Method and device for analyzing patent claims

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a device for analyzing patent claims. According to an embodiment, the present invention can comprise the steps of: (a) classifying claims shown in claimsof a patent document into independent claims and dependent claims; (b) classifying the independent claims and the dependent claims into referring claims and claims to which the referring claims refer,and analyzing the reference relation; (c) determining the coordinates of the independent claims and dependent claims in accordance with claim numbers and the reference relation; and (d) arranging theclaims in accordance with the coordinates of the independent claims and dependent claims determined in step (c). The method for analyzing patent claims according to the present invention enables easyunderstanding of patent claims by means of hierarchically structuring the claims.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method and a device for analyzing the scope of patent claims, and more specifically relates to a method for analyzing whether the scope of patent claims is an independent claim and the citation relationship, and arranging the claims hierarchically. Background technique [0002] Recently, the importance of intellectual property rights as a means of technological protection has been increasing, so the attention to patent applications has also increased accordingly. Not only does it play a role in technological protection, but patent documents are also important for analyzing recent technological trends or establishing corporate research. Very useful for developing strategies. [0003] Patent documents are composed of bibliography, abstract, description, and scope of claims, etc., where the scope of claims is the technical content to be monopolized, which plays a role in setting the scope of protection of patented invent...

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[0005] However, the scope of patent claims is composed of complex citation relationships such as independent claims or dependent claims, so it is difficult to clearly understand the scope of protection of the invention

In addition, the language of each country is different, and there are differences in the way of describing the scope of patent claims, so it is more difficult to analyze the scope of the entire claim.

[0006] In the prior art, there is a way to distinguish and show the scope of claims into independent claims and dependent claims, but the accuracy of distinguishing independent claims is low, and the scope of claims is not effectively structured in consideration of the reference relationship so that How to understand the scope of claims at a glance

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