JP4264931B2 - Patented technology licensing fee setting support system and recording medium used therefor - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a support system for setting a price for a license when another person implements the patent technology for which the patent is granted as a business.
[0002]
[Prior art]
When a patent technology for which patent rights have been established is implemented by another person as a business, the most important factor in setting a royalty that is the price of the license is considered to be the profits obtained by the implementation of the patent technology. The profit is divided into the profit three-way method, which is distributed to the capital provider, the business operator, and the patent owner according to the specific gravity of the three elements of financial power, sales power, and patent rights. It has been.
[0003]
However, before entering into a license agreement, it is difficult to predict future profits from the implementation of patented technology and to set the above-mentioned profit distribution ratio. The method of referring to the rate is taken. At that time, there are few cases where it can be applied to the conventional similar technical field or similar technical field today, and the precedents of the applicable similar technical field etc. cannot be easily obtained as an actual problem. is the current situation. Even if it is available, it is not easy for the patentee who has obtained it to clarify the basis for calculating the royalty to the applicant for the patent right. Have problems that are difficult to judge.
[0004]
In addition, as the payment method of the fee, continuous fee based on the pay-as-you-go method (price per product), the rate method (price rate for the sales price of the product), lump sum payment or installment payment of fixed fee, These combinations are used, but no matter which method is selected, there is a need for means for easily setting the royalty for the license of the patented technology.
[0005]
In addition, as a system example for setting a royalty for a patent technology license, for example, disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-63271 “The right to receive a royalty of a patented invention is set and the right is transferred as a property. A system for soliciting ownership through an electronic circuit has been introduced, such as “System to make it available”, but no calculation example of the royalty is described.
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2002-63271 A (pages 1 to 3)
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, it is possible to clearly and easily calculate a royalty for a license for manufacturing and selling or manufacturing and using a device or product including patented technology. The purpose is to provide a support system.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the license right setting support system in the patent technology of the present invention is a support system for setting the price of the license when another person implements the patent technology for which the patent right has been established as a business. Because
A patentee terminal device provided by the patentee who owns the patented technology, and an operation management device provided by a system operating organization for operating the support system, connected to the patentee terminal device via a communication network; Consisting of
The operation management device includes a check key part including a user ID and a password, a patentee table that records registration information including the code of the patentee who owns the patented technology, and a technical field of the patented technology. A technical field table to be recorded, a patent technology table for recording registration information including a patentee code and a patent number of the patented technology, a search key part including a patentee code and a patent number, and the patented technology used Process management information that manages the costs incurred for each process of manufacturing and selling or manufacturing and using equipment and products, and the quantity per unit of manufacture or sales or use, the standard unit price, and the profit per quantity by process And a process management table for recording
In response to the cost / quantity request signal from the patentee terminal device, the server of the operation management device searches the patentee table by the user ID and password, and the corresponding patentee registration information The patent procedure table is searched by the first process of acquiring the patent and the patentee code set in the acquired information, the corresponding patent technology registration information is acquired, and the cost / quantity edited there The second step of processing for returning the total / patent technology selection screen to the patentee terminal device and the selection screen of the patent technology information are received, and the process is performed according to the patentee code and the patent number set there. Search the management table, obtain the relevant process management information, and the expense /
3rd process to send back the totals / process selection, cost, quantity input screen, patent technology registration and process management information received in each procedure after receiving the input screen, and the input cost / quantity The process 4th procedure for returning the screen for confirming the total of the process and the OK of the confirmation screen are received, and the input expense and quantity are added to the process management information acquired in the process 3rd process, and the process management table is created. A process / update fifth procedure, and a cost / quantity counting means comprising:
In response to the profit analysis request signal from the patentee terminal device, a sixth procedure for searching the patentee table using the user ID and password to obtain the corresponding patentee registration information, and the acquisition Search the patent technology table by the patentee code set in the information to obtain the corresponding patent technology registration information, process 7 to return the profit analysis edited there, patent technology selection screen, Received the patent technical information selection screen, searched the process management table from the patentee code and patent number set there, and acquired the corresponding process management information 9th procedure for calculating profit per quantity from process management information for each process by the following formula (A);
Profit per unit = standard unit price-total cost / total quantity ... (A)
A tenth process for calculating the profit margin per unit of the patent use process for all processes by the following formula (B);
To total profit / customer per quantity of the entire process patents use step of the earnings per quantity process another within 1 Quantity per sales margin = process management table patents use process and aggregated over all patents used process for Standard sales unit price of final process with standard sales unit price set x 100 (B)
Patent technology registration information and process management information selected in the process of the eighth process, profit per unit calculated in the processes of the ninth and tenth processes, and a sales profit ratio for all processes are edited. Profit analysis means comprising a process eleventh procedure for returning a profit analysis screen and a process twelfth procedure for registering at least the profit per quantity calculated in the process ninth procedure in the process management table. It is characterized by.
[0008]
According to the invention of claim 1, the patentee, for each process of manufacturing and selling, or manufacturing and using an apparatus including the patented technology, from the standard sales unit price and costs incurred in the process, Clearly and easily grasp the added value of the patented technology and set the royalty rate, thereby promoting the use of the patented technology to other business operators Can do.
[0009]
The process management information further includes a technical field and a patent number of the patent technology, and the operation management apparatus receives a search condition from the patentee terminal apparatus, and stores a process management table in the database. It further comprises sales profit rate search means for searching and returning a list including the corresponding process management information and the sales profit rate to the patentee terminal device.
According to the invention of claim 2, the patentee can compare the sales profit rate in the technical field of the patented technology with the sales profit rate in the other same technical field, thereby obtaining the royalty in the technical field. Can get the trend.
[0011]
The invention according to claim 3 is a recording medium used for the license price setting support system in the patent technology according to claim 1 or claim 2 in the price setting of the license price of the patent technology. Features.
[0012]
According to the invention of claim 3, when the patentee has no communication network function installed in a terminal device such as a personal computer, the patentee can use the CD used in the license consideration setting support system in the patented technology of the present invention. The data and program can be installed in the terminal device using a recording medium such as -R, the added value related to the patented technology can be grasped, and the royalty rate can be set.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0014]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a system configuration of a license price setting support system 100 according to the patent technology of the present invention.
[0015]
As shown in FIG. 1, a license fee setting support system 100 in patent technology includes a patentee terminal device 1 such as a personal computer provided on the patentee side who owns the patent technology, and the patentee terminal device 1. It is comprised from the operation management apparatus 10 with which the system management organization which manages this support system connected with the internet 2 is provided.
[0016]
The operation management device 10 receives the search request from the patentee terminal device 1 and the database 20 for registering information necessary for setting the compensation for the license of the patent technology. A Web server 11 that transmits via the Internet 2, a database server 12 for managing the database 20, and an application server 13 that performs a business process in setting the compensation for the license of patent technology.
[0017]
The database 20 includes a patentee table 21, a technical field table 22, a patent technology table 23, and a process management table 24.
[0018]
The patent owner table 21 records registration information of the patent owner who owns the patent technology.
The patent owner registration information includes a search key part which is a search key part, a search key part consisting of a user ID and a password, a business name belonging to the data part, an applicant, an address, a telephone number, an email address, Store and record information such as registration date.
[0019]
The technical field table 22 records technical field information that classifies the technical fields of patent technology.
The technical field information stores and records information such as a technical field code that is a search key part, a technical field name belonging to the data part, a technical field content, and a registration date.
[0020]
The patent technology table 23 records registration information of patent technology.
In the patent technology registration information, information such as a search key part consisting of a patentee code and a patent number, a technical field code belonging to the data part, a name of patent technology, and a registration date are stored and recorded.
[0021]
The process management table 24 is a process management for managing the generated expenses and the production or sales or quantity used for each process of manufacturing and selling or manufacturing and using a device or product using patent technology. Information is recorded.
Products manufactured and sold include software products, and devices manufactured and used include computer systems such as business models.
The process management information includes a search key part including a patentee code, a patent number, and a process, a search key part including a technical field code, a patentee code, a patent number, and a process, and a process classification belonging to the data part. Information such as process contents, standard sales unit price, total cost, total quantity, quantity unit, profit per quantity, sales profit ratio per quantity, and aggregation period are stored and recorded.
The process targets work processes related to manufacturing, sales, and use, and a process order is set for the process.
A patent use process and a non-patent use process are set in the process category.
In the standard sales unit price, the standard sales unit price for the next process between the departments is set. When the process is the final process, the standard sales unit price for the customer is set.
In the unit of quantity, pieces, grams, meters, liters, hours, etc. are set.
[0022]
Next, a processing procedure in which the processing unit 30 of the operation management apparatus 10 performs search and update of the database 20 in response to a request signal from the patentee terminal apparatus 1 will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the processing of the processing means in the operation management apparatus 10 according to the present invention. The processing means is composed of the following three means.
[0023]
These are the cost / quantity counting means 31, the profit analysis means 32, and the sales profit rate search means 33.
[0024]
First, an input of a user ID and a password from the patentee terminal device 1 is accepted, user authentication is performed, and if there is a usage right, a menu selection screen is transmitted to the patentee terminal device 1.
[0025]
The cost / quantity counting means 31 searches the database 20 based on the search condition from the patentee terminal device 1 and displays the corresponding process management information on the patentee terminal device 1, and is generated for each process. Manufacturing / sales information including the cost and the production / sales or quantity used is input, and the process management information is updated by adding to the total cost and the total quantity of the process management information.
[0026]
The processing procedure of the cost / quantity counting means 31 will be described in detail below.
(1) In response to the cost / quantity count request signal from the patentee terminal device 1, the patentee table 21 is searched from the user ID and password input at the time of user authentication, and the corresponding patentee registration information is obtained. get.
(2) From the patent owner code set in the acquired patent owner registration information, search the patent technology table 23 to acquire the corresponding patent technology registration information, and the list of acquired patent technology registration information is edited. The requested cost / quantity totaling / patent technology selection screen is transmitted to the requested patentee terminal device 1.
(3) Accepting selection of patent technology registration information from the patentee terminal device 1 and searching the process management table 24 from the patentee code and patent number set in the selected patent technology registration information The patentee terminal device that requested the cost / quantity totaling / process selection, cost / quantity input screen in which the selected patent technology registration information and the list of acquired process management information were edited 1 to send.
(4) Accepting the cost generated by each process from the patentee terminal device 1 and the input of the quantity manufactured, sold and used, the selected patent technology registration information, the list of acquired process management information and the input cost A cost / quantity count confirmation screen in which the quantity is edited is transmitted to the requested patentee terminal device 1 that requested it.
(5) Accepting selection of confirmation OK from the patentee terminal device 1, and adding the input cost and quantity to the total cost and total quantity set in the process management information acquired in the process of (3), respectively. Then, the process management table 24 is updated.
[0027]
Moreover, about the expense used in common between several processes etc., it is good to allocate based on the allocation criteria using the volume quantity ratio etc. for every process currently performed conventionally.
[0028]
The profit analysis means 32 searches the database 20 based on the search conditions from the patentee terminal device 1 and uses the patent sales process for all processes from the standard sales unit price, total cost, and total quantity of the corresponding process management information. The profit analysis information including the sales profit ratio per quantity is calculated and displayed on the patentee terminal device 1.
[0029]
Below, the processing procedure of the profit analysis means 32 is demonstrated in detail.
(1) In response to a profit analysis request signal from the patentee terminal device 1, the patentee table 21 is searched from the user ID and password input at the time of user authentication and corresponding patentee registration information is acquired. .
(2) From the patent owner code set in the acquired patent owner registration information, search the patent technology table 23 to acquire the corresponding patent technology registration information, and the list of acquired patent technology registration information is edited. The profit analysis / patent technology selection screen is transmitted to the requesting patentee terminal device 1.
(3) Accepting selection of patent technology registration information from the patentee terminal device 1 and searching the process management table 24 from the patentee code and patent number set in the selected patent technology registration information Get process management information.
(4) From the acquired process management information, the profit per quantity is calculated for each process by the following formula.
Profit per unit = Standard unit price-Total cost / Total unit profit per unit = Profit per unit / Standard unit price x 100
(5) The profit margin per unit of the patent usage process for all processes is calculated by the following formula.
The total profit per quantity of the patent use process is calculated by summing up the profit per quantity for the patent use process.
Percentage of sales profit per unit of patent use process for all processes = total profit per unit of patent use process / standard unit sales price of final process x 100
(6) Patent technology registration information selected in the process of (3), a list of acquired process management information, the profit per unit calculated in the processes of (4) to (5), and the per unit quantity A profit analysis screen in which the sales profit ratio and the sales profit ratio per quantity of the patent use process for all processes are edited is transmitted to the requested patentee terminal device 1 that requested it.
(7) The profit per quantity and the sales profit ratio per quantity calculated in the process of (4) are registered in the process management table 24.
[0030]
The sales profit rate search means 33 searches the database 20 based on the search conditions from the patentee terminal device 1 and displays a list including the corresponding process management information and the sales profit rate in the patentee terminal device 1. indicate.
[0031]
Below, the processing procedure of the sales profit rate search means 33 is demonstrated in detail.
(1) In response to the sales profit ratio search request signal from the patentee terminal device 1, the technical field table 22 is searched to acquire the temporal field information, and the acquired list of the technical field information is edited. The sales profit rate search / technical field selection screen is transmitted to the requested patentee terminal device 1.
(2) Upon receiving selection of technical field information from the patentee terminal device 1, the process management table 24 is searched from the technical field code set in the selected technical field information to obtain the corresponding process management information. To do.
(3) Based on the acquired process management information, the profit per quantity is calculated for each process by the following calculation formula.
Profit per unit = Standard unit price-Total cost / Total unit profit per unit = Profit per unit / Standard unit price x 100
(4) The profit margin per unit of the patent usage process for all processes is calculated by the following formula.
The total profit per quantity of the patent use process is calculated by summing up the profit per quantity for the patent use process.
Percentage of sales profit per unit of patent use process for all processes = total profit per unit of patent use process / standard unit sales price of final process x 100
(5) The technical field information selected in the process of (2), the list of the acquired process management information, the profit per unit and the profit margin per unit calculated in the processes of (3) to (4) The patent right holder terminal device 1 that has requested the sales profit rate search is edited in which the sales profit rate per quantity of the patent use process for all processes is edited.
[0032]
Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. Various modifications can be made without departing from the technical scope of the present invention.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the license price setting support system for the patented technology of the present invention, the patentee implements the license to manufacture, sell, or use the device or product including the patented technology. The fee can be calculated clearly and easily, and the tendency of the royalty in the technical field of the same patent technology can be obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a system configuration of a license price setting support system 100 according to the patent technology of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of processing of processing means in the operation management apparatus according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Patent holder terminal device 2 Internet 10 Operation management apparatus 11 Web server 12 Database server 13 Application server 20 Database 21 Patent holder table 22 Technical field table 23 Patent technology table 24 Process management table 30 Processing means 31 Cost / quantity counting means 32 Profit analysis means 33 Sales profit ratio search means 100 License price setting support system in patent technology

Claims (3)

This is a support system that sets the price of the license when another person implements the patented technology for which the patent has been established.
A patentee terminal device provided by the patentee who owns the patented technology, and an operation management device provided by a system operating organization for operating the support system, connected to the patentee terminal device via a communication network; Consisting of
The operation management device includes a check key part including a user ID and a password, a patentee table that records registration information including the code of the patentee who owns the patented technology, and a technical field of the patented technology. A technical field table to be recorded, a patent technology table for recording registration information including a patentee code and a patent number of the patented technology, a search key part including a patentee code and a patent number, and the patented technology used Process management information that manages the costs incurred for each process of manufacturing and selling or manufacturing and using equipment and products, and the quantity per unit of manufacture or sales or use, the standard unit price, and the profit per quantity by process And a process management table for recording
In response to the cost / quantity request signal from the patentee terminal device, the server of the operation management device searches the patentee table by the user ID and password, and the corresponding patentee registration information The patent procedure table is searched by the first process of acquiring the patent and the patentee code set in the acquired information, the corresponding patent technology registration information is acquired, and the cost / quantity edited there The second step of processing for returning the total / patent technology selection screen to the patentee terminal device and the selection screen of the patent technology information are received, and the process is performed according to the patentee code and the patent number set there. Search the management table, obtain the corresponding process management information, and return the edited cost / quantity summary / process selection, cost, quantity input screen to the third process and its input screen The process 4th procedure for returning the screen for confirming the patent technology registration and process management information received in the respective procedures and the input cost / quantity, and receiving the confirmation screen OK. A cost / quantity counting means comprising: a fifth process for updating the process management table by adding the input cost and quantity to the process management information acquired in the third process;
In response to the profit analysis request signal from the patentee terminal device, a sixth procedure for searching the patentee table using the user ID and password to obtain the corresponding patentee registration information, and the acquisition Search the patent technology table by the patentee code set in the information to obtain the corresponding patent technology registration information, process 7 to return the profit analysis edited there, patent technology selection screen, Received the patent technical information selection screen, searched the process management table from the patentee code and patent number set there, and acquired the corresponding process management information 9th procedure for calculating profit per quantity from process management information for each process by the following formula (A);
Profit per unit = standard unit price-total cost / total quantity ... (A)
A tenth process for calculating the profit margin per unit of the patent use process for all processes by the following formula (B);
To total profit / customer per quantity of the entire process patents use step of the earnings per quantity process another within 1 Quantity per sales margin = process management table patents use process and aggregated over all patents used process for Standard sales unit price of final process with standard sales unit price set x 100 (B)
Patent technology registration information and process management information selected in the process of the eighth process, profit per unit calculated in the processes of the ninth and tenth processes, and a sales profit ratio for all processes are edited. Profit analysis means comprising a process eleventh procedure for returning a profit analysis screen and a process twelfth procedure for registering at least the profit per quantity calculated in the process ninth procedure in the process management table. License price setting support system for patented technology. The process management information further includes a technical field and a patent number of the patented technology,
The operation management device receives a search condition from the patentee terminal device, searches a process management table in the database, and displays a list including the corresponding process management information and the sales profit ratio. 2. The license price setting support system according to claim 1, further comprising sales profit rate search means for sending a reply to the user terminal device.   3. A recording medium used in a license price setting support system according to claim 1 or claim 2 in setting the price of license for patent technology.

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