KR20170060595A - Method for analysis of patent claims and apparatus thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment, there is provided a method and an apparatus for analyzing claims, comprising the steps of: (a) dividing a claim in the claims of the patent document into an independent claim and a dependent claim; (b) analyzing the citation relation by dividing the independent term and the dependent term into quoted terms and quoted terms in the cited terms; (c) determining coordinates of the independent term and the dependent term according to the claim number and the citation relation; And (d) arranging the claims according to the coordinates of the independent and dependent terms determined in the step (c).
The method for analyzing claimed claims according to the present invention can easily grasp the claims by hierarchically structuring claims.

Description

METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF PATENT CLAIMS AND APPARATUS THEREOF FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001]

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for analyzing claims, and more particularly, to a method for hierarchically arranging claims by analyzing the independent claim and the citation relation of the claims.

Recently, as the importance of intellectual property rights has increased as a means of protecting technology, interest in patent application has increased so much that patent literature has been used not only for protecting technology but also for analyzing recent technology trends or establishing corporate research and development strategies.

The patent literature consists of bibliographies, abstracts, detailed description of the invention, claims, etc., and the scope of the claim is to set the scope of protection of the patented invention in the contents of the technology to be patented exclusively.

Therefore, it is important to properly analyze the claims in the patent literature in order to understand the patent literature.

However, the claims are made up of complex citation relations such as independent or dependent terms, and it is difficult to clearly understand the scope of protection of the invention. Furthermore, it is more difficult to analyze the entire claim because the languages are different for each country and there are differences in the manner in which patent claims are written.

Conventionally, there is provided a method of distinguishing the claim as an independent claim and a dependent claim. However, not only the accuracy of distinguishing the independent clauses is lowered, but also the claim range is effectively structured so that the claims can be easily grasped at a glance No method is provided.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for hierarchically arranging claims according to the citation of claims.

Specifically, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method of analyzing the citation relationship of the claims and determining the coordinates of each claim to arrange the claims.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a computer program for displaying and analyzing claims and visualizing them.

The technical objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical subjects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for analyzing claim claims comprising the steps of: (a) dividing a claim defined in claims into an independent claim and a dependent claim; (b) analyzing the citation relation by dividing the independent term and the dependent term into quoted terms and quoted terms in the cited terms; (c) determining coordinates of the independent term and the dependent term according to the claim number and the citation relation; And (d) arranging the claims according to the coordinates of the independent and dependent terms determined in the step (c).

The coordinates determined in the claims set forth in the claims of the above patent documents may have unique values that are not duplicated.

The step (c) may include: setting the independent term as a reference coordinate; And the step of determining the coordinates by dividing the dependency term into rows and columns based on the reference coordinates.

The coordinate (X, Y) of the dependent term can determine the value of Y after determining the value of X.

The X value in the dependent term coordinate (X, Y) can be determined by the following equation (1).

[Formula 1]

(If there is a quote with a smaller number than the claim number of the above dependent clause among the other quotations citing the cited terms in the above dependent clause)

X = X value of the quote term closest to the claim number of the dependency term + n

(Where n is the spacing between repeated rows)

(If there are no other citation terms citing the parenthesized term in the above dependent clause or there is no quote clause in the other citing clauses citing the parenthesized clause than the claim number in the above dependent clause)

X = X value of the cited terms in the above dependent term + n

(Where n is the spacing between repeated rows)

When the dependent term cites one claim, the Y value at the coordinates (X, Y) of the dependency term can be determined by the following equation (2).

[Formula 2]

Y = Y value of the cited citations in the above dependent clause - m

(Where m is the spacing between repeated rows)

When the dependent term cites two or more claims, the Y value at the coordinates (X, Y) of the dependency term can be determined by the following equation (3).

[Formula 3]

Y = the Y value of the parenthesized term with the smallest Y value among the two or more parenthesized terms cited by the above dependent term - l

(Where l is the spacing between repeated rows)

Wherein, in the step (b), the number of cited terms is extracted by extracting the number of cited terms in the dependent term, and if the number of cited terms in the dependent term is one according to the number of cited terms, And dividing into multiple dependent terms if the number is two or more.

The coordinates may include three-dimensional coordinates along the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis.

An apparatus for analyzing claims according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input unit for receiving patent claim information of a patent document; A first controller for classifying the independent term and the dependent term in the claims and classifying the independent term and the dependent term into the quoted term and the quoted term in the quotation term; A second controller for determining the coordinates of the independent term and the dependent term according to the claim number and the quotation relation; And a display unit for displaying a claim arranged in accordance with the coordinates determined in the claim.

The X value in the dependent term coordinate (X, Y) can be determined by the following equation (1).

[Formula 1]

(If there is a quote with a smaller number than the claim number of the above dependent clause among the other quotations citing the cited terms in the above dependent clause)

X = X value of the quote term closest to the claim number of the dependency term + n

(Where n is the spacing between repeated rows)

(If there are no other citation terms citing the parenthesized term in the above dependent clause or there is no quote clause in the other citing clauses citing the parenthesized clause than the claim number in the above dependent clause)

X = X value of the cited terms in the above dependent term + n

(Where n is the spacing between repeated rows)

When the dependent term cites one claim, the Y value at the coordinates (X, Y) of the dependency term can be determined by the following equation (2).

[Formula 2]

Y = Y value of the cited citations in the above dependent clause - m

(Where m is the spacing between repeated rows)

When the dependent term cites two or more claims, the Y value at the coordinates (X, Y) of the dependency term can be determined by the following equation (3).

[Formula 3]

Y = the Y value of the parenthesized term with the smallest Y value among the two or more parenthesized terms cited by the above dependent term - l

(Where l is the spacing between repeated rows)

The independent terms and the dependent terms may be separated into one or more elements of color and font.

In arranging the above-identified claims, the claims in the citation relationship may be linked by arrows.

The arrows may point to the cited terms in the citation term in the citation term.

When receiving an input for selecting the quotation term, one or more of the color and shape of the arrow connected to the quoted term in the quotation term may be changed.

A computer program stored in a recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: dividing a claim in the claims of the patent into an independent claim and a dependent claim; Analyzing the citation relation by dividing the independent and dependent terms into cited terms and quoted terms in the cited terms; Determining coordinates of the independent term and the dependent term according to the claim number and the quotation relation; And displaying a claim arranged in accordance with the determined coordinates of the independent and dependent terms.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, since the independent claim and the subordinate clause in the claims are categorized into citation terms and cited terms, they are hierarchically structured so that the user can easily understand the structure of the entire claim at a glance It is effective.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, since all the claims in the claims are arranged according to the unique coordinate values, the user can more easily grasp the structure of the claim range.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, since the position between claims is relatively determined according to whether there is a citation relation, the citation relation can be more easily understood by the user.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, visualizing the claims that are arranged through the analysis of the independent and dependent parts and the citation relation analysis makes it possible to easily understand the citation relation by independent units regardless of the complex and long patent claims.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the arrows are connected between the claims in the citation relation, and the user can observe the change of the arrow by making an input to select the claim, so that the cited claim can be simplified There is an effect that can be confirmed.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is an advantage that it can be usefully used in patent infringement analysis.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method of analyzing claims according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a method for determining an X value of a claim according to another embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a method for determining a Y value of a claim according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is an exemplary diagram that is arranged after determining the coordinates of the claims according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is an exemplary diagram arranged after determining the coordinates of a claim in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram of an apparatus for analyzing claims according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 7 is an illustration of an arranged patent displayed by a patent claim analyzing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is an exemplary diagram of an arrow change when an input for selecting a quote is received in the arranged claims displayed by the apparatus for analyzing claims according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used in a sense commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Also, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly defined otherwise. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of illustrating embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification.

In the present specification, a patent may be used including documents having the claims such as patents and utility models. Therefore, the present invention can be replaced with a utility model instead of a patent term.

In the present specification, the claims are to be understood as being described in the claims in the patent document. Specifically, the names of the items indicating the claims may be different from country to country or from time to time, and may include all items corresponding to the claims. One or more claims may be set forth in the claims. The claims may be used in the same or similar terms as the claims or the claims.

In this specification, an independent claim is to be understood as an independent claim without reference to any other claim. Also, the term dependency refers to a claim specifying or specifying an independent or other dependent clause.

In this specification, the citation is to be understood as a claim directly citing other claims, and may be cited in one or more claims. Also, the cited terms should be understood as claims directly cited by other claims, and the cited terms in the cited references shall be excluded from the cited references. That is, the cited claims are referred to as cited references. In addition, the term cited in the citation should be understood as a claim cited in the citation. It should be understood that the citations and quoted terms are quoted.

For example, in the following patent claims, the cited item in claim 2 is claim 1, and the cited item in claim 3 is claim 2. (Claim 1 of claim 3 includes .) Claims 1 and 2, claims 2 and 3 are cited.

[Claim 1]

[Claim 2] Citing claim 1

[Claim 3] Citing claim 2

In the present specification, coordinates should be understood as a pair of numbers indicating the position of a point in a two-dimensional plane or three-dimensional space. The location of the point includes the location of the claim.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a method and apparatus for analyzing claims of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method of analyzing claims according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The analysis of claim scope analyzes the steps of distinguishing independent clause and dependent clause (S10), separating independent clause and dependent clause into quoted clause and quoted clause (S20), determining coordinates of independent clause and dependent clause (S30), and arranging claims according to coordinates (S40).

Claims listed in the claims of patent documents are classified into independent claims and dependent claims. The distinction between the independent claim and the dependent claim can be applied to whether or not there is a claim to be cited and to an independent claim extraction algorithm judging by the category of the invention. Whether or not there are any cited claims and categories of invention can be accomplished by analyzing the text described at the front or end of the claim.

If there is no text citing the claim by identifying the existence of a claim to be queried by performing the above-mentioned independent term extraction algorithm, it can be categorized into an independent term and classified into a dependent term if there is a text citing the claim. However, even if there are texts citing the claims, the inventive categories of the claims and the claims cited by the claims are compared, and if the inventive categories are different, they can be classified as independent.

It is possible to analyze the citation relation between each claim after dividing the independent claim and the dependent clause for all the claims.

An independent claim is an independent claim without a claim to be cited, and therefore can be a cited clause.

Subordinate clauses can be quoted because they refer to independent clauses. Since the citation relation can be established between the dependent terms, the dependent terms can be divided into the citation terms and the cited terms. Here, the number of cited clauses can be calculated by extracting the claims (cited references) cited by the above dependent clause. Specifically, by analyzing the text described at the front end or the end of the dependent term, it is possible to determine how many claims are cited. The number of claims to be cited by the dependent claims may be one or more, but is not limited thereto. If a dependent clause cites a claim, it is called a single dependency clause, and if a clause clause in one dependency clause is more than 2, it is called a multiple dependency clause.

By separating the independent and subordinate terms into cited terms and cited terms, it is possible to analyze the citation relations of the claims. The independent clause can be more than one in the claim, grouped for each independent clause, and the citation relation between the dependent clauses citing each independent clause can be analyzed.

Coordinates may be determined with respect to the claim in the claims in accordance with the analyzed citation relation and the claim number. The coordinates may be a two dimensional plane (X axis, Y axis) or a three dimensional space (X axis, Y axis, Z axis), and the following description assumes that the claims are arranged in a two dimensional plane.

The coordinates may be determined according to the cited relationship analyzed and the number of the claim, and may be a unique value that is not duplicated for each claim. This can be applied regardless of the two-dimensional plane or the three-dimensional space.

The independence term can be set as the reference coordinates, and when the independent term is 2 or more, it can serve as reference coordinates for the dependency term citing the independent term. In general, the reference coordinates of the independent term can be the origin (0, 0), and when the independent term is 2 or more, it is preferable that the reference coordinates of the independent term having the smallest number are the origin. However, there is no restriction on the position of the independent reference coordinates.

The dependency terms citing the independent clause based on the reference coordinates of the independent clause can be divided into rows and columns and coordinate values can be determined. The row means the horizontal direction, and the column means the vertical direction. Also, determining the row in the coordinates of the claim may be to determine the Y value, and determining the column may be to determine the X value.

The coordinates of the dependency term ((X, Y), coordinates are (X, Y)) can be determined independently of the order of the rows and columns, but it is desirable to determine the rows after determining the columns. Specifically, the X value of the coordinate is determined first, the column position is determined, and then the Y value is determined to locate the row. It is also desirable to determine the X value or the Y value from the small claim number, although the order of the claims is not determined in determining the coordinates.

The X value in the dependent term coordinate (X, Y) can be determined by the following equation (1). The following equation 1 is divided into two cases.

[Formula 1]

(If there is a quote with a smaller number than the claim number of the above dependent clause among the other quotations citing the cited terms in the above dependent clause)

X = X value of the quote term closest to the claim number of the dependency term + n

(Where n is the spacing between repeated rows)

(If there are no other citation terms citing the parenthesized term in the above dependent clause or there is no quote clause in the other citing clauses citing the parenthesized clause than the claim number in the above dependent clause)

X = X value of the cited terms in the above dependent term + n

(Where n is the spacing between repeated rows)

In Equation (1), n means the interval between repeated rows, the interval between the columns can be any number exceeding zero, and preferably the column spacing n between all claims is equal to the regular Lt; / RTI > structure.

2 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a method for determining an X value of a claim according to another embodiment of the present invention. The subject matter of FIG. 2 is the same as in claim 1.

[Patent Claims 1]

Claim 1:

Claim 2: Citing dependent claim / claim 1

Claim 3: Citing dependent claim / claim 3

Claim 4: Citing dependent claim / claim 1

Claim 5: Citing dependent claim / claim 3

Claim 6: Citing dependent claim / claim 4

The values of X in claims 1 to 6 were obtained by substituting the above equation 1. Claim 1 is a dependent claim, and Claims 2 to 6 are dependent claims because they are cited. In claim 1, the reference coordinates are set to the origin (0, 0) in independent terms. Claim 2 of claim 2 has claims 3 and 4, and since there is no claim having a smaller claim number than claim 2, the X value of claim 2 is the same as that of claim 1 (The interval between repeated rows) is added to the X value of the parentheses (the interval between repeated rows). According to claim 3, the claim citing claim 1 is claim 2, claim 4, and claim number 3 is smaller than claim 3. Therefore, the X value of claim 3 is the same as claim 2 The closest claim out of the claims with a smaller claim number than 3). Claim 4 is interpreted in the same manner as Claim 3, and the X value in Claim 4 has a value obtained by adding n to the X value in Claim 3. According to claim 5, since the claim citing claim 3 is not exclusive of claim 5, the X value of claim 5 is the value obtained by adding n to the X value of claim 3 (cited cited claim 5) . According to claim 6, similarly to claim 5, since the claim citing claim 4 is only claim 6, the X value of claim 6 has a value obtained by adding n to the X value of claim 4. Therefore, the value of X becomes larger in the order of claim 2, claim 3, claim 4, and claim 6 based on Claim 1 of the independent claim.

The Y value in the dependent term coordinate (X, Y) can be determined by the following Equation 2 and Equation 3. The following equations 2 and 3 may vary depending on the number of claims cited in the cited terms, that is to say whether they are single dependent terms or multiple dependent terms.

(Where dependent claims cite a claim)

[Formula 2]

Y = Y value of the cited citations in the above dependent clause - m

(Where m is the spacing between repeated rows)

(Where the dependent claims cite two or more claims)

[Formula 3]

Y = the Y value of the parenthesized term with the smallest Y value among the two or more parenthesized terms cited by the above dependent term - l

(Where l is the spacing between repeated rows)

In the above formula (2), m denotes an interval between repeated rows, the interval between the rows may be any number exceeding 0, preferably the row interval m between all the claims is the same, . ≪ / RTI > This also applies to l in Equation (2).

3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a method for determining a Y value of a claim according to another embodiment of the present invention. Claims falling under the scope of claim 3 are as follows.

[Patent Claims 2]

Claim 1:

Claim 2: Relative clause / claim 1 (single dependent clause)

Claim 3: Citing dependent claim / claim 2 (single dependent clause)

4: Citing dependent claims / claims 2 and 3 (multiple dependent clauses)

Claim 5: Citing dependent claims / claims 2 and 3 (multiple dependent clauses)

The Y values of claims 1 to 5 were obtained by substituting the above equations 2 and 3. Claim 1 is a dependent claim, and Claims 2 to 5 are dependent claims because there are cited claims. In claim 1, the reference coordinates are set to the origin (0, 0) in independent terms. According to claim 2, one claim is cited. According to Equation 2, the Y value in claim 2 is a value obtained by subtracting m from the Y value in claim 1 (quoted in claim 2) cited by claim 2. Claim 3 is also a single subcategorical term that is obtained by subtracting m from the Y value of claim 2 cited by claim 3. Claim 4 is based on Equation 3 since the cited claim is a multiple dependency term in claims 2 and 3. According to Equation 3, since the claim having the smallest Y value among the parenthesized terms cited by claim 4 is claim 3 (Y value = -l in claim 2 and Y value = -2l in claim 3), the Y value in claim 4 is The value obtained by subtracting 1 from the Y value of claim 3. The fifth aspect of the present invention is a multiple dependent claim, wherein a value obtained by subtracting 1 from the Y value of claim 3, in which the Y value is smaller than that in claims 2 and 3, becomes the Y value in claim 5. Therefore, the Y value becomes smaller in the order of claim 2, claim 3, claim 4, and claim 5 based on claim 1.

Combining Equations 1, 2 and 3, the X value and the Y value can be determined for each claim, and since the claim number and the citation relation characteristics are different for each claim, each claim has its own coordinate value. That is, the coordinate values of each claim can not be duplicated.

Figure 4 is an exemplary diagram that is arranged after determining the coordinates of the claims according to another embodiment of the present invention. Claims falling under the scope of claim 4 are as follows.

[Patent Claims 3]

Claim 1:

Claim 2: Citing dependent claim / claim 1

Claim 3: Citing dependent claim / claim 1

Claim 4: Citing dependent claim / claim 3

Claim 5: Citing dependent claim / claim 5

The coordinate values of claims 1 to 5 were determined by substituting the above equations 1, 2 and 3 into the above-mentioned claim 3. The n, m, and l in each equation are 1 applied to facilitate the calculation. First, in claim 1, reference coordinates are set to the origin (0, 0) in independent terms. Next, the X value of each claim was determined. Claim 2 claims the claim 1 together with Claim 3, but since there is no claim having a number precedent to Claim 2, there is a 1 added to the X value of Claim 1, and Claim 3 has Claim 2 citing Claim 1. Therefore, Claim 4 of the present invention has an X value of 3, which is obtained by adding 1 to the X value of claim 3, and an X value of 4, which is obtained by adding 1 to the X value of claim 4. The Y value was calculated for the claims for which the X value was determined. Since each of claims 2 to 5 is a single dependent term, it has a value obtained by subtracting 1 from the Y value of each quoted cited term. Thus, the determined coordinates are as follows: Claim 1 (0,0), Claim 2 (1, -1), Claims 3 (2, -1), Claims 4 (3, -2), Claims Claims 1 through 5 are arranged as shown in Fig. 4 when the related claims are connected by arrows.

Figure 5 is an exemplary diagram arranged after determining the coordinates of a claim in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. Claims falling under the scope of claim 5 are as follows.

[Patent Claims 4]

Claim 1:

Claim 2: Citing dependent claim / claim 1 (single claim)

Claim 3: Citing dependent claim / claim 2 (single claim)

Claim 4: Citing dependent claim / claim 1 (single claim)

Claim 5: Citing dependent claim / claim 1 (single claim)

Claim 6: Citing dependent claims / claims 1 and 2 (multiple claims)

Claim 7: Citing dependent claim / claim 1 (single claim)

Claim 8: Citing dependent claim / claim 7 (single claim)

Claim 9: Citing dependent claim / claim 7 (single claim)

The coordinate values of claims 1 to 5 were determined by substituting the above equations 1, 2 and 3 in claim 4 of the present invention. The n, m, and l in each equation are 1 applied to facilitate the calculation. Claim 6 was calculated as an example. Claim 6 is based on Claims 1 and 2, and Claims 2, 3, 4 and 5 are smaller than Claim 6 of Claims 1 and 2, so that Claim 5 4, which is a value obtained by adding 1 to the X value of the above-mentioned equation (1), is the X value of claim 6. The Y value in claim 6 is the Y value in claim 6 because the Y value in the claim 6 is the smallest in claim 2 (Y value = -1). Therefore, the coordinate of claim 6 is (4, -2).

As a result of calculation of the coordinate values of the remaining claims, the determined coordinates are the same as in Claim 1 (0,0), Claim 2 (1, -1), Claim 3 (1, -2), Claim 4 5 (3, -1), Claim 6 (4, -2), Claim 7 (5, -1), Claim 8 (6, -2), Claim 9 (7, -2). When the determined coordinates are arranged and the quotation relation is indicated by an arrow, claims 1 to 9 are arranged as shown in Fig.

In the method of claim analysis according to another embodiment of the present invention, the coordinate determination can be realized in a three-dimensional space. In this case, the claim range can be arranged in three dimensions by expressing the degree of quotation (how many times the quotation is cited) with another coordinate value.

The patent claim analysis method can be performed by the patent claim analysis apparatus 100.

Figure 6 is a block diagram of an apparatus for analyzing Claims according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, an apparatus 100 for analyzing claimed claims according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an input unit 110, a control unit 120, and a display unit 130, And may include a first control unit 121 and a second control unit 122.

The input unit 110 receives the patent claim range information. In particular, the input unit 110 may receive information on the patent claim from the patent document inputted by the user in the patent claim range analyzing apparatus 100, or may input text corresponding to the patent claim in the patent document inputted from the user It can extract and input information. The patent literature to be input to the input unit 110 includes at least one of patent publications, registered patent publications, patent document publication numbers, patent document publication numbers, patent document registration numbers, names of inventions (names of designs) But are not limited to,

The input unit 110 may be configured to include any type of input means well known in the art. For example, the input unit 110 may include at least one of a keypad, a mouse, a button, and a touch screen for receiving a user input.

The control unit 120 controls the overall operation of each configuration of the patent claim analysis apparatus 100.

The control unit 120 may include a first control unit 121 for performing independent analysis and / or citation relationship analysis, and a second control unit 122 for determining coordinates of a claim.

The first control unit 121 can analyze the citation relation by classifying the independent and dependent terms in the claims of the patent document and classifying the independent and dependent terms into the cited terms and the cited terms in the cited references, The second control unit 122 can perform the determination of the coordinates of the independent and dependent terms in accordance with the reference number and the cited relation.

The control unit 120 may be configured to include a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processor Unit), an MCU (Micro Controller Unit), or any type of processor well known in the art. The control unit 120 may include a memory, for example, a RAM. In addition, the control unit 120 may store at least one application or program for executing the method according to the embodiment of the present invention. For example, the control unit 120 may store and execute a patent claim analysis program according to an embodiment of the present invention. By executing the patent claim analysis program, the control unit 120 can execute the patent claim analysis method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Specifically, the control unit 120 determines whether or not the display object 130 of the display unit 130 is displayed as the patent claim analysis process according to the embodiment of the present invention is performed, such as user input, independent classification, citation relation analysis, Can be changed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the controller 120 may store a plurality of sub-modules in order to perform a function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The display unit 130 displays various data, commands, information, and / or GUIs to the user. The display unit 130 may arrange the coordinates of the determined claims from the control unit 120 to display all or part of the coordinates.

Independent terms, dependent terms or single dependent terms, and multiple dependent terms can be separated into one or more elements of color or font.

The display unit 130 arranges the claims according to the coordinates, and can connect and display the claims related to the quotation by the arrows. At this time, the arrow can be moved from the quotation mark to the quotation mark in the quotation mark. The direction of the arrow may be a diagonal line, a direction perpendicular to the X axis or a direction perpendicular to the Y axis, and in some cases, two directions can be combined. It is also possible to cause the citation term to be generated in the path along which the arrow is generated towards the cited terms, and around other claims if there are other claims, with some or all of the lines constituting the arrows being curved.

When receiving an input that selects a quote in an arranged claim, the arrows connected to the quoted quote in the quote may change either color or shape. In addition, changes in color and / or shape can be seen as an animation effect in changing colors. When receiving an input for selecting an area other than the area receiving the input for selecting the quote, the change of the arrow may be released.

When receiving an input to select a quote term, the text of the claim of the selected quote term may be displayed. Preferably, the quotation term and the claim text of the cited quotation of the citation term can be displayed together.

The display unit 130 of the present invention may further comprise any type of display means well known in the art. For example, the display unit 130 may include a PC monitor or a touch screen including a touch sensor. And may function as the input unit 110 when the display unit 130 is configured as a touch screen.

Meanwhile, although not shown, the patent claim analyzing apparatus 100 may include a communication unit. The communication unit supports wired / wireless Internet communication or intranet communication of the patent claim range analyzing apparatus 100, and can transmit / receive various information to / from an external apparatus. The communication unit may be provided with a billing scope model and a predefined independent division rule or quotation relationship analysis rule from an external device. Alternatively, the communication unit may transmit the data related to the claim analysis to the external apparatus, and may receive the processing result from the external apparatus, in order to process the claim model and the predefined independent clause classification or citation relationship analysis rule in the external apparatus have. Specifically, the communication unit may transmit data having a billing scope structure according to a predefined protocol to an external apparatus and receive processing results therefrom.

Also, although not shown, the patent claim analyzing apparatus 100 may include a storage unit. The storage unit stores various data, commands and / or information. The storage unit may store one or more applications for providing a method for analyzing claims according to an embodiment of the present invention. The storage unit may store various information received through the communication unit and various information input through the input unit.

The storage unit may temporarily or non-temporarily store the data or the like transmitted from the external apparatus. The storage unit may be a nonvolatile memory such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), an Erasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), a flash memory, etc., a hard disk, a removable disk, or any of the well- And a computer readable recording medium in the form of a computer readable recording medium.

Figure 7 is an illustration of an arranged patent displayed by a patent claim analyzing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The patent claimant analysis apparatus 100 can generate each of the independent term groups 210 and 220 as a separate independent group and visualize the citation relationship of the dependent terms for each independent term. A different color is applied to the claim number of the independent claim, the single dependent item and the multiple dependent item is shown as an example.

Figure 8 is an illustration of an altered arrow when an input to select a quote is received in the arranged claims displayed by the claimed invention analyzing device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, upon receipt of an input to select claim 8, an arrow may be displayed (300) with an arrow pointing to claims 5 and 7 cited in claim 8.

The patent claim analyzing apparatus 100 can be performed by a patent claim analysis program.

A computer program stored on a recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a step of, in combination with a computing device, dividing a claim in the claims into an independent claim and a dependent claim, Determining a coordinate of the independent term and the dependent term according to a claim number and a quotation relationship, and displaying a claim arranged according to the determined coordinates of the independent term and the dependent term; .

The methods according to embodiments of the present invention described above with reference to the accompanying drawings can be performed by the execution of a computer program embodied in computer readable code. The computer program may be transmitted from a first computing device to a second computing device via a network, such as the Internet, and installed in the second computing device, thereby enabling it to be used in the second computing device. The first computing device and the second computing device all include a mobile computing device such as a server device, a fixed computing device such as a desktop PC, a notebook, a smart phone, or a tablet PC.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, You will understand. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

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(a) dividing a claim set forth in the claims of the patent document into an independent claim and a dependent claim;
(b) analyzing the citation relation by dividing the independent term and the dependent term into quoted terms and quoted terms in the cited terms;
(c) determining coordinates of the independent term and the dependent term according to the claim number and the citation relation; And
(d) arranging claims according to the coordinates of the independent and the dependent terms determined in step (c).
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the coordinates determined in the claims set forth in the claims of the patent application have unique values which are not duplicated.
The method according to claim 1,
The step (c)
Setting the independent term as a reference coordinate; And
Wherein the dependency term is divided into rows and columns based on the reference coordinates to determine coordinates.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the coordinates (X, Y) of the dependent term determine the value of X and then determine the value of Y.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the X value in the dependent term coordinate (X, Y) is determined by the following equation (1).
[Formula 1]
(If there is a quote with a smaller number than the claim number of the above dependent clause among the other quotations citing the cited terms in the above dependent clause)
X = X value of the quote term closest to the claim number of the dependency term + n
(Where n is the spacing between repeated rows)

(If there are no other citation terms citing the parenthesized term in the above dependent clause or there is no quote clause in the other citing clauses citing the parenthesized clause than the claim number in the above dependent clause)
X = X value of the cited terms in the above dependent term + n
(Where n is the spacing between repeated rows)
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein said dependent term cites one claim, wherein the Y value at the coordinates (X, Y) of said dependency term is determined by the following equation (2).
[Formula 2]
Y = Y value of the cited citations in the above dependent clause - m
(Where m is the spacing between repeated rows)
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein said dependent term is based on at least two claims, wherein the Y value at coordinates (X, Y) of said dependency term is determined by the following equation (3).
[Formula 3]
Y = the Y value of the parenthesized term with the smallest Y value among the two or more parenthesized terms cited by the above dependent term - l
(Where l is the spacing between repeated rows)
The method according to claim 1,
In the step (b)
Extracts the cited terms in the dependent clause, calculates the number of terms used for citation,
Further comprising the step of classifying a plurality of subordinate terms into a single subordinate term when the number of terms in the dependency clause is one and a plurality of subordinate terms if the number of terms in the dependency term is two or more according to the number of terms to be quoted for parentheses.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the coordinates include three-dimensional coordinates along the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis.
An input unit for receiving patent claim information of a patent document;
A first controller for classifying the independent term and the dependent term in the claims and classifying the independent term and the dependent term into the quoted term and the quoted term in the quotation term;
A second controller for determining the coordinates of the independent term and the dependent term according to the claim number and the quotation relation; And
And a display unit for displaying a claim arranged in accordance with the coordinates determined in the claim.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the X value in the dependent term coordinate (X, Y) is determined by the following equation (1).
[Formula 1]
(If there is a quote with a smaller number than the claim number of the above dependent clause among the other quotations citing the cited terms in the above dependent clause)
X = X value of the quote term closest to the claim number of the dependency term + n
(Where n is the spacing between repeated rows)

(If there are no other citation terms citing the parenthesized term in the above dependent clause or there is no quote clause in the other citing clauses citing the parenthesized clause than the claim number in the above dependent clause)
X = X value of the cited terms in the above dependent term + n
(Where n is the spacing between repeated rows)
11. The method of claim 10,
When the dependent term cites one claim, the Y value at the coordinate (X, Y) of the dependency term is determined by the following equation (2)
[Formula 2]
Y = Y value of the cited citations in the above dependent clause - m
(Where m is the spacing between repeated rows)
Wherein said dependent term is based on at least two claims, wherein the Y value at coordinates (X, Y) of said dependency term is determined by the following equation (3).
[Formula 3]
Y = the Y value of the parenthesized term with the smallest Y value among the two or more parenthesized terms cited by the above dependent term - l
(Where l is the spacing between repeated rows)
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the independent and dependent terms are separated into one or more elements of color and font.
11. The method of claim 10,
Characterized in that, in arranging the claim in which coordinates are determined, the claims in citation relation are connected by arrows.
15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the arrows point to the cited terms in the citation terms in the cited terms.
15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein when receiving an input for selecting the quote, one or more of the color and shape of the arrow connected to the quoted term in the quote term is changed.
In combination with the computing device,
Dividing a claim set forth in claims of the patent literature into an independent claim and a dependent claim;
Analyzing the citation relation by dividing the independent and dependent terms into cited terms and quoted terms in the cited terms;
Determining coordinates of the independent term and the dependent term according to the claim number and the quotation relation; And
And displaying the ordered claims according to the coordinates of the determined independent and the dependent terms.

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