WO2006126409A1 - 特許情報分析装置、特許情報分析方法、特許情報分析プログラム、およびコンピュータ読み取り可能な記録媒体 - Google Patents
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- Patent information analysis device patent information analysis method, patent information analysis program, and computer readable recording medium
- the present invention relates to a patent information analysis apparatus which analyzes the patent acquisition ability of the applicant of the patent or the utility model from the information such as the patent publication or the patent publication of the utility model, the patent gazette, and the registered utility model publication.
- the present invention relates to a patent information analysis method, a patent information analysis program, and a computer readable recording medium recording the same.
- the present invention relates to patents such as published patent gazettes, registered patent gazettes and registered utility model gazettes
- the present invention relates to a technology for analyzing the patent right of an invention or utility model right described in patent specification data from specification data. More specifically, a patent information analysis apparatus, a patent information analysis method, a patent information analysis program, and a patent information analysis method for objectively analyzing whether the invention described in the patent specification data is easy to exercise the rights.
- the present invention relates to a computer readable recording medium on which the information is recorded.
- the present invention is a patent information analysis apparatus for objectively analyzing the scope of claims of a patent (or a utility model) according to the invention described in patent specification data, a patent
- the present invention relates to an information analysis method, a patent information analysis program, and a computer readable recording medium recording the same.
- Patent Document 1 As an analysis method of value evaluation of a patent or a utility model, there are, for example, the following patent documents 1 and 2.
- the evaluation items are roughly divided into three categories (patentability evaluation items, technical evaluation items, economic evaluation items) as a scale for evaluating each invention, and these classifications are further divided into a plurality of categories.
- the evaluation points are given to each. Then, by calculating these evaluation points and conducting comprehensive analysis, it is possible to evaluate the value of patents (A ranks) important for individual inventions and patents not maintained (C ranks) (A to C ranks). It is done separately.
- evaluation of individual inventions or comparison evaluation of a plurality of inventions is performed.
- the evaluation items are roughly divided into 4 categories (industry attractiveness, invention attractiveness, industry competition degree, strategicity), and these classifications are further divided into a plurality of small items, each of which is evaluated I try to give points. Then, calculate the evaluation points, draw bubble charts, and evaluate the value of each invention or multiple inventions according to the position of each bubble on the diameter chart, etc.! / Scold.
- evaluations of individual inventions or comparison evaluations of a plurality of inventions can be used to confirm post-confirmation of a patent or utility model that has already been registered. Analysis can not do force. In this case, it is impossible to analyze the cause of such evaluation results. For example, as a result of comparative evaluation with other companies, it is considered that there are few high value patents in the company and inferior patent power. Even if it is understood, the root cause causing such a result can not be analyzed sufficiently.
- Patent Document 3 discloses one of them.
- patent rights held by companies are classified into predetermined categories. By this, by analyzing the patent right To assess its value.
- patent rights of the patent right to be analyzed are referred to.
- patent rights are classified into four categories by determining the prioritization and occupancy rate of the patent right to be analyzed (the proportion of the patent right of the same applicant). Furthermore, the value of patent rights is assessed based on the classified categories.
- a patent right belongs to a category in which both prior application and occupancy rate are high, it is identified as a prior exclusive patent right. As a result, it analyzes that it is applied before other companies and that the peripheral patent right is also hardened. Therefore, we decide that this patent should be owned by our company. Furthermore, it is evaluated that it is a candidate patent right that can be used for licensing, such as it is preferable to exercise the right to another company.
- patent rights classified as having low prioritization and low occupancy rates are identified as patent rights for late- originating pinpoints. Furthermore, this patent right was filed later than the other companies, and it is analyzed that there are many patent rights of the other preceding companies. In this way, it is judged that it is a patent right to be organized, such as deciding not to continue the pension payment of this patent!
- Patent Document 3 it is determined whether it is preferable that the patent right is actually easily exercised to another company. However, it is not sufficient to judge this based on the large number of patent rights of the first application and the high occupancy rate of patent rights. It is necessary to analyze the content of the claims described in the claims in order to determine whether the patent right can actually exercise the right. In addition, it is also necessary to determine whether the products (methods) of other companies are within the technical scope indicated in the claims in their patent specification data.
- the point is whether the invention according to the claim can easily verify whether it violates another person's patent right or not.
- the types of inventions are broadly divided into product inventions and method inventions (including inventions of methods of producing products), and in general, product inventions are patents of others rather than process inventions. It is easy to verify the possibility of conflict of rights.
- the invention also includes a so-called numerical limitation invention in which the constituent requirements are limited using numerical values and mathematical expressions. In order to verify whether the patent right related to the numerical limitation invention conflicts with the patent right of another person, various measurements etc. are required. Therefore, verification of the numerical limitation invention is not easy. [0016]
- the type of the claimed invention determines the level of conflict verification. Therefore, analysis to determine the type of invention is very important.
- Patent Document 4 is a document disclosing a technique for evaluating the economic value of a patent right.
- the economic value of the patent right is determined based on the length of the independent claim.
- Patent Document 3 determines whether the patent right can actually be easily exercised to another company. However, the determination of this is based on the number of patent rights of the prior application and the high occupancy rate of the patent rights, so the invention described in a certain claim! It is not something that can objectively analyze the scope of the right of rights.
- Patent Document 4 when measuring the lengths of independent claims, measurement is simply performed by counting the number of characters. In this case, since the length to be measured may include a large number of formal characters that are not directly related to the specification of the invention according to the independent claims, the accurate value evaluation of the scope of the patent right of the invention It is difficult to do.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-132606 (published on May 12, 2000)
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-145629 (Publication Date May 20, 2004)
- Patent Document 3 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-281358 (Publication Date October 3, 2003)
- Patent Document 4 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004 — Patent 500617 (International Publication Date: December 14, 2000) Disclosure of Invention
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an applicant or an applicant can be obtained from patent specification data such as a patent publication or a patent gazette, a patent gazette, or a registered utility model gazette.
- patent specification data such as a patent publication or a patent gazette, a patent gazette, or a registered utility model gazette.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus of the present invention is a patent information analyzing apparatus which analyzes patent specification data including claims in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the patent information analyzing apparatus of the present invention has a wide range of rights indicated by the claims.
- the total number of claim analysis means for quantifying the number of patent specifications and the number of patent specification data for which the breadth of the range of rights is quantified by the above claim analysis means is summed up.
- a first analysis processing means for calculating an average value.
- the patent specification data is defined based on laws and regulations such as patent law of each country (for example, in the case of Japan, Article 36 paragraph 2 or Utility model law Article 5 paragraph 2) It means data showing the contents described in the specification and claims (or claims of utility model registration), and is disclosed in the published patent gazette and registered patent gazette (or published utility model gazette and registered utility model Gazettes, etc.) can be obtained.
- the patent specification data includes the INID code (internationally agreed numbers for the Identification of Data bibliographic identification number) established under the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization).
- the patent specification data contains information on the examination progress and the progress after registration, for example, a number specifying a cited document when a ground for rejection is issued, a request for invalidation trial, an appeal, and an inspection. It may also include the number of times the request has been made.
- attention data indicating how much the patent specification data has attracted attention from other companies (other than the applicant).
- the degree of attention data can be easily acquired from a known patent information database.
- the degree of attention data may be included in the patent specification data, or may be independent of the patent specification data.
- the breadth of the scope of rights indicated by the claims can be quantified by the claim analysis means, so that the breadth of the scope of rights can be objectively judged.
- the average value of the scope of the rights is calculated by the first analysis processing means, it is possible to objectively analyze the rights acquisition ability of the applicant and the representative.
- the average scope of claims of claims contained in these patent specification data can not be focused solely on the total number of patent specification data.
- the value can be calculated by the first analysis processing means. Since this average value is a guide for determining how many patents the applicant or agent can create with a wide range of rights, the applicant or agent's ability to acquire the rights should be accurately determined. It becomes possible to analyze.
- the average value of the breadth of the scope of the rights calculated by the first analysis processing means can be used among different applicants. It is preferable to have a first comparative evaluation means for comparative evaluation.
- the average value of the breadth of rights is compared between different applicants and evaluated by the first comparative evaluation means.
- the ability of each applicant to have numerous applications, rather than just comparisons, can be relatively analyzed.
- the patent information analysis device of the present invention is different from the patent information analysis device of the above configuration in that the average value of the breadth of the rights range calculated by the first analysis processing means is a different proxy. It is preferable to have a first comparative evaluation means for comparing and evaluating among persons. [0034] According to the above configuration, the average value of the scope of the rights is compared and evaluated among different agents by the first comparative evaluation means. The ability of each agent to count the number of applications with a wide range of rights rather than comparing only, ie, the ability to acquire each agent's rights can be relatively analyzed.
- the first comparative evaluation means relates the average value of the scope of the right range to the same technical field. Preferred to be set as things, and.
- the first comparative evaluation means compares and averages the average value of the scope of rights related to the same technical field among applicants and agents.
- Patent for driving technology Japanese patent classification F term 2H093
- Technology related to substrate, insulating film and alignment member Japanese patent classification F term 2H090
- the first comparative evaluation means determines an average value of the breadth of rights related to the same technical field among applicants and agents. As comparative evaluation, compare and evaluate the applicant's and agent's ability to acquire the rights more fairly and appropriately. be able to.
- the patent specification data can also obtain the published patent publication power.
- the patent information analysis device of the present invention is obtained by the patent information analysis device having the above configuration, and the above patent specification data can be obtained from the registered patent publication.
- the range of the scope of the right indicated by the claim at the time of setting registration is an appropriate value
- intermediate processing it may be said that patent assessment is received without adding unnecessary limitations to the claims. Therefore, it is possible to analyze the ability (intermediate processing capability) that can appropriately cope with the intermediate processing by numerically setting the scope of the rights range indicated by the claim at the time of setting registration.
- the patent information analysis device of the present invention is a patent information analysis device that analyzes patent specification data including claims in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the scope of the right indicated by the above claims
- the claim analysis means which digitizes the breadth of the second, and the second of the patent specification data which compares the breadth of the range of rights quantified in the claim analysis means among the plurality of patent specification data related to the same application. It is characterized by being equipped with an analysis processing means.
- the second analytical processing means compares the breadth of the quantified scope of rights with a plurality of patent specification data related to the same application.
- An analysis can be conducted on the rights acquisition ability such as the handling ability of intermediate processing that occurs up to registration.
- a plurality of patent specification data whose scope of rights is compared by the second analysis processing means is, for example, the patent specification data obtained from the patent publication and the patent registration power obtained It is set as patent specification data issued at different times in the same application, such as specification data.
- this intermediate processing ability is an example of the right acquisition ability, according to the above configuration, it is possible to objectively and appropriately analyze the right acquisition ability.
- the plurality of patent specification data are specified based on the application number.
- the plurality of patent specification data relating to the same application is specified based on the application number, so that the second analysis processing means can easily specify the patent specification data to be compared. it can. This makes it possible to analyze intermediate processing capacity more easily.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus of the present invention is the patent information analyzing apparatus of the above configuration, and the patent specification data in which the plurality of patent specification data are obtained from the published patent publication, and the registered patent Publication power Preferably, it is patent specification data obtained.
- the claim at the beginning of the application is quantified by quantifying the scope of the scope of the rights indicated by the claims contained in the patent specification data obtained from the published patent publication by the claim analysis means.
- the extent of the scope of rights pertaining to is quantified by the claim analysis means, whereby the scope of the scope of the claims concerning the setting registration is obtained. You can judge the size objectively.
- the second analysis processing means compares the numerical value indicating the scope of the claim related to the claim published in the published patent publication with the numerical value indicating the scope of the claim related to the claim published in the registered patent publication. By doing this, it is possible to objectively judge how much the claim reduction was performed at the time of intermediate processing, and it is possible to analyze the intermediate processing ability more accurately.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus of the present invention is the same as the patent information analyzing apparatus of the above configuration in comparing and evaluating a plurality of difference results compared by the second analysis processing means. It is preferable to have a first comparative evaluation means for comparing the above difference results related to the technical field.
- the first comparative evaluation means is the same. Since the differential results of the second analysis processing means related to the technical field of (1) can be compared and evaluated, it is possible to compare and evaluate the applicants and agents' ability to acquire the rights more fairly and appropriately.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus of the present invention is the patent information analyzing apparatus of the above-described configuration, and uses the data of the patent registration rate that indicates the rate at which the application is registered and assessed, using the second analysis described above.
- a third analysis processing means is provided which analyzes the difference results compared by the processing means.
- the second analysis processing means it can be judged that the numerical value indicating the scope of the right indicated by the claim is significantly increased at the time of the intermediate processing for the application made by the applicant. It is assumed that In such a case, if it is judged by the third analysis processing means that the patent registration rate of the applicant is high, the applicant is allowed to register the claims even at the time of intermediate processing.
- the policy can be analyzed as having a patent acquisition strategy.
- the patent registration rate is the ratio of how many cases have been registered to the number of filed applications and the ratio /! For example, if calculating the patent registration rate for one year, one year
- the patent registration rate can be calculated using the formula: Z (number of registrations per year + number of rejections assessed per year + number of withdrawals and abandonments per year).
- the patent information analysis apparatus of the present invention uses the data of the patent registration rate indicating the ratio at which the application is registered and assessed, and compares the first comparison evaluation means. It is preferable to have a third analysis processing means to analyze the results. According to the above configuration, the third analysis processing means analyzes the comparison result by the first comparison evaluation means using the data of the patent registration rate, so that the patent acquisition strategy of the applicant or the agent is obtained. Can be properly compared and evaluated.
- the analysis of the comparison results of the first comparison evaluation means by the third analysis processing means To do is equivalent to using the patent registration rate data to judge the difference result by the second analysis processing means. That is, by analyzing the comparison results of the first comparison evaluation means using the data of the patent registration rate, it is possible to evaluate the patenting strategies of the applicant and the agent.
- the first comparative evaluation means compares and evaluates the difference results of the second analysis processing means related to the same technical field
- the first comparative evaluation means The comparison results are suitable for comparing and evaluating applicants 'and agents' patenting strategies.
- the patent information analysis device of the present invention is a patent information analysis device that analyzes patent specification data including a registered patent publication or a published patent publication in order to solve the above problems.
- a fourth analysis processing means is provided which analyzes the patent specification data by aggregating the number of data and using attention data indicating the degree of attention to the patent specification data. Ru.
- the number of patent specification data is totaled, and the patent specification data is analyzed using the attention level data indicating the level of attention to the patent specification data. Can objectively analyze the ability to acquire rights.
- the patent information analysis apparatus of the present invention is the same technology as the patent information analysis apparatus of the above configuration in comparing and evaluating a plurality of analysis results obtained from the fourth analysis processing means. It is preferable to have a first comparative evaluation means for comparing the analysis results related to the field.
- the first comparative evaluation means compares and evaluates the comparison results of the fourth analysis processing means related to the same technical field, it is possible to further improve the balance. And appropriately, the applicants 'and agents' ability to acquire rights can be compared and evaluated.
- the attention degree data is the number of cases in which an opposition or invalidation trial or reexamination request has been received.
- patent information analysis device of the present invention is the same as the patent information analysis device of the above configuration, in which the above attention level data denies the novelty or inventive step of inventions pertaining to other applications.
- the patent specification data may be cited as cited documents or prior art documents described in the specification.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus of the present invention is the patent information analyzing apparatus of the above configuration, and the attention level data is the number of requests for viewing recorded matters included in the above patent specification data. It may be.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus of the present invention is a claim analysis means for digitizing the scope of the right indicated by the claims contained in the above patent specification data. It is preferable to prepare.
- the scope of the claim is quantified by the claim analysis means, so it is necessary to determine how much the applicant or the agent has made the claim of the proper claim. Can. Therefore, the right acquisition ability of the applicant or agent can be grasped more accurately.
- the claim analysis means preferably counts the number of characters or the number of words constituting the independent claim in the claims. Better ,.
- the claim analysis means analyzes the breadth of the scope of rights indicated by the claims by counting the number of characters or the number of words constituting the independent claims. That is, the scope of the right indicated by the claim is determined by the words (letters) written there, and when there are many words to be limited, the number of limitations increases, so the scope of the rights is narrow accordingly. Although there is a tendency to do so, the scope of rights tends to be wider if the extra limitations are reduced. As apparent from this, counting the number of characters or the number of words constituting the independent claim, if the number of characters or the number of words is small, there is a high possibility that the scope of rights is wide, but the number of characters or the number of words is large. If the scope of rights is narrow, the possibility is high. Therefore, according to the above configuration, it is possible to appropriately evaluate the scope of rights indicated by the claims.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus of the present invention is the patent information analyzing apparatus of the above configuration, and the claim analysis unit determines the number of constituent elements constituting the independent claim among the above claims. It may be a counting configuration.
- the claim analysis means analyzes the breadth of the scope of the right indicated by the claim by counting the number of components constituting the independent claim. That is, the scope of the right indicated by the claim consists of a plurality of constituent requirements that constitute the invention specific matters described therein, and when the number of constituent requirements is large, the number of restriction matters increases. Forces tend to narrow in scope Conversely, if the number of components is reduced, the scope of rights tends to widen.
- the first comparative evaluation means is substantially the same patent classification symbol given to the patent specification data.
- the identity of the technical field is determined based on the above.
- the first comparative evaluation means is the patent classification symbol (for example, IPC (international patent classification), Japanese FI (file index), F-term in Japan) given to the patent specification data. Or, in the US, based on the US class etc.) to determine the identity of the technical field. Thus, the identity of the technical field can be determined accurately and easily.
- “Substantially identical patent classification symbols” mean patent classification symbols that can be regarded as being identical to each other, although there is a difference in expression as a symbol.
- IPC which is an example of a patent classification symbol
- IPC is a major item, a major item, or a general item that indicates the outline of the field of the invention It includes medium items and small items that are more specific than eyes.
- two IPCs whose major items are the same but whose middle items and sub items are different are not completely identical in terms of the whole symbol, but the fields shown can be regarded as the same.
- the patent classification symbols are practically the same.
- the patent information analysis apparatus of the present invention displays the result of the comparative evaluation by the first comparative evaluation means on the output apparatus according to the applicant in the patent information analysis apparatus of the above configuration. It is preferable to have an output means.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus of the present invention displays the result of the comparative evaluation by the first comparative evaluation means on the output apparatus by agent according to the patent information analyzing apparatus of the above configuration. It is preferable to have an output means.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus of the present invention is the patent information analyzing apparatus of the above configuration, and the technical field used by the output means when the first comparative evaluation means performs comparative evaluation. It is preferable to display the average applicant's or representative's average acquisition ability on the output device.
- the patent information analysis method of the present invention is a patent information analysis method for analyzing patent specification data including claims in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the scope of the right indicated by the above claims
- the patent information analysis method of the present invention is a patent information analysis method for analyzing patent specification data including claims in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the scope of the right indicated by the above claims
- the first step of numerically comparing the width of the patent, and the width of the range of rights quantified in the first step are compared between a plurality of patent specification data related to the same application. With the features that! /.
- the patent information analysis method of the present invention is a patent information analysis method for analyzing patent specification data including a registered patent publication or a published patent publication in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. It is characterized in that the patent specification data is analyzed by using attention data indicating the degree of attention to the patent specification data as well as aggregating the number of data.
- patent specification data can be used to objectively analyze the applicant's ability to acquire the right.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus is a patent information analyzing apparatus that analyzes patent specification data including claims in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the character string included in the above claims and An invention for judging the type of the invention described in the above claim based on the comparison result of the character string comparison means for comparing with a predetermined character string characterizing the type of the invention and the comparison result by the character string comparison means It is characterized in that it is equipped with a species discrimination means.
- the apparatus compares the character string included in the patent specification data claim with the predetermined character string characterizing the type of invention.
- the type of the invention described in the above claims is determined.
- patent rights It is known that whether or not it is easy to use can be determined based on the type of the claimed invention. Therefore, the present apparatus has the effect of being able to analyze whether or not the patent right relating to the invention to be analyzed is a matter that is easy to exercise the right based on the type of the determined invention.
- the patent specification analyzing apparatus which processes patent specification data including claims, analyzes the patent specification data.
- Method for analyzing patent information wherein a character string comparison step of comparing a character string included in the above-mentioned claim with a character string which characterizes the type of invention previously determined, and a comparison result by the character string comparison step Based on the above-mentioned claims, and an invention-type determining step of determining the type of the invention.
- Another patent information analyzing apparatus is a patent information analyzing apparatus for analyzing patent specification data including a claim in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the character included in the above claim
- the invention described in the above claim is based on a string comparison unit that compares a string and a predetermined character string that characterizes that the invention has a numerical limitation, and a comparison result by the character string comparison unit.
- the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a numerical limitation invention judging means for judging whether or not the numerical limitation invention is the case.
- the apparatus compares the character string included in the claim of the patent specification data with the character string characterized by the predetermined numerical limitation. It is determined whether the invention described in the above claims is a character string that is characterized by numerical limitation.
- the present apparatus has the effect of being able to analyze whether or not the patent right relating to the invention to be analyzed is easy to exercise the right based on the type of the determined invention.
- Another patent information analysis method is a patent information analysis device for processing patent specification data including claims to solve the above-mentioned problems.
- Patent information analysis method for analyzing, the character string included in the above claims, and an outline The invention described in the above claim is numerically limited based on the comparison step of comparing the character string with the character string that characterizes the invention that has a numerical limitation, and the comparison result in the character string comparison step.
- the invention is characterized by including a numerical limitation invention judging step of judging whether or not the invention is an invention.
- Another patent information analyzing apparatus is a patent information analyzing apparatus that analyzes patent specification data including a claim, and the character string included in the above claim and a predetermined predetermined invention.
- the invention type judging means for judging the type of the invention described in the above-mentioned claim by comparing with the character string characterizing the type of the character, the character string contained in the above-mentioned claim, and
- a numerical limitation invention judging means for judging whether the invention described in the above claims is a numerical limitation invention or not by comparing with a character string characterizing that the invention has a numerical limitation. It is characterized by being equipped with
- the apparatus compares the character string included in the patent specification data claim with the predetermined character string characterizing the type of invention.
- the type of the invention described in the above claims is determined.
- the invention described in the above-mentioned claim is made by comparing the character string included in the patent specification data claim with the character string that is characterized as having a predetermined numerical limitation.
- Numeric limit S Determine whether it is a character string that characterizes a character. In general, it is known that it can be determined based on the type of the claimed invention whether the patent right is easy to exercise the right or not. Furthermore, it is known that an invention in which matters specifying the invention are limited by numerical values or mathematical formulas can be determined that the patent right is an invention that is difficult to exercise.
- the present apparatus determines the type of the invention to be analyzed and determines whether the invention is a numerical limited invention. As a result, the present apparatus has the effect of being able to analyze more accurately whether or not the invention to be analyzed is one that is easy to exercise the right.
- Another patent information analysis method is a patent information analysis device that processes patent specification data including claims to solve the above-mentioned problems.
- the above-mentioned claim is an independent claim.
- the present apparatus determines the type of the invention according to the independent claims.
- the limitations of the claimed inventions are less than those of the claimed inventions.
- the present apparatus has the effect of being able to analyze the claims related to the broader invention.
- the independent claim is the first claim in the claims of the patent specification data.
- the apparatus determines the type of the invention set forth in the first claim in the patent specification data claims, that is, in claim 1.
- claim 1 first described in the scope of patent claims is likely to be the claim regarding the more important invention in one patent specification. That is, in the patent specification, the independent claims can be the most important main claims. Therefore, the present apparatus has the effect of being able to determine the type of the most important invention among the inventions described in the patent specification data.
- the character string characterizing the type of the invention is a character string characterizing the invention of an object, and the invention type discriminating means It is preferable to distinguish the invention described in the claims as the invention of goods.
- the character string characterizing the invention of the above-mentioned thing is at least one of an apparatus, an apparatus, a device, a circuit, a system, a program, and a recording medium. Is preferred.
- US patent specification English
- the patent information analyzing apparatus is not limited to such Japanese and English notations, and is characterized by the invention of an object in the language of that country according to the patent specifications of each country. ) May be determined. According to the above configuration, the present apparatus has the effect of being able to reliably determine that the invention described in claims is a product invention.
- the character string characterizing the type of the invention is a character string characterizing the invention of a method
- the judging means of the invention type is It is preferable to distinguish the invention described in the above claims as a method invention.
- the character string characterizing the invention of the above-mentioned method is at least one of a method, a preparation method, and a process.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus is not limited to such Japanese and English notations, and according to the patent specifications of each country, it is a word characterizing the invention of a product in the language of that country (character string ) May be determined. According to the above configuration, the device can reliably determine that the invention described in the claims is the invention of the method.
- a character string characterizing the invention type discriminating means is an invention of the above method is further described in the above claims. It is preferable to distinguish in the invention of goods.
- the invention type judging means judges that the invention which is not judged as the invention of the method is the invention of the object. That is, in general, when a character string that characterizes the invention of the method is described in the claims, the invention according to such a claim can be determined almost certainly as the invention of the method. Therefore, by discriminating the other inventions as the invention of goods, the present apparatus has the effect of more reliably judging that the invention described in the claims is the invention of goods.
- the character string characterizing that there is the above-mentioned numerical limitation is a symbol representing a unit, a symbol representing an equation, or a symbol representing a degree of quantity. Is preferred.
- the present apparatus has the effect of being able to reliably determine that the invention described in the claims is a numerical limitation invention.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus according to the present invention further comprises invention number counting means for counting the number of inventions determined by the invention type determining means.
- the present apparatus can analyze the number of claims relating to a force relating to an exercised invention or an invention relating to a hard to exercise rights. Play.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus further comprises numerical limitation invention number counting means for counting the number of numerical limitation inventions determined by the numerical limitation invention determining means.
- the present apparatus can analyze the number of claims relating to a force relating to an exercised invention or an invention relating to a hard to exercise rights. Play.
- patent information analyzing apparatus may further comprise a second comparison and evaluation means for evaluating the above patent specification data based on the counting result of the invention by the above invention number counting means. Preferred.
- the apparatus evaluates patent specification data based on the number of types of inventions. Therefore, when analyzing multiple patent specification data as an analysis target, it is possible to evaluate patent specification data based on the number of inventions that are easy to exercise and the number of inventions that are difficult to exercise. Thus, the present apparatus has the effect of being able to objectively evaluate the value of patent specification data.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus further comprises a second comparison and evaluation means for evaluating the above patent specification data based on the count result of the numerical limitation invention by the above numerical limitation invention number counting means. Is preferred.
- the present device evaluates patent specification data based on the number of numerical limitation inventions. Therefore, when analyzing multiple patent specification data as an analysis target, it is possible to evaluate patent specification data based on the number of inventions that can be exercised and the number of inventions that are difficult to exercise. As a result, this device has the effect of being able to objectively evaluate the value of patent specification data.
- the above-mentioned invention number counting means further includes: Among the analysis results by the invention type discrimination means, it is preferable to count the number of inventions described in the patent specification data claims of the same field.
- the present apparatus counts the number of inventions described in the patent specification data claims of the same field. As a result, the present apparatus produces an effect of more objectively analyzing the patent specification data to be analyzed objectively.
- the numerical limitation invention number counting means further comprises the claims of patent specification data in the same field among the analysis results by the numerical limitation invention judging means. It is preferable to count the number of numerical limitation inventions being
- the type of invention is limited to numerical limitation or limited to a limited number! /
- the judgment criteria for making an invention may be greatly different. Therefore, the composition ratio of the type of the invention changes significantly, such as, in one field, 15% of the invention is a numerical limitation invention, and in the other field, 75% of the invention is an invention without numerical limitation. there is a possibility.
- the present apparatus counts the number of numerical limitation inventions described in the patent specification data claims of the same field.
- the present apparatus has the effect of being able to analyze the patent specification data to be analyzed more fairly and objectively.
- the above-mentioned patent specification data in the same field may be patent specification data to which substantially the same patent classification symbol is given. preferable.
- the present apparatus analyzes patent specification data to which substantially the same patent classification symbol is assigned.
- the patent classification symbol means, for example, IPC (international patent classification) given to the patent specification in the case of Japanese patent application specification or FI (file index) which is a patent classification unique to Japan, and It means F term etc.
- IPC international patent classification
- FI file index
- US patent application it means the us class.
- the present apparatus has the effect of being able to accurately and easily determine which field the patent specification data to be analyzed belongs to.
- substantially identical patent classification symbols mean patent classification symbols that can be regarded as being identical to each other, although there is a difference in expression as a symbol.
- the IPC which is an example of a patent classification symbol, includes major items that show the outline of the field of the invention, medium items that are more specific than major items, and minor items.
- two IPCs whose major items are the same but whose middle items and sub items are different are not completely identical in terms of the whole symbol, but the fields shown can be regarded as the same.
- the patent classification symbols are practically the same.
- the number counting means counts the number of inventions by the applicant of the patent specification data among the analysis results by the invention type discriminating means. Is preferred.
- the apparatus counts the number of inventions by applicant of patent specification data.
- the present apparatus has the effect of relatively comparing and evaluating the patent rights held by the applicant for each applicant.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus further comprises output means for displaying the result of the comparative evaluation by the second comparative evaluation means on an output device according to the applicant.
- the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its object is to claim the patent (or utility model) relating to the invention (or the scope of the utility model registration request).
- the present invention is to provide a patent information analysis device, a patent information analysis method, a patent information analysis program, and a recording medium for objectively analyzing the breadth of.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus is a patent information analyzing apparatus for analyzing patent specification data including claims in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the invention described in the above claims Means for deleting at least a part of the formal character string not directly related to specifying the character, means for deleting the non-invention specific character from the above claim, and the at least part of the formal character string has been deleted Invention-Specific Item for Counting the Number of Characters Contained in the Claims Character Character Counting Means is provided.
- the apparatus is configured to transmit at least a part of the formal character string that is not directly related to specifying the invention described in the claims included in the patent specification data. Remove from claim.
- the present device uses "punctuation mark”, “punctuation mark”, “comma (,)”, and “semicolon (;)” as a formal character string in Japanese patent specifications. , Symbols such as “colon (:)” and “(space character)”, “the”, “the above”, “above”, “below”, “this”, “these”, etc. Directives that cite other terms or point to other terms that appear later, such as “is characterized by,” “is characterized by,” or “is characterized by,” Delete a form string that is only used formally in claim description and does not function as a term specifying the invention.
- the device counts the number of characters included in the claims. This enables the device to count the number of characters of the invention specific matter more accurately.
- the breadth of the claims is known to be proportional to the number of characters described in the claims. For example, comparing a 40-character claim to a 100-character claim, the former has a wider scope of rights than the latter. That is, the scope of the right indicated by the claim is determined by the words (letters) written there, and if there are many words to be limited, the number of restrictions increases, so the scope of the right Tends to narrow, but conversely, the scope of rights tends to widen if the extra limitations are reduced. As apparent from this, counting the number of characters in the claim, if the number of characters is small, the range of rights is likely to be wide, while if the number of characters is large, the range of rights is likely to be narrow. It can be analyzed.
- the present apparatus has the effect of being able to more accurately and objectively analyze the scope of the claims of the invention described in the claims of the Japanese patent specification.
- the patent specification analyzing apparatus for processing patent specification data including claims is used to analyze the patent specification data.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus is a patent information analyzing apparatus that analyzes patent specification data including claims in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the character string included in the above claims and
- the invention constituent feature extraction means for extracting data of the invention constituent features contained in the above-mentioned claim by comparing the invention constituent features contained in the above-mentioned claim with a predetermined invention constituent requirement search string.
- the invention configuration feature number counting unit counts the number of invention configuration requirements extracted by the above-mentioned invention configuration requirement extraction unit.
- the device includes the claim by comparing the character string included in the claim with the predetermined invention constituent feature search string determined in advance. Extract the present invention configuration requirements and count the number.
- the claims narrow in proportion to the number of invention constituent elements contained in the claims.
- the present apparatus is capable of objectively analyzing the scope of the claim according to the claim to be analyzed by counting the number of inventive constituent elements contained in the claim. Play.
- the patent specification analyzing apparatus for processing patent specification data including claims is used to analyze the patent specification data in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.
- Method for analyzing patent information wherein the character string contained in the above-mentioned claim is compared with the predetermined invention constituent feature search character string defined in advance, and the invention constitution contained in the above-mentioned claim
- the invention is characterized by including an invention constituent requirement extracting step for extracting requirements from the above patent specification data and an invention constituent feature number counting step for counting the number of invention constituent requirements extracted in the above invention constituent requirement extracting step. Ru.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus is a patent information analyzing apparatus that analyzes patent specification data including claims in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the upper ranks included in the above claims.
- the invention is characterized in that it is provided with a high-level concept term extraction means for extracting the concept term data in the above-mentioned patent specification data.
- the present device can analyze the breadth of the scope of the right indicated by the claim by extracting the superordinate term from the character string constituting the claim. That is, the scope of the right indicated by the claims is determined by the words described therein, and in particular, in the case of a claim in which a broader term term broadly expressing the invention is used, the scope of the right is It tends to be wider. Therefore, it can be analyzed whether the scope of the claim is wide or not by checking whether or not the superordinate term exists in the character string constituting the independent claim. For example, in the claims in Japanese patent specifications, it is possible that terms such as "panel” and “rubber” are used rather than terms such as "elastic body", which is a superordinate concept of them. If it can be extracted, it can be analyzed that the scope of claims is likely to be wider.
- the patent information analysis method includes patent claim analysis apparatus for processing patent specification data to solve the above problems, and analyzes patent specification data. It is characterized in that the method of analyzing patent information includes a high-level concept term extraction step for extracting the high-level concept terms contained in the above-mentioned claims.
- the patent information analysis method is a patent information analysis device for analyzing patent specification data including claims in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and at least at least those claims included in the claims. Contained in the above claims by counting the number of space letters V, with a word number counting means to count the number of words! /, Characterized by that! /.
- the present device includes the word and the word among the characters constituting the independent claim among the claims.
- the word and the word among the characters constituting the independent claim among the claims.
- the present device By counting the number of space characters that are part of the space between, it is possible to count the number of words separated by space characters.
- the present device counts the number of space characters (that is, the number of words) among the characters constituting the claims in the US patent specification, and the number of words is small if the number of space characters is small. Therefore, while there is a high possibility that the scope of rights is high, if the number of space characters is large, it can be analyzed that the number of words is large and the scope of rights is narrow and the possibility is high.
- the present apparatus has the effect of being able to objectively analyze the scope of the claims of the invention described in the claims.
- the patent specification analyzing apparatus for processing patent specification data including claims is used to analyze the patent specification data.
- Method for analyzing patent information wherein at least the The method is characterized by including a word number counting step which counts the number of words contained in the above claims by counting the number of characters.
- the above-mentioned claim is an independent claim.
- the device analyzes the breadth of the claims of the independent claims.
- the limitations of the claimed invention are less than that of the claimed inventions.
- the present apparatus has the effect of being able to analyze the claims related to the broader invention.
- the independent claim is the first claim in the scope of the patent specification data.
- the apparatus analyzes the breadth of the first claim in the scope of patent specification data, ie, the claim of the invention described in claim 1.
- claim 1 first described in the claims is likely to be located in one patent specification in the claims relating to the most important invention. That is, in the patent specification, the independent claims can be the most important main claims. Therefore, the present apparatus has the effect of being able to analyze the scope of the right of the most important claim of the invention described in the patent specification data.
- patent information analysis device further comprises an invention constituent feature character number unit for counting the number of characters included in the invention constituent feature extracted by the above-mentioned invention constituent feature extraction means, Is preferred.
- the present apparatus counts the number of characters included in the invention configuration requirements.
- the present apparatus has the effect of being able to objectively analyze the scope of claims, such as the larger the number of rights, the smaller the scope of rights, based on the number of characters counted.
- the patent information analysis apparatus further comprises upper concept term number counting means for counting the number of upper concept terms extracted by the upper concept term extraction means.
- the device counts the number of high-level concept terms included in the claims.
- the present apparatus has the effect of being able to more objectively analyze the breadth of the claims according to the claims by counting the number of superordinate terms included in the claims.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus further comprises an input unit for receiving data input from the outside, and the non-invention specific matter character deletion unit is configured to receive the above format input through the input unit.
- the non-invention specific matter character deletion unit is configured to receive the above format input through the input unit.
- at least a portion of the generic string is deleted from the above claims.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus further comprises a third comparative evaluation means for evaluating the above patent specification data based on the counting result by the above-mentioned invention specific matter character number unit. , U is preferred.
- the present apparatus evaluates patent specification data based on the number of characters in the claim excluding at least a part of the invention component non-specific characters. Therefore, when analyzing multiple patent specification data as an analysis target, the patent specification data can be compared and evaluated with each other based on the number of letters in the claims. Thus, the present apparatus has the effect of being able to objectively evaluate the value of patent specification data.
- the patent information analysis device further comprises a third comparative evaluation means for evaluating the above patent specification data based on the counting result by the above invention constituent feature counting means.
- U is preferred.
- the present apparatus evaluates patent specification data based on the number of inventive constituent features included in the claims. Therefore, when analyzing multiple patent specification data as an analysis target, the patent specification data can be compared and evaluated with each other based on the number of invention configuration requirements. Thus, the apparatus objectively evaluates the value of patent specification data. The effect can be achieved.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus further comprises a third comparative evaluation means for evaluating the above patent specification data based on the counting result by the above-mentioned invention constituent feature number-of-characters counting means. U is preferred.
- the apparatus evaluates patent specification data based on the number of characters of the invention constituent features included in the claims. Therefore, when analyzing a plurality of patent specification data as an analysis target, the patent specification data can be compared and evaluated with each other based on the degree of the number of letters of the invention configuration requirements. Thus, the present apparatus has the effect of being able to objectively evaluate the value of patent specification data.
- the patent information analysis device further comprises a third comparison evaluation means for evaluating the above patent specification data based on the counting result by the upper concept term number counting means. Is preferred.
- the present apparatus evaluates patent specification data based on the number of superordinate terms included in the claims. Therefore, when analyzing multiple patent specification data as an analysis target, the patent specification data can be compared and evaluated with each other based on the number of superordinate terms. Thus, the present apparatus has the effect of being able to objectively evaluate the value of patent specification data.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus further comprises a third comparison and evaluation means for evaluating the above patent specification data based on the count result by the word number counting means. , Is preferred.
- the apparatus evaluates patent specification data based on the number of words included in the claims. Therefore, when analyzing multiple patent specification data as an analysis target, the patent specification data can be compared and evaluated with each other based on the degree of the number of words. Thus, the present apparatus has the effect of being able to objectively evaluate the value of patent specification data.
- the third comparative evaluation means evaluates the count result in the patent specification data of a certain field and the count result in the patent specification data of the same field as the field of the patent specification data. Evaluate these patent specification data. [0199] In general, in different fields, the method of describing claims and the contents of matters specific to the invention may differ greatly.
- the present apparatus evaluates a plurality of patent specifications by evaluating the count results in patent specification data of a certain field and the patent specification data in the same field as the field of the patent specification data. It has the effect of being able to analyze written data more fairly and objectively.
- the above-mentioned patent specification data in the same field may be patent specification data to which substantially the same patent classification symbol is given. preferable.
- the apparatus analyzes patent specification data to which substantially the same patent classification symbol is assigned.
- the meanings of "patent classification symbol” and “substantially the same patent classification symbol” are as described above.
- the present apparatus has the effect of being able to accurately and easily determine which field the patent specification data to be analyzed belongs to.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus further includes an output means for displaying the result of the comparative evaluation by the third comparative evaluation means on the output device by applicant. preferable.
- the number of inventions having a wide range of rights and the number of inventions having a narrow range of rights can be grasped at a glance by applicant by checking the display content of the output device. Play an effect.
- patent information analyzing apparatus preferably further comprises a ranking means for ranking the count results in order of the number of counts, in order, or in small numbers.
- the apparatus ranks the counting results in the descending order of the count number or in the ascending order.
- the device can extract information on the strength of patent rights (the scope of claims) from a large amount of patent specifications. That is, the user can efficiently identify what is necessary and what is not necessary from a large amount of patent specification data.
- the character string included in the above-mentioned claim is further compared with the character string which is determined beforehand and which characterizes the type of the invention.
- it further comprises a second invention type discriminating means for discriminating the type of the invention described in the above-mentioned claims.
- the present apparatus can delete the non-invention component non-specifying character, for example, from the claim data determined to be related to the invention of the object.
- the present apparatus can analyze the claims of the broader patent specification, it has the effect of analyzing the patent specification data in more detail.
- the character string included in the above claim is further compared with the character string defined in advance, which is characterized by the fact that the invention has numerical limitation.
- the invention described in the above-mentioned claims further comprises a second numerical limitation invention judging means for judging whether or not a car is a numerical limitation invention.
- the device can delete non-invention component non-specifying characters from the claim data determined to be related to the invention for which the numerical limitation is not made, for example.
- the present apparatus can analyze the claims of the patent specification in the broader claims, the patent specification data can be analyzed in more detail.
- the above-mentioned patent information analysis device may be realized by a computer.
- a patent information analysis program for realizing the above patent information analysis apparatus on a computer by operating a computer as the above respective means, and a computer readable recording medium on which the patent information analysis program is recorded are also included. It falls in the category.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus can objectively analyze the scope of the claims of the invention described in the claims of the patent specification data. Play an effect.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a patent information analysis apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 It is a flowchart etc. which show operation
- FIG. 3 It is a flowchart etc. which show operation
- FIG. 4 (a) is a view showing an example of a screen displayed by the patent information analysis device of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 (a) is a view showing an example of a screen displayed by the patent information analysis device of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 (b) is a view showing an example of a screen displayed by the patent information analysis device of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 (b) is a view showing an example of a screen displayed by the patent information analysis device of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a patent information analysis apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 A flowchart etc. showing the operation of the patent information analysis device of FIG.
- FIG. 7 A flow chart etc. showing the operation of the patent information analysis device of FIG.
- FIG. 8 (a) is a view showing an example of a screen displayed by the patent information analysis device of FIG. 5.
- FIG. 8 (a) is a view showing an example of a screen displayed by the patent information analysis device of FIG. 5.
- FIG. 8 (b) is a view showing an example of a screen displayed by the patent information analysis device of FIG. 5.
- FIG. 8 (b) is a view showing an example of a screen displayed by the patent information analysis device of FIG. 5.
- FIG. 9 A flow chart etc. showing the operation of the patent information analysis device of FIG.
- FIG. 10 (a) is a view showing an example of a screen displayed by the patent information analysis device of FIG. 5.
- FIG. 10 (b) is a view showing an example of a screen displayed by the patent information analysis device of FIG. 5;
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a patent information analysis apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 A block diagram showing a configuration of a patent information analysis device according to a fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 16 A diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device according to the fourth embodiment, (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device, (b) is a process performed by the patent information analysis device It is a figure which shows the example of the text data to output, and the analysis result to output.
- FIG. 17 A diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device according to the fourth embodiment, (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device, (b) is a process performed by the patent information analysis device It is a figure which shows the example of the text data to output, and the analysis result to output.
- FIG. 18 A block diagram showing the configuration of a patent information analysis apparatus according to a fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 19 A diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device according to the fifth embodiment, (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device, (b) is a process performed by the patent information analysis device It is a figure which shows the example of the text data to output, and the analysis result to output.
- FIG. 20 A diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device according to the fifth embodiment, (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device, (b) is a process performed by the patent information analysis device It is a figure which shows the example of the text data to output, and the analysis result to output.
- FIG. 21 A block diagram of a patent information analyzing apparatus according to a sixth embodiment.
- FIG. 22 is a block diagram of a patent information analyzing apparatus according to a seventh embodiment.
- ⁇ 23] is a diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device according to the seventh embodiment, (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device, (b) is processed by the patent information analysis device It is a figure which shows the example of text data and the analysis result to output.
- FIG. 24 A block diagram showing a configuration of a patent information analysis device according to an eighth embodiment. ⁇ 25] It is a figure for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device according to the eighth embodiment, (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device, (b) is a patent information analysis device It is a figure which shows the example of the text data to process and the analysis result to output.
- FIG. 26 A diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device according to the eighth embodiment, (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device, (b) is a process performed by the patent information analysis device It is a figure which shows the example of the text data to output, and the analysis result to output.
- FIG. 27 A block diagram showing a configuration of a patent information analysis device according to a ninth embodiment.
- FIG. 28 A diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device according to the ninth embodiment, (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device, (b) is a process performed by the patent information analysis device It is a figure which shows the example of the text data to output, and the analysis result to output.
- Fig. 29 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a patent information analysis apparatus according to a tenth embodiment.
- FIG. 30 is a view for explaining the operation of a patent information analysis apparatus according to a tenth embodiment.
- FIG. 31 is a view for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis apparatus according to the tenth embodiment.
- FIG. 32 is a view for explaining the operation of a patent information analysis apparatus according to a tenth embodiment.
- 33) is a block diagram showing a configuration of a patent information analysis apparatus according to an eleventh embodiment.
- ⁇ 34 It is a figure explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device concerning an 11th embodiment.
- FIG. 35 is a view for explaining the operation of a patent information analysis apparatus according to an eleventh embodiment.
- FIG. 36 A block diagram showing the configuration of a patent information analysis apparatus according to a twelfth embodiment.
- FIG. 37 A diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device according to the twelfth embodiment, (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device, (b) is a process performed by the patent information analysis device It is a figure which shows the example of the text data to output, and the analysis result to output.
- FIG. 38 A diagram showing another type of text data analyzed by the patent information analysis device according to the twelfth embodiment.
- FIG. 39 is a view for explaining the operation of a patent information analysis apparatus according to a twelfth embodiment. ⁇ 40] It is a figure for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device according to the thirteenth embodiment, (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device, (b) is processed by the patent information analysis device It is a figure which shows the example of text data and the analysis result to output.
- FIG. 41 A diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis apparatus in accordance with the fourteenth embodiment. [42] It is a figure explaining an operation of a patent information analysis device concerning a 15th embodiment. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a patent information analysis device 1 according to the present embodiment.
- the patent information analysis device 10 includes an input unit 20, a data processing unit 50, an output unit (output means) 30, and a storage unit 40.
- the input unit 20 functions as an input interface, and is configured of a keyboard or the like.
- the data processing unit 50 performs various types of data processing, and more specifically, the analysis processing unit (claim analysis means) 60 and the first analysis processing unit (first analysis processing unit (first analysis) Processing means) 61 and a comparative evaluation unit (first comparative evaluation means) 80 are provided. The function of each block constituting the data processing unit 50 will be described later.
- the output unit 30 is for outputting the result of data processing in the data processing unit 50 to an output device, and the output device is configured by a monitor, a printer, or the like.
- the storage unit 40 stores various patent specification data in advance as data in text format and the like.
- the storage unit 40 stores, as patent specification data, published patent publication data issued by the Patent Office.
- registered patent gazettes and registered utility model gazettes may be stored.
- the storage unit 40 may be a CD-ROM, a DVD- ROM or a hard disk that stores such data! ,.
- the claim analysis processing unit 60 numerically divides the scope of the technical scope (hereinafter, simply referred to as the scope of claims) of the invention according to the scope of claims. More specifically, the claim analysis processing unit 60 quantifies the breadth of the scope of rights by counting the number of characters constituting claim 1 which is an independent claim in the claims.
- the first analysis processing unit 61 counts the number of claims whose coverage is quantified by the claim analysis processing unit 60, and at the same time, it is digitized by the claim analysis processing unit 60. Calculation of the average value of the numbers that indicate the range of rights.
- the comparative evaluation unit 80 compares patent specification data used in applications related to the same technical field.
- a number (application number, publication number, registration number, etc.) for specifying a case to be analyzed is input.
- the data processing unit 50 reads out the patent specification data related to the case to be analyzed from the storage unit 40 as text-form data.
- the claim analysis processing unit 60 is an independent claim included in the patent specification data read by the data processing unit 50, with respect to the portion of claim 1, the number of characters included in the text format data or Count the number of words.
- the patent specification data is data in text format according to the shift JIS code
- one full-width character is indicated by 2 bytes, so the number of characters is counted by counting the number of bytes of target data. be able to .
- the number of characters can be counted by counting the number of bytes of the target data.
- the number of words can be roughly estimated.
- the processing result of the first analysis processing unit 61 is output from the output unit 30 to the output device, and displayed on a monitor or printed by a printer.
- the comparison evaluation unit 80 compares the plurality of patent specification data belonging to the specific technical field.
- the patent numbers of a plurality of patent specification data may be input in advance via the input unit 20, or the IPC belonging to the same section or sub group may be designated. , Enter multiple patent specification data. Then, for the plurality of patent specification data, the number of characters in the portion of the claim is counted by the claim analysis processing unit 60.
- the comparative evaluation unit 80 makes a plurality of patent specification data in common in the technical field Extract. Furthermore, the comparison evaluation unit 80 is used to determine the average value of the number of characters in the claims included in each of the plurality of patent specification data extracted. This makes it possible to evaluate the number of characters in claims in the invention filed from the same industry.
- the comparative evaluation unit 80 relatively compares the average number of characters according to claims in the same industry with the number of characters of own-owned patents or patents owned by other companies, and compares the patent power of each company. Make an evaluation. Then, the comparison evaluation unit 80 outputs the comparison evaluation result to the output unit 30.
- FIG. Part (a) of FIG. 2 is a flow chart when the data processing unit 50 counts the number of characters and performs various processing, and parts (b) to (d) of FIG. 2 shows a data structure stored in the memory (not shown) in the unit 50, and (e) of FIG. 2 shows an example of the display screen of the output device based on the output from the output unit 30.
- the data processing unit 50 when the data processing unit 50 receives a patent number or the like to be searched from the input unit 20, the data processing unit 50 selects the target patent based on the patent number or the like.
- the claim portion of the patent specification data is read out from the storage unit 40 as Japanese text data and stored in a working memory in the data processing unit 50 (not shown) (Sl).
- Sl working memory
- work An example of the data structure stored in the memory is as shown in part (b) of FIG.
- the search in S2 can be realized, for example, by searching whether the character string "[claim 2]" indicating the existence of claim 2 is included in the data in the work memory.
- the claim analysis processing unit 60 determines that all the characters including the character string "[claim 2]” Delete the column (S3). As a result, only the character string related to claim 1 is extracted.
- S3 data having a structure as shown, for example, in part (c) of FIG. 2 is stored in the working memory.
- a character string to be searched is stored in advance in a memory for search characters (not shown), and the character string and the working memory are stored.
- the character string of the data in should be matched using a character search technology such as pattern matching.
- the claim analysis processing unit 60 counts the number of characters included in the data in the working memory (S4).
- the first analysis processing unit 61 counts the number of patent specification data for which the claim analysis processing unit 60 has counted the number of characters, the patent number, the number of characters in the claims, etc. S5).
- the tabulated results are stored in the working memory in a data structure as shown in part (d) of FIG.
- the serial number, the patent number, and the claim result of data processing by the data processing unit 50 for one patent specification data are stored separated by comma (,) in the order of 1 number of characters (output from the claim analysis processing unit 60).
- items for specific patent specification data and items for other patent specification data are separated by newline characters.
- the first analysis processing unit 61 calculates the average value of the number of characters in claim 1 stored in the working memory for each of the plurality of patent specification data (S6).
- the output unit 30 outputs the total number of patent specification data and the average number of characters, which are the analysis results of the first analysis processing unit 61 (S 7).
- An example of the display screen of the output device based on the output from the output unit 30 is shown in part (e) of FIG.
- the data processing unit 50 counts the number of characters in claim 1 for each of a plurality of patent specification data, and the counting result is output from the output unit 30.
- Part (a) of FIG. 3 is a flow chart in which the breadth of the scope of rights indicated by the claims contained in each of the plurality of patent specification data is analyzed relative to each other by the comparative evaluation section 80. It is. Further, portions (b) to (e) of FIG. 3 show an example of the data structure in the working memory (shown in the data processing unit 50! / !, memory).
- the comparative evaluation unit 80 extracts only patent specification data of a specific technical field (in this embodiment, F term: 2H090) specified in advance from the data shown in the part (b) of FIG. And store it in the working memory (S10). At this time, the working memory stores, for example, data having a structure as shown in part (c) of FIG.
- the comparative evaluation unit 80 can calculate the total number of patent specification data of each applicant, and the applicant, in order to make a relative comparison of the number of patents owned by each applicant and the number of characters in the claims.
- the average number of characters per unit is determined (S11).
- the applicant's name, the total number, and the average number of characters in claim 1 are stored in the working memory, separated by a comma (,) in this order. .
- the comparative evaluation unit 80 relatively compares the number of characters in claim 1 and the total number of cases for each applicant (S12). That is, the comparative evaluation section 80 ranks the applicants in such a manner that the number of applicants with the smallest number of characters in claim 1 and the total number of cases is high. In the present embodiment, the comparative evaluation unit 80 ranks company A with the smallest average number of characters as 1st, followed by company C and company B. After the relative comparison of S12 is performed, the data in the working memory is stored by being separated by comma (,) in the order of the order and the applicant's name as shown in part (d) of FIG. There is.
- the horizontal axis indicates the total number of cases
- the vertical axis indicates the average number of characters in the claim.
- a graph plotting the values of each applicant may be displayed. By displaying in such a graph format, it is possible to grasp at a glance the total number of patents owned by each applicant and the average number of characters in the claims.
- the patent information analysis device 1 of the present embodiment with respect to a plurality of patent specification data, the breadth of the scope of the invention claimed in the claims is numerically calculated. By calculating the average value and calculating the total number of patent specification data, it is possible to objectively analyze the applicant's ability to acquire the right.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment it is possible to determine for each applicant whether it has a wide range of rights V and which number of patents, so each application It can analyze the ability of people to acquire rights relatively.
- the patent information analysis device 1 of the present embodiment obtains patent specification data from the registered gazette and analyzes it, and therefore, as the right acquisition ability, the applicant's application specification preparation ability and intermediate processing handling ability It can be analyzed.
- an applicant at the time of registration If the applicant has many patents with a wide range of rights, the applicant can be said to be highly capable of preparing the specification. Furthermore, it can be said that the applicant has the ability to register the initial claim in the intermediate processing without unnecessary reduction, so it can be said that the intermediate processing ability is high.
- the method of quantifying the scope of the rights is not limited to the method of counting the number of characters in the claims. Instead of the number of characters in the claim, the number may be calculated according to the number of words in the claim.
- composition requirements listed in the "type of claim” column of Table 1 below are listed by dividing them by a character string such as "" and "”.
- the number of components can be calculated by applying the following “counting method”.
- the patent information analysis device analyzes only claim 1 in this case
- the invention is not limited to this, and in the case where all claims can be analyzed, the claim related to the independent claims is concerned.
- the invention is an analysis target. That is, in general, the limitations of the invention of the independent claims are less than that of the inventions of the dependent claims. Therefore, it is preferable to distinguish the invention according to the independent claims.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus and the patent information analyzing method for analyzing the applicant's right acquisition ability up to the intermediate processing time force registration time will be described using FIGS. Do.
- the description is omitted by attaching the same reference numeral to the one having the same function as the patent information analysis device according to the first embodiment. Do.
- the patent information analysis apparatus 11 of the present embodiment includes an input unit 20, a data processing unit 51, an output unit 30, and a storage unit 40.
- the data processing unit 51 performs various types of data processing, and a claim analysis processing unit (claim analysis means) 62 and a second analysis processing unit (second analysis processing means) 70
- the comparative evaluation unit (first comparative evaluation means) 81 and the third analysis processing unit (third analysis processing means) 71 are provided.
- the claim analysis processing unit 62 quantifies the breadth of the scope of the invention claimed in the claims.
- claim 1 which is an independent claim of the claims is configured. By counting the number of characters, the extent of the scope of rights can be calculated numerically.
- the second analysis processing unit 70 compares the numerical values digitized by the claim analysis processing unit 62 among a plurality of patent specification data related to the same application.
- the comparison and evaluation unit 81 relatively compares the size of the scope of the right indicated by the claims in the plurality of patent specification data.
- the third analysis processing unit 71 is based on the data of the patent registration rate of the application for which each applicant has been made.
- the second analysis processing unit 70 or the comparison evaluation unit 81 analyzes the comparison results.
- the application number etc. to be searched are input. Then, based on the input application number or the like, the data processing unit 51 reads out the publication specification and registration specification of the patent specification data of the target patent from the storage unit 40 as data in a text format.
- the claim analysis processing unit 62 counts the number of characters included in the text format data for the portion of claim 1 which is an independent claim included in each of the read-out publication and registration publication.
- the second analysis processing unit 70 compares the number of characters of each of the published gazette and the registered gazette counted by the claim analysis processing unit 62, and calculates a difference.
- the calculation result of the difference is output from the output unit 30 by a method such as monitor display or printer output by the output unit 30.
- the third analysis processing unit 71 analyzes the comparison result of the second analysis processing unit 70 or the comparison evaluation unit 81 using data of the patent registration rate. Then, the analysis result is output to the output unit 30 (details will be described later).
- FIG. 6 A portion (a) of FIG. 6 is a flow chart when the data processor 51 counts the number of characters in the claims to perform various processing, and a portion (b) of FIG. 6 shows a working memory (data processor Not shown in 51 The data structure in “Morley” is shown, and parts (c) and (d) in FIG. 6 are examples of display screens of the output device based on the output from the output unit 30.
- the data processing unit 51 counts the number of characters of the claim 1 described in the published gazette by following steps S21 to S24.
- the processes in S21 to S24 are the same as the processes in S1 to S4 shown in part (a) of FIG.
- the data processing unit 51 counts the number of characters in claim 1 described in the registered gazette by stepping on S21 ′ to S24 ′.
- the processes in S21 to S24 ′ are the same as the processes in S1 to S4 shown in the part (a) of FIG.
- the second analysis processing unit 70 receives the number of characters of claim 1 of the publication disclosed at S24 and the number of claim 1 of the registration publication counted at S24 ′.
- the difference with the number of characters is calculated (S25).
- the second analysis processing unit 70 includes the number of published characters (the number of characters in claim 1 of the published gazette) and the number of registered characters (the number of letters in the claimed claim 1 of the registered gazette). And the difference between the number of published characters and the number of registered characters is stored in the working memory.
- the output unit 30 outputs the result of the comparison process in S25 (S26). For example, as shown in part (c) of FIG. 6, the output unit 30 displays the difference between the number of published characters and the number of registered characters on the monitor in association with the application number. Also, when the number of patent specification data strengths counts the number of characters in the claims, the output unit 30 outputs the application number, the number of published characters, the number of registered characters, and the difference, as shown in part (d) of FIG. The corresponding table may be displayed on the output device.
- a portion (a) of FIG. 7 is a flow chart when the comparative evaluation section 81 relatively compares and analyzes a plurality of patent specification data, and a portion (b) to (e) of FIG. 17 shows an example of the data structure in the working memory (memory not shown in the data processing unit 51).
- the comparative evaluation unit 81 extracts only patent specification data of a specific technical field (in this embodiment, F term: 2H090) specified in advance from the data shown in the part (b) of FIG. And store in the working memory (S31). At this time, the working memory stores, for example, data having a structure as shown in part (c) of FIG.
- the comparative evaluation unit 81 is, for each applicant, an average value of the number of published characters in order to relatively compare the difference between the number of published characters and the number of registered characters among the patents owned by each applicant.
- the average value of the number of registered characters and their difference are obtained (S32).
- the working memory contains the applicant's name, the average number of published characters, the average number of registered characters, and their difference value powers. Separated by and stored.
- the comparison and evaluation unit 81 prioritizes the applicants so that the average number of registered characters decreases and the applicant with the smallest difference between the number of published characters and the number of registered characters comes first (S33).
- company A with the lowest average number of registered characters is ranked first, followed by company B and company C in that order.
- the data in the working memory is stored by being separated by a comma (,) in this order as shown in part (e) of FIG.
- the abscissa represents the applicant, and the ordinate represents the average number of characters in claims, and the average number of published characters and the average number of registered characters for each applicant are bar graph You can also display the ones indicated by.
- each industry average value average number of characters in the same F term
- the number of published characters or registered characters for the applicant can be grasped at a glance and the relative comparison between applicants can be easily performed.
- the average value of the industry regarding the number of published characters and registered characters is calculated, for example, by calculating the average value of the number of published characters and registered characters for a plurality of patent specification data having the same F-term.
- the industry in this embodiment refers to the industry in the liquid crystal display related technical field, because patent specification data given with the F term “2H090” as the same field is to be analyzed! .
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart when the third analysis processing section 71 compares and analyzes a plurality of patent specification data, and parts (b) and (c) of FIG. Shows the data structure in the working memory (the memory in the data processing unit 51 in the figure).
- the third analysis processing unit 71 performs read processing of the patent registration rate for each applicant (S41).
- the registration rate may be stored in advance in the storage unit 40 or another memory or the like, or may be calculated as follows.
- the third analysis processing unit 71 stores in advance the evaluation judgment table as shown in Table 2. It is stored in the part 40 or another memory, and evaluation is performed according to the evaluation judgment table, based on three conditions of the registration rate, the number of registered characters, and the difference between the number of published characters and the number of registered characters (S42).
- the evaluation of “high, medium, low” stored for the registration rate is, for example, calculating the average registration rate of all applicants, and registering the registration rate of about 10% before and after the average registration rate. If the applicant has “Medium”, the registration rate is higher than “Medium”, “Large” for the applicant, “Low” for the applicant, and “Low” for the applicant It is possible.
- Company C has a low registration rate and a large number of registered characters, and therefore, based on the judgment table in Table 2, it is judged that “Right acquisition is poor” in Evaluation No. 5.
- the horizontal axis represents the registration rate
- the vertical axis represents the average number of registered characters
- the average registration rate and the number of registered characters for each applicant are plotted. You may display a graph. By displaying in such a graph format, it is possible to grasp at a glance the difference in the patent acquisition ability, patent acquisition strategy, etc. of each applicant, and relative comparisons between applicants can be easily performed.
- FIG. 10 (a) or FIG. 10 (b) may be performed for each agent.
- the scope of the rights is quantified, and the numerical values are expressed by patent specification data related to the same application (publicly disclosed publication and registered publication). By comparing, it is possible to analyze the intermediate processing ability as the right acquisition ability.
- the number of characters in claims may be counted, and an independent claim may be formed among the claims. You may count the number of configuration requirements.
- the patent information analysis apparatus analyzes only claim 1 here
- the present invention is not limited to this, and in the case where all claims can be analyzed, the patent claims pertaining to independent claims.
- the invention is an analysis target. That is, in general, the limitations of the invention of the independent claims are less than that of the inventions of the dependent claims. Therefore, it is preferable to distinguish the invention according to the independent claims.
- a patent information analyzing apparatus and a patent information analyzing method for analyzing an applicant's right utilization ability after registration V! will be described with reference to FIGS.
- the description of the components of the patent information analyzing apparatus of the present embodiment will be omitted by attaching the same reference numerals to components having the same functions as those of the patent information analyzing apparatus of the first embodiment.
- the patent information analysis device 12 of the present embodiment includes an input unit 20, a data processing unit 52, an output unit 30, and a storage unit 40.
- the data processing unit 52 performs various data processing, and includes a fourth analysis processing unit (fourth analysis processing means) 72 and a comparative evaluation unit (first comparison evaluation means) 82. Prepare to speak.
- Fourth analysis processing unit 72 counts the number of patent specification data input to input unit 20, and uses data (attention data) indicating the degree of public interest in the patent specification data. It analyzes the statement data.
- the comparative evaluation unit 82 relatively compares the size of the scope of rights indicated by the claims in the plurality of patent specification data.
- the fourth analysis processing unit 72 counts the number of patent specification data to be searched, as well as patents that have been challenged or challenged to invalidate that the patent is a patent that is being watched by other companies.
- the patent number according to is read from the storage unit 40 or another memory (not shown).
- the fourth analysis processing unit 72 searches how many patent numbers related to the patent for which the opposition or the trial for invalidation was received, among the plurality of patent numbers inputted from the input unit 20. Do.
- the search result by the fourth analysis processing unit 72 is output by the output unit 30 to the output device by a method such as monitor display or printer output.
- FIG. 12 (a) is a flow chart when the data processing unit 52 mainly performs analysis operation in consideration of other companies' attention
- FIG. 12 (b) shows a working memory (data The data structure stored in the memory (not shown) in the processing unit 52 is shown
- the part (c) of FIG. 12 shows an example of the display screen of the output device based on the output from the output unit 30.
- FIG. 12 (b) shows a working memory (data The data structure stored in the memory (not shown) in the processing unit 52 is shown
- the part (c) of FIG. 12 shows an example of the display screen of the output device based on the output from the output unit 30.
- data processing unit 52 uses the patent specification data of the target patent from storage unit 40 based on the patent number etc.
- the data is read as data in the form of a string and stored in a working memory in the data processing unit 52 (not shown) (S51).
- the fourth analysis processing unit 72 counts the number of patent specification data items input to the input unit 20 and the patent numbers (S 52).
- the fourth analysis processing unit 72 reads out, for example, the patent number related to the patent for which the opposition or the trial for invalidation was received, from the storage unit 40 or another memory (not shown) as attention level data (S53). .
- the working memory stores the patent number of the patent for which the opposition or trial for invalidation has been received.
- the fourth analysis processing unit 72 searches how many patent numbers subjected to opposition or invalidation are included in the plurality of patent numbers to be searched (S 54).
- the output unit 30 causes the output device to output the search result of the fourth analysis processing unit 72 in S54 by a method such as monitor display or printer output (S55).
- a method such as monitor display or printer output (S55).
- the output unit 30 displays the screen of the total number of cases and the number of cases of Is displayed on the output device.
- the total number is the number of patent specification data analyzed by the fourth analysis processing unit 72, and the focused case is the opposition or invalidation trial retrieved by the fourth analysis processing unit 72. Number of patent numbers received.
- FIG. Part (a) of FIG. 13 is a flow chart when a plurality of patent specification data are relatively compared and analyzed in the comparative evaluation unit 82, and parts (b) to (e) of FIG. An example of the data structure in the memory (memory not shown in the data processing unit 52) is shown.
- the comparison evaluation unit 82 extracts only patent specification data of a specific technical field (in this embodiment, F term: 2H090) specified in advance from the data shown in the part (b) of FIG. And stored in the working memory (S61). At this time, the working memory stores, for example, data having a structure as shown in part (c) of FIG.
- the comparative evaluation unit 82 compares the number of patents owned by each applicant and the number of cases of opposition or trial for invalidation against each applicant's patent in order to make a relative comparison between applicants. Summarize the total number of statement data and the number of opposition or invalidation trials (S62). At this time, as shown in part (d) of FIG. The total number, and the number of opposition or invalidation trials are stored in this order, separated by commas (,).
- the comparative evaluation section 82 prioritizes the applicants in which the ratio of the number of cases in which the total number of cases has been challenged or opposed is higher (S63).
- the data in the working memory is stored in the order and the applicant's name separated by a comma (,) in this order.
- the order, the applicant, the total number of patent specification data, the objection A table may be displayed on the output device in which the number of claims or invalidation trials (notices) and the ratio of the total number to the attention cases are associated.
- the display shown in FIG. 14 may be performed for each agent.
- the number of patent specification data is counted, and attention data for each patent specification data is received.
- attention data for each patent specification data is received.
- the attention data is not limited to the number of cases in which the opposition or invalidation trial was received.
- the number of cases where the patent specification data is cited as a cited reference to deny the novelty and inventiveness of the invention according to the other application the number of cited patents
- You may use the number of requests for browsing for as attention level data.
- these various data may be combined and used as attention level data.
- the analysis result obtained from the data processing unit 52 of the third embodiment is confirmed as the analysis result obtained from the data processing unit 50 or 51 described in the first or second embodiment. You may use it for That is, it is confirmed from the data processing unit 50 or 51 by confirming whether an important patent that is finally noticed by another company has been obtained by using the analysis result obtained from the data processing unit 52. The ability to obtain the right can be reviewed.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a patent information analysis apparatus 13 according to the fourth embodiment.
- the patent information analysis device 13 includes an input unit 20, an output unit 30 (output means), a storage unit 40, and a data processing unit 53.
- the input unit 20, the output unit 30, and the storage unit 40 are the same as in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.
- Data processing unit 53 analyzes the patent specification data of the patent number based on the patent number input through input unit 20. At this time, the data processing unit 53 reads out from the storage unit 40 the patent specification data to which the input patent number is given. In particular, the data processing unit 53 reads out the claim 1 portion of the patent specification data. In the present embodiment, the data processing unit 53 reads out the claim 1 portion of the patent specification data as Japanese text data. The data processing unit 53 stores the read text data in a working memory (not shown). Thus, the data processing unit 53 analyzes text data in a working memory (not shown).
- the data processing unit 53 includes an invention type judging unit 63 (character string comparing unit, invention type judging unit), an invention number counting unit 73 (invention number counting unit), and a comparison evaluation unit 83 2 comparative evaluation means).
- an invention type judging unit 63 character string comparing unit, invention type judging unit
- an invention number counting unit 73 invention number counting unit
- a comparison evaluation unit 83 2 comparative evaluation means comparative evaluation means
- Invention type discrimination unit 63 determines the type of invention described in claim 1 of the patent specification data. Separate. At this time, the invention type judging unit 63 judges whether the invention according to claim 1 is a product invention or a method invention. The invention type determination unit 63 uses a character string search technology such as not-matching to determine the type of invention.
- the patent information analysis device 13 stores in advance a character string specifying the type of the invention in a ROM (Read Only Memory: not shown).
- the invention type judging unit 63 reads this data also from the ROM and uses it for pattern matching.
- the recording medium for storing in advance the character string specifying the type of the invention may be a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a hard disk or the like.
- the invention type judging unit 63 reads out from the ROM a character string characterizing the type of these inventions.
- the invention type discriminating unit 63 compares the wording at the end of the claim to be analyzed with the invention type characterizing character string from which the ROM force is also read, and the wording at the end of the claim is a predetermined invention type. Determine if the force ending with the characterization string.
- the invention type discriminating unit 63 determines the claim to be analyzed by the claim related to the invention of the thing. Determine that there is.
- the invention type discriminating unit 63 determines that the claim to be analyzed is the claim related to the invention of the method. Determine.
- the invention type discriminating unit 63 associates the patent number of the patent specification data to be analyzed with the determined invention type characterizing character string. For example, the invention type discrimination unit 63 associates the patent number "patent ' ⁇ ⁇ number'" with the character string "method invention”. The invention type judging unit 63 outputs the data generated by the association to the invention number counting unit 73 and the comparison evaluation unit 83.
- the patent information analysis device 13 can analyze a plurality of patent specification data. Therefore, the invention number unit 73 counts the number of types of inventions determined by the invention type discriminating unit 63. Specifically, the invention number counting unit 73 receives, from the invention type judging unit 63, text data in which the patent number and the invention type characterizing character string are associated with each other. Thus, the invention number counting unit 73 counts how many of the patent specification data to be analyzed relate to the invention of the object. Furthermore, it counts how many of the patent specification data to be analyzed relate to the invention of the method. The invention number counting unit 73 outputs the counted number to the output unit 30.
- the comparison and evaluation unit 83 compares patent specification data in the same field with each other. Specifically, the comparative evaluation unit 83 compares the patent specification data in a certain field with the patent specification data in the same field as the field of the patent specification data. As used herein, patent specification data in the same field is patent specification data to which substantially the same patent classification symbol is assigned.
- substantially identical patent classification symbols mean patent classification symbols that can be regarded as being identical to each other although there is a difference in expression as a symbol.
- the IPC which is an example of a patent classification symbol, includes major items that show the outline of the field of the invention, medium items that are more specific than major items, and minor items.
- two IPCs whose major items are the same but whose middle items and sub items are different are not completely identical in terms of the whole symbol, but the fields shown can be regarded as the same.
- Real Qualitatively identical patent classification symbols are used to be regarded as the same.
- the comparative evaluation unit 83 receives the patent classification symbol of the field to be processed.
- the comparative evaluation unit 83 may use the patent classification symbol input by the user through the input unit 20 as the patent classification symbol.
- patent classification symbols stored in advance in a working memory may be used as patent classification symbols.
- IPC international patent classification
- F 1 file index
- F term, etc. included in patent specification data are used as patent classification symbols.
- US class may be used.
- the comparative evaluation unit 83 extracts the analysis result of the patent specification data for which the patent classification symbol is defined based on the predetermined patent classification symbol. Therefore, it is possible to accurately and easily determine which field the patent specification data to be analyzed belongs to.
- the comparative evaluation unit 83 extracts the invention of an item from the analysis result. Furthermore, the comparative evaluation unit 83 counts the number of product inventions by applicant. Furthermore, the comparative evaluation unit 83 divides the total number of product inventions by the number of applicants to calculate the industry average number of product inventions in a certain field (average number of all the same fields). The comparative evaluation unit 83 similarly processes the invention of the method.
- the comparative evaluation section 83 relatively compares, for a plurality of patent specification data, whether the patent right of the invention described in the claims is likely to be exercised. .
- the comparison and evaluation unit 83 outputs the comparison result to the output unit 30.
- the comparative evaluation unit 83 relatively compares the number of patent rights held by the company with the number of patent rights held by other companies. In this way, we analyze the strength of patent rights of each company.
- the comparison evaluation unit 83 outputs the comparison result to the output unit 30.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device 13 according to the fourth embodiment, and (a) of FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device 13.
- FIG. Enter the elephant patent number.
- the invention type discrimination unit 63 reads out the patent specification data of this patent number from the storage unit 40 (S71).
- the invention type judging unit 63 reads the text data indicated by Z21 from the storage unit 40. That is, the text data of [claim 1] is read that includes the character string "manufacturing method characterized by performing A ⁇ step, B step, and C step".
- the invention type judging unit 63 judges the type of the invention according to the claim to be analyzed (S72). At this time, the invention type discrimination unit 63 searches for the wording at the end of the claim. In the example shown in FIG. 16 (b), this claim ends with "manufacturing method.” Thus, the invention type judging unit 63 determines that the invention according to this claim is the invention of a method. The invention type judging unit 63 repeats such processing for a plurality of patent specification data, and outputs the analysis result to the invention number counting unit 73 and the comparison evaluation unit 83.
- the invention number counting unit 73 counts the number of inventions according to the type of invention (S 73). In the example shown in FIG. 16 (b), it is counted that there are 2 50 inventions of goods, and it is counted that there are 170 inventions of methods.
- the invention number counting unit 73 outputs the count result to the output unit 30.
- the output unit 30 outputs the analysis result to the output device (S 74). At this time, the output unit 30 outputs the analysis result shown in Z22.
- the output device displays, for example, a monitor or prints that the patent number “patent xxxxx 1” is the invention of the method.
- the output unit 30 outputs the analysis result shown in Z23. That is, a table in which the patent numbers of a plurality of inventions are associated with the types of the inventions is output.
- the output device monitors or prints that the patent number “patent xxxx xl” is the invention of the method.
- the patent number "patent xxxxx 2" displays on the monitor or prints that it is the invention of the object.
- the patent number "patent xxxxx 3" is displayed as a monitor or printed on the invention of the method.
- the output unit 30 outputs the count result by the invention number counting unit 73. At this time, the output unit 30 outputs the analysis result shown in Z24. That is, the output unit 30 is an invention of an object And the number of inventions of the method. In the example shown in (b) of FIG. 16, the output unit 30 outputs that the invention of objects is 250 cases and the invention of methods is 170 cases. Therefore, the output device monitors or prints the analysis result shown in Z24.
- FIG. 17 is a view for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis apparatus 13 according to the fourth embodiment
- FIG. 17 (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis apparatus 13
- the invention type judging unit 63 reads out the patent specification data of the patent number from the storage unit 40 based on the inputted patent number.
- the invention type judging unit 63 performs the above-mentioned analysis to determine the type of the invention according to the claims of the patent specification data.
- the invention type discrimination unit 63 extracts, from each patent specification data, an F term that is a patent classification unique to Japan and the applicant (S 81).
- the invention type judging unit 63 generates data of a format shown by Z31 in (b) of FIG. That is, it generates data in which serial numbers starting from 1, patent numbers, F terms, applicants, and invention types are associated with one another.
- each item is separated by commas (,), and one item of data is divided by a line feed character.
- the comparison evaluation unit 83 relatively compares a plurality of patent specification data based on the data shown in Z31 of (b) of FIG. 17 (S82). First, the comparison evaluation unit 83 extracts all the row data whose F term is “2H090”, as indicated by Z32 in (b) of FIG. Further, the comparative evaluation unit 83 counts the number of inventions of the objects by applicant as shown in Z33 of (b) of FIG. In this example, the comparative evaluation unit 83 counts that the inventions of the thing of Company A are 88 cases. Furthermore, the inventions of the B company's thing count as 125 cases. Furthermore, the invention of the thing of C company counts as 145 cases.
- the comparison evaluation unit 83 further calculates the number of inventions of the industry average. In this example, the comparative evaluation unit 83 calculates that the average number of inventions in the industry is 120.
- the output unit 30 outputs, as a graph, the number of inventions of the thing owned by each applicant, as indicated by Z34 in (b) of FIG.
- the output device monitors or prints the graph shown in Z34.
- the industry average value is simultaneously displayed or printed. In this way, the user can at first glance grasp the degree of patent right owned by each applicant by looking at this graph. Therefore, applicants can be compared relatively. This makes it possible to analyze patent specification data more fairly and more reliably.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus 13 may determine the type of the claimed invention by another method other than the above. That is, other discrimination techniques that can determine that it is an invention of a thing or an invention of a method may be used. For example, the type of the invention may be determined based on whether the last word of the character string constituting the claim is a noun indicating an object.
- the patent information analysis apparatus 13a of the present embodiment determines whether the invention described in the patent specification data claim is a numerical limitation invention.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a patent information analysis apparatus 13a according to the fifth embodiment.
- the patent information analysis device 13a includes an input unit 20, an output unit 30, a storage unit 40, and a data processing unit 54.
- the input unit 20, the output unit 30, and the storage unit 40 are the same as the units shown in FIG. 15, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
- the data processing unit 54 will be described below with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 18, the data processing unit 54 includes a numerical limitation invention determination unit 64 (character string comparison means, numerical limitation invention determination means), a numerical limitation invention number counting unit 74 (numeric limitation invention number counting means), and The comparative evaluation unit 84 (second comparative evaluation means) is provided.
- a numerical limitation invention determination unit 64 character string comparison means, numerical limitation invention determination means
- a numerical limitation invention number counting unit 74 numeric limitation invention number counting means
- the comparative evaluation unit 84 second comparative evaluation means
- the numerical limitation invention judging unit 64 is a kind of the invention described in claim 1 of patent specification data. Determine the type. At this time, the numerical limitation invention determination unit 64 determines whether the invention according to claim 1 is a numerical limitation invention.
- the numerical limitation invention determination unit 64 uses character string search technology such as not-matching to determine the type of invention.
- the patent information analysis device 13a stores in advance a character string characterized by a predetermined numerical limitation in a ROM not shown.
- the numerical limitation invention judging unit 64 reads this data as well as the ROM force and uses it for pattern matching.
- the recording medium for storing the character string characterized by numerical limitation may be a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a hard disk or the like.
- the numerical limitation invention determination unit 64 reads out a ROM character string which characterizes that there is such numerical limitation.
- the numerical limitation invention judging unit 64 compares the character string contained in the claim to be analyzed with the character string read out from the ROM force and characterized by the numerical restriction. Determine if it contains a character string that characterizes the limitation.
- the numerical limitation invention judging unit 64 determines the claim to be analyzed as the claim concerning the numerical limitation invention.
- the numerical limitation invention judging unit 64 relates to the claim that is the analysis target, the invention that does not include the numerical limitation. Determine that it is a claim term.
- the numerical limitation invention determination unit 64 associates the patent number of the patent specification data to be analyzed with the determined invention type characterizing character string. For example, the numerical limitation invention determination unit 64 associates the patent number "patent ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ number” with the character string "numerical limitation invention”.
- the numerical limitation invention judging unit 64 outputs the data generated by the association to the numerical limitation invention number counting unit 74 and the comparison evaluation unit 84.
- Patent information analysis device 13a can analyze a plurality of patent specification data. Therefore, the numerical limitation invention number counting unit 74 counts the number of inventions determined by the numerical limitation invention determination unit 64 according to the type of invention.
- the numerical limitation invention number counting unit 74 receives the text data in which the patent number and the invention type characterizing character string are associated with each other, the numerical limitation invention judging unit 64 and the like. Thus, the numerical limitation invention number counting unit 74 counts how many of the patent specification data to be analyzed relate to the numerical limitation invention. Furthermore, count the number of patent specification data to be analyzed that relates to the invention for which the numerical limitation is not made. The numerical limitation invention number counting unit 74 outputs the counted number to the output unit 30.
- the comparison and evaluation unit 84 compares patent specification data in the same field with each other. Specifically, the comparative evaluation unit 84 compares the patent specification data in a certain field with the patent specification data in the same field as that of the patent specification data. As used herein, patent specification data in the same field is patent specification data to which substantially the same patent classification symbol is assigned.
- substantially identical patent classification symbols mean patent classification symbols that can be regarded as being identical to each other although there is a difference in expression as a symbol.
- the IPC which is an example of a patent classification symbol, includes major items that show the outline of the field of the invention, medium items that are more specific than major items, and minor items.
- two IPCs whose major items are the same but whose middle items and sub items are different are not completely identical in terms of the whole symbol, but the fields shown can be regarded as the same.
- the patent classification symbols are practically the same.
- the comparative evaluation unit 84 receives patent classification symbols in the field to be processed.
- the comparative evaluation unit 84 may use the patent classification symbol input by the user through the input unit 20 as the patent classification symbol.
- patent classification symbols stored in advance in a working memory may be used as patent classification symbols.
- the comparative evaluation unit 84 extracts the analysis result of the patent specification data in which the patent classification symbol is defined, based on the predetermined patent classification symbol.
- the comparative evaluation unit 84 extracts the numerical limited invention from the analysis result.
- the comparative evaluation unit 84 counts the number of numerical limitation inventions by applicant.
- the comparison evaluation unit 84 calculates the industry average number of numerically limited inventions in a certain field by dividing the total number of numerically limited inventions by the number of applicants.
- the comparative evaluation unit 84 performs numerical limitation, and processes the invention in the same manner.
- the comparative evaluation unit 84 relatively compares, for a plurality of patent specification data, whether the patent right of the invention described in the claims is likely to be exercised. .
- the comparison evaluation unit 84 outputs the comparison result to the output unit 30.
- the comparative evaluation unit 84 relatively compares the number of patent rights held by the company with the number of patent rights held by other companies. In this way, we analyze the strength of patent rights of each company.
- the comparison evaluation unit 84 outputs the comparison result to the output unit 30.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device 13a according to the fifth embodiment
- FIG. 19 (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device 13a.
- the user inputs the patent number of the analysis target through the input unit 20.
- the numerical limitation invention judging unit 64 reads out the patent specification data of the patent number from the storage unit 40 (S91).
- the numerical limitation invention determination unit 64 reads the text data indicated by Z51 from the storage unit 40. That is, the character string “a device comprising A, B and C, wherein the fixed angle of C is 5 ° ⁇ 40 °” is included. Read out text data.
- the numerical limitation invention determination unit 64 determines the type of the invention according to the analysis target claim (S 92). At this time, the numerical limitation invention determination unit 64 searches for the character string in the claims. In the example shown in FIG. 19 (b), the claims include "°", “ ⁇ ” and “ ⁇ ". These are Deviation is also a character string that is characterized by numerical limitation. Accordingly, the numerical limitation invention determination unit 64 determines that the invention according to the claim is a numerical limitation invention. The numerical limitation invention determination unit 64 repeats such processing for a plurality of patent specification data, and outputs the analysis result to the numerical limitation invention number counting unit 74 and the comparison evaluation unit 84.
- the numerical limitation invention number counting unit 74 counts the number of inventions according to the type of the invention (S 93). In the example shown in FIG. 19 (b), it is counted that there are 50 numerical limitation inventions, and there are 280 inventions whose numerical limitation is not made. The numerical limitation invention number counting unit 74 outputs these count results to the output unit 30.
- the output unit 30 outputs the analysis result (S94). At this time, the output unit 30 outputs the analysis result shown in Z52. In the example shown in Z52, the output unit 30 outputs that the patent number "patent xxxx xl" is a numerical limitation invention.
- the output unit 30 when analyzing a plurality of patent specification data, the output unit 30 outputs the analysis result shown in Z53 to the output device.
- "o" is a symbol indicating that the invention is a numerical limitation invention
- "X" is a symbol indicating that the invention is a numerical limitation. That is, the output unit 30 outputs a table in which the patent numbers of the plurality of inventions are associated with the types of the inventions.
- the output device performs monitor display or printing or the like that the patent number "patent xxxxxl” is a numerical limited invention. Furthermore, monitor display or printing, etc., that the patent number "patent xxxxx 2" is an invention for which the numerical limitation is not made. Further, the patent number “patent xxxxx 3” displays on a monitor or prints that the invention is a numerical limitation invention.
- the output unit 30 outputs the count result by the numerical limitation invention number counting unit 74 to the output device. At this time, the output unit 30 outputs the analysis result shown in Z54. That is, the output unit 30 outputs the total number of the numerical limitation invention and the total number of the invention without numerical limitation. In the example shown in (b) of FIG. 19, the output unit 30 outputs that the numerical limitation invention is 50 cases and the numerical limitation is made! /, The invention is 280 cases.
- FIG. 20 is a view for explaining the operation of the patent information analyzing apparatus 13a according to the fifth embodiment
- FIG. 20 (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analyzing apparatus 13a.
- the numerical limitation invention judging unit 64 reads out the patent specification data of the patent number from the storage unit 40 based on the inputted patent number.
- the numerical limitation invention judging unit 64 performs the above-mentioned analysis to determine the type of the invention according to the patent specification data claim. Further, the numerical limited invention judging unit 64 extracts the F term and the applicant from each patent specification data (S101).
- the numerical limitation invention judging unit 64 generates data of the form shown by Z61 in (b) of FIG. That is, it generates data in which serial numbers starting from 1, patent numbers, F terms, applicants, and types of invention (whether or not numerical limitation is an invention) are associated with one another.
- each item is separated by commas (,), and one item of data is divided by a line feed character.
- the comparison evaluation unit 84 relatively compares a plurality of patent specification data based on the text data shown in Z61 of (b) of FIG. 20 (S102). First, the comparison and evaluation unit 84 extracts all the row data whose F term is “2H090” as indicated by Z62 in (b) of FIG. Further, as shown by Z63 in (b) of FIG. 20, the comparative evaluation unit 84 counts the number of inventions for which the numerical limitation is not made for each applicant. In this example, the comparative evaluation unit 84 counts the inventions owned by company A and for which the numerical limitation is not made as 250 cases. Furthermore, we count inventions owned by Company B, for which numerical limitations have not been made, as 190. Furthermore, we count inventions owned by Company C without numerical limitations as 290.
- the comparison evaluation unit 84 further calculates the industry average value of the invention for which the numerical limitation is not made. In this example, the comparison evaluation unit 84 calculates the industry average of inventions for which numerical limitation is not made to be 240 cases.
- the output unit 30, as shown at Z64 in (b) of FIG. 20, outputs the number of inventions owned by each applicant without numerical limitation as a graph to the output device.
- the output apparatus monitors or prints the graph shown in Z64.
- the industry average value is simultaneously displayed as shown by the dotted line in the figure. This allows the user to view this graph By this, it is possible to grasp at a glance the amount of patent right owned by each applicant. Therefore, applicants can be compared relatively. This makes it possible to analyze patent specification data more fairly and more reliably.
- the patent information analysis device 13a may determine the type of the invention according to the claims by another method other than the above. That is, other discrimination techniques capable of discriminating that the invention is numerical limitation may be used. For example, it may be determined whether the character string constituting the claim includes a character string such as “[number]” which indicates that the mathematical expression is written and / or utters! / ⁇ . "[]” Shown here is, in fact, a sealed bracket which is one of the control symbols contained in the patent specification.
- the type of the invention described in the claims is determined. Furthermore, it is determined whether the invention is a numerical limitation invention. This makes it possible to analyze more accurately whether the invention is subject to exercise of rights.
- the patent information analysis device 13b of this embodiment determines whether the invention described in the patent specification data claim is a product invention or a method invention.
- the patent information analysis device 13b further determines the force / nonforce according to the present invention, which is a numerical limitation invention. That is, the configuration of the patent information analysis device 13b is a combination of the patent information analysis device 13 according to the fourth embodiment and the patent information analysis device 13a according to the fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 21 is a block diagram of a patent information analyzing apparatus 13b according to the sixth embodiment.
- the patent information analysis device 13b includes an input unit 20, an output unit 30, a storage unit 40, a data processing unit 53, and a data processing unit 54.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus 13b can analyze more accurately whether the invention according to the claim is the right to exercise the right or not.
- the data processing unit 53 and the data processing unit 54 analyze text data in parallel at the same time.
- the data processing unit 54 may analyze the text data after the data processing unit 53 analyzes the text data. Conversely, after the data processing unit 54 analyzes the text data, the data processing unit 53 analyzes it.
- a seventh embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to FIG.
- the patent information analysis device 13c of this embodiment determines whether the invention described in the patent specification data claim is a product invention or a method invention.
- the patent information analysis device 13c further determines the force / power which this invention is a numerical limitation invention.
- the patent information analysis device 13c further sorts the analysis results of the plurality of patent specification data.
- FIG. 22 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a patent information analysis device 13c according to the seventh embodiment.
- the patent information analysis device 13c includes an input unit 20, an output unit 30, a storage unit 40, and a data processing unit 55.
- the input unit 20, the output unit 30, and the storage unit 40 are the same as the units shown in FIG. 15, the description will be omitted.
- the data processing unit 55 will be described in more detail. Data processing as shown in Figure 22
- the unit 55 includes a data processing unit 53, a data processing unit 54, and a sorting unit 90 (sorting means). Among these, since the data processing unit 53 and the data processing unit 54 are the same as the respective units included in the patent information analysis device 13b according to the sixth embodiment, the description will be omitted.
- the sorting unit 90 executes the right of the analysis results of the plurality of patent specification data based on the analysis result by the data processing unit 53 and the analysis result by the data processing unit 54, as appropriate! It is likely to be sorted into things and things that are likely to be exercised, and things that are less likely to be exercised. For example, based on the analysis result, the sorting unit 90 sorts items that are inventions and numerical limitations! / !! ⁇ inventions into classifications that are rights exercise ⁇ ⁇ inventions. Furthermore, based on the analysis results, the method invention and the numerical limitation invention are classified into classifications that are invention inventions and that are inventions.
- the user inputs a patent number to be analyzed through the input unit 20.
- the data processing unit 53 and the data processing unit 54 read out the patent specification data of the patent number from the storage unit 40.
- the data processing unit 53 determines whether it is an invention of the claimed invention 1S or a method invention.
- the data processing unit 54 determines whether or not the invention according to the claims is a numerical limitation invention.
- the data processing unit 53 and the data processing unit 54 output the analysis result to the sorting unit 90.
- the sorting unit 90 compiles the input analysis results into format text data shown in Z91 of (b) of FIG. 23 (S111). That is, the sorting unit 90 associates the serial number starting with 1, the item indicating the patent number, the item invention or the method invention, and the item indicating the numerical limitation invention or the invention without numerical limitation. Generate the generated data.
- the thing indicates that it is an invention of a thing.
- “method” indicates that it is a method invention.
- numbererical value represents that it is a numerical limitation invention.
- other represents that the invention is not numerically limited.
- each item is separated by commas (,), and one item of data is divided by a new-line character.
- the sorting section 90 sorts the inventions of the right-of-exercise invention from the text data shown in Z91. To do (SI 12). That is, as shown in Z92, the sorting unit 90 extracts line data which is an invention of an object and an invention without numerical limitation. That is, the sorting unit 90 extracts data with serial numbers 2, 4 and 5 as inventions for exercising the rights. The sorting unit 90 outputs the sorted analysis result to the output unit 30.
- the output unit 30 classifies the analysis result sorted by the sorting unit 90 into an invention for exercising rights and an invention for which it is difficult to exercise rights, and outputs the classified results to an output device.
- the output device displays, as a list, the monitor numbers or the patent numbers of the patent specifications related to the invention of the object and the invention for which the numerical limitation is not made. Print etc.
- the patent numbers of the patent specification relating to the invention of the method and the numerical limitation invention are listed and displayed on a monitor or printed.
- the patent information analysis device 13c can extract the information related to the right-of-use invention from the large amount of patent specifications. In this way, the user can check the analysis results by this device, and know that he / she has strong patent rights that can be easily used by other companies, and that he / she can know V ⁇ s worth of money. it can.
- the patent information analysis device 13c can also extract, from a large amount of patent specifications, information on inventions that are difficult to enforce. In this way, the user can efficiently proceed with the patent inventory inventory operation which is difficult to utilize by confirming the analysis result by the present apparatus. That is, you can efficiently search for patent rights that you do not need and may give up.
- the patent information analysis apparatus analyzes patent specification data.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and even utility model specification data can be analyzed. That is, the patent information in the present invention is meant to include patent specification data and utility model specification data.
- the invention type discriminating unit 63 discriminates an invention in which a character string that characterizes the invention of the method is not described in the claims in the invention of the object. At this time, the invention type discriminating unit 63 determines that the invention not determined to be the invention of the method is the invention of a product. That is, in general, a claim is described with a character string that characterizes the invention of the method. If so, the invention according to such a claim can be determined almost certainly as the invention of the method. Therefore, the patent information analysis apparatus can more reliably determine that the invention described in the claims is the invention of a product by determining that the other inventions are the invention of a product.
- the patent information analysis device analyzes only claim 1, but the present invention is not limited to these.
- a method of determining the independent claim and the dependent claim there is, for example, a method of searching for a character string constituting the claim. That is, in the case of the dependent claims, quoting other claims such as “a device according to claim 1 or 3” in the character string constituting one claim.
- the patent information analysis device determines whether two patent specification data have the same patent information capability in the same field, or a patent classification such as IPC, FI, F term, or US class. Judge by symbol.
- the patent information analysis apparatus may arbitrarily search, by keyword search or the like, whether the plurality of patent specification data items are patent information items in the same domain. In this case, it is determined based on the result of the keyword search whether patent specification data has patent information power in the same field.
- FIG. 24 shows the configuration of a patent information analysis apparatus 14 according to the eighth embodiment.
- Block diagram As shown in this figure, the patent information analysis device 14 includes an input unit 20, an output unit 30 (output means), a storage unit 40, and a data processing unit 56.
- the input unit 20, the output unit 30, and the storage unit 40 are the same as in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.
- the data processing unit 56 analyzes the patent specification data of this patent number based on the patent number input through the input unit 20. At this time, the data processing unit 56 reads from the storage unit 40 the patent specification data to which the input patent number is given. In particular, the data processing unit 56 reads out the claim portion of the patent specification data. In the present embodiment, the data processing unit 56 reads out the claim portion of the patent specification data as Japanese text data. The data processing unit 56 stores the read text data in a working memory (not shown). Thereby, the data processing unit 56 analyzes text data in a working memory (not shown).
- the data processing unit 56 will be described in more detail. As shown in FIG. 24, the data processing unit 56 is an invention nonspecific matter character deletion unit 65 (character string comparison means, invention nonspecific matter character deletion means), invention specific matter character count part 75 (invention specific matter character count A counting means) and a comparative evaluation unit 85 (third comparative evaluation means) are provided.
- an invention nonspecific matter character deletion unit 65 character string comparison means, invention nonspecific matter character deletion means
- invention specific matter character count part 75 invention specific matter character count A counting means
- a comparative evaluation unit 85 third comparative evaluation means
- the non-invention specific item character deletion unit 65 extracts and deletes the non-invention component non-specific character described in the patent specification data claim.
- Invention component non-specific characters mean formal terms not directly related to specifying the invention described in the claims.
- Non-specific characters of this invention component include, for example, symbols, directives, and form strings.
- the directive in the Japanese patent specification means a term that refers to another term that precedes or points to another term that appears later. Examples of this directive include “the”, “the above”, “above”, “below”, “this”, “these” and the like.
- the patent information analysis device 14 prestores such non-inventive-element constituent non-specific characters in ROM! (Read Only Memory: read only memory).
- ROM! Read Only Memory: read only memory
- the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 reads out the ROM and uses it for pattern matching.
- the recording medium in which the non-inventive element non-specific characters are stored in advance may be a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a hard disk, or the like.
- the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 reads out these invention component non-specifying characters by the ROM.
- the invention non-specific item character deletion unit 65 compares each character string included in the analysis target claim with the non-specific character of the invention component element read out from the ROM force, thereby claim non-invention component non-specification. Extract characters As a result, the invention non-specific item character deletion unit 65 deletes at least one invention component non-specific character included in the claims.
- the non-invention-specific-item character deletion unit 65 outputs claim data after deleting the non-invention-component non-specific characters to the invention-specific-item character count unit 75.
- the invention specific matter character number counting unit 75 corrects the number of characters included in the input claim. That is, the invention specific matter character counting section 75 counts the number of characters included in the claim from which at least one of the invention component nonspecific characters is deleted. As a result, the invention specific matter character counting section 75 counts the number of characters included in the claim to be analyzed. The invention specific matter character number counting unit 75 outputs the number of counted characters to the output unit 30.
- the invention specific matter character counting unit 75 calculates the number of characters included in the claim after deleting the invention constituent non-specific character by, for example, counting the number of Neutes of the text data to be analyzed. Do.
- the invention specific matter character number counting unit 75 may count the number of characters included in the claims by using another counting method different from the counting method of counting the number of bytes.
- the comparative evaluation unit 85 compares patent specification data in the same field with each other. Specifically, the comparative evaluation unit 85 is configured to compare patent specification data in a certain field and data of the patent specification data. Compare and evaluate patent specification data in the same field as the field. As used herein, patent specification data in the same field is patent specification data to which substantially the same patent classification symbol is assigned.
- the comparative evaluation unit 85 receives the patent classification symbol of the field to be processed.
- the processing of the patent classification symbol in the comparative evaluation unit 85 is the same as that of the comparative evaluation unit 83 in the fourth embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
- the comparison evaluation unit 85 relatively compares the scope of the claims of the invention set forth in the claims with respect to a plurality of patent specification data.
- the comparison and evaluation unit 85 can compare the patent right relating to the invention of the claim containing a smaller number of characters than the patent right relating to the invention of a claim containing a larger number of characters. Evaluate that the scope (claims) is broader.
- the comparison evaluation unit 85 outputs such comparison result to the output unit 30.
- the comparative evaluation unit 85 also compares the number of patent rights owned by the company with the number of patent rights owned by other companies. In this way, we analyze the strength of patent rights of each company.
- FIG. 25 is a view for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device 14 according to the eighth embodiment
- FIG. 25 (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device 14
- the user inputs the patent number to be analyzed through the input unit 20.
- the data processing unit 56 reads out the patent specification data (especially the claim data) of the patent number from the storage unit 40 (S121).
- the non-invention specific matter character deletion unit 65 extracts claim 1 which is also an independent claim in the claim data power of the Japanese patent specification read out. As shown in (b) of FIG. 25, in the present embodiment, the non-invention specific matter character deletion unit 65 reads the text data indicated by Z101 from the storage unit 40. That is,
- the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 determines whether or not the read claim data has the text data of the claim 2 and thereafter (S 122). For example, it is determined whether or not the character string "[claim 2]" exists in the claim data. Here, “]” and “[” are, in fact, marked brackets, which are control symbols in the patent specification. If the determination result in S122 is "true”, the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 deletes the text data of the claim 2 and the following from the claim data of the analysis target (S123). Thus, the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 extracts the text data of claim 1 which is an independent claim. On the other hand, if the judgment result power in S122 is “false”, the non-invention specific matter character deletion unit 65 skips the processing in S123.
- the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 acquires the text data shown in Z102. Thereafter, the non-invention specific item character deletion unit 65
- [Claim 1] An apparatus comprising: A, B, and C, wherein the C is fixed to the A.
- the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 determines whether the text data indicated by Z102 includes a non-invention component non-specifying character (S124). Here, if the determination result is "true”, the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 deletes the invention-component non-specifying character from the text data of claim 1 (S125). When the invention component non-specific character is deleted, the non-invention character character deletion unit 65 determines whether the data currently being processed is the last of the data string in claim 1 (S 126). If the result is ⁇ false, the non-invention specific matter character deletion unit 65 resumes the process of S124. On the other hand, when the judgment result is "true", the non-invention-specifying character deletion section 65 outputs the text data from which the non-invention component non-specifying character is removed to the invention-specifying matter character counting section 75.
- the text data of Z102 can be "read mark", "punctuation mark
- the invention non-specific matter character deletion unit 65 deletes these invention component non-specific characters from the text data to be processed by extracting them.
- the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 generates text data shown in Z103 from which non-invention-component non-specifying characters have been removed. As shown in Z103, this text data contains only the character string of the core part representing the constituent requirements of the claimed invention.
- the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 outputs the text data shown in Z103, that is, the text data of claim 1 from which the non-invention component non-specifying character has been removed, to the invention-specifying character count unit 75.
- the invention specific matter character counting section 75 counts the number of characters included in the input text data. In this example, the invention specific matter character number unit 75 counts the number of characters in claim 1 as “23 characters”. Specific Items of the Invention The number-of-characters counting unit 75 outputs the count result to the output unit 30.
- the output unit 30 outputs the counting result by the invention specific matter character counting unit 75 to the output device (S128).
- the output device displays or prints the count result shown in Z104. That is, the output device monitors or prints that 23 letters are included in claim 1 of the patent specification of the patent number "patent xxxxxl".
- the output unit 30 outputs the analysis result shown in Z 105 to the output device. That is, a table in which the patent numbers of the plurality of inventions are associated with the number of characters of claim 1 included in the patent specification of the patent numbers is output.
- the output device monitors or displays that the number of characters of the character of claim 1 included in the patent specification of the patent number "patent xxxxxl" is "23" characters.
- the number of characters of claim 1 included in the patent specification of the patent number "patent xxxxx 2" is displayed on a monitor or printed etc. as "100" characters.
- FIG. 26 is a view for explaining the operation of the patent information analyzing apparatus 14 according to the eighth embodiment, and (a) of FIG. 26 shows the operation of the patent information analyzing apparatus 14.
- FIG. 26 (b) is a flowchart showing an operation, and FIG. 26 (b) shows an example of text data processed by the patent information analysis device 14 and an analysis result output.
- the data processing unit 56 reads the patent specification data of the patent number from the storage unit 40 based on the input patent number.
- the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 performs the above-described analysis, and deletes non-invention-component non-specific characters in the character string of claim 1 included in the patent specification data.
- the invention specific matter character number counting unit 75 corrects the number of characters in claim 1. Furthermore, the invention specific matter character counting section 75 extracts F terms and applicants from each patent specification data.
- the invention-specifying character number counting unit 75 generates data of a format shown by Z111 in (b) of FIG. That is, it generates data in which serial numbers starting from 1, patent numbers, F terms, applicants, and the number of letters of claim 1 are associated with one another.
- each item is separated by a comma (,), and one item of data is separated by a line feed character.
- the comparison evaluation unit 85 relatively compares a plurality of patent specification data based on the data shown in Z111 of (b) of FIG. First, the comparative evaluation section 85 extracts all the row data whose F term is “2H090”, as indicated by Z112 in (b) of FIG. Further, the comparative evaluation unit 85 calculates the average number of characters for each applicant as shown by Z113 in (b) of FIG. In this example, the comparison evaluation unit 85 calculates the average number of letters of claim 1 of company A as 175 letters. Furthermore, the average number of letters in claim 1 of company B is calculated to be 250 letters. Furthermore, the average number of letters in claim 1 of company C is calculated to be 290 letters.
- the comparison evaluation unit 85 further calculates the industry average value of the number of the characters in claim 1 (average number of characters of patent specification data having the same F-term). In this example, the comparison evaluation unit 85 calculates that the number of characters in the industry average is 240 characters. The industry average value may be calculated by further calculating the average value based on the average number of letters of each applicant in the same F-term. Also, with the industry in this embodiment, the F specification “2H090” is given as the same field, and the patent specification data is to be analyzed! Point
- the output unit 30 relates to the patent right owned by each applicant.
- the average number of characters of claim 1 in the patent specification is output as a graph to the output device.
- the output device monitors or prints the graph shown in Z114. Therefore, by looking at this graph, the user can at first glance grasp the number of letters of Claim 1 in the patent right owned by each applicant. Therefore, the patent powers of the applicants can be compared relatively easily. This makes it possible to analyze patent specification data with more fairness and high reliability.
- a ninth embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to FIGS. 27 and 28.
- the patent information analysis device 14a of the present embodiment ranks the number of characters included in the claim 1 for a plurality of patent specification data.
- FIG. 27 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a patent information analysis apparatus 14a according to a ninth embodiment.
- the patent information analysis device 14a includes an input unit 20, an output unit 30, a storage unit 40, and a data processing unit 56a.
- the input unit 20, the output unit 30, and the storage unit 40 are the same as the units shown in FIG. 24, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.
- the data processing unit 56a will be described below with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 27, the data processing unit 56a is an invention nonspecific matter character deletion unit 65 (character string comparison means, invention nonspecific matter character deletion means), invention specific matter character count part 75 (invention specific matter character count) Means), ranking section 91 (ranking section), and comparison evaluation section 85 (third comparison evaluation section).
- invention nonspecific matter character deletion unit 65 character string comparison means, invention nonspecific matter character deletion means
- invention specific matter character count part 75 invention specific matter character count
- ranking section 91 ranking section
- comparison evaluation section 85 third comparison evaluation section
- non-invention-specifying character deleting portion 65 the invention-specifying matter character counting portion 75, and the comparison evaluation portion 85 are all the same as the portions shown in FIG. 24, the description thereof is omitted. .
- the ranking unit 91 Based on the counting result by the invention specific matter character counting unit 75, the ranking unit 91 appropriately analyzes the plurality of patent specification data according to the order of the number of characters in the claims. Rank. Or, it ranks in descending order of the number of characters in claims.
- FIG. 28 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis apparatus 14a according to the ninth embodiment
- FIG. 28 (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis apparatus 14a.
- the user inputs the patent number of the analysis target through the input unit 20. Based on the input patent number, the data processing unit 56a reads out the patent specification data of the patent number from the storage unit 40. Next, the non-invention specific item character deletion unit 65 deletes the non-invention component non-specific character included in claim 1. The non-invention specific matter character deletion unit 65 outputs the analysis result to the invention specific matter character count unit 75.
- the invention specific item character count section 75 compiles the input analysis results into format text data shown in Z121 of (b) of FIG. 28 (S141). That is, the invention-specific matter character-number unit 75 generates data in which serial numbers starting with 1, patent numbers, and the number of characters in claim 1 are associated with one another.
- the ranking unit 91 processes text data in a working memory (not shown) shown in Z121. At this time, the ranking unit 91 appropriately ranks the results of analysis of the plurality of patent specification data shown in Z121 in ascending order of the number of characters in the claims as shown in Z122 (S142). Or, it ranks in descending order of the number of characters in the claims (S 142). The ranking unit 91 outputs the ranking result to the output unit 30.
- the output unit 30 outputs the analysis results ranked by the ranking unit 91 to an output device.
- the output device monitors or prints the analysis result of the patent specification data in order, as indicated by Z123, in the small number of characters in claim 1. .
- the analysis results of patent specification data are displayed on a monitor or printed in descending order of the number of characters in claim 1.
- the patent information analysis device 14a is a patent right from the patent specification It is possible to extract information on the scope of claims. Therefore, the user can efficiently identify what is necessary and what is not necessary from a large amount of patent specification data.
- the user can confirm the information of the patent specification including a small number of characters // and the patent specification including claim 1, and can confirm the effective patent right order easy to be used by other companies. .
- the user can efficiently proceed with the inventory work of patent rights that are difficult to utilize because the scope of rights is narrow. That is, patent rights that are unnecessary and may be abandoned can be efficiently searched.
- the patent information analysis device 14b of the present embodiment extracts invention constituent features included in independent claims of patent specification data. Furthermore, the number of extracted invention constituent requirements is counted. Furthermore, count the number of characters of the extracted invention configuration requirements.
- FIG. 29 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a patent information analysis apparatus 14b according to the tenth embodiment.
- the patent information analysis device 14b includes an input unit 20, an output unit 30, a storage unit 40, and a data processing unit 57.
- the input unit 20, the output unit 30, and the storage unit 40 are the same as the units shown in FIG. 24, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
- the data processing unit 57 will be described below with reference to FIG. 29
- the data processing unit 57 includes an invention constituent feature extraction unit 66 (character string comparison means, invention constituent feature extraction means), an invention constituent feature number counting unit 76 (invention constituent feature number counting means), Configuration The required number-of-characters counting section 77 (counting means for the number of inventive elements) and the comparative evaluation section 8 6 (third comparative evaluation means).
- Data processing unit 57 analyzes the patent specification data of this patent number based on the patent number input through input unit 20. At this time, the data processing unit 57 receives the input patent number. No. is given to the patent specification data is read from the storage unit 40. In particular, the data processing unit 57 reads out the claim portion of the patent specification data. In the present embodiment, the data processing unit 57 reads out the claim portion of the patent specification data as Japanese text data. The data processing unit 57 stores the read text data in a working memory (not shown). Thus, the data processing unit 57 analyzes text data in a working memory (not shown).
- the invention constituent feature extraction unit 66 extracts the invention constituent feature included in the patent specification data claim from within the working memory. At this time, the invention constituent feature extraction unit 66 uses a character string search technology such as pattern matching to extract the invention constituent requirement. For example, when the independent claim of the Japanese patent specification to be analyzed includes the character string “device having A and B.” From the claim of the invention constituent feature extraction unit 66, “ Extract the two invention composition requirements of A "and” B ". Specifically, from the claim text data, the invention constituent feature extraction unit 66 is a character string surrounded by “to” and “to”, or surrounded by “to” and “to”. All strings are extracted as invention configuration requirements. The above-mentioned "to,” is a character string in which the particle "to" and the reading point symbol ",” are combined.
- the invention constituent feature extraction section 66 searches for newline characters from text data.
- the control character indicating line feed is "LF (line feed)". Therefore, the invention constituent feature extraction unit 66 extracts paragraph breaks by searching for control characters indicating such line breaks from the claim data.
- the invention constituent feature extraction unit 66 may extract a character string for each paragraph as one invention constituent requirement.
- the invention constituent feature extraction unit 66 outputs the extracted invention constituent feature to the invention constituent feature number counting unit 76 and the invention constituent feature character count unit 77 as text data.
- the patent information analysis device 14b previously stores predetermined invention constituent feature search character strings such as "to” and "to” described above in a ROM (not shown).
- the invention constituent feature extraction unit 66 reads out this data as well as the ROM force and uses it for pattern matching.
- the recording medium for storing the invention constituent requirement search string in advance is a CD-ROM or a recording medium. It may be a DVD-ROM or a hard disk.
- the invention constituent feature number counting unit 76 counts the number of invention constituent features extracted by the invention constituent feature extracting unit 66.
- the invention constituent feature character number counting unit 77 counts the number of characters of the invention constituent feature extracted by the invention constituent feature extraction unit 66.
- the character number counting unit 77 according to the invention counts the number of characters in the same manner as the character counting unit 75 according to the eighth embodiment.
- the comparison and evaluation unit 86 compares patent specification data in the same field with each other. Specifically, the comparative evaluation unit 86 compares the patent specification data in a certain field with the patent specification data in the same field as the field of the patent specification data.
- the comparative evaluation unit 86 receives the patent classification symbol of the field to be processed.
- the comparative evaluation unit 86 may use the patent classification symbol input by the user through the input unit 20 as the patent classification symbol.
- patent classification symbols stored in advance in a working memory may be used as patent classification symbols.
- IPC, FI, or F terms included in patent specification data may be used as patent classification symbols.
- the comparative evaluation unit 86 extracts the analysis result of the patent specification data in which the patent classification symbol is defined based on the predetermined patent classification symbol.
- the comparison evaluation unit 86 relatively compares the scope of the claims of the invention set forth in the claims with respect to a plurality of patent specification data.
- the comparative evaluation unit 86 may include a smaller number of invention constituent requirements, a patent right of the claimed invention, and a patent right of a claim claimed in a larger number of invention constituent features. In comparison with, the scope of rights is considered to be wider.
- the comparative evaluation unit 86 has a smaller number of characters of the invention specifying requirements, and a patent right of the claims having a larger number of characters of the invention specifying requirements including the patent right of the invention of claims. We consider that the scope of rights is wider than.
- the comparison evaluation unit 86 outputs the comparison result to the output unit 30.
- the comparative evaluation unit 86 relatively compares the number of patent rights owned by the company with the number of patent rights owned by other companies. In this way, we analyze the strength of patent rights of each company.
- the comparison evaluation unit 86 outputs the comparison result to the output unit 30. [0496] ⁇ 2. Operation Flow>
- FIG. 30 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis apparatus 14b according to the tenth embodiment.
- the user inputs the patent number to be analyzed through the input unit 20.
- the data processing unit 57 reads out the claim data of the patent specification data of this patent number from the storage unit 40 (S151).
- the invention constituent feature extraction unit 66 extracts an invention constituent feature from the read claim data (S152).
- the invention constituent feature number counting unit 76 counts the number of characters of the invention constituent feature extracted by the invention constituent feature extraction unit 66 (S153).
- the output unit 30 outputs the analysis result by the invention configuration feature number counting unit 76 to the output device (S154).
- FIG. 31 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis apparatus 14b according to the tenth embodiment.
- the user inputs the patent number to be analyzed through the input unit 20.
- the data processing unit 57 reads out the claim data of the patent specification data of this patent number from the storage unit 40 (S161).
- the invention constituent feature extraction unit 66 extracts an invention constituent feature from the read claim data (S162).
- the invention constituent feature character number counting unit 77 counts the number of characters of the invention constituent feature extracted by the invention constituent feature extraction unit 66 (S 163).
- the output unit 30 outputs the analysis result by the invention constituent feature character counting unit 77 to the output device (S164).
- FIG. 32 is a view for explaining the operation of the comparison and evaluation unit 86 provided in the patent information analysis apparatus 14b according to the tenth embodiment.
- the invention constituent feature number counting unit 76 counts the number of invention constituent features included in independent claims of each patent specification data. Furthermore, the invention constituent feature character counting unit 77 comprehends the number of characters of the invention specific requirement contained in the independent claim of each patent specification data. From the data subjected to various processes as described above, the comparison evaluation unit 86 extracts patent information related to patent specification data of patent information in the same field (S 171).
- the comparative evaluation unit 86 relatively compares the patent specification data of the patent information in the same field (S172). For example, the comparative evaluation unit 86 calculates the industry average value of the number of invention constituent requirements in claim 1 in the same domain, and the constituent features of own-owned patents or patents owned by other companies thereto. We will make a relative comparison of the number or the number of characters and compare and evaluate the patent power of each company.
- the patent information analysis device 14b of the present embodiment processes the number of invention configuration requirements and the number of characters of invention specification requirements separately.
- the invention is not limited to this, and the patent information analysis device 14b may analyze patent specification data by combining the number of invention constituent requirements with the number of characters of the invention specific requirements.
- the patent information analyzing apparatus 14b includes patent specification data including a claim having a small number of invention configuration requirements and a small number of invention specific requirement characters. As such, patent data can be analyzed in more detail.
- the patent information analysis device 14c of the present embodiment extracts high-level conceptual terms from the character string included in the independent claim of the patent specification data. In addition, the number of superordinate terms extracted is identified.
- FIG. 33 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a patent information analysis device 14c according to an eleventh embodiment.
- the patent information analysis device 14c includes an input unit 20, an output unit 30, a storage unit 40, and a data processing unit 58.
- the input unit 20, the output unit 30, and the storage unit 40 are the same as the units shown in FIG. 24, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
- the data processor 58 will be described below with reference to FIG. 33, the data processing unit 58 includes an upper concept term extraction unit 67 (character string comparison means, upper concept term extraction means), an upper concept term number counting unit 78 (upper concept term count means), and The comparative evaluation unit 87 (third comparative evaluation means) is provided.
- an upper concept term extraction unit 67 character string comparison means, upper concept term extraction means
- an upper concept term number counting unit 78 upper concept term count means
- the comparative evaluation unit 87 third comparative evaluation means
- the data processing unit 58 analyzes the patent specification data of this patent number based on the patent number input through the input unit 20. At this time, the data processing unit 58 reads out from the storage unit 40 the patent specification data to which the inputted patent number is given. In particular, the data processing unit 58 reads out the claim portion of the patent specification data. In the present embodiment, data The processing unit 58 reads out the claim portion of the patent specification data as Japanese text data. The data processing unit 58 stores the read text data in a working memory (not shown). Thus, the data processing unit 58 analyzes text data in a working memory (not shown).
- the high-level concept term extraction unit 67 extracts high-level concept terms included in the patent specification data claims from the working memory.
- the term “hyperconceptual term” is a term that expresses a concept in which family members or similar items are collected and controlled, or a concept in which a plurality of items are controlled based on a common property, and means a lower concept.
- the superordinate term in Japanese patent specification includes “elastic body” which is the superordinate concept of terms such as "panel, rubber”.
- stretchable member which is a broader concept of terms such as "sponge material, urethane material, air bag”.
- the patent information analysis device 14c stores such upper concept terms in advance in a ROM (not shown). Thereby, the upper concept term extraction unit 67 reads this data from the ROM and uses it for not matching.
- the recording medium for storing the upper concept terms in advance may be a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a hard disk, or the like.
- the upper-level concept term extraction unit 67 reads these upper-level concept terms as well as the ROM power. Next, the upper concept term extraction unit 67 extracts an upper concept term from the claim by comparing each character string included in the analysis target claim with the upper concept term read out from the ROM. The upper concept term extraction unit 67 outputs the extracted upper concept terms to the upper concept word count unit 78.
- the upper concept term number counting unit 78 counts the number of upper concept terms extracted by the upper concept term extracting unit 67.
- the upper concept term number counting section 78 outputs the counted number of upper concept terms to the output section 30.
- FIG. 34 is a view for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis apparatus 14c according to the eleventh embodiment.
- the user inputs the patent number to be analyzed through the input unit 20. Is input Based on the patent number, the data processing unit 58 reads out the claim data of the patent specification data of this patent number from the storage unit 40 (S181).
- the upper concept term extraction unit 67 extracts the upper concept terms from the read claim data (S 182).
- the upper-level concept term extraction unit 67 outputs the result as to whether or not the upper-level concept term has been extracted, to the output unit 30 (S 184).
- the upper concept term number counting unit 78 counts the number of upper concept terms extracted by the upper concept term extracting unit 67 (S183).
- the output unit 30 outputs the count result of the upper concept term number counting unit 78 to the output device (S184).
- FIG. 35 is a view for explaining the operation of the comparison and evaluation unit 87 provided in the patent information analysis apparatus 14c according to the eleventh embodiment.
- the upper concept term number counting unit 78 counts the number of upper concept terms included in the independent claims of each patent specification data. From the data subjected to various processes as described above, the comparison evaluation unit 87 extracts patent information related to patent specification data of patent information in the same field (S 191).
- the comparative evaluation unit 87 relatively compares the patent specification data of the patent information in the same field (S192). For example, the comparative evaluation unit 87 calculates the industry average value of the number of upper concept terms in claim 1 in the same field, and relatively compares the number of upper concept terms of proprietary patents owned by other companies or patents of other companies Perform comparative evaluation of patent power of
- the patent information analysis device 14 c of the present embodiment extracts high-level conceptual terms included in independent claims of patent specification data. Thereby, the patent information analysis device 14c can analyze the breadth of the claim concerning the claim to be analyzed. Furthermore, when analyzing multiple patent specification data, the patent specification data can be analyzed more fairly and with higher reliability by comparing the patent specification data of the patent information in the same field.
- the patent information analysis device 14d of the present embodiment counts the number of words included in the patent specification data claims, which are composed especially in English, such as US patent specifications. Specifically, the patent information analysis device 14d includes space statements included in independent claims of patent specification data. Count the number of space characters by extracting characters.
- FIG. 36 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a patent information analysis apparatus 14d according to a twelfth embodiment.
- the patent information analysis device 14d includes an input unit 20, an output unit 30, a storage unit 40, and a data processing unit 59.
- the input unit 20, the output unit 30, and the storage unit 40 are the same as the units shown in FIG. 24, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
- Data processing unit 59 analyzes the patent specification data of this patent number based on the patent number input through input unit 20. At this time, the data processing unit 59 reads out from the storage unit 40 the patent specification data to which the inputted patent number is given. In particular, the data processing unit 59 reads out the claim portion of the patent specification data. In the present embodiment, the data processing unit 59 reads out the claim portion of the patent specification data as text data. The data processing unit 59 stores the read text data in a working memory (not shown). Thus, the data processing unit 59 analyzes text data in a working memory (not shown).
- the data processing unit 59 will be described below with reference to FIG. 36, the data processing unit 59 includes a word count unit 79 (word count unit) and a comparison evaluation unit 88 (third comparison evaluation unit).
- the word counting section 79 extracts words included in the patent specification data claims.
- the word number counting unit 79 extracts the space character included in the claim to be analyzed.
- the word counting section 79 counts the number of space characters included in the claim.
- a patent specification in Western languages such as a U.S. patent specification, is composed of words surrounded by claim 1S space characters. Therefore, when analyzing the text data of such patent specification, the patent information analysis device 14d can roughly determine the number of words by counting the number of space characters.
- the word counting section 79 may count line feed characters indicating line feed in text data in addition to space characters.
- text data is ASCII
- the word number counting unit 79 may also count the number of control characters "LF (line feed)" indicating line feed.
- LF line feed
- FIG. 37 is a view for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis apparatus 14d according to the twelfth embodiment
- FIG. 37 (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis apparatus 14d
- b) is a diagram showing an example of text data processed by the patent information analysis device 14d and an analysis result output.
- the user inputs the patent number to be analyzed through the input unit 20.
- the data processing unit 59 reads out the patent specification data of the patent number (particularly, the data of the claim portion) from the storage unit 40 (S201).
- the data processing unit 59 reads the text data shown in Z 141 from the storage unit 40. That is,
- a device comprising: element A; element B; and element.
- each word is separated by a space character, and each claim term is separated by a newline character.
- the space character is indicated by a "mouth" symbol (white ⁇ square)! / ⁇ .
- the word counting section 79 determines whether or not the read claim data includes the claim 2 and thereafter (S 202). For example, the word counting section 79 determines whether "2.” indicating the existence of claim 2 is included in the text data. Here, if the judgment result is "true”, the word counting section 79 deletes the text data of claim 2 and subsequent claims from the read claim data (S203). That is, the word counting section 79 deletes all the subsequent data including “2.” from the text data to be analyzed. Thus, the word counting section 79 extracts the text data of claim 1 only. On the other hand, if the determination result is “false”, the word counting unit 79 skips the process in S202. By the above processing, the word count section 79 acquires text data shown in Z142. Thereafter, the word counting unit 79
- Word count section 79 next determines whether or not the space character is present in the text data shown in Z 142 (S 204). In the present embodiment, the word counting section 79 determines whether or not the space character is included in the text data. Here, if the judgment result is "true”, the word counting section 79 adds 1 to the number of space characters currently counted (S205). Thereafter, the word number counting unit 79 determines whether or not the data currently being processed is the end of the data string (S206). If the determination result is "false", the word number counting unit is determined. 79 resumes the process of S204. That is, the word number counting unit 79 repeatedly executes the search for space characters and the addition of the number of space characters from the beginning to the end of the text data. On the other hand, if the judgment result in S206 is “true”, the word counting section 79 outputs the counted number of space characters, that is, the number of words to the output section 30.
- the text data shown in Z142 contains 10 space characters.
- the word counting section 79 calculates the number of 10 space characters from the text data shown in Z142.
- the output unit 30 outputs the count result to the output device (S207).
- the output device monitors or prints the analysis result shown in Z143. That is, the output unit 30 monitors or prints that the number of words in claim 1 (claim 1) of the patent number “USPxxxxxl” is ten.
- the output unit 30 outputs the analysis result shown in Z144 to the output device. That is, a table in which the patent numbers of the plurality of patent specifications are associated with the number of words of claim 1 included in the patent specifications of the patent numbers is output.
- the output device performs monitor display or printing or the like that the number of words in claim 1 included in the patent specification of the patent number "USPxxxxxl" is "10".
- the number of words in claim 1 included in the patent specification of the patent number "USPxxxxx 2" is displayed on a monitor or printed as "100".
- the patent number "USPxxx Monitor or print that the number of words in claim 1 included in the patent specification of xx 3 is "200".
- Fig. 38 is a view showing text data of another format analyzed by the patent information analysis device 14d according to the twelfth embodiment.
- the output unit 30 can also process text data of the format shown in Z151 of FIG.
- the text data shown in Z151 is
- a device comprising: a line break
- the word counting section 79 When counting the number of words from text data of such a format, the word counting section 79 adds a space character and, as described above, a line feed character indicating a line feed (a control character for ASCII code) Count "LF (Line Feed)". This allows you to count the last word separated by a newline character. Therefore, the word counting section 79 can count the number of words contained in the text data to be analyzed more accurately.
- FIG. 39 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the comparison and evaluation unit 88 provided in the patent information analysis apparatus 14d according to the twelfth embodiment.
- the word counting section 79 counts the words included in the independent claims by counting the space characters included in the independent claims of each patent specification data.
- the comparison evaluation unit 88 extracts the patent information on the patent specification data of the patent information in the same field from the data subjected to the various processes as described above (S211).
- the comparison evaluation unit 88 relatively compares the patent specification data of the patent information in the same field (S212). For example, the comparative evaluation unit 88 calculates the industry average value of the number of words in claim 1 in the same field, compares the number of words of own-owned patents or patents owned by other companies against it, Make a comparative evaluation of the forces.
- the patent information analysis device 14d of the present embodiment counts the number of words included in the independent claim of the patent specification data. Thereby, the patent information analysis device 14d can analyze the scope of the claims according to the claims to be analyzed. Furthermore, when analyzing multiple patent specification data, the patent specification data can be analyzed more fairly and with higher reliability by comparing the patent specification data of the patent information in the same field.
- the patent information analysis device 14 '(not shown) of the present embodiment is a modification of the patent information analysis device 14 of the eighth embodiment and the patent information analysis device 14a of the ninth embodiment.
- the input unit 20 receives data input from the outside. Then, the user inputs an invention component non-specific character to be deleted from the claim through the input unit 20 (input unit). As a result, the input unit 20 receives the non-invention component non-specifying character input by the user, and stores it as data in the working memory.
- the non-invention specific character deletion unit 65 extracts the working memory non-specific character input by the user through the input unit 20, and removes it from the claim. Use as.
- FIG. 40 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis device 14 'according to the thirteenth embodiment
- FIG. 40 (a) is a flowchart showing the operation of the patent information analysis device 14'
- (B) is a figure which shows the text data which patent information analyzer 14 'processes, and the example of the analysis result to output.
- the patent information analysis device 14 ' displays the display screen shown in Z171 in a display unit (not shown). That is, by displaying this screen, the user is requested to input an invention component non-specific character to be deleted.
- the user inputs the non-inventive-component-specific character to be deleted in the text box J 170 (in the example of S22 D o Z 171, the user inputs “this, the above, and the like.
- the input unit 20 is the user These invention component non-specific characters input by Store in industrial memory.
- the patent information analysis device 14 ′ may display a display screen shown in Z172 as another example of the user input screen.
- the display screen of Z172 includes a check box J171, a check box J172, and a check box J173.
- the check box J171 is for selecting an instruction word (for example, “the”, “the above”, “the above”).
- the check box J172 is for selecting symbols (eg, “,” “.” “,” “;”).
- the check box J173 is for selecting a format character string (eg, "is characterized by”).
- the user has checked the check boxes J171 and J172 (indicated by “garden” (black square)). On the other hand, the user checks the check box J171 and does not (displayed by "mouth” (white, square)).
- the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 stores the invention component non-specifying character selected by the user (S222). That is, as shown in Z173, the items of the check box checked by the user, “the”, “the above”, “above”, “,”, “.”, “,” And “;” are stored. Do. Thus, the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 extracts these words from the claim data and deletes them.
- the patent information analysis apparatus 14 'of the present embodiment since the user can arbitrarily designate the non-invention component non-specific character, it is possible to change the technical field of the patent specification to be analyzed. At the same time, the characters to be deleted can be adjusted, and more detailed analysis and analysis can be performed according to the situation.
- the patent information analysis device 14e of the present embodiment determines the type of the invention according to the claim contained in the patent specification data. Furthermore, the invention component non-specific characters contained in this claim are deleted. Thereby, the patent information analysis device 14e applies the determination of the type of invention and the deletion of non-inventive-component non-specific characters to the same analysis-targeted claim. [0547] ⁇ 1. Device Configuration>
- FIG. 41 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analysis apparatus 14e according to the fourteenth embodiment.
- the patent information analysis device 14e includes an input unit 20, an output unit 30, a storage unit 40, and a data processing unit 56b.
- the input unit 20, the output unit 30, and the storage unit 40 are the same as the units shown in FIG. 24, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
- the data processing unit 56 b analyzes the patent specification data of the patent number based on the patent number input through the input unit 20. At this time, the data processing unit 56 b reads out, from the storage unit 40, the patent specification data to which the inputted patent number is assigned. In particular, the data processing unit 56b reads out the claim portion of the patent specification data. In the present embodiment, the data processing unit 56b reads out the claim portion of the patent specification data as Japanese text data. The data processing unit 56b stores the read text data in a working memory (not shown). Thus, the data processing unit 56b analyzes text data in a working memory (not shown).
- the data processing unit 58 includes an invention nonspecific matter character deletion unit 65 (character string comparison means, invention nonspecific matter character deletion means), an invention specific matter character count unit 75 (invention specific matter character count ability).
- non-invention-specifying character deleting portion 65 the invention-specifying matter character counting portion 75, and the comparison evaluation portion 85 are all the same as the portions shown in FIG. 24, the description thereof is omitted. .
- the invention type discriminating unit 67 discriminates the type of the invention described in the patent specification data claims. At this time, the invention type judging unit 67 judges whether the invention according to a certain claim is the invention of a product or the invention of a method.
- the invention type determination unit 67 uses a character string search technology such as not-matching to determine the type of the invention.
- the patent information analysis device 14e does not show a character string characterizing the type of invention! Is stored in advance.
- the invention type judging unit 67 reads this data from the ROM and uses it for not matching.
- a recording medium for storing in advance a character string characterizing the type of the invention may be a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a hard disk, or the like.
- the invention type judging unit 67 reads out from the ROM a character string characterizing the type of the invention. As a result, the invention type discriminating unit 67 compares the wording at the end of the claim to be analyzed with the invention type characterizing character string from which the ROM force is also read, and the wording at the end of the claim is a predetermined invention type. Determine if the force ending with the characterization string.
- the invention type discrimination unit 67 determines the claim to be analyzed by the claim related to the invention of the thing. Determine that there is.
- the invention type discriminating unit 67 determines that the claim to be analyzed is the claim related to the invention of the method. Determine.
- the invention type discriminating unit 67 determines the claim to be analyzed by the claim relating to the invention of the object. Determine that there is.
- the invention type discrimination unit 67 is a method invention such as “apparatus in the case of an invention of an object if it is an invention of an object, in the case of English, for each word of the premise part and the invention type characterizing character string read out It is determined that the claim relates to the invention of an object or the invention of a method by comparing “process” and the like.
- the invention type discriminating unit 67 associates the patent number of the patent specification data to be analyzed with the determined invention type characterizing character string. For example, the invention type discrimination unit 67 associates the patent number "patent ' ⁇ ⁇ number'" with the character string "method invention”. The invention type judging unit 67 outputs the data generated by the association to the non-invention item character deletion unit 65.
- the patent information analysis device 14e of the present embodiment includes the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 and the invention type determination unit 67.
- the patent information analysis device 14e can delete non-invention component non-specific characters from, for example, claim data determined to be related to a product invention.
- the patent information analysis device 14e can analyze the broader claims. That is, the patent information analysis device 14e can analyze patent specification data in more detail.
- the patent information analysis device 14e of the present embodiment is a combination of the patent information analysis device 14 of the eighth embodiment and the invention type determination unit 67.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and may be realized as a combination of the invention type discriminating unit 67 with each patent information analysis device described in any other embodiment.
- the patent information analysis device 14f of the present embodiment determines whether or not the invention according to the claim included in the patent specification data is a numerical limitation invention. Furthermore, the invention component non-specific character included in the claims is deleted. Thus, the patent information analysis device 14f applies the determination of whether or not it is a numerical limitation invention and the deletion of non-invention component non-specific characters to the same analysis target claim.
- FIG. 42 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the patent information analyzing apparatus 14f according to the fifteenth embodiment.
- the patent information analysis device 14f includes an input unit 20, an output unit 30, a storage unit 40, and a data processing unit 56c.
- the input unit 20, the output unit 30, and the storage unit 40 are each shown in FIG. The description is omitted because it is the same as the unit.
- the data processing unit 56 c analyzes the patent specification data of the patent number based on the patent number input through the input unit 20. At this time, the data processing unit 56 c reads out, from the storage unit 40, the patent specification data to which the input patent number is assigned. In particular, the data processing unit 56c reads out the claim portion of the patent specification data. In the present embodiment, the data processing unit 56c reads out the claim portion of the patent specification data as Japanese text data. The data processing unit 56c stores the read text data in a working memory (not shown). Thus, the data processing unit 56c analyzes text data in a working memory (not shown).
- the numerical limitation invention determination unit 68 determines the type of the invention described in the patent specification data claim. At this time, the numerical limitation invention judging unit 68 judges whether the invention according to a certain claim is a numerical limitation invention or not.
- the numerical limitation invention determination unit 68 uses character string search technology such as pattern matching to determine the type of invention.
- the patent information analysis device 14f stores a non-illustrated ROM rough character string that characterizes that there is a predetermined numerical limitation.
- the numerical limitation invention judging unit 68 reads this data from the ROM and uses it for pattern matching.
- the storage medium for storing character strings characterized by numerical limitations may be CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, hard disk, etc.!
- the numerical limitation invention determination unit 68 determines the type of the invention described in the patent specification data claims. At this time, the numerical limitation invention judging unit 68 judges whether the invention according to a certain claim is a numerical limitation invention.
- the numerical limitation invention determination unit 68 uses character string search technology such as not-matching to determine the type of invention. [0569] Therefore, the numerical limitation invention determination unit 68 reads out a ROM character string that characterizes that there is such numerical limitation. As a result, the numerical limitation invention judging unit 68 compares the character string contained in the claim to be analyzed with the character string read out from the ROM force and characterized by the numerical restriction. Determine if it contains a character string that characterizes the limitation.
- the numerical limitation invention judging unit 68 determines the claim to be analyzed as the claim regarding the numerical limitation invention. It is determined that On the other hand, when it is determined that the claim includes a character string that characterizes that there is a numerical limitation, the numerical limitation invention judging unit 68 relates to the claim to be analyzed that does not include the numerical limitation. Determine that it is a claim term.
- the numerical limitation invention determination unit 68 associates the patent number of the patent specification data to be analyzed with the determined invention type characterizing character string. For example, the numerical limitation invention determination unit 68 associates the patent number "patent ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ number" with the character string "numerical limitation invention”. The numerical limitation invention determination unit 68 outputs the data generated by the association to the non-invention item character deletion unit 65.
- the patent information analysis device 14f of the present embodiment is a combination of the patent information analysis device 14 of the eighth embodiment and the numerical limitation invention determination unit 68.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and can be realized as a combination of the patent value analyzing device described in the other arbitrary embodiments and the numerical value limited invention judging unit 68.
- the patent information analysis apparatus may combine the individual analysis described in the eighth to fifteenth embodiments.
- patent specification data in which the scope of claims is wider can be searched by combining the extraction of constituent elements included in the claims and the extraction of superordinate terms included in the same section.
- the patent information analysis device analyzes the patent specification data, but the invention is not limited to this, and even the utility model specification data can be analyzed. That is, the patent information in the present invention includes patent specification data and utility model specification data. It is a pity.
- the patent information analysis apparatus analyzes only the first aspect of the present invention.
- the present invention is not limited to this configuration.
- a method of determining the independent claim and the dependent claim there is, for example, a method of searching for a character string constituting the claim. That is, in the case of the dependent claims, quoting other claims such as "a device according to claim 1 or 3" in a character string constituting one claim
- the word “claim” is included in the character string constituting the claim because there is a description to be shown and the string “claim” is always included, while in the case of an independent claim, no other claims are cited. Do not include strings. Therefore, it is possible to determine the independent claim and the dependent claims by searching whether there is a “claim” t or a character string in a character string constituting one claim. .
- the patent information analysis device determines whether two patent specification data have patent information power in the same field, or a patent classification such as IPC, FI, F term, or US class. Judge by symbol.
- the patent information analysis apparatus may optionally search a plurality of patent specification data for patent information in the same field by keyword search or the like. In this case, it is decided based on the result of keyword search whether patent specification data is patent information power of the same field or not.
- the patent information analysis apparatus stores text data in the storage unit 40.
- This patent specification data may be data of another format other than text data as long as the patent information analysis device can process the data.
- patent specification data may be data in Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) format.
- HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
- XML Extensible Markup Language
- the invention type judging unit 63 compares the character string included in the claim of the patent specification data with the predetermined character string characterizing the type of the invention. Based on the comparison result, the invention type judging unit 63 judges the type of the invention described in the claim to be analyzed.
- the invention number counting unit 73 counts the number of inventions determined by the invention type determining unit 63.
- the comparative evaluation unit 83 evaluates the patent specification data based on the count result of the invention by the invention number counting unit 73. Therefore, it becomes possible to analyze objectively whether the invention described in the patent specification claims is easy to exercise the right.
- the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 does not directly relate to specifying the character string included in the claim and the invention described in the above-mentioned claim, which is predetermined. Compare with a simple string. In this way, the non-invention-specifying character deletion unit 65 also deletes at least some of the formal character strings contained in the claims, as well as the patent specification data of the analysis target.
- the invention-specific matter character number counting unit 75 counts the number of words included in the claim from which at least a part of the formal character string is deleted. Therefore, it is possible to objectively analyze the scope of the claims of the invention described in the claims of the patent specification.
- the object of the present invention is also to provide a computer with program code (executable format program, intermediate code program, source program) of a patent information analysis program which is a software for realizing each function of the above-mentioned patent information analysis apparatus.
- program code executable format program, intermediate code program, source program
- the recording medium for supplying the program code can be configured to be separable from the device.
- the recording medium may be a medium fixedly carried so as to be able to supply the program code. Then, even though the above recording medium is mounted on the device so that the computer can directly read the recorded program code, it can be read via a program reading device connected to the device as an external storage device. It may be worn to be able to
- a tape system such as a magnetic tape or a cassette tape
- a magnetic disk such as a floppy disk (registered trademark) disk Z hard disk, or a CD-ROMZMOZ
- Disc system including an optical disc such as MDZDVDZCD-RZDVD-RZDVD-RAM
- An IC card (including a memory card)
- a card system such as a Z optical card or a semiconductor memory system such as a mask ROM Z EP ROM Z EEPROM Z flash ROM can be used.
- the apparatus may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network.
- the communication network is not particularly limited. Specifically, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone network, mobile unit Communication networks, satellite networks, etc. can be used.
- the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. Specifically, wired media such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., such as IrDA or remote control It can also be used with radios such as infrared, B1 uetooth, 802.11 radios, mobile phone networks, satellite links, terrestrial digital networks and so on.
- the present invention can also be realized in the form of a carrier wave or a data signal sequence in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.
- the above-described functions are realized only by executing the program code read by the computer, and based on the instructions of the program code, an operating system (Operating System) or the like running on the computer is actually used. It is also realized by performing part or all of the processing.
- the above-mentioned functions are the same as the above-mentioned recording medium power.
- the above-mentioned program code power read out.
- Function expansion board attached to a computer or function expansion interface connected to a computer After being written to the memory provided in the memory card, the CPU provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit may perform part or all of the actual processing based on the instructions of the program code. To be realized.
- the present invention can be suitably used for analysis of an applicant's ability to acquire the right from patent specification data of a patent or utility model.
- the present invention can be used as a patent information analysis apparatus for analyzing whether the invention described in the patent specification data claim is one that is easy to exercise the right, and also the utility model specification data It can also be used as a patent information analyzer that analyzes
- the present invention is used as a patent information analysis apparatus that objectively analyzes the scope of claims according to the invention described in the patent specification or the utility model specification. It is possible.
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