JP5479285B2 - Intellectual property management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an intellectual property management system for patent applications and the like.

  Conventionally, as in Patent Document 1, an intellectual property management system that extracts information related to a cited document from a notice of reasons for refusal such as a patent application has been proposed.

JP 2007-108844 A

  However, information indicating which part of the cited document is related to the notice of reasons for refusal is not shown, and the user has to read the contents of the cited documents and examine the relevance to the notice of reasons for refusal .

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an intellectual property management system or an intellectual property management program that shows information relating to the relationship between a notice of reasons for refusal such as a patent application and a cited document.

  The intellectual property management system according to the present invention reads a notice of reason for refusal converted into a display unit and electronic data, and, as a first extraction step, information on the cited document from the contents described in the notice of reason for refusal , And a predetermined number or character string is extracted, electronic data of the cited document is acquired via the network as a data acquisition process, and the extracted number or character string and the extracted number or character in the cited document are acquired as a link formation process. Control that displays a first screen including the contents of the notice of reasons for refusal on the display unit in a state in which a link is formed with a portion related to the column and the link is possible as a first display step A part.

  It is possible to read the contents of the notification of reasons for refusal converted into electronic data and display information on the related cited documents as information on the relationship between the notification of reasons for rejection such as patent applications and the cited documents. In particular, in the cited document, the part related to the paragraph, drawing, and claim pointed out in the notice of reasons for refusal is displayed as a predetermined number or character string, so it is easy to grasp the correspondence with the notice of reasons for refusal .

  Preferably, the information processing apparatus further includes an input unit, and when the information on the application number is input via the input unit, the control unit accesses the database including the notification of reason for refusal converted into electronic data via the network, and A refusal reason notification written in data and corresponding to the application number is read, and a first extraction step, a data acquisition step, a link formation step, and a first display step are performed.

  In this case, even if there is no notice of reasons for refusal at hand, it is possible to obtain the contents of the notice of reasons for refusal and perform the first extraction step or the like only by inputting the application number.

  Preferably, in the first extraction step, information necessary for acquiring the electronic data of the cited document in the data acquisition step is extracted from the “list of cited documents etc.” of the notice of reasons for rejection as information on the cited document. , The cited document number adjacent to the rear of the first area in which “cited document:” is written as the predetermined number is extracted, and the second area in which “cited document” is written as the predetermined character string and thereafter The third area with “cited reference number” and “black brackets” adjacent to each other, “paragraph number” included in the third area, and the fourth area and the fourth area with “diagram” At least one of the “drawing number” adjacent to the rear and the fifth area labeled “claim” and the “claim number” adjacent to the rear of the fifth area is extracted.

  More preferably, when a plurality of cited documents are listed in the notice of reasons for refusal, the control unit sets the “paragraph number”, “drawing number”, and “claim number” in the first extraction step. The 1st specific process which specifies which cited literature is a thing is implemented.

  Preferably, in the link forming step, when either the second area or “cited document number” is clicked, the application part of the cited document corresponding to “cited document number” is displayed. When a link is formed and either the third area or “paragraph number” is clicked, the cited document corresponding to “paragraph number” is displayed and the content of the paragraph corresponding to “paragraph number” is displayed. As described above, when a link is formed and either of the fourth area and “drawing number” is clicked, it is a cited document corresponding to “drawing number” and corresponding to “drawing number”. When the link is formed so that the contents of the item 5 are displayed and either the fifth area or the “claim number” is clicked, the cited document corresponding to the “claim number” The content of the claim corresponding to “No. In so that the link is formed.

  More preferably, when the portion where the link is formed is clicked in the state displayed on the first screen, the control unit, as the first display step, of the “cited document” corresponding to the portion where the link is formed. A second screen showing the contents is displayed on the display unit.

  Preferably, when a partial area of the reason for rejection is designated as the sixth area in the state displayed on the first screen, the control unit performs the second extraction step in the sixth area. Extract a word, specify which “cited document” the sixth region is as the second specifying step, and calculate, for each paragraph in the “cited document” specified in the second specifying step, The frequency of use of the word extracted in the second extraction step is calculated, and as the second display step, the third screen including information on the usage frequency calculated for each paragraph is displayed, and information on the usage frequency calculated for each paragraph is displayed. The contents of the paragraph corresponding to the displayed seventh area are displayed on the display unit in a state where they can be linked and displayed.

  In the cited document, since the part related to the designated area (sixth area) in the notice of reasons for refusal is displayed, it is easy to grasp the correspondence with the notice of reasons for refusal.

  The intellectual property management program according to the present invention includes a first extraction step of extracting information related to a cited document, and a predetermined number or character string, from the contents described in the electronic data converted notice of reasons for refusal, A data acquisition step of acquiring electronic data of a cited document via a network, and a link forming step of forming a link between the extracted number or character string and a portion related to the extracted number or character string in the cited document; The first display step of displaying the first screen including the contents of the rejection notice on the display unit in a state where the link is possible is executed.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an intellectual property management system or an intellectual property management program that indicates information relating to the relationship between a notice of reasons for refusal such as a patent application and a cited document.

It is a block diagram of the intellectual property management system in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display part of the state in which the 1st screen containing the content of the reason notification of rejection was displayed. It is a figure which shows the display part of the state in which the 1st screen was displayed and the 2nd screen containing the content of the application of cited literature was displayed on it. It is a figure which shows the display part of the state in which the 1st screen was displayed and the 2nd screen containing the content of the designated paragraph of cited literature was displayed on it. It is a figure which shows the display part of the state where it was the 1st screen containing the content of the notice of reasons for refusal, and what emphasized the 6th field. It is a figure which shows the display part of the state in which the 3rd screen was displayed. It is a figure which shows the display part of the state in which the 1st screen was displayed and the 2nd screen containing the content of the paragraph designated on the 3rd screen was displayed on it.

  Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The intellectual property management system in the present embodiment includes an input unit 1, a control unit 2, a recording unit 3, a display unit 4, a printer 5, and a communication unit 6 (see FIG. 1).

  The input unit 1 is a device for inputting information such as a keyboard and a mouse. The control unit 2 is an arithmetic device such as a CPU. In the recording unit 3, based on a predetermined operation using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 performs a first extraction step, a second extraction step, a first specifying step, 2 An intellectual property management program that executes a specifying process, a link forming process, a calculating process, a first display process, a second display process, and the like is installed. The recording unit 3 records a rejection reason notification file and a file created using the intellectual property management program. The notice of reasons for refusal refers to a notice sent from the Patent Office to the applicant (or his / her agent) during the examination process or trial process of a patent application.

  The display unit 4 displays the contents of the reasons for refusal notice (first screen P1), the contents of the cited documents described in the notice of reasons for refusal (second screen P2), and the relationship between the designated area and the cited documents in the notice of reasons for refusal. (Third screen P3) is displayed. The printer 5 prints the first screen P1 and the like. The communication unit 6 is a device that communicates via a network. In the electronic data acquisition process, which will be described later, the communication unit 6 accesses a database related to application documents such as a patent electronic library (IPDL: Industrial Property Digital Library) and is described in a notice of reasons for refusal. Download electronic data of cited references.

  The recording unit 3 in which the intellectual property management program or the like is installed may be provided in a server (application service provider) that can communicate with the control unit 2 via the communication unit 6 or a network.

  The control unit 2 activates the intellectual property management program installed in the recording unit 3 based on an instruction from the user via the input unit 1, and displays a predetermined display screen (first screen P1 to first screen P1) on the display unit 4. Three screens P3) are displayed. 2 to 7 are predetermined display screens (first screen P1 to third screen P3) displayed on the display unit 4. An operation area for inputting a predetermined command such as overwriting a file is provided around the first screen P1 to the third screen P3 (not shown). When the user performs a predetermined operation using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 reads the notice of reasons for refusal and downloads electronic data of cited references related to the contents of the notice of reasons for refusal. Is displayed on the display unit 4.

  2 and 5 show a state in which the first screen P1 including the contents of the rejection notice is displayed on the display unit 4, and FIGS. 3, 4, and 7 show that the display unit 4 is inactive. FIG. 6 shows a state in which the first screen P1 is displayed, and a second screen P2 including the content of the cited document is displayed on the first screen P1, and FIG. 6 shows a state in which the third screen P3 is displayed on the display unit 4. Indicates.

  When a predetermined operation is performed using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 reads and reads the html format rejection reason notification file (electronic data converted rejection reason notification document) recorded in the recording unit 3. Information on the cited document, and a predetermined number or character string are extracted from the contents described in the notice of reasons for refusal (first extraction step), and electronic data of the cited document is obtained via the network ( Data acquisition step), forming a link between the extracted number or character string and the location related to the extracted number or character string in the cited document (link formation step), and showing that such a link is possible The first screen P1 including the contents of the rejection notice is displayed on the display unit 4 (second display step).

  The file format of the notice of reasons for refusal is not limited to the html format. Also, instead of reading the notice of reasons for refusal file, the printed notice of reasons for refusal is read with a scanner and converted into electronic data, and character information is read from the read contents using the optical character recognition (OCR) function. The form which performs a 1st extraction process after acquiring may be sufficient.

  Alternatively, the application number may be input, and the data on the notice of reasons for refusal may be downloaded (or read) from a database relating to application documents such as IPDL. For example, when an application number is input on a predetermined operation screen using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 accesses the IPDL, calls a notification of reason for rejection corresponding to the application number from the database, and executes the rejection. After reading the contents of the reason notice, a first extraction process, a data acquisition process, a link formation process, and a second display process are performed. In this case, even if there is no notice of reasons for refusal at hand, it is possible to obtain the contents of the notice of reasons for refusal and perform the first extraction step or the like only by inputting the application number.

  In the first extraction step, as information on the cited document, the “cited document number” set on the notice of reason for rejection from the “list of cited documents etc.” in the notice of reasons for refusal and “ Information necessary for acquiring (downloading) the electronic data of the cited document such as “public number” is extracted.

  Further, as the predetermined number, a number (“cited document number”) adjacent to the rear of the first area (see FIG. 2) written “cited document:” is extracted. When there are a plurality of “cited document numbers” across the reading mark, each is extracted as “cited document number”.

  In addition, as a predetermined character string, a second area (refer to FIG. 2) in which “cited document” is written, a number adjacent to the back (“cited document number”), and a third area in which black brackets are written ( 2) and a number included in the third area (“paragraph number”), a fourth area (not shown) written as “figure” and a number adjacent to the back (“drawing number”), and “ A fifth region (not shown) written as “Claim” and a number adjacent to it (“Claim Number”) are extracted.

  Further, when a plurality of cited documents are listed, the control unit 2 in the first extraction step, “paragraph number” in the third region, “drawing number” adjacent to the rear of the fourth region, It is specified which cited document the “claim number” adjacent to the rear of the fifth region belongs to (first specifying step). For example, when the control unit 2 includes “cited document” and “cited document number” in the same paragraph as the “paragraph number”, “drawing number”, and “claim number” described in the notice of reasons for refusal, The “paragraph number”, the “drawing number”, and the “claim number” are determined to correspond to the “cited document number”.

  In FIG. 2, “1” and “2” are extracted as “cited document number”, and “cited document number” is combined as a combination of the second area where “cited document” is written and “cited document number” adjacent to the second area. A state in which “[0008]” is extracted as a combination of “paragraph number” included in the third area and the third area, in which the “literature 1” and “cited reference 2” are extracted and the black brackets are written. Show. In this case, the control unit 2 determines that the “black brackets” and “paragraph number” “[0008]” correspond to “cited document 2”. In the text, “[]” is used as black brackets, but actual black brackets are used in the drawings.

  In the electronic data acquisition process, the control unit 2 accesses the patent electronic library via the communication unit 6 or the network, downloads the electronic data of the cited document described in the notice of reasons for refusal, and records it in the recording unit 3 To do.

  In the link forming step, when either of the second area written as “cited document” and “cited document number” adjacent to the second area is clicked using the input unit 1, the “cited document number” is displayed. The link is formed so that the application part of the corresponding cited document is displayed on the second screen P2 (see FIG. 3).

  In addition, when any one of the third area in which black brackets are written and the “paragraph number” included in the third area is clicked using the input unit 1, the cited document corresponding to the “paragraph number” The link is formed so that the content of the paragraph corresponding to the “paragraph number” in the cited document is displayed on the second screen P2 (see FIG. 4).

  In addition, when any of the fourth area written as “Figure” and “Drawing number” adjacent to the back of the fourth area is clicked using the input unit 1, it is a cited document corresponding to “Drawing number”. Thus, a link is formed so that the content of the drawing corresponding to the “drawing number” in the cited document is displayed on the second screen P2.

  Further, when any of the fifth area written as “claim” and the “claim number” adjacent to the fifth area is clicked using the input unit 1, the citation corresponding to the “claim number” A link is formed so that the content of the claim corresponding to the “claim number” in the cited document is displayed on the second screen P2.

  When the content of the notice of reasons for refusal is displayed on the active first screen P1 (see FIG. 2), when the portion where the link is formed is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 As the first display step, the first screen P1 is deactivated, and the second screen P2 indicating the content of the “cited document” corresponding to the portion where the link is formed is displayed actively (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

  In addition, in the state where the content of the notice of reasons for refusal is displayed on the active first screen P1, a partial area of the notice of reasons for refusal is designated using the input unit 1 as the sixth area (see FIG. 5). The control unit 2 highlights the sixth region (indicated by a frame in FIG. 5), extracts words in the sixth region (second extraction step), and determines which “cited document” is in the sixth region. For each paragraph in the identified “cited document”, the frequency of use of the word extracted in the second extraction step is calculated in the paragraph (calculation step) The first display area A1 of the third screen P3 is displayed in order from the paragraph with the highest use frequency (second display step, see FIG. 6).

  The word extracted in the second extraction step includes at least one of kanji, katakana, and alphabet and does not include hiragana. For example, when “first substance” is written in the notice of reasons for refusal, the word “first” and two words “substance” are extracted from this part, and the notice of reasons for refusal is extracted. , “First substance” is written, one word “first substance” is extracted from this portion.

  However, the notice of reasons for refusal includes a description related to “cited document” and a description not related to it. For this reason, in the second specifying step, when the sixth area designated by the user is a description not related to the “cited document”, the control unit 2 performs calculation without highlighting the sixth area. The process and the second display process are not performed.

  Next, details of the third screen P3 will be described (see FIG. 6). The third screen P3 has first to fifth display areas A1 to A5.

  1st display area A1 is an area | region which displays the information regarding the usage frequency of the word (phrase) extracted in 6th area | region for every paragraph of "cited literature" corresponding to 6th area | region in the notice of reasons for refusal, It has information on the “paragraph number”, part or all of the contents described in the “paragraph number”, and the frequency of use in each paragraph, and the words extracted in the sixth area are arranged in descending order of the frequency of use. It is done.

  As information on the frequency of use, the number of words extracted in the sixth area is the number used in each paragraph (number of words, expressed as “number of keywords” in FIG. 6), or used in each paragraph. The ratio (match rate, for example, the number of characters including the word extracted in the sixth area in the calculation target paragraph divided by the number of characters of the calculation target paragraph) is conceivable.

  Paragraphs that are frequently used for the words extracted in the sixth area are likely to contain explanations including the contents of the sixth area. If the contents of such paragraphs are viewed, the paragraphs written in the sixth area in the notice of reasons for refusal It is possible to confirm the correspondence between the contents and the cited references.

  Multiple paragraphs are separated by lines and displayed in a state where each paragraph can be selected. Of the plurality of paragraphs, the paragraph selected by clicking using the input unit 1 is displayed in a state where the paragraph can be distinguished from other paragraphs by color coding or the like. FIG. 6 shows a state where paragraph [0052] is selected. Moreover, the form displayed by color according to the usage frequency of the word extracted by the 6th area | region may be sufficient.

  The control unit 2 displays the third screen P3 including the information on the usage frequency calculated for each paragraph by linking the contents of the paragraph corresponding to the seventh area displaying the information on the usage frequency calculated for each paragraph. It is displayed on the display unit 4 in a possible state. Specifically, when the seventh area of the second display area A2 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 uses the “citation document” corresponding to the “paragraph number” of the selected seventh area. An area including the “paragraph number” in the “cited document” is displayed on the second screen P2 (see FIG. 7). FIG. 7 shows a state in which the seventh area written as paragraph [0052] is selected and the area including paragraph [0052] is displayed on the second screen P2.

  The third display area A3 is an area for displaying words (phrases) extracted in the paragraph of “paragraph number” selected in the first display area A1. The control unit 2 highlights (in this case, surrounds the word with a square frame) in order to distinguish the word used in the designated area of the rejection notice from among the extracted words. To do.

  When the word displayed in the third display area A3 is clicked using the input unit 1 while the third screen P3 is displayed, the control unit 2 is in a state where the clicked word is highlighted, The second screen P2 displaying the content of “cited document (here,“ cited document 1 ”) is activated and the third screen P3 is deactivated (not shown).

  When the fourth display area A4 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 sets conditions for extracting words (phrases) from the paragraph of “paragraph number” selected in the first display area A1. The screen used for the purpose is displayed (not shown). When the fifth display area A5 is clicked using the input unit 1, the control unit 2 ends the display of the third screen P3 and activates the first screen P1 (see FIG. 5).

  In the present embodiment, the content of the notification of reason for refusal converted into electronic data is read, and information on the related cited document is displayed as information on the relationship between the notification of the reason for refusal in the examination and judgment of the patent application and the cited document. It becomes possible. In particular, in a cited document, as a predetermined number or character string, a portion related to a paragraph, drawing, claim, or designated area (sixth area) pointed out in a notice of reasons for refusal is displayed, or a notice of reasons for refusal Since the part related to the designated area (sixth area) is displayed, it is easy to grasp the correspondence with the notice of reasons for refusal.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input part 2 Control part 3 Recording part 4 Display part 5 Printer 6 Communication part A1-A5 1st-5th display area (3rd screen)
P1 to P3 1st to 3rd screen

Claims (6)

A display unit;
Reads the electronic reasoning notice of rejection and, as a first extraction step, extracts information on the cited document, and a predetermined number or character string from the contents described in the notice of reasons for rejection, and obtains data As a process, electronic data of the cited document is obtained through a network, and as a link forming process, a link is formed between the extracted number or character string and a portion related to the extracted number or character string in the cited document. And, as a first display step, a control unit that causes the display unit to display a first screen including the content of the notice of reasons for refusal in a state where the link is possible,
Information on the cited document has at least a publication number of the cited document and a “cited document number” that is a serial number in the notice of reasons for refusal corresponding to the cited document,
The predetermined number has the “cited document number”,
The predetermined character string is a combination of a character string written as “cited document” and a “cited document number” adjacent thereto, “black bracket” and “paragraph number” included in the “black bracket”. the combination of "and the characters written as" Figure "adjacent to the rear and a combination of at least 1 Tsuoyu of" drawing number ",
In the first extraction step, as information on the cited document, the information necessary for acquiring the electronic data of the cited document in the data acquiring step from the “list of cited documents etc.” in the notice of reasons for refusal The publication number of the cited document and the “cited document number” corresponding to the cited document are extracted,
As the predetermined number, a cited document number adjacent to the rear of the first region written as “cited document:” is extracted,
The predetermined character string is included in the third area and the third area in which the second area written as “cited document” and the “cited document number” and “black brackets” that are adjacent to the second area are written. At least one of the “paragraph number” and the “fourth area” written as “figure” and the “drawing number” adjacent to the rear of the fourth area is extracted,
In the case where a plurality of cited documents are listed in the notice of reasons for refusal, the control unit, in the first extraction step, which of the cited documents is the “paragraph number” or the “drawing number”. A first specific step for identifying whether the product is a product,
As the first specifying step, in the paragraph including at least one of “paragraph number” and “drawing number” described in the notice of reasons for refusal, “cited document number” adjacent to the second region and behind the second region. Is included, the at least one of “paragraph number” and “drawing number” included in the paragraph is the “quotation” adjacent to the second area included in the paragraph and the back of the second area. An intellectual property management system, characterized in that it is determined to be a cited document corresponding to a character string composed of a “document number” . An input unit;
When the information on the application number is input via the input unit, the control unit accesses the database including the electronic data rejection notice via the network, and converts the electronic data rejection. The reason notification form corresponding to the application number is read, and the first extraction step, the data acquisition step, the link formation step, and the first display step are performed. Intellectual property management system. In the link forming step, when any one of the second area written as “cited document” and the “cited document number” is clicked, the application part of the cited document corresponding to the “cited document number” is displayed. As shown, a link is formed,
When either of the third area in which “black brackets” are written and the “paragraph number” is clicked, it is a cited document corresponding to the “paragraph number” and corresponds to the “paragraph number”. A link is formed so that the content of the paragraph
The drawing corresponding to the “drawing number”, which is a cited document corresponding to the “drawing number” when any of the fourth area written “drawing” and the “drawing number” is clicked. The intellectual property management system according to claim 1, wherein a link is formed so that the content of is displayed. When the portion on which the link is formed is clicked in the state displayed on the first screen, the control unit, as the first display step, “cited document” corresponding to the portion on which the link is formed. 4. The intellectual property management system according to claim 3 , wherein a second screen indicating the contents of the information is displayed on the display unit. 5. When a partial area of the notice of reasons for refusal is designated as the sixth area in the state displayed on the first screen, the control unit, as a second extraction step, performs the word in the sixth area. As a second specifying step, specify which “cited document” the sixth region belongs to, and as a calculating step, for each paragraph in the “cited document” specified in the second specifying step The frequency of use of the word extracted in the second extraction step is calculated, and the third screen including information on the frequency of use calculated for each paragraph is used as the second display step, the frequency of use calculated for each paragraph. The content of the paragraph corresponding to the seventh area displaying information is displayed on the display unit in a state where it can be linked and displayed,
When the second specifying step includes a character string composed of the second area written as “cited document” and the “cited document number” adjacent to the second area in the paragraph including the sixth area. The sixth area included in the paragraph is that of a cited document corresponding to a character string composed of the second area included in the paragraph and a “cited document number” adjacent to the second area. The intellectual property management system according to claim 1, wherein the intellectual property management system is determined. A first extraction step of extracting information on the cited document, and a predetermined number or character string, from the contents described in the electronic rejection notice of reason for rejection;
A data acquisition step of acquiring electronic data of the cited document via a network;
A link forming step for forming a link between the extracted number or character string and a portion related to the extracted number or character string in the cited document;
A first display step of displaying a first screen including the content of the notice of reasons for refusal on the display unit in a state indicating that the link is possible,
Information on the cited document has at least a publication number of the cited document and a “cited document number” that is a serial number in the notice of reasons for refusal corresponding to the cited document,
The predetermined number has the “cited document number”,
The predetermined character string is a combination of a character string written as “cited document” and a “cited document number” adjacent thereto, “black bracket” and “paragraph number” included in the “black bracket”. the combination of "and the characters written as" Figure "adjacent to the rear and a combination of at least 1 Tsuoyu of" drawing number ",
In the first extraction step, as information on the cited document, the information necessary for acquiring the electronic data of the cited document in the data acquiring step from the “list of cited documents etc.” in the notice of reasons for refusal The publication number of the cited document and the “cited document number” corresponding to the cited document are extracted,
As the predetermined number, a cited document number adjacent to the rear of the first region written as “cited document:” is extracted,
The predetermined character string is included in the third area and the third area in which the second area written as “cited document” and the “cited document number” and “black brackets” that are adjacent to the second area are written. At least one of the “paragraph number” and the “fourth area” written as “figure” and the “drawing number” adjacent to the rear of the fourth area is extracted,
In the case where a plurality of cited documents are listed in the notice of reasons for refusal, the control unit, in the first extraction step, which of the cited documents is the “paragraph number” or the “drawing number”. A first specific step for identifying whether the product is a product,
As the first specifying step, in the paragraph including at least one of “paragraph number” and “drawing number” described in the notice of reasons for refusal, “cited document number” adjacent to the second region and behind the second region. Is included, the at least one of “paragraph number” and “drawing number” included in the paragraph is the “quotation” adjacent to the second area included in the paragraph and the back of the second area. An intellectual property management program characterized in that it is determined to be that of a cited document corresponding to a character string composed of a “document number” .

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