JP6531302B1 - Intellectual Property System, Intellectual Property Support Method and Intellectual Property Support Program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system capable of supporting creation of intellectual property. A user terminal transmits, to a server apparatus, information related to the invention received from a user. The server device receives information related to the invention from the user terminal. The server device determines, based on the received information, whether or not the invention satisfies the predetermined substantive requirements. The server device generates an image of a character whose appearance differs according to the result of the determination. The server device generates display data for displaying a screen on which the user and the character can exchange information on matters relating to the invention. The display data is display data for notifying the user of the determination result. The display data includes data for displaying an image of the character. [Selected figure] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a system, method and program for supporting creation of intellectual property.

  An intellectual property system is known that allows users to directly exchange information on application procedures and other procedures with foreign or domestic patent offices and law firm agents (patents (patents) Reference 1). Patent Document 1 describes an intellectual property system having a chat room for the user to exchange information with an agent. According to the intellectual property system described in Patent Document 1, it is possible to reduce the time and cost required for the agent to grasp the information on the procedure of the intellectual property.

Patent No. 6185209 gazette

  The intellectual property system described in Patent Document 1 procedurally supports the protection of intellectual property.

However, in order for intellectual property to be protected, it is necessary to satisfy practical requirements. That is, even if proceeding to the Patent Office etc. in order to receive protection of intellectual property, it is not possible to receive protection unless the substantive requirements are satisfied.

  Therefore, in order to properly protect intellectual property, it is desirable to develop a system that can support from the stage when it is created.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an intellectual property system, an intellectual property support method, and an intellectual property support program which can support creation of an intellectual property. It is in.

  An intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention generates display data for displaying a screen on which a user and a character can exchange information about matters related to intellectual property on a user terminal that can be operated by the user. Based on the information related to the intellectual property based on the information related to the intellectual property received by the generating unit, the communication unit that transmits the display data to the user terminal, and receives the information related to the intellectual property from the user terminal, Calculation using the learned model which learned the information of examination about the substantive requirements made in the past by the examiner whether the contained judgment object satisfies the substantive requirements for intellectual property protection. Generate an action expression image that causes the character to express different actions according to the judgment results of the requirement satisfaction judgment unit judged by and the requirement satisfaction judgment unit That includes a character image generating unit, a display data generation unit, an operation expression image generated by the character image generating unit generates the display data to be at least displayed on the user terminal.

  Further, in the intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the requirement sufficiency determining unit determines a determination target in a review on substantial requirements made in the past, and the determination target as information on a review on substantial requirements. It is also possible to use the relationship between the prior art documents cited in U.S. Pat.

  Further, in the intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the character image generation unit expresses the determination result by the action expression image displaying the action of the character writing the character with the calligraphy brush and the handwriting accompanying the action. A result display image may be generated.

  The intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a document search unit for searching documents related to information related to the intellectual property, and the display data generation unit relates to the documents hit by the search by the document search unit. Display data including information may be generated.

  In addition, in the intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the character image generation unit may generate a motion expression image representing an action of the character with respect to the document searched by the document search unit.

  In addition, in the intellectual property system according to one embodiment of the present invention, the document search unit has a function of translating information related to intellectual property received by the communication unit into a language different from the language used to express the information. The document may further be searchable based on the information after translation into the different language.

  Further, in the intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the information on the intellectual property is an invention, the requirement sufficiency determining unit recognizes a determination target, and the configuration requirements and documents of the determination target invention to be recognized. The matching unit calculates the degree of coincidence of the constituent features of the invention described in the document searched in the search unit, determines that the novelty is not satisfied if the calculated degree of coincidence is equal to or more than a predetermined value, and further, the degree of coincidence is predetermined. If it is less than the value, it may be determined that the novelty is satisfied.

  Further, in the intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the requirement sufficiency determining unit determines that the invention to be determined satisfies the novelty, the feature amount of the invention received by the communication unit. And mapping the feature of the invention described in the document searched in the document search unit into the cluster of the invention satisfying the inventive step and the cluster of the invention not satisfying the inventive step on the self-organizing map It may be determined whether or not the accepted invention has inventive step.

  Also, in the intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the invention mapped to the boundary region between the cluster of the invention satisfying the inventive step classified in the requirement satisfaction judging unit and the cluster of the invention not satisfying the inventive step. The invention may further comprise a change proposal unit that proposes changes to the configuration requirements of the invention based on the configuration requirements of the invention.

  Further, in the intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit can receive a document file, and the requirement sufficiency determination unit has a function of recognizing a determination target included in the document file. Good.

  Further, in the intellectual property support method according to one embodiment of the present invention, a display for causing a computer to display a screen on which a user and a character can exchange information about matters related to intellectual property on a user terminal that can be operated by the user The display data generation step of generating data, the communication step of transmitting display data to the user terminal, and receiving information on the intellectual property from the user terminal, and the information based on the information on the intellectual property received in the communication step Learning that learned the information of examination about the substantive requirements made in the past by the examiner whether the judgment object included in the information about the intellectual property satisfies the substantive requirement for the protection of the intellectual property In the requirements satisfaction judgment step which is judged by the operation using the finished model and the judgment result in the requirements satisfaction judgment step A character image generating step of generating an action expression image causing the character to express different actions, and the display data generation step displaying at least the user terminal displaying the action expression image generated by the character image generating step Generate data.

  In addition, the intellectual property support program according to an embodiment of the present invention generates display data for displaying a screen on which the user and the character can exchange information about matters related to intellectual property on a user terminal that can be operated by the user. The display data generation function, the communication function for transmitting display data to the user terminal, and receiving information on intellectual property from the user terminal, and the information on the intellectual property based on the information on the intellectual property received by the communication function Use a learned model in which the examiner learned the examination information on the substantial requirements made by the examiner in the past whether the judgment object contained in the information satisfies the substantial requirements for intellectual property protection. Make the character express different actions according to the judgment result in the requirement satisfaction judgment function judged by the calculated operation and the requirement satisfaction judgment function A program for causing a computer to realize a character image generation function for generating a descriptive image, wherein the display data generation function causes display data to at least display on the user terminal a motion expression image generated by the character image generation function. Generate

  According to the present invention, creation of intellectual property can be supported.

It is a figure showing an example of composition of an intellectual property system in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing an example of composition of a server apparatus in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a user terminal in embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display of the simple entry screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display of the detail entry screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display of a transition state screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display of a result display screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation example of an intellectual property system in embodiment of this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Configuration of intellectual property system)
FIG. 1 is a view showing a configuration example of an intellectual property system 1 in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the intellectual property system 1 includes a server device 100, a user terminal 200, a network 300, a technical literature database 400, a real product database 500, and an agent terminal 600. The agent terminal 600 can be connected to the terminal 700 of the Patent Office or the court.

The server apparatus 100 is an apparatus for connecting to the user terminal 200 via the network 300 and providing the service of the intellectual property system 1 to the user terminal 200. The server apparatus 100 is a computer (for example, a desktop PC, a laptop PC, a tablet PC, etc.). The server device 100 transmits the agent terminal 6 via the network 300.
Connect with 00 as well.

  Server device 100 has a function (communication function 1 a) of receiving, from user terminal 200, information Q related to the invention which is an example of intellectual property. The server apparatus 100 has a function (display data generation function 1b) for generating display data D for displaying a screen on which the user of the user terminal 200 and the character can exchange information about matters relating to the invention. The server apparatus 100 has a function (processing function 1c) of transmitting the display data D generated by the display data generation function 1b to the user terminal 200 by the communication function 1a. The server apparatus 100 has a function of determining whether a determination target included in the information Q related to the invention satisfies a predetermined substantive requirement based on the information Q related to the invention accepted by the communication function 1a (requirement satisfaction determination function 1d). The server apparatus 100 has a function (character image generation function 1e) for generating an image of a character having a different appearance according to the determination result by the requirement satisfaction determination function 1d. The display data D is display data for notifying the user of the determination result by the requirement sufficiency determination function 1d. The display data D includes data for displaying the image of the character generated by the character image generation function 1e.

  Here, the “invention-related matters” include, for example, the contents of the invention, search keywords, configuration requirements, prior art documents, judgment results of novelty, judgment results of inventive step, and the like. "Information exchange" includes the exchange of information in a response format that returns processing results such as search results and judgment results of inventiveness in response to the input of text information in the input field. Furthermore, “information exchange” includes interactive exchange of information in a chat room or the like.

  The server device 100 can transfer the information received from the user terminal 200 to the agent terminal 600. For example, the server apparatus 100 can receive the information Q related to the invention from the user terminal 200 via the network 300, and can transfer the information to the agent terminal 600. In addition, the server device 100 can transfer the information received from the agent terminal 600 to the user terminal 200. In addition, the server apparatus 100 can transmit the display data D to the agent terminal 600.

  In addition, the server apparatus 100 can access the technical literature database 400 via the network 300. The server apparatus 100 has a function (document search function 1 f) for accessing the technical document database 400 and searching the prior art document of the invention based on the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200. Also, the server apparatus 100 has a function of translating the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200 into a language different from the language used to express the information Q. This function is a function included in the document search function 1 f. The server apparatus 100 can search for prior art documents based on the information Q after being translated into the different language. The server apparatus 100 can generate the display data D1 including the information on the document hit by the search by the document search function 1f. The server apparatus 100 can transmit the display data D1 to the user terminal 200. The server device 100 can also transmit the display data D1 to the agent terminal 600. The display data D1 is an example of the display data D.

  In addition, the server apparatus 100 has a function of recognizing the text data received by the communication function 1 a and the determination target included in the document file. This function is a function included in the requirement satisfaction judgment function 1d.

  Further, when the determination target is the invention, server device 100 is based on the content of the invention included in information Q related to the invention received from user terminal 200 and the content of the document hit by the search by document search function 1 f. It has a function (a novelty determination function 1g) for determining whether or not the invention to be determined has novelty. The novelty determination function 1g is a function included in the requirement satisfaction determination function 1d. The server apparatus 100 can generate display data D2 for notifying the user of the user terminal 200 of the determination result by the novelty determination function 1g. The server apparatus 100 can transmit the display data D2 to the user terminal 200. The server device 100 can also transmit the display data D2 to the agent terminal 600. The display data D2 is an example of the display data D.

  In addition, the server apparatus 100 uses the inventive step based on the content of the determination target invention included in the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200 and the content of the document hit by the search by the document search function 1f. It has a function (the inventive step judgment function 1h) for judging whether or not it has. The inventive step determination function 1 h is a function included in the requirement satisfaction determination function 1 d. In addition, the server apparatus 100 clusters the invention of the judgment object and the invention described in the document hit by the search by the document search function 1 f using the self-organizing map, and the judgment object is determined based on the clustering result. It has a function to determine whether the invention has inventive step. This function is a function included in the inventive step judgment function 1h. The server apparatus 100 can generate display data D3 for notifying the user of the user terminal 200 of the determination result by the inventive step determination function 1h. The server apparatus 100 can transmit to the display data D3 user terminal 200. The server apparatus 100 can also transmit the display data D3 to the agent terminal 600. The display data D3 is an example of the display data D.

  In addition, server device 100 assumes a rejection reason for the invention based on the judgment result as to whether the invention of the judgment object included in information Q related to the invention received from user terminal 200 has novelty and inventive step. It has a function (rejection reason assumption function 1i). The server apparatus 100 can generate display data D4 for notifying the user of the user terminal 200 of the rejection reason assumed by the rejection reason assumption function 1i. The server apparatus 100 can transmit the display data D4 to the user terminal 200. The server device 100 can also transmit the display data D4 to the agent terminal 600. The display data D4 is an example of the display data D.

  In addition, the server apparatus 100 changes the configuration requirements of the invention based on the contents of the invention to be judged included in the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200 and the rejection reason assumed by the rejection reason assumed function 1i. Has a function (draft drafting function 1j) to draft a draft. The server apparatus 100 searches for a configuration requirement that determines whether the invention to be judged has inventive step, for example, by the change drafting function 1j, and based on the search result, the configuration of the invention. It is possible to devise a draft of a change in requirements. The server apparatus 100 can generate display data D5 for notifying the user of the user terminal 200 of the proposed change drafted by the change drafting function 1j. The server apparatus 100 can transmit the display data D5 to the user terminal 200. The server device 100 can also transmit the display data D5 to the agent terminal 600. The display data D5 is an example of the display data D.

  In addition, the server apparatus 100 can access the real product database 500 via the network 300. The server apparatus 100 has a function (real product search function 1k) of accessing the real product database 500 and searching for information of a real product using the invention based on the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200. The server apparatus 100 can generate display data D6 including information of the real product hit by the search by the real product search function 1k. The server apparatus 100 can transmit the display data D6 to the user terminal 200. The server device 100 can also transmit the display data D6 to the agent terminal 600. The display data D6 is an example of the display data D.

  Further, the server device 100 can generate, using the character image generation function 1e, a motion expression image representing the action of the character and a result expression image representing a plurality of types of results due to the action of the character. The result expression image is an image generated according to the determination result by the requirement sufficiency determination function 1d. The server device 100 can generate display data D7 including the motion representation image and the result representation image. The server apparatus 100 can transmit the display data D7 to the user terminal 200. The server device 100 can also transmit the display data D7 to the agent terminal 600. The display data D7 is an example of the display data D.

  In addition, the server apparatus 100 can generate an action expression image that represents the action of the character with respect to the document hit by the search by the document search function 1 f. The server apparatus 100 can generate display data D8 including the motion representation image. The server apparatus 100 can transmit the display data D8 to the user terminal 200. The server device 100 can also transmit the display data D8 to the agent terminal 600. The display data D8 is an example of the display data D.

  In addition, the server apparatus 100 identifies one document having the most similar content to the invention of the determination target included in the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200 among the documents hit by the search by the document search function 1f. It has a function (document specific function 1 l). The server apparatus 100 can generate display data D9 including information on documents identified by the document identification function 1l. The server apparatus 100 can transmit the display data D9 to the user terminal 200. The server device 100 can also transmit the display data D9 to the agent terminal 600. The display data D9 is an example of the display data D.

  Further, the server apparatus 100 can execute search of prior art documents using text search and patent classification search by the document search function 1 f.

  In addition, the server device 100 can provide various services that the intellectual property system 1 can provide, in response to the request received from the user terminal 200. The server apparatus 100 can, for example, receive a request for using the invention consultation service (“IP 侍”) from the user terminal 200, and can execute the invention consultation function. The invention consultation function is a function that displays a screen for invention consultation on the user terminal 200, and allows the user and the character to easily exchange information on matters related to the invention on the screen.

  Also, the server apparatus 100 may be located in any place as long as it can connect to the user terminal 200 and the agent terminal 600 via the network 300. Moreover, in the example of FIG. 1, although the server apparatus 100 which the intellectual property system 1 has is one, two or more server apparatuses 100 may be sufficient.

  The user terminal 200 is a device that connects to the server device 100 via the network 300 and transmits information Q related to the invention to the server device 100. The user terminal 200 is a computer (for example, a desktop PC, a laptop PC, a tablet PC or the like), a smartphone, a mobile phone (for example, a feature phone), a PDA (personal digital assistant), a wearable terminal or the like. In the present embodiment, the user terminal 200 is not limited to these.

  The user terminal 200 transmits various information received from the user to the server apparatus 100. The user terminal 200 transmits, for example, the information Q related to the invention received from the user to the server device 100. As an example of the information Q related to the invention, a description related to the invention input to the user terminal 200 by the user, a claim, a specification, and the like can be mentioned. In addition, the information which the user terminal 200 transmits to the server apparatus 100 is not limited to the information related to the invention, and may be any information.

  The network 300 connects the server apparatus 100 and the user terminal 200, and connects the server apparatus 100 and the agent terminal 600, and provides a connection path through which data can be transmitted and received.

  The network 300 is a wired network or a wireless network, and is an intranet, an extranet, a virtual private network (VPN), a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN). , Internet, Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), ISDNs (integrated service digital networks), wireless LANs, long term evolution (LTE) code division multiple access (CDMA), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Satellite communication etc. In the present embodiment, the network 300 is not limited to these.

  The technical literature database 400 is a collection of information arranged to facilitate retrieval and accumulation of technical literature. The information accumulated in the technical literature database 400 includes publications distributed by patent administration organizations in various countries (eg, patent publication gazettes, patent publication gazettes, etc.), and publications published by companies (eg, technical bulletins, etc.) And information such as publications distributed in various academic societies (eg, lecture materials, preliminary manuscripts, etc.), various web pages, and the like. The technical literature database 400 may be newly constructed for the intellectual property system 1. The technical literature database 400 may be an existing database capable of searching for technical literature information. A patent information database can be mentioned as an example of this kind of existing database. Examples of patent information databases include Japan Platform for Patent Information (https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/), Espacenet (https://worldwide.espacenet.com/), USPTO Full-Text and Image Database (http://appft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html), PATENTSCOPE (World Intellectual Property Organization) (https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf) , Google Patents (https://patents.google.com/), Derwent Innovation Index (http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.jp/products/dwpi/support/ManualCode/), and the like. In the present embodiment, the technical literature database 400 is not limited to these. For example, all the public / browse systems implemented by WWW (World Wide Web) or a part thereof may be used as the technical literature database 400.

  The actual product database 500 is a collection of information arranged to facilitate search and storage of actual products using various inventions. In the information stored in the actual product database 500, for example, an explanatory text (text information) or image information of realization means (for example, product, part, program, etc.) for each element (invention specific matter) constituting the invention included. The information stored in the actual product database 500 includes, for example, information on a company or group that manufactures or sells products using various inventions (eg, company homepage, internet advertisement, television advertisement, etc.) Be As the actual product database 500, for example, all publishing / reading systems implemented by WWW (World Wide Web) or a part of them can be used. In the present embodiment, the actual product database 500 is not limited to these.

  The agent terminal 600 is a device that is connected to the server device 100 via the network 300 and receives, from the server device 100, information and display data D transmitted by the user of the user terminal 200. The agent terminal 600 is, for example, a computer (for example, a desktop PC, a laptop PC, a tablet PC, etc.) or a smartphone, a mobile phone (for example, a feature phone), a PDA (personal digital assistant), a wearable terminal or the like. In the present embodiment, the agent terminal 600 is not limited to these.

  In addition, the agent terminal 600 has a function to submit a document for submission to a foreign patent office or a court, which is created based on the information on the procedure received from the server device 100, to the foreign patent office or court. You may have. Note that, at a foreign patent office or law office, an agent terminal 600 for receiving information on the procedure from the server apparatus 100 and an apparatus for submitting prescribed documents to a foreign patent office or a court are separately provided. It may be an apparatus.

  In the intellectual property system 1 of the present embodiment configured as described above, the user and the character are displayed on the screen displayed on the user terminal 200 by receiving the information Q on the invention transmitted from the user terminal 200. It is possible to exchange information on matters relating to the invention. The image of the character is displayed on the screen. The appearance of the image of the character differs depending on whether the invention satisfies the predetermined requirements.

  Therefore, according to the intellectual property system 1 of the present embodiment, the user can deepen understanding of his / her invention (idea) by exchanging information with the character in the screen displayed on the user terminal 200. Then, by looking at the image of the character displayed on the screen, it is possible to recognize whether or not the invention of the present invention satisfies the predetermined substantial requirements. A user who recognizes that his invention satisfies the predetermined substantive requirements can proceed to the application procedure etc. after obtaining a sense of security that the possibility of the invention being patented is high. On the other hand, a user who recognizes that his invention does not satisfy the predetermined substantive requirements changes the patent specification of the invention so as to satisfy the predetermined substantive requirements, and adds or changes the patent specification. Can create inventions that can be protected by

  Thus, according to the intellectual property system 1 of the present embodiment, creation of an invention can be supported. Further, according to the intellectual property system 1 of the present embodiment, the user satisfies the predetermined substantial requirements by the simple act of exchanging information with the character in the screen displayed on the user terminal 200. It is possible to feel free to work on the creation of the invention as it can recognize whether or not to deepen the understanding of the invention. Further, according to the intellectual property system 1 of the present embodiment, the appearance of the character displayed on the screen expresses the judgment result as to whether or not the user's invention satisfies the predetermined substantial requirements. The user can intuitively understand the judgment result and can more easily work on the creation of the invention.

  (Configuration of Server Device) FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the server device 100. As shown in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the server device 100 includes a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a storage unit 130, a display unit 140, and an input reception unit 150.

  The communication unit 110 transmits and receives predetermined information via the network 300. The communication of the communication unit 110 may be performed by wire or wireless, and any communication protocol may be used as long as communication with each other can be performed. The communication unit 110 is connected to the user terminal 200 to transmit and receive the information Q related to the invention. Further, the communication unit 110 is connected to the agent terminal 600 to transmit and receive the information Q related to the invention. The communication unit 110 transmits and receives predetermined information in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 120. In addition, the communication unit 110 transmits predetermined information received from the user terminal 200 or the agent terminal 600 to the control unit 120 or the storage unit 130.

  The control unit 120 executes a function realized by code or instruction included in a program, and, for example, a central processing unit, a microprocessor, a processor core, or a multiprocessor. , ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit), FPGA (field programmable gate array). In the present invention, the control unit 120 is not limited to these.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 120 includes a processing unit 121, a display data generation unit 122, a requirement sufficiency determination unit 124, a character image generation unit 125, a document search unit 123, a rejection reason assumption unit 126, and a change proposal. The unit 127 includes a real product search unit 128 and a storage processing unit 129.

  The processing unit 121 executes a predetermined process in accordance with predetermined information received from the user terminal 200 or the agent terminal 600. For example, when the information Q related to the invention is received from the user terminal 200, the processing unit 121 instructs the display data generation unit 122 to generate display data for displaying the information Q related to the invention on the display unit 140. Further, for example, when receiving the information Q on the invention from the user terminal 200, the processing unit 121 instructs the storage processing unit 129 to store the received information on the invention Q in the storage unit 130. Furthermore, when the processing unit 121 receives, for example, the information on the invention from the user terminal 200, the processing unit 121 executes processing for transferring the received information Q on the received invention to the agent terminal 600 via the communication unit 110. Do.

  In addition, in response to the request received from the user terminal 200, the processing unit 121 executes a process for providing a service corresponding to the request. For example, when a request for use of the invention consultation service is received, the processing unit 121 performs a process for executing the invention consultation function. For example, when the processing unit 121 receives a request for using the invention consultation service from the user terminal 200, the display data D for displaying a screen on which the user of the user terminal 200 and the character can exchange information about matters related to the invention. Are instructed to the display data generation unit 122.

  Note that the processing unit 121 instructs the display data generation unit 122 to generate display data for displaying a document received from the user terminal 200 while the invention consultation function is being executed. Examples of the document may include the claims and the specification. The processing unit 121 instructs the display data generation unit 122 to generate display data for displaying various text information input by the user using the user terminal 200 during execution of the invention consultation function. Further, the processing unit 121 instructs the display data generation unit 122 to generate display data for displaying the text information received from the input reception unit 150. The text information received from the input receiving unit 150 is, for example, text information for the administrator of the server apparatus 100 to respond to the text information received from the user terminal 200. The processing unit 121 may automatically respond to the text information received from the user terminal 200.

  Further, the processing unit 121 instructs the display data generation unit 122 to generate display data for displaying the text information received from the agent terminal 600. Further, for example, when text information is received from the agent terminal 600, the processing unit 121 instructs the storage processing unit 129 to store the text information in the storage unit 130. The text information received from the agent terminal 600 includes, for example, text information in which the agent responds to the text information received from the user terminal 200 via the agent terminal 600.

  The processing unit 121 transmits the display data generated by the display data generation unit 122 to the user terminal 200 and / or the agent terminal 600 via the communication unit 110. Therefore, the user terminal 200 and / or the agent terminal 600 can display an image based on various display data generated by the display data generation unit 122.

  The processing unit 121 is not limited to the above example, and can execute processing for providing various services included in the intellectual property system 1.

  The display data generation unit 122 generates display data in response to an instruction from the processing unit 121. The display data generation unit 122 transmits the generated display data to the user terminal 200 and / or the agent terminal 600 via the communication unit 110. Further, the display data generation unit 122 causes the display unit 140 to display an image based on the display data.

  The display data generation unit 122 generates display data D for displaying a screen on which the user and the character can exchange information on matters relating to the invention. For example, display data for displaying an image of a character on a screen together with text information received from the user terminal 200 or the agent terminal 600 is generated. As an example of the screen, a simple entry screen for the user of the user terminal 200 to freely enter the contents of the invention, a detailed entry screen for the user to enter a keyword, and further for entering a sentence for each component of the invention, a server List the transition status screen displayed during analysis by the device 100, the result display screen showing the result of the determination of whether the novelty or the inventive step is satisfied or not, and whether or not there is the inventive step for each component. Can.

  The display data generation unit 122 generates display data D (D2, D3) for notifying the user of the determination result by the requirement sufficiency determination unit 124. The display data D is display data including data for displaying the image of the character generated by the character image generation unit 125.

  Further, the display data generation unit 122 can generate the display data D1 including the information on the document hit by the search by the document search unit 123. Further, the display data generation unit 122 can generate display data D4 for notifying the user of the rejection reason assumed by the rejection reason assumption unit 126. In addition, the display data generation unit 122 can generate the display data D5 including the information on the proposed change prepared by the change proposal unit 127. Further, the display data generation unit 122 can generate the display data D6 including the information of the actual product hit by the search by the actual product search unit 128. In addition, the display data generation unit 122 can generate display data D7 and D8 including various expression images generated by the character image generation unit 125. In addition, it is possible to generate display data D9 including information on one document identified by the document identification unit 123a.

  The document search unit 123 can access the technical document database 400 via the communication unit 110 and the network 300. The document search unit 123 accesses the technical document database 400 and searches documents related to the information Q based on the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200. The documents include prior art documents for the invention.

  The document search unit 123 further has a function of translating the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200 into a language different from the language used to express the information Q. The document search unit 123 can search for documents related to the information Q based on the information Q after being translated into the different language. The document search unit 123 has, for example, a translation function by natural language processing by deep learning.

  The document search unit 123 can execute search of prior art documents by concept search performed by combining text search and patent classification search. The document search unit 123 executes, for example, a concept search on the judgment target invention contained in the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200, and from the technical document information (patent information) stored in the technical document database 400, Patent information belonging to a technical field similar to the invention can be extracted, and F terms used in the patent information can be retrieved and determined. When the F term of the present invention is determined, the document search unit 123 can analyze the words often used in the present invention and the distance between the words. The document search unit 123 can extract patent information similar to the present invention based on the result of the analysis and the F-term. In the concept search, since the word used in the invention to be analyzed is extracted to perform the search, extraction of similar patent information is somewhat lacking in reliability, but as described above, the concept search is performed by text search and patent classification search The implementation of the invention improves the reliability of the extraction of similar patent information. In addition, it is also possible to use not only F term but IPC and FI for patent classification search.

  The document search unit 123 analyzes the words often used in the present invention and the distance between the words even when performing a US patent search or a European patent search, and the patent information database similar to the result of the analysis is a database of technical documents It can be extracted from the patent information stored in 400. In this case, UPC (US patent classification) and CPC (joint patent classification) are used. By performing concept search by combining text search and search by UPC or CPC, the reliability of extraction of similar patent information is improved.

  The document identification unit 123a identifies, among the documents hit by the search by the document search unit 123, one document that is most similar in content to the invention of the judgment target included in the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200. For example, when a plurality of documents are hit by the search by the document search unit 123, the document identification unit 123a performs scoring on the plurality of documents based on a predetermined criterion, and as a result, it is one of the highest scores. Identify the literature. As a result of scoring, when a plurality of documents have the same score, scoring is performed based on another predetermined criteria, and one document is identified. By specifying one document that is most similar in content to the invention to be determined, it is possible to provide the information of the document to the user of the user terminal 200. The user of the user terminal 200 is most useful in understanding similar inventions prior to his / her invention by providing information of one document whose content is most similar to his / her invention (determination object). Information can be obtained.

  Based on the content of the invention to be judged included in the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200 and the content of the document hit by the search by the document search unit 123, the requirement satisfaction judging unit 124 is novel Judge whether or not to have (judgment of novelty). The determination of novelty is made by calculating the degree of agreement between the configuration requirements of the determined invention and the configuration requirements of the invention described in the document hit by the search. If the degree of coincidence is equal to or more than a predetermined value, it is determined that the novelty is not satisfied, and if the degree of coincidence is less than the predetermined value, it is determined that the novelty is satisfied.

  The requirement sufficiency determining unit 124 has, for example, a learned network model for performing novelty determination, and can perform novelty determination by calculation using the learned network model. The requirement sufficiency determination unit 124 can, for example, perform learning based on the result of the novelty determination using the learned network model, and can update the parameters of the learned network model. Here, as an example of a learned network model, there can be mentioned a model which has learned information on examination of novelty made in the past by an examiner (relationship between judgment object of novelty and prior art document and recognition result). . Also, the learned network model for novelty determination may be supervised learning or unsupervised learning.

  In addition, when the requirement sufficiency determination unit 124 determines that it has novelty as a result of the novelty determination, the contents of the determination object invention included in the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200 and the document search unit 123 Based on the content of the document hit by the search, it is determined whether the present invention has inventive step.

  The requirement satisfaction judging unit 124 clusters the invention of the judgment object and the invention described in the document hit by the search by the self-organizing map, and based on the result of the clustering, the invention of the judgment object has inventive step It can be judged whether or not. That is, the requirement sufficiency determination unit 124 extracts the feature amount of the determination target invention and the feature amounts of the invention described in the prior art document by unsupervised machine learning, and includes the feature amount space (n-dimensional coordinates, n From> 2), by mapping on predetermined coordinates (two-dimensional coordinates) under predetermined conditions, the invention is classified into a cluster of an invention satisfying the inventive step and a cluster of the invention not satisfying the inventive step. If the invention to be judged belongs to the former, it is judged that the invention to be judged satisfies the inventive step, and if it belongs to the latter, it is judged that the invention to be judged does not satisfy the inventive step.

  Further, the requirement sufficiency determination unit 124 has, for example, a learned network model for performing an inventive step determination, and can perform the inventive step determination by an operation using the learned network model. The requirement sufficiency determining unit 124 can, for example, perform learning based on the result of the inventive step determination using the learned network model, and can update the parameters of the learned network model. Here, as an example of a learned network model, there can be mentioned a model that has learned information on examination of the inventive step performed by the examiner in the past (relationship between judgment object of inventive step and prior art documents and accreditation results). . Also, the learned network model for inventive step judgment may be supervised learning or unsupervised learning.

  The character image generation unit 125 can generate a motion expression image that represents the action of the character and a result expression image that represents a plurality of types of results due to the action of the character. The character image generation unit 125 generates the result expression image according to the determination result by the requirement sufficiency determination unit 124. The character image generation unit 125 can generate a motion representation image, for example, by reading out image data of the motion representation image stored in the storage unit 130. For example, the character image generation unit 125 selects image data of a result expression image according to the determination result by the requirement sufficiency determination unit 124 from among the image data of a plurality of types of result expression images stored in the storage unit 130. By reading out, it is possible to generate a result expression image.

  As an example of the motion expression image, an image can be mentioned in which the character in a bowl-shaped character expresses an action of writing a character with a calligraphy brush. As an example of the result expression image, an image expressing the character of the brush can be mentioned. As an example of the character of the said writing brush, "O" and "x" can be mentioned. Each of “o” and “x” can correspond to the determination result by the requirement satisfiability determination unit 124. That is, in the case of the result of the novelty determination, "o" means that the novelty is satisfied, and "x" means that the novelty is not satisfied. Also, in the case of the result of the inventive step judgment, "o" means satisfying the inventive step, and "x" means not satisfying the inventive step.

  The display data D7 including the motion representation image and the result representation image generated by the character image generation unit 125 is transmitted to the user terminal 200, so that, for example, the character of the figure dressed in calligraphy is drawn on the user terminal 200. While the writing operation (motion expression image) is displayed, an image (result expression image) expressing the character of "o" or "x" is displayed by the handwriting accompanying the operation. In the novelty determination stage, the user of the user terminal 200 determines whether or not his invention (the invention to be judged) satisfies the novelty depending on which of the handwritings of "o" and "x" appears. I can know. At the stage of the inventive step determination, the user of the user terminal 200 determines whether or not his invention (the invention to be judged) satisfies the novelty depending on which of the handwritings of “o” and “x” appears. I can know. At any stage, it is possible to give the user of the user terminal 200 a sense of expectation for the appearance of “o” until the handwriting of “o” or “x” appears.

  In addition, the character image generation unit 125 can generate a motion expression image that represents the action of the character with respect to the document hit by the search by the document search unit 123. The character image generation unit 125 can generate a motion representation image, for example, by reading out image data of the motion representation image stored in the storage unit 130. As an example of the motion representation image, an image can be mentioned which represents the motion of the spider character cutting through the prior art documents one after another. That the user cuts the prior art document means that the invention included in the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200 and the invention described in the prior art document are not similar or have a low degree of similarity.

  The display data D8 including the motion representation image generated by the character image generation unit 125 is transmitted to the user terminal 200, whereby, for example, an operation in which a spider character cuts the prior art documents one after another in the user terminal 200 The action expression image is displayed. While the user is shown the action of cutting the prior art documents one after another, the prior art documents that deny the novelty of the user's invention (the invention of the judgment object) do not appear to the user of the user terminal 200 Can have a sense of expectation.

  The rejection reason assumption unit 126 assumes at least one rejection reason for the invention based on the judgment result as to whether the invention included in the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200 has novelty and inventive step. . The rejection reason assumption unit 126 has, for example, a learned network model for performing the assumption of rejection reason, and can perform the assumption of the rejection reason by an operation using the learned network model. The rejection reason assumption unit 126 can, for example, perform learning based on the assumption result of the rejection reason using the learned network model, and can update the parameters of the learned network model.

  Based on the content of the judgment object included in the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200 and the rejection reason assumed by the rejection reason assumption unit 126, the change proposal unit 127 changes the configuration requirements of the invention. Draft a plan. The change proposal unit 127 searches for configuration requirements that determine whether or not the invention to be determined has inventive step, and drafts a proposal for changing the configuration requirements of the invention to be determined based on the result of the search. It is possible. For example, the change proposal unit 127 focuses on the constituent features of the invention mapped to the boundary area between the cluster of the invention satisfying the inventive step and the cluster of the invention not satisfying the inventive step, and determines the fulfillment of the inventive step. By searching for different configuration requirements, it is possible to come up with proposed changes. As a result, for example, it is possible to devise, as a change proposal, a component of the invention located at the edge of the cluster of the invention satisfying the inventive step, that is, the area located just in the area satisfying the inventive step. The said change proposal is the minimum change proposal for the invention of judgment object to satisfy inventive step. By proposing the minimum necessary change proposal, the user can make an appropriate correction or the like to patent his invention with the widest scope of rights.

  The real product search unit 128 can access the real product database 500 via the communication unit 110 and the network 300. The real product search unit 128 accesses the real product database 500, and searches for information of a real product using the invention based on the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200.

  The storage processing unit 129 stores the information received from the user terminal 200 or the agent terminal 600 in the storage unit 130 based on the instruction from the processing unit 121. The storage processing unit 129 stores the information received from the user terminal 200 or the agent terminal 600 in the storage unit 130 based on the instruction from the processing unit 121.

  The storage processing unit 129 stores, for example, the information received from the user terminal 200 in the storage unit 130 for each user terminal 200. The storage processing unit 129 stores, for example, the information received from each of the plurality of user terminals 200 in different areas of the storage unit 130. The storage processing unit 129 stores the information received from the one user terminal 200 in the storage unit 130 in such a manner that the other user terminal 200 can not access the information received from the one user terminal 200.

  The storage unit 130 has a function of storing various programs and various data required for the server device 1 to operate. In addition, the storage unit 130 stores the information received from the user terminal 200 based on an instruction from the storage processing unit 129. The storage unit 130 is realized by various storage media such as an HDD, an SSD, and a flash memory. However, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the storage unit 130 is not limited to these.

  The display unit 140 displays a predetermined screen display according to the display data written in the frame buffer. The display unit 140 is realized by, for example, a monitor (liquid crystal display or organic electroluminescence display (OELD)), a head mounted display (HDM), or a device capable of displaying an image, text information, and the like. In the embodiment of the present invention, the display unit 140 is not limited to these.

  The input accepting unit 150 accepts various operations on the server device 1. The input receiving unit 150 receives, for example, an input from the administrator of the server device 1 and transmits information related to the input to the control unit 120. The input reception unit 150 is, for example, a hardware key represented by a touch panel or a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, a camera (operation input via a moving image), a microphone (operation input by voice), or the like. However, in the embodiment of the present invention, the input reception unit 150 is not limited to these.

  (Configuration of User Terminal and Agent Terminal) FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the user terminal 200. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the user terminal 200 includes a terminal communication unit 210, a terminal control unit 220, a storage unit 230, a terminal display unit 240, and an operation reception unit 250. The agent terminal 600 has the same configuration as the user terminal 200. Hereinafter, the configuration example will be described by taking the user terminal 200 as an example, and the configuration of the agent terminal 600 is the same as that of the user terminal 200, and thus the detailed description will be omitted.

  The terminal communication unit 210 transmits and receives predetermined information via the network 300. The communication of the terminal communication unit 210 may be performed either by wire or wirelessly, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed. The terminal communication unit 210 is connected to the server apparatus 100 to transmit and receive predetermined information.

  The terminal control unit 220 executes functions implemented by code or instruction included in a program, and is, for example, a central processing unit, a microprocessor, a processor core, a multiprocessor, an ASIC, or an FPGA. In the present invention, the terminal control unit 220 is not limited to these.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the terminal control unit 220 includes a transmission processing unit 221, a display processing unit 222, and a storage processing unit 223.

  The transmission processing unit 221 transmits various requests and data received from the operation receiving unit 250 to the server apparatus 100 via the terminal communication unit 210. The transmission processing unit 221 transmits, for example, the text information received from the operation receiving unit 250 to the server device 100. Also, the transmission processing unit 221 transmits the document file received from the operation receiving unit 250 to the server apparatus 100.

  The display processing unit 222 performs processing for displaying an image based on display data received from the server device 100 on the terminal display unit 240. The display processing unit 222 performs processing for displaying an image based on the display data D received from the server device 100 on the terminal display unit 240, for example. The display processing unit 222 causes the terminal display unit 240 to display an image based on the display data D by writing the display data D in the frame buffer.

  The storage processing unit 223 performs processing of storing various information received from the server device 100 in the storage unit 230.

  The storage unit 230 has a function of storing various programs and various data required for the user terminal 200 to operate. Further, the storage unit 230 stores the information received from the server device 100 based on the instruction from the storage processing unit 223. The storage unit 230 is realized by various storage media such as an HDD, an SSD, and a flash memory. However, in the present embodiment, the storage unit 230 is not limited to these.

  The terminal display unit 240 displays an image based on the display data written in the frame buffer. The terminal display unit 240 is realized by, for example, a device such as a monitor (liquid crystal display or OELD), a head mounted display (HDM), or the like that can display an image, text information, and the like. In the present embodiment, the terminal display unit 240 is not limited to these.

  The operation accepting unit 250 accepts various operations on the user terminal 200. For example, upon receiving an input from the user, the operation receiving unit 250 transmits information related to the input to the transmission processing unit 221. The operation reception unit 250 is, for example, a hardware key represented by a touch panel or a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, a camera (operation input via a moving image), a microphone (operation input by voice), or the like. However, in the present embodiment, the operation receiving unit 250 is not limited to these.

  (Screen Display) FIGS. 4 to 7 are schematic diagrams showing examples of screen displays displayed on the terminal display unit 240 of the user terminal 200 based on the display data D generated by the display data generation unit 122 of the server apparatus 100. It is.

  FIG. 4 shows a simple entry screen 800 on a web page for providing the service of the intellectual property system 1. As shown in FIG. 4, on the simple entry screen 800, a free entry column 801 for the user of the user terminal 200 to freely enter the contents of the invention, and an expressionless character (hereinafter referred to as "IP 侍") C Is displayed. By operating the user terminal 200, the user can freely write the contents of his invention in the free entry column 801. In the example of FIG. 4, the question Q1 in a tone that asks a friend, "What is the invention of determining whether it is an artificial product by artificial intelligence before purchasing a desired product in the VR space?" It is filled out in 810. The contents entered in the free entry column 801 are transmitted to the server apparatus 100 as information Q related to the invention.

  FIG. 5 shows a detail entry screen 820 on the web page for providing the service of the intellectual property system 1. As shown in FIG. 5, a detail entry screen 820 includes a keyword entry field 821 for entering keywords, and a requirement entry field 822 for entering words, noun phrases, sentences, etc. for each component of the invention, 823 and the expression IP 侍 C are displayed. The user operates the user terminal 200 to enter a keyword indicating the technical field of the content of the invention etc. in the keyword input field 821, and further the configuration requirements of the invention of the requirement input field 822 for each configuration requirement, It is possible to fill in 823. In the example of FIG. 5, only two requirement input fields 822 and 823 are displayed, but they can be additionally displayed as needed by clicking an input field addition button (not shown).

  In the example of FIG. 5, the keyword “artificial intelligence machine learning” is entered in the keyword input field 821. In addition, in the requirement input fields 822, 823, “desired product” and “imitation product” are entered, respectively. The items respectively input in the requirement input fields 822, 823 are AND-searched. When a plurality of keywords are entered in the keyword input field 821, those keywords are AND-searched. In this example, AND search of “artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” can prevent an erroneous search result in the field of brain science or the like from being derived from the keyword “artificial intelligence”. The contents entered in the keyword input field 821 and the requirement input fields 822, 823 are transmitted to the server apparatus 100 as information Q related to the invention.

  After the user of the user terminal 200 enters a predetermined item on one or both of the simple entry screen 800 and the detail entry screen 820, when a "NEXT" button or the like (not shown) is clicked, the screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed.

  FIG. 6 shows a transition state screen 830 in the Web page for providing the service of the intellectual property system 1. The transition state screen 830 is a screen indicating that the server apparatus 100 is executing an analysis process on the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the transition state screen 830, a balloon 831 showing the contents of utterance of IP 侍 C, an execution situation display column 832 showing the execution situation of analysis processing, and an IP 侍 C of sleeping expression. Is displayed. In the example of FIG. 6, a speech 831 indicates an uttered content A1 with an old-fashioned narrative: “Analyze during analysis.” The execution status display column 832 has processing items such as category acquisition processing (“FIND CATEGORY”), search related processing (“SEARCH RELATED”) and inventive step judgment processing (“JUDGE YOUR PATENT”), and the execution status for each item It is shown. In the example of FIG. 6, only the category acquisition process is completed ("DONE"), and the remaining processes are being executed.

  FIG. 7 shows a result display screen 840 on the Web page for providing the service of the intellectual property system 1. The result display screen 840 is a screen displayed following the transition state screen 830. That is, the result display screen 840 is displayed after the analysis process on the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200 is completed. FIG. 7 shows a result display screen 840 displayed when it is determined that the invention of the determination target included in the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200 satisfies the inventive step as a result of the analysis processing by the server device 100. A display example is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 7, on the result display screen 840, a balloon 841 showing the contents of the utterance of IP 侍 C, a result display column 842 showing the execution result of the analysis processing, and the IP 侍 C of the smile with the flag F Is displayed. In this example, the speech content A2 with an old-fashioned narration is described in the balloon 841 as "Don't be foolish! Let's be inventive." In the flag F, the letter “S” is drawn largely at the center, and the letter “PATENTABILITY RANK” is drawn small above the letter “S”.

  The result display column 842 lists prior art documents T1, T2 and T3 hit by the search by the document search function 1f of the intellectual property system 1, and the invention of the user as the analysis target and the respective prior art documents T1 and T2. , And T3 are expressed by the symbols "S", "A", "B" and "C" for each of the constituent requirements e1, e2 and e3. Here, “S”, “A”, “B” and “C” mean “not at all described”, “not similar”, “somewhat similar” and “identical”, respectively. In this example, although the configuration requirement e3 of one of the configuration requirements e1, e2 and e3 of the user's invention is identical to that described in the prior art document T2, the remaining two Since the constituent requirements e1 and e2 are not described in any of the prior art documents T1, T2 and T3, it is judged that the inventive step is satisfied.

  The display contents of the result display screen 840 are generated based on the search result by the document search function 1 f of the intellectual property system 1 and the judgment result by the requirement satisfaction judgment function 1 d (the novelty judgment function 1 g and the inventive step judgment function 1 h). It is Since the smiling IP 侍 C with the flag F on which the character of “S” is drawn is displayed, the user does not have to look at the utterance content A2 in the balloon 841 and the utterance content is positive. Intuitive to be.

  Thus, according to the intellectual property system 1 of the present embodiment, the user can exchange information with the IP 侍 C in the simple entry screen 800, the detail entry screen 820, the transition status screen 830, and the result display screen 840. You can deepen your understanding of the invention of Then, by looking at the images of IP 侍 C displayed on these screens 800 to 840, it can be intuitively recognized whether or not the invention of the present invention satisfies the inventive step. A user who recognizes that his invention satisfies the inventive step can proceed to the application procedure etc. after obtaining a sense of security that the invention is likely to be patented. On the other hand, a user who recognizes that his invention does not satisfy the inventive step can change the invention specific matters of the present invention so that the invention can be protected by the patent by changing or adding the inventive matter so as to satisfy the inventive step. It can create.

  The contents of the exchange of questions and answers made on the screens 800 to 840 are recorded in the storage unit 130 together with the date and time. The recorded contents can also be viewed on the user terminal 200 and the agent terminal 600.

  FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing an operation example of the intellectual property system 1 in the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the operation receiving unit 250 of the user terminal 200 receives an operation from the user (S101). The operation accepting unit 250 accepts, for example, the information Q related to the invention from the user via the keyboard or the microphone.

  The transmission processing unit 221 transmits the information Q related to the invention received from the user to the server device 100 (S102). The information Q related to the invention is, for example, a document file of a predetermined format, text information or the like.

  The communication unit 110 of the server device 100 receives the information Q related to the invention from the user terminal 200 (S103).

  Based on the information Q related to the invention received from the user terminal 200, the requirement sufficiency determining unit 124 determines whether the invention (determination target) included in the information Q related to the invention satisfies a predetermined substantive requirement ( S104).

  The character image generation unit 125 generates an image of IP 侍 C that differs in appearance according to the determination result by the requirement satisfaction determination unit 124 (S105).

  The display data generation unit 122 generates display data D for displaying the screens 800 to 840 in which the user of the user terminal 200 and the IP 侍 C can exchange information on matters relating to the invention (S106). The display data D is display data for notifying the user of the determination result by the requirement sufficiency determination unit 124. The display data D includes data for displaying the image of IP 侍 C generated by the character image generation unit 125.

  The processing unit 121 transmits the display data D generated by the display data generation unit 122 to the user terminal 200 and the agent terminal 600 via the communication unit 110 (S107, S108).

  The user terminal 200 and the agent terminal 600 display the screens 800 to 840 based on the received display data D (S109, S110).

  As described above, in the intellectual property system 1 of the present embodiment, the user and the IP 侍 C information about the invention-related matters in the screens 800 to 840 displayed on the user terminal 200 by the above-described series of steps S101 to S110. In the process of exchanging information, while providing users with various information related to inventions, "IP 侍" which is an invention creation service that allows users to deepen their understanding of their inventions and draw out inventions from users. Function can be realized.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and appropriate modifications, improvements, and the like can be made. For example, when notifying the user of the information of the prior art document found by the search on the result display screen 840 etc. of FIG. 7, the IP 侍 C with different expression depending on the similarity between the invention described in the prior art document and the user's invention. May be displayed. By making the expression of IP 侍 C different according to the similarity between both inventions, the user can view the similarity between both the inventions simply by looking at the expression of IP 侍 C without confirming the contents of the prior art document. It will be recognizable.

  Further, for example, instead of the information of the prior art document, the information of the actual product may be displayed on the result display screen 840 of FIG. As information of a real product, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a web page on which an image of the real product and a description of the real product are listed can be mentioned. By displaying the URL as the information of the actual product, the user can display the page of the URL as necessary to obtain information about the actual product.

  Further, for example, when displaying the result that the inventive step is not satisfied on the result display screen 840 in FIG. 7 or the like, the invention of the user is assumed instead of the information of the prior art document or together with the information of the prior art document The reason for rejection may be displayed. By displaying the reason for refusal, the user can easily take measures such as adding invention specific matters.

  Further, for example, when displaying the result that the inventive step is not satisfied on the result display screen 840 in FIG. 7 or the like, a change proposal of the content of the invention is displayed together with the information of the prior art document and the reason for rejection assumed. You may By displaying the proposed change, the user can more easily take measures such as adding invention specific matters.

  Further, for example, when displaying the result that the inventive step is not satisfied on the result display screen 840 etc. of FIG. 7, the configuration of the invention positioned in the marginal area satisfying the inventive step as the utterance content of IP 侍 C. It is preferable to display the requirements as a proposed change. By proposing the minimum necessary change proposal for the user's invention to satisfy the inventive step, it is possible to prompt the user for appropriate correction and the like and to support the creation of an invention that can be entitled with the widest scope of rights.

  Further, for example, in the simple entry screen 800 of FIG. 4 or the like, the server device 100 automatically uses the artificial intelligence function or the agent is the agent terminal 600 when the degree of completion of the idea indicated by the user is too low. In order to draw higher-level ideas (inventions) from the user, a guidance message may be displayed as an utterance of IP 侍 C. This can support the creation of the invention.

In the above embodiment, although the case of supporting creation of an invention by the intellectual property system 1 has been described as an example, the case of supporting creation of other intellectual property, that is, invention, design, trademark, etc. The intellectual property system 1 is useful. In the case where the intellectual property is an invention, the judgment target is an idea to receive a utility model registration. If the intellectual property is a design, the object to be judged is the design to receive a design registration. When the intellectual property is a trademark, the object of judgment is a design to receive a design registration.
In the following, the invention described in the original claim of the original application of the present application is appended.
[1]
A communication unit for receiving information on intellectual property transmitted from a user terminal operable by the user;
A display data generation unit for generating display data for displaying a screen on which the user and the character can exchange information on matters relating to intellectual property;
A processing unit that transmits the display data generated by the display data generation unit to the user terminal via the communication unit;
A requirement sufficiency determining unit that determines whether a determination target included in the information on the intellectual property satisfies a predetermined requirement, based on the information on the intellectual property received by the communication unit;
A character image generation unit that generates an image of the character that differs in appearance according to the determination result by the requirement satisfaction determination unit;
The display data generation unit is the display data for notifying the user of the determination result by the requirement sufficiency determination unit, and the data for displaying the image of the character generated by the character image generation unit An intellectual property system that generates the display data including:
[2]
The communication unit can accept a document file,
The intellectual property system according to [1], wherein the requirement sufficiency determining unit has a function of recognizing a determination target included in the document file.
[3]
The document processing system further includes a document search unit for searching documents related to the information on the intellectual property,
The intellectual property system according to [1] or [2], wherein the display data generation unit generates the display data including information on a document hit by a search by the document search unit.
[4]
The document search unit further has a function of translating the information on the intellectual property received by the communication unit into a language different from the language used to express the information;
The intellectual property system according to [3], wherein the document can be searched based on the information after being translated into the different language.
[5]
The requirement satisfiability determination unit
When the judgment object is an invention, it is judged whether the invention has novelty as the predetermined requirement, based on the contents of the invention and the contents of the hit document [3] or [3] 4] Intellectual property system described in.
[6]
The requirement satisfiability determination unit
If it is determined that the invention of the judgment object has novelty, it is further judged whether the invention has inventive step on the basis of the contents of the invention and the contents of the hit document. 5] Intellectual property system described in.
[7]
The requirement satisfiability determination unit
The invention of the judgment object and the invention described in the hit document are clustered by a self-organizing map, and it is judged whether the invention of the judgment object has inventive step based on the result of the clustering, [ 6] Intellectual property system described in.
[8]
It further has a rejection reason assumption unit which assumes a reason for rejection of the judgment object based on the judgment result by the requirement satisfaction judgment unit,
The intellectual property system according to any one of [5] to [7], wherein the display data generation unit generates the display data including the information of the rejection reason assumed by the rejection reason assumption unit.
[9]
Based on the contents of the invention to be judged and the rejection reason assumed by the rejection reason assumption unit, the change proposal issuing unit further drafts a change proposal of the constituent requirements for the invention to satisfy the predetermined requirements. Have
The intellectual property system according to [8], wherein the display data generation unit generates the display data including the information on the proposed change devised by the change proposal unit.
[10]
The above change proposal section
The knowledge according to [9], which searches for a constituent that determines whether the invention to be judged has inventive step, and proposes a proposal for changing the constituent of the invention based on the result of the search. Property system.
[11]
The information processing apparatus further includes a real product information search unit that searches for information of a real product using the invention when the determination target is the invention,
The display data generation unit generates the display data including information on a real product hit by the search by the real product information search unit, as well as information on a document hit by the search by the document search unit [3] to [3] 10] The intellectual property system according to any one of the above.
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The character image generation unit can generate a motion expression image that represents the behavior of the character, and a result expression image that represents a plurality of types of results due to the behavior of the character.
The intellectual property system according to any one of [1] to [11], wherein the result expression image is an image generated according to the determination result by the requirement satisfaction determining unit.
[13]
The intellectual property according to any one of [1] to [12], wherein the character image generation unit can generate a motion expression image that represents the action of the character with respect to the document hit by the search by the document search unit. system.
[14]
The document search unit identifies one document that is most similar in content to the invention of the judgment target among the documents that have been hit,
The intellectual property system according to any one of [3] to [13], wherein the display data generation unit generates the display data including information on the one document identified by the document search unit.
[15]
The intellectual property system according to any one of [3] to [14], wherein the document search unit searches for the prior art document using a keyword search and a patent classification search.
[16]
A communication step in which the computer receives information on intellectual property transmitted from a user terminal operable by a user;
A display data generation step of generating display data for displaying a screen on which the user and the character can exchange information on matters relating to intellectual property;
A processing step of transmitting the display data generated in the display data generation step to the user terminal;
A requirements sufficiency determining step of determining whether a determination target included in the information on the intellectual property satisfies a predetermined requirement, based on the information on the intellectual property received by the communication step;
A character image generation step of generating an image of the character whose appearance is different according to the judgment result of the requirement satisfiability judgment step;
The display data generation step is the display data for notifying the user of the determination result by the requirement sufficiency determination step, the data for displaying the image of the character generated by the character image generation step An intellectual property support method for generating the display data including
[17]
A communication function for receiving information on intellectual property transmitted from a user terminal operable by the user;
A display data generation function of generating display data for displaying a screen on which the user and the character can exchange information on matters relating to intellectual property;
A processing function of transmitting the display data generated by the display data generation function to the user terminal by the communication function;
A requirement sufficiency determining function that determines whether a determination target included in the information on the intellectual property satisfies a predetermined requirement, based on the information on the intellectual property received by the communication function;
A program for causing a computer to execute a character image generation function of generating an image of the character whose appearance is different according to a judgment result by the requirement satisfiability judgment function,
The display data generation function is the display data for notifying the user of the determination result by the requirement sufficiency determination function, and the data for displaying the image of the character generated by the character image generation function An intellectual property support program that causes a computer to execute the function of generating the display data, including:

1 intellectual property system 1a communication function 1b display data generation function 1c processing function 1d requirement satisfaction judgment function 1e character image generation function 1f document search function 1g novelty judgment function 1h inventive step judgment function 1i rejection reason assumption function 1j Out function 1k Actual product search function 1l Document specification function 100 Server unit 110 Communication unit 120 Control unit 121 Processing unit 122 Display data generation unit 123 Document search unit 123a Document specification unit 124 Requirement satisfaction judgment unit 125 Character image generation unit 126 Reason for rejection Assumed part 127 Change drafting part 128 Real product search part 129 Storage processing part 130 Storage part 140 Storage part 150 Display part 150 Input reception part 200 User terminal 210 Terminal communication part 220 Terminal control part 221 Transmission processing part 222 Display processing part 223 Storage processing part 230 storage unit 240 End display unit 250 operation receiving unit 300 network 400 technical literature database 500 real product database 600 Attorney terminal 800 Fast fill screen 820 Explain details screen 830 changes status screen 840 results display screen C IP Samurai (character)
D display data D1 display data D2 display data D4 display data D5 display data D6 display data D7 display data D8 display data D9 display data e1 configuration requirements e2 configuration requirements e3 configuration requirements T1 prior art document T2 prior art document T3 prior art Literature Q Information on Invention

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A display data generation unit that generates display data for displaying on the user terminal that can be operated by the user a screen on which a user and a character can exchange information about matters related to intellectual property;
A communication unit that transmits the display data to the user terminal and receives information related to intellectual property from the user terminal;
Based on the information on the intellectual property received by the communication unit, whether or not the judgment target included in the information on the intellectual property satisfies the substantial requirements for the protection of the intellectual property, A requirement sufficiency determining unit that makes a determination by calculation using a learned model that has learned information on examination regarding the substantive requirement made in the past by the examiner;
And a character image generation unit that generates an action expression image that causes the character to express different actions according to the determination result in the requirement satisfaction determination unit.
The said display data production | generation part is an intellectual property system which produces | generates the said display data which makes the said user terminal display at least the said action expression image produced | generated by the said character image production | generation part. The requirement sufficiency determining unit determines, as information on examination regarding the substantial requirement, a determination target in the examination regarding the substantial requirement performed in the past, a prior art document cited for the determination subject, and the determination target Use the relationship with the accreditation results for
The intellectual property system according to claim 1, characterized in that. The character image generation unit generates a motion representation image that displays a motion of the character writing a character with a calligraphy brush and a result display image that represents the determination result by handwriting accompanying the motion.
The intellectual property system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that. The document management system further comprises a document search unit for searching documents related to the information on the intellectual property
The display data generation unit generates the display data including information on a document hit by a search by the document search unit.
The intellectual property system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that. The character image generation unit generates a motion expression image representing an action of the character with respect to a document searched by the document search unit.
The intellectual property system according to claim 4, characterized in that. The document search unit
It further has a function of translating the information on the intellectual property received by the communication unit into a language different from the language used to express the information;
The document can be searched based on the information after translation into the different language
The intellectual property system according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that. When the information on the intellectual property is an invention, the requirement sufficiency determining unit recognizes the determination target, and the configuration requirements of the determined determination target invention and the invention described in the documents searched by the document search unit The degree of coincidence of the compositional requirements is calculated, and it is judged that the novelty is not satisfied if the calculated degree of coincidence is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and the novelty is determined if the degree of coincidence is less than a predetermined value. Do,
The intellectual property system according to any one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that. When the requirement sufficiency determining unit determines that the invention of the determination target satisfies the novelty, the feature sufficiency of the invention accepted by the communication unit and the documents searched by the document search unit are further included. The received invention is characterized by the inventive features being classified into a cluster of inventions satisfying inventive step and a cluster of inventions not satisfying inventive step on a self-organizing map. Judge whether or not to have,
The intellectual property system according to claim 7, characterized in that. Based on the configuration requirements of the invention mapped to the boundary region of the cluster of the invention satisfying the inventive step classified in the requirement satisfaction judging unit and the cluster of the invention not satisfying the inventive step, Further equipped with a proposed change proposal unit,
The intellectual property system according to claim 8, characterized in that. The communication unit can accept a document file,
The requirement sufficiency determination unit has a function of recognizing a determination target included in the document file.
The intellectual property system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that. The computer is
A display data generation step of generating display data for causing the user terminal to display a screen on which the user and the character can exchange information about matters related to intellectual property on the user terminal that can be operated;
A communication step of transmitting the display data to the user terminal and receiving information on intellectual property from the user terminal;
Based on the information on the intellectual property received in the communication step, whether or not a judgment target included in the information on the intellectual property satisfies the substantial requirements for the protection of the intellectual property, A requirement sufficiency determining step of determining by operation using a learned model which has learned information on examination regarding the substantive requirement made in the past by the examiner;
A character image generation step of generating an action expression image that causes the character to express different actions according to the determination result in the requirement satisfiability determination step;
An intellectual property support method for generating the display data for causing the user terminal to at least display the motion representation image generated by the character image generation step. A display data generation function of generating display data for displaying a screen on which a user and a character can exchange information on matters relating to intellectual property on a user terminal that can be operated by the user;
A communication function of transmitting the display data to the user terminal and receiving information on intellectual property from the user terminal;
Based on the information on the intellectual property received by the communication function, whether or not a judgment target included in the information on the intellectual property satisfies the substantive requirements for the protection of the intellectual property, A requirement sufficiency determining function that determines by operation using a learned model that has learned information on examination regarding the substantive requirement made in the past by the examiner;
A program for causing a computer to realize a character image generating function for generating an action expression image for causing the character to express different actions according to a judgment result in the requirement sufficiency judging function.
The intellectual property support program according to claim 1, wherein the display data generation function generates the display data that causes at least the user terminal to display the motion representation image generated by the character image generation function.

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