KR20020084989A - A annual fee management system for outgoing application of the intellectual property system and a method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for managing an annual fee of the oversea application of an intellectual property system are provided to reduce the time and facilitate the management and the search of a database by making an inventor, a patent managing man and an attorney manage the annual fee of the oversea application through the intellectual property system. CONSTITUTION: A computer system(100) receives the data from an inventor department. The computer system(500) receives the data from a patent department. A database system(600) stores an annual fee payment document. A patent office system(400) previously inputs a notice for the annual fee payment of the application at a set limit form an annual fee payment day. A management system(200) stores the annual fee information from the patent office system in the database system and stores the processing result in the database system if the inventor and the patent department process the annual fee. A firewall keeps the data security inputting/outputting from the management system.

Description

A annual fee management system for outgoing application of the intellectual property system and a method

The present invention relates to an intellectual property system. In particular, it is pointed out that the person in charge of the patent department, the inventor and the domestic patent office handles the annual fee management that occurs after a patent is registered at an overseas patent office through a network. It relates to a system and method for managing an annual fee for overseas application of property systems.

In general, when an overseas application is requested to a domestic agent, the domestic agent is managing the application and management according to the application through an overseas agent, and after a certain period of time after the application is completed, a registration assessment occurs through the examination of the examiner.

On the other hand, when a notice of examination occurs, an opinion on this is submitted, and a registration or refusal decision is more often received.

After the registration, the annual fee must be paid to maintain the patent.

However, in relation to the annual fee, all the documents are delivered by mail or fax to foreign agents, domestic patent offices, patent departments, and inventors.

Therefore, problems such as loss or delay of documents occur.

In addition, paper letters or related documents are often stored in the documents, so there is a risk of loss, it is difficult to keep for a long time.

This conventional annual fee management method takes a lot of time because all procedures are made through the document, there was a hassle to view the document for storage and input again by the person in charge.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is that the inventors, patent managers and agents all manage the annual fee by using the intellectual property system, thereby reducing the time and managing the international application annual fee management system of the intellectual property system that is easy to manage or search the database. And a method.

1 is a block diagram of an overseas application annual fee management system of an intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an operation flowchart of a method for managing an international application annual fee of an intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to solve such a problem, an overseas application annual fee management system of an intellectual property system according to one feature of the present invention is

A database system for storing information on foreign annual fees;

When the annual fee information is input from the patent office system, and stores it in the corresponding space of the database system, and when the inventor and the patent department processes the management system for storing the result in the database system.

In order to solve such a problem, the method of managing an international application annual fee of an intellectual property system according to another aspect of the present invention is

If an annual payment due date is input from the patent office system, storing it in a corresponding space of the database system;

The inventor checks the payment date of the annual fee, examines whether the payment is made, and inputs the result after approval of the team leader and the manager;

Reviewing the annual fee payment result of the inventor's department by the patent team representative, determining the annual fee payment, and finally inputting the payment instruction of the annual fee after approval of the team leader and the general manager;

Confirming the annual payment instruction with the patent office system, and accordingly, making the annual payment to the overseas agent system.

Then, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of an overseas application annual fee management system of an intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the foreign application annual fee management system of the intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

A computer system unit 100 for receiving data of an inventor's department;

A computer system 500 for receiving data of a patent department;

A database system 600 for storing an annual payment document;

A patent office system 400 for inputting a guide for payment of an annual fee for a corresponding application in advance if a certain period is reached from an annual fee payment date;

When the annual fee information is input from the patent office system 400, it is stored in the corresponding space of the database system 600, and when the inventor and the patent department processes the management system for storing the result in the database system 600 ( 200);

It includes a firewall 300 for maintaining the security of the data input and output from the management system 200.

The management system 200,

When the annual fee information is input from the patent office system 400, the annual fee information is stored in the corresponding space of the database system 600, and the inventors and the patent department process the annual fee information to store the result in the database system 600. System 210;

It includes a cost processing unit 220 for receiving and processing the invoices related to costs from the patent office system.

Next, the operation of the overseas application annual fee management system of the intellectual property system having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

2 is an operation flowchart of an overseas application annual fee management system of an intellectual property system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, if the representative of the domestic representative occurs using the patent office system 400, a case remaining for a certain period of time, that is, about three months from the date of the annual payment, the list of these cases, the annual fee management list database 630 ), And input the contents of the incident into the annual fee management database 620 (S201). In this case, the annual fee may be designed so that the annual fee management system 210 automatically calculates the annual fee date from the registration management data and automatically notify the patent manager and the inventor.

The inventor then connects to the annual fee management system 210 using the computer system 110.

Then, the annual fee management system 210 provides an initial menu selection screen of the web page unit 610.

In this state, the inventor selects a desired menu, selects a corresponding function, and performs the same.

When the inventor selects the annual fee management, the annual fee management system 210 reads and displays a list of the annual fee documents input and stored from the patent office system 400 from the annual fee management list database 630.

Next, when the inventor selects the document, the annual fee management system 210 displays the corresponding annual fee document stored in the annual fee management database 620 (S202).

Thereafter, the inventor reviews the annual fee payment, and if the present invention is necessary, the annual fee payment decision is made (S202), and the completion is selected.

Then, the team leader uses the computer system 120 to read and review the case in the annual fee management system 210 in the same procedure as the inventor, and approves (S203).

Next, the mounting is read and reviewed the case in the annual fee management system 210 in the same procedure as the inventor using the computer system 130, and approved (S204).

After reviewing the invention, the person in charge of the patent team uses the computer system 510 to access the annual fee management system 210 using the same procedure as the inventor, and examines whether the annual fee is paid based on the opinion of the invention department. If it is determined that the invention is necessary, the annual payment is decided, and the completion is selected (S205).

Then, the team leader reads the case from the annuity management system 210 in the same procedure as the person in charge using the computer system 520, and approves (S206).

Next, the mounting is read and reviewed the case in the annual fee management system 210 in the same procedure as the person in charge using the computer system 130, and approves (S207).

In this case, if the approval is not approved, the processing is performed so as not to pay the annual fee. In this case, the representative of the patent office checks the review document not to pay the annual fee by accessing the annual fee management system 210, and the overseas agent system 800 Notice to not pay the annual fee).

Then, through the overseas agent system 800, the overseas agent accepts not to pay the annual fee, and does not pay the annual fee (S209).

On the other hand, if approved, the representative of the patent office is connected to the annual fee management system 210 confirms the review to pay the annual fee, and notifies the overseas agent system 800 to pay the annual fee (S210).

Then, through the overseas agent system 800, the overseas agent receives the payment of the annual fee, and pays the annual fee to the foreign patent office 900 (S211).

Then, the foreign patent office 900 maintains registration for the application for which the annual fee is paid and issues an annual fee receipt (S212).

Then, the foreign agent receives the annual fee receipt, writes a letter for this, and notifies the domestic patent office system using an email, an e-mail or a fax (S213). In this case, the overseas agent may directly input the annual fee management system 210 through the Internet.

Then, the domestic patent office system 400 will receive the annual fee receipt-related documents.

Then, the person in charge of the patent office connects to the annual fee management system 210 to convert or input the annual fee receipt, or, if the document is scanned and attached, and attach a brief comment to accept the documents.

Then, the annual fee management system 210 stores the annual fee related documents in the annual fee management database 620 of the database system 600 (S214). At this time, if there are several annual fee receipts, the annual fee management system 210 constructs a list and stores the list in the annual fee management list database 630.

Then, the patent officer receives it (S215), notifies the inventor, and the inventor also confirms the annual receipt through the computer system 100.

In the above process, the cost processing unit 220 receives the bill from the overseas agent system 800 and the patent office system 400 when the cost is generated, so that the cost is processed.

As described above, since the annual fee related documents are managed in the database system, the files can be retrieved at any time as needed, so that the business can be smoothly processed.

Components such as the cost processing unit and the annual fee management system may be implemented in hardware or software.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the inventor, the patent officer, and the agent all use the intellectual property system to process the annual fee-related documents, thereby reducing the time and the ease of database management or search. An overseas application annual fee management system and method can be provided.

Claims (4)

A database system for storing information on foreign annual fees; And a management system for storing annual fee information from a patent office system in a corresponding space of a database system and storing the result in the database system when the inventor and the patent department process the annual fee information. A computer system unit for receiving data of an inventor's department; A computer system unit for receiving data of a patent department; A database system for storing annual payment documents; A patent office system for inputting a guide for payment of an annual fee for a corresponding application in advance if a certain period is reached from an annual payment date; A management system for storing annual fee information from a patent office system in a corresponding space of the database system 600 and storing the result in the database system when the inventor and the patent department process the annual fee information; Overseas application annual fee management system of the intellectual property system including a firewall for maintaining the security of data input and output from the management system. The method of claim 2, The management system, An annual fee management system for storing annual fee information from a patent office system in a corresponding space of a database system and storing the result in the database system when the inventor and the patent department process the annual fee information; An annual fee management system for international filing of intellectual property systems, including a cost processing unit for receiving and processing invoices related to expenses from a patent office system. If an annual payment due date is input from the patent office system, storing it in a corresponding space of the database system; The inventor checks the payment date of the annual fee, examines whether the payment is made, and inputs the result after approval of the team leader and the manager; Reviewing the annual fee payment result of the inventor's department by the patent team representative, determining the annual fee payment, and finally inputting the payment instruction of the annual fee after approval of the team leader and the general manager; A method for managing overseas application registration of an intellectual property system, comprising the step of confirming an annual payment instruction with a patent office system, and accordingly, paying an annual fee to an overseas agent system.