A method and device for information reminder

Abstract

An information reminding method and device are disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining patents required to be subjected to information reminding; monitoring whether a patent close to the deadline of payment exists in the patents; if monitoring the to-be-paid patent close to the deadline of payment, sending information of the to-be-paid patent to a user; selecting a statistic index, wherein the statistic index comprises a class number, a technical topic and / or target market information of the to-be-paid patent; based on the selected statistic index, automatically making statistics on the class number, the technical topic and / or the target market information of the to-be-paid patent; and sending statistic information to the user to serve as a basis for selecting whether to pay the fees continuously. According to the information reminding method and device, a reminding notice for paying annual fee can be sent to the user, so that the user is prevented from losing patent rights due to no paying of annual fee in time; and at the same time, the class number, the technical topic and / or the target market information of the to-be-paid patent also can be automatically subjected to statistics, and the user is helped to quickly and accurately understand the technical topic and a market layout situation involved in the to-be-paid patent and to make a judgment whether to pay the fees continuously, so that the patent management efficiency is improved and the patent cost is reduced.

Description

Technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of information processing, in particular to a method and equipment for reminding users to pay patent annual fees by using information processing technology. Background technique [0002] Patent annual fees refer to the fees that the patentee should pay to the Patent Office every year during the validity period of the patent right. The annual fee is different from year to year. If the patent annual fee is not paid on time, the patent will become invalid. As companies apply for more and more patents, there are more and more patents that need to be managed and paid annual fees, and the management becomes more difficult. If the annual fees are not paid in time or the wrong amount is paid, it will cause The loss of corporate profits requires a system that can remind users to pay annual fees. [0003] The existing patent annual fee management system in the prior art can track the deadline for patent payment. When the system dete...

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Problems solved by technology

At present, although the existing technology can notify the user of the patents that are about to reach the payment deadline, it cannot automatically count the classification numbers, technical subjects, and / or target market information of the above-mentioned patents to be paid, and users do not know the status of the patents to be paid. The distribution of technical themes, the technical branches involved, and the market layout of different technical themes in different countries make it impossible to judge whether the above-mentioned patents to be paid are worth continuing to pay for maintenance based on the current technological development direction, and it is also impossible for users to pay according to different Market strategy, selectively pay fees in different countries or regions to maintain the validity of some patent rights, so as to adjust the patent layout strategy

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