresponding to the dairy products. In the IPC, since "A23C" is a patent classification related to dairy products, the information acquisition unit 52 acquires information on patent applications classified into A23C among the patent applications of Company F. The display mode of the information regarding the patent application is not particularly limited. For example, the display of information related to a patent application is displayed on the original screen (trademark registration application information that is a trademark filed by the applicant "Company F" and includes "dairy products" (class 29) as a designated product. It may be displayed on a separate screen from the screen), or it may be displayed in a pop-up on the same screen.

By such a related patent detection process, not only a trademark but also information on a patent in a related field can be obtained at the same time. Therefore, it is useful to be able to seamlessly browse the information (trademark) that is immediate about the business and the technical information (patent) that is helpful when conducting a business that depends on the technology.

<Product service character string analysis processing>
Next, the product service character string analysis process will be described. The product service character string analysis process can be performed in various scenes in which the user searches and browses the trademark registration information. Hereinafter, the product / service character string analysis process performed at the same time when displaying the content of the notification will be described based on the operation of the user who received the notification in the notification process 1 or the notification process 2.

As described above, the user who received the notification from the notification device 60 in the notification process 1 or the notification process 2 performs a predetermined operation via the input device 10, and the trademark registration application relating to the notified field or the applicant is performed. The information is displayed on the display device 20. In the product / service character string analysis process, when a plurality of trademark applications are displayed, the detection unit 53 calculates the degree of co-occurrence between the character strings indicating the designated goods or designated services of the plurality of trademark applications. Then, the display unit 54 changes the display mode of the trademark registration application information based on the calculated co-occurrence degree.

Co-occurrence means that a character string in one sentence (sentence) and a certain character string appear at the same time. That is, the degree of co-occurrence between character strings indicating designated goods or designated services indicates the degree to which the applicant has designated a plurality of specific goods or services at the same time in a plurality of trademark applications.

A specific example will be described. For example, suppose that Company G has an application in which the character string "lactic acid bacteria" is designated as a designated product and an application in which the character string "Ochazuke" is designated as a designated product in a trademark application of Class 29.

Here, the detection unit 53 calculates the degree of co-occurrence between the character string "lactic acid bacteria" and the character string "Ochazuke" based on the character strings indicating the designated goods or designated services of all the trademarks filed by Company G. To do. The method of calculating the degree of co-occurrence is not particularly limited. For example, the detection unit 53 may calculate the degree of co-occurrence using a learning model generated in advance using character strings indicating designated goods or designated services of a plurality of trademarks as teacher data.

When the degree of co-occurrence is higher than a predetermined threshold value, the display unit 54 emphasizes, for example, a trademark in which both the character string "lactic acid bacteria" and the character string "Ochazuke" are designated as designated products. .. The method of highlighting is not particularly limited, but the corresponding trademark may be displayed with a highlight, or a plurality of applicable trademarks may be displayed adjacent to each other.

Further, the detection unit 53 may perform not only the calculation of the co-occurrence degree but also the analysis by text mining using the character strings of the designated goods or designated services designated in a plurality of trademark applications. In this case, the display unit 54 may appropriately display the result of the analysis by text mining. Specifically, for example, character strings having a high degree of similarity may be displayed adjacent to each other, or character strings having a large number of appearances may be displayed in a large size.

By such a product / service character string analysis process, the user can more specifically understand what kind of product is planned to be sold or the service (service) is planned to be developed in a plurality of trademark applications filed within the set period. You will be able to know the target.

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Next, the new entry extraction process of the trademark detection device will be described. The new entry extraction process is a process for extracting new applicants who have newly applied for a new field within a set period. FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the details of the new entry extraction process.

In step S31, it is determined whether or not the new entry list display button is pressed by the user's operation via the input device 10. The new entry list display button is arranged, for example, in the display screen (not shown) displayed on the display device 20. If it is determined that the new entry list display button has been pressed (step S31: YES), the process proceeds to step S32. If not (step S31: NO), the process of step S31 is repeated.

In step S32, the information acquisition unit 52 acquires the newly applied trademark gazette data within the set period. The set period in the new entry extraction process is a past period arbitrarily set by the user, for example, a period from the time when the new entry list display button is pressed to one month before.

In step S33, the detection unit 53 detects a new entry applicant by referring to the trademark gazette data newly filed within the set period. A new entry applicant means an applicant who has newly filed a trademark application in a field for which a trademark application has not been filed before the start of the set period within the set period.

The method for detecting a new entry applicant is not particularly limited, but for example, the method described below can be adopted as an example. That is, the information acquisition unit 52 lists all the applicants who have newly filed a trademark application within the set period based on the trademark gazette data newly filed within the set period, and sets the set period for each applicant. Get information about the field in which you applied for a trademark before the start of. Then, the detection unit 53 determines whether or not the new trademark filed within the set period is a field that has been filed before the start of the set period. As a result, new entry applicants can be detected.

In step S34, the detection unit 53 classifies the detected new entry applicants based on the presence or absence of patent applications of the patent classification corresponding to the field of new entry. The fields to be newly entered and the patent classifications corresponding to them may be specified by using the trademark patent correspondence information used in the related patent detection process.

In step S35, the detection unit 53 causes the display device 20 to display a list of new entry applicants based on the display mode set by the user. As the content of the list display, for example, the name of the new entry applicant and the field (designated goods or designated services) for which the applicant has newly applied for a trademark may be displayed in a state of being associated with each other. ..

The display mode set by the user is, for example, a display mode in which an applicant who has a patent application corresponding to a new field and an applicant who does not have a patent application corresponding to a new field can be seen at a glance. is there. Specifically, for example, when the user has set the mode to display only the applicants who have patent applications corresponding to the fields of new entry, the display device 20 has the patents corresponding to the fields of new entry. Only applicants who have an application are listed (display mode 1). On the other hand, for example, when the user has set the mode to display only the applicants who do not have a patent application corresponding to the newly entered field, the display device 20 does not have the patent document corresponding to the newly entered field. Only applicants are listed (display mode 2). The display mode 1 and the display mode 2 can be switched by a user operation.

The following advantages can be obtained by such a plurality of display modes. That is, if a company has filed a trademark application in a certain field and has also filed a patent application for a patent classification corresponding to that field, the company has an intention to enter the business in that field. Moreover, it is presumed that it has technology that can differentiate it from other companies in that field. Therefore, for example, if the company to which the user belongs has the intention of entering the field but does not have the technology to differentiate it from other companies, the applicant who has applied for a patent in the corresponding patent classification. By setting the mode to display, it is possible to efficiently search for an applicant suitable as a collaborative partner of the company.

In addition, if a company has filed a trademark application in a certain field and has not filed a patent application for a patent classification corresponding to that field, the company has the intention to enter the business in that field and its It is presumed that they do not have the technology to differentiate them from other companies in the field. Therefore, for example, if the company to which the user belongs has technology that can differentiate it from other companies in that field, the applicants who have not applied for a patent in the patent classification corresponding to that field are displayed. By setting the above mode, it is possible to efficiently search for an applicant suitable as a collaborative partner of the company.

<Action / effect>
As described above, the trademark detection device 1 according to the present invention includes an information acquisition unit 52 for acquiring new trademark registration information regarding a newly filed trademark registration application within a preset setting period, and a new trademark registration. It has a detection unit 53 for detecting a trademark registration application satisfying a predetermined condition or trademark registration application information related to the trademark registration application by comparing the comparison information to be compared with the application information with the new trademark registration application information.

With such a configuration, it is possible to easily obtain information on a newly applied trademark within a set period.

Further, in the trademark detection device 1 according to the present invention, the trademark registration application information includes information on the applicant, information on the filing date, designated goods or designated services, information on the classification of goods and services, and information on similar group codes. Including any of.

Further, in the trademark detection device 1 according to the present invention, the character string relating to the trademark application includes either a character string indicating the applicant or a character string indicating the field.

Further, in the trademark detection device 1 according to the present invention, the character string indicating the field includes a character string relating to the designated goods or designated services, and / or a character string indicating the classification.

Further, in the trademark detection device 1 according to the present invention, the new trademark registration application information includes information on a trademark newly applied by the applicant indicated by the character string within the set period, and within the set period in the field indicated by the character string. Includes any information about newly filed trademarks.

Further, in the trademark detection device 1 according to the present invention, the comparative information includes information on the trademark and / or patent filed by the applicant indicated by the character string before the start of the set period, and the applicant indicated by the character string starts the set period. Information on the names of previously sold products, information on trademarks filed before the start of the set period in the field indicated by the character string, and the applicant who filed a new trademark application within the set period in the field indicated by the character string. Includes either information about trademarks and / or patents filed prior to the start of the set period, and information about the industry classification to which the applicant is indicated by the string.

Then, in the trademark detection device 1 according to the present invention, the registration unit 51 that accepts the registration of the character string is further provided, and when the registration unit 51 accepts the registration of the character string indicating the applicant, the information acquisition unit 52 , Acquires and detects new trademark registration application information regarding a trademark application newly filed by the applicant within the set period and comparative information regarding the trademark application filed by the applicant before the start of the set period indicated by the registered character string. Part 53 detects a trademark application by the applicant indicated by the registered character string, which has a tendency different from that before the start of the set period.

For trademark applications that tend to be different from those before the start of the set period, new trademark applications in fields where no application was filed before the start of the set period, and one application during the set period before the start of the set period. It includes either a new trademark application in a field that did not exist, or a new trademark application in a field in which the number of applications has increased by a predetermined percentage or more compared to before the start of the set period.

With such a configuration, it is detected that the applicant indicated by the registered character string has filed a new trademark application in a field that has not been filed before the start of the set period. Therefore, by registering a specific applicant, it is possible to quickly know that the applicant is likely to newly enter a new field.

Further, the trademark detection device 1 according to the present invention further includes a registration unit 51 that accepts the registration of a character string, and when the registration unit 51 accepts the registration of a character string indicating a field, the information acquisition unit 52 New trademark registration application information regarding a trademark application newly filed within the set period in the field indicated by the registered character string, and an application for which a new trademark application has been filed within the set period in the field indicated by the registered character string. Obtaining comparative information on trademarks and / or patents filed by a person before the start of the set period, the detector 53 has filed an application before the start of the set period in the field indicated by the registered character string. Detects a person who has newly filed an application within the set period.

With such a configuration, it is detected that an applicant who has not filed an application before the start of the set period has filed a new trademark application in the field indicated by the registered character string. Therefore, by registering a specific field, it is possible to quickly know the applicant who is likely to enter the field.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings, the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is clear that a person skilled in the art can come up with various modifications or modifications within the scope of the claims, which naturally belong to the technical scope of the present invention. Understood. In addition, each component in the above embodiment may be arbitrarily combined as long as the gist of the invention is not deviated.

In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the trademark detection device 1 includes the input device 10, the display device 20, the communication device 30, the storage device 40, and the notification device 60 has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, the trademark detection device of the present invention may have only a control device including each functional block that realizes the operation of the trademark detection device. In such a case, the same effect as that of the above embodiment can be obtained by controlling the input device, the display device, the communication device, the storage device, and the notification device outside the trademark detection device. Further, the trademark detection device 1 does not have to be configured by integrating each component. For example, each component may be distributed via a network or the like, and each process described above may be executed by transmitting and receiving various information to and from each other via the network. The same applies to each component of the control device 50.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a trademark detection device for detecting information on entry into a new field in a predetermined company by utilizing information on a trademark registration application has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a patent application or utility model is used. It is also possible to detect information on entry into a new field in a predetermined company by utilizing information on a utility model registration application. In that case, the applicant or field registered in advance may detect a newly filed patent application or utility model registration application within the set period, and notify the user when the patent application or utility model registration application is detected. Further, when displaying the detection result, the trademark registration application corresponding to the patent application or utility model registration application may be displayed. When detecting a patent application or a utility model registration application, for example, IPC, CPC, FI, F-term, or the like may be used as a character string for specifying a field.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the trademark detection device 1 has acquired information on a trademark registration application newly filed within a set period which is a preset past period, but the present invention is limited to this. Not done. The trademark detection device according to the present invention detects the trademark application each time, for example, when a registered applicant files a new trademark application or when a new trademark application is filed in the registered field. You may do so. In this case, each time the trademark detection device according to the present invention detects a new trademark application, it executes various processes such as the notification process 1 and the notification process 2 described above based on the information regarding the trademark application. That is, if the user registers the applicant or field of interest in advance, the user can obtain information on the applicant or new entry in the field through a notification means such as e-mail.

The present invention is suitable as an information processing device for detecting information on trademark registration applications and / or patent applications.

1 Trademark detection device 10 Input device 20 Display device 30 Communication device 40 Storage device 50 Control device 51 Registration unit 52 Information acquisition unit 53 Detection unit 54 Display unit 55 Notification unit 60 Notification device 101 CPU
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104 Input / output unit 105 Bus 200 Registration screen 201 Applicant registration form 202 Field registration form 203 Registration button 204 Registration button

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an information acquisition unit for acquiring new application information regarding a newly filed trademark registration application or patent application, comparative information to be compared with the new application information, and the new application information. With respect to a trademark registration application satisfying a predetermined condition, a patent application satisfying the predetermined condition, trademark registration application information relating to a trademark registration application satisfying the predetermined condition, and a patent application satisfying the predetermined condition. detector for detecting patent information, one of, have a, have been pre-generated, trademark patents illustrating division and designated goods or designated services and goods and services of trademark application, and patent classification, the correspondence between Based on the related information, the trademark registration application information and the patent information related to the patent application corresponding to the trademark registration application information are displayed on the display device .
The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an information acquisition unit for acquiring trademark registration application information regarding a trademark registration application newly filed by the applicant, the trademark registration application information, and patent application information by the applicant. It has a control unit that controls to display the information of the applicant who filed the trademark registration application on the display device based on the trademark patent-related information indicating the correspondence relationship.

Program according to the present invention, compared procedure to obtain a new application information about the newly-filed trademark registration or patent application, and compare the information to be compared of the new application information, and the new application information , Trademark registration application satisfying the predetermined condition, patent application satisfying the predetermined condition, trademark registration application information relating to the trademark registration application satisfying the predetermined condition, and patent application information relating to the patent application satisfying the predetermined condition. The trademark is based on the procedure for detecting any of the trademarks, and the trademark patent-related information generated in advance, which indicates the correspondence between the designated goods or designated services of the trademark registration application, the classification of the goods and services, and the patent classification. The computer is made to execute the procedure of displaying the registration application information and the patent information related to the patent application corresponding to the trademark registration application information on the display device .
The program according to the present invention shows a procedure for acquiring trademark registration application information regarding a trademark registration application newly filed by an applicant, and a correspondence relationship between the trademark registration application information and the patent application information by the applicant. Based on the trademark patent related information, the computer is made to execute the procedure of controlling the display of the information of the applicant who filed the trademark registration application on the display device.

The program according to the present invention compares the procedure for acquiring new application information regarding a newly filed trademark registration application or patent application, the comparison information to be compared with the new application information, and the new application information. Any of a trademark registration application satisfying a predetermined condition, a patent application satisfying the predetermined condition, trademark registration application information relating to a trademark registration application satisfying the predetermined condition, and patent application information relating to a patent application satisfying the predetermined condition. The trademark registration is based on the procedure for detecting the trademark and the trademark patent-related information generated in advance, which indicates the correspondence between the designated goods or designated services of the trademark registration application, the classification of the goods and services, and the patent classification. The computer is made to execute the procedure of displaying the application information and the patent information related to the patent application corresponding to the trademark registration application information on the display device .

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Information acquisition department for acquiring new application information regarding newly applied trademark registration application or patent application, and
A trademark registration application satisfying a predetermined condition, a patent application satisfying the predetermined condition, and a trademark registration application satisfying the predetermined condition by comparing the comparison information to be compared with the new application information with the new application information. A detector that detects either the trademark registration application information related to the above-mentioned trademark registration application information or the patent application information related to the patent application satisfying the predetermined conditions.
An information processing device that has. The trademark registration application information includes any one of information on the applicant, information on the filing date, information on the designated goods or designated services and the classification of goods and services, and information on the similar group code.
The information processing device according to claim 1. The information acquisition unit acquires the new application information based on the character string relating to the trademark registration application or the patent application, and obtains the new application information.
The character string relating to the trademark registration application includes either a character string indicating the applicant and a character string indicating the field.
The information processing device according to claim 2. The character string indicating the above-mentioned field includes a character string relating to a designated goods or designated services and / or a character string indicating a classification.
The information processing device according to claim 3. The information acquisition unit acquires the new application information regarding a newly filed trademark registration application or patent application within a preset period.
The new application information includes information on a trademark registration application newly filed by the applicant within the set period indicated by the character string, and trademark registration newly filed within the set period in the field indicated by the character string. Including any of the information about the application,
The information processing device according to claim 4. The comparative information is information on a trademark registration application and / or a patent application filed by the applicant indicated by the character string before the start of the set period, and sold by the applicant indicated by the character string before the start of the set period. Information on the name of the product, information on the trademark registration application filed before the start of the set period in the field indicated by the character string, and the application for which a new trademark registration application was filed within the set period in the field indicated by the character string. Includes either information about trademark registration applications and / or patent applications filed by a person prior to the start of the set period, and information about the industry classification to which the applicant is indicated by the string.
The information processing device according to claim 5. It also has a registration unit that accepts the registration of the character string.
When the registration department accepts the registration of the character string indicating the applicant,
The information acquisition unit has the new application information regarding the trademark registration application newly filed by the applicant within the set period indicated by the registered character string, and the trademark registration filed by the applicant before the start of the set period. Obtain the comparison information regarding the application and
The detection unit detects a trademark registration application with a tendency different from that before the start of the set period by the applicant indicated by the registered character string.
The information processing device according to claim 6. Trademark registration applications with a tendency different from those before the start of the set period are new trademark registration applications in fields for which no application was filed before the start of the set period, and one in a predetermined period before the start of the set period. Includes either a new trademark registration application in a field for which no application has been filed, or a new trademark registration application in a field in which the number of applications has increased by a predetermined percentage or more compared to before the start of the set period.
The information processing device according to claim 7. It also has a registration unit that accepts the registration of the character string.
When the registration unit accepts the registration of the character string indicating the field,
The information acquisition unit has the new trademark registration application information regarding the trademark registration application newly filed within the set period in the field indicated by the registered character string, and the information acquisition unit within the set period in the field indicated by the registered character string. Obtained the comparative information regarding the trademark registration application and / or the patent application filed by the applicant who newly filed the trademark registration application before the start of the setting period.
In the field indicated by the registered character string, the detection unit detects an applicant who has not filed an application before the start of the set period and who has newly filed an application within the set period.
The information processing device according to claim 6. The trademark registration application detected by the detection unit, or the notification unit for notifying the applicant,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 or 9, further comprising. A display unit that displays trademark registration application information related to the trademark registration application detected by the detection unit, or trademark registration application information related to the trademark registration application filed by the applicant.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising. The display unit displays the trademark registration application based on the trademark patent-related information that indicates the correspondence between the designated goods or designated services of the trademark registration application, the classification of the goods and services, and the patent classification, which is generated in advance. Display patent information related to patent application corresponding to information,
The information processing device according to claim 11. The detection unit detects a new applicant who has newly filed a trademark registration application within the set period in a new field for which a trademark registration application has not been filed before the start of the set period.
The information processing device according to claim 12. Based on the trademark patent-related information, the detection unit determines whether or not the new applicant has a patent application of a patent classification corresponding to the new field.
The display unit changes the display mode of the new applicant based on the presence or absence of the determined patent application.
The information processing device according to claim 13. Further having a display unit for displaying trademark registration application information regarding the trademark registration application filed by the applicant detected by the detection unit.
The detection unit calculates the degree of co-occurrence between character strings indicating the classification, similar group code, designated goods or designated services of a plurality of trademark registration applications filed by the applicant.
The display unit displays the trademark registration application information regarding the plurality of trademark registration applications based on the co-occurrence degree.
The information processing device according to claim 9. The detection unit performs an analysis by text mining based on a character string indicating a designated goods or designated services of a plurality of trademark registration applications filed by the applicant.
The display unit displays the result of the analysis.
The information processing device according to claim 15. Procedures for obtaining new application information regarding newly filed trademark registration applications or patent applications, and
A trademark registration application satisfying a predetermined condition, a patent application satisfying the predetermined condition, and a trademark registration application satisfying the predetermined condition by comparing the comparison information to be compared with the new application information with the new application information. The procedure for detecting either the trademark registration application information relating to the above-mentioned trademark registration application information or the patent application information relating to the patent application satisfying the predetermined conditions,
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