Industrial property right fee payment management system

Abstract

To provide an industrial property right fee payment management system that can easily and properly determine and set whether or not to maintain or update management object rights.SOLUTION: A patent maintenance fee payment management system 1 includes: a management information database 2 that stores information on management object rights; and an information processing device 3 that can access an industrial property right information database 200. Information on the management object rights stored in the management information database 2 includes: identification information on each management object right; information on the necessity of the fee payment; and extraction condition information on an extraction condition set for each identification information. The information processing device 3 extracts, at predetermined timing, an application that satisfies the extraction condition from the industrial property right information database 200 by an extracting unit 33, and updates the extracted application by the extracting unit 33.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an industrial property right fee payment management system that manages the payment of fees to maintain or renew one or more existing managed rights for at least one type of industrial property right selected from patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, and trademark rights. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, there has been known an industrial property right fee payment management system that manages the payment of fees for maintaining or renewing one or more existing managed rights for at least one type of industrial property right selected from patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, and trademark rights.

[0003] Generally, while conventional industrial property fee payment management systems allow users to set whether to maintain or renew a managed right, they provide little information to determine whether to maintain or renew the managed right. Therefore, in order to determine whether to maintain or renew the managed right, users have had to generate analysis data by other means in parallel with operating the industrial property fee payment management system.

[0004] Therefore, Patent Document 1 discloses an industrial property right fee payment management system that classifies multiple managed rights into a patent portfolio, visualizes the evaluation scores and information between groups of related applications and patents that make up the patent portfolio, and provides information for determining whether to maintain or renew the managed rights. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2015-125484 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] However, while the industrial property fee payment management system of Patent Document 1 allows users to refer to a value map for each patent portfolio number they have pre-set, the only information available for determining whether to maintain or renew individual managed rights is the patent value score obtained by existing patent analysis software, corresponding foreign application information, and application evaluation information entered by the user. Furthermore, while the value of managed rights changes constantly, the application evaluation information is not automatically updated, meaning that decisions about whether to maintain or renew managed rights are not based on the latest information, and in some cases, decisions about whether to maintain or renew managed rights are not made appropriately. In addition, the patent value scores obtained by existing patent analysis software often lack disclosure of the basis for the patent value scores, and the formula for calculating the patent value scores is complex, leading to concerns among some users about making decisions about whether to maintain or renew managed rights based on patent value scores obtained by existing patent analysis software.

[0007] Furthermore, in the industrial property fee payment management system of Patent Document 1, although the user can refer to a value map for each patent portfolio number that they have set in advance, there is a problem in that it is difficult to decide whether to maintain or renew each of the managed rights included in that patent portfolio.

[0008] The present invention provides an industrial property right fee payment management system that can easily and appropriately determine and set whether to maintain or renew a managed right. [Means for solving the problem]

[0009] A first aspect of the present invention is An industrial property right fee payment management system that manages the payment of fees for maintaining or renewing one or more existing managed rights for at least one type of industrial property right selected from patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, and trademark rights, The industrial property right fee payment management system includes: a management information database that stores information about the rights to be managed; an information processing device capable of accessing an industrial property right information database that stores application-related information on a plurality of applications filed for industrial property rights of the same type as the right to be managed; a display device capable of displaying information output from the information processing device; an input device capable of inputting information regarding the necessity of payment of the fee for each of the management subject rights stored in the management information database; The information about the managed rights stored in the management information database is Identification information capable of identifying each of the management target rights; Information regarding whether or not the fee must be paid for each of the rights to be managed; extraction condition information relating to extraction conditions set for each of the identification information, The information processing device includes: The management information database is accessible; an extraction unit that extracts the applications that satisfy the extraction conditions from the industrial property right information database based on the extraction condition information; an analytical data generation unit that generates at least one analytical data item based on the application-related information of the application extracted by the extraction unit; a fee payment necessity setting unit that sets whether or not a fee payment is necessary for each of the management target rights stored in the management information database based on information regarding whether or not a fee payment is necessary that is input to the input device; an output unit capable of outputting information including the identification information of the right to be managed, information relating to at least one of the analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit, and information relating to the necessity of fee payment set by the fee payment necessity setting unit; The information processing device includes: At a predetermined timing, the extraction unit extracts the applications that satisfy the extraction conditions from the industrial property right information database, and updates the applications that satisfy the extraction conditions extracted by the extraction unit.

[0010] In addition, a second aspect of the present invention is An industrial property right fee payment management system that manages the payment of fees for maintaining or renewing one or more existing managed rights for at least one type of industrial property right selected from patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, and trademark rights, The industrial property right fee payment management system includes: a management information database that stores information about the rights to be managed; an information processing device capable of accessing an industrial property right information database that stores application-related information on a plurality of applications filed for industrial property rights of the same type as the right to be managed; a display device capable of displaying information output from the information processing device; an input device capable of inputting information regarding the necessity of payment of the fee for each of the management subject rights stored in the management information database; The information about the managed rights stored in the management information database is Identification information capable of identifying each of the management target rights; Information regarding whether or not the fee must be paid for each of the rights to be managed; extraction condition information relating to extraction conditions set for each of the identification information, The information processing device includes: The management information database is accessible; an extraction unit that extracts the applications that satisfy the extraction conditions from the industrial property right information database based on the extraction condition information; an analytical data generation unit that generates at least one analytical data item based on the application-related information of the application extracted by the extraction unit; a recommendation determination unit that determines whether the management target right satisfies at least one predetermined recommendation condition based on the management target right and at least one of the analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit; a fee payment necessity setting unit that sets whether or not a fee payment is necessary for each of the management target rights stored in the management information database based on information regarding whether or not a fee payment is necessary that is input by the input device; an output unit capable of outputting information including the identification information of the management target right, information on at least one of the analysis data generated by the analysis data generation unit, information on the determination result by the recommendation determination unit, and information on the necessity of the fee payment set by the fee payment necessity setting unit, When the recommendation determination unit determines that the management target right satisfies the predetermined recommendation condition, The output unit The identification information; Information regarding the necessity of payment of the expenses set in the expense payment necessity setting unit; Information regarding the determination result of the recommendation condition; and the analysis data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit's determination that the managed right satisfies the predetermined recommendation condition, and outputting information including the analysis data to the display device. [Effects of the Invention]

[0011] According to the present invention, in the industrial property right fee payment management system, it is possible to easily and appropriately determine and set whether to maintain or renew the right to be managed. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0012] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram of a patent annuity payment management system according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] 2 is a flowchart (part 1) of a patent annuity payment necessity setting process executed by an information processing device in the patent annuity payment management system of FIG. 1. [Figure 3] 2 is a flowchart (part 2) of the patent annuity payment necessity setting process executed by the information processing device in the patent annuity payment management system of FIG. 1. [Figure 4] 10 is a flowchart (part 3) of the patent annuity payment necessity setting process executed by the information processing device in the patent annuity payment management system of FIG. 1. [Figure 5]10 is a flowchart (part 4) of the patent annuity payment necessity setting process executed by the information processing device in the patent annuity payment management system of FIG. 1. [Figure 6] 10 is a flowchart (part 5) of the patent annuity payment necessity setting process executed by the information processing device in the patent annuity payment management system of FIG. 1. [Figure 7] FIG. 2 shows the list data of managed rights for which the next patent annuity payment due date falls within six months from now, as displayed on the display unit of the display device in the patent annuity payment management system of FIG. 1. [Figure 8] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a patent annuity payment necessity setting screen that is displayed on the display unit of a display device after the output processing of the patent annuity payment necessity setting process when a managed right satisfies the first recommendation condition in the patent annuity payment management system of FIG. [Figure 9] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a patent annuity payment necessity setting screen that is displayed on the display unit of a display device after the output processing of the patent annuity payment necessity setting process when a managed right satisfies the second recommendation condition in the patent annuity payment management system of FIG. [Figure 10] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a patent annuity payment necessity setting screen that is displayed on the display unit of a display device after the output processing of the patent annuity payment necessity setting process when a managed right satisfies the third recommendation condition in the patent annuity payment management system of FIG. [Figure 11] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a patent annuity payment necessity setting screen that is displayed on the display unit of a display device after the output processing of the patent annuity payment necessity setting process when a managed right satisfies the fourth recommendation condition in the patent annuity payment management system of FIG. [Figure 12] FIG. 1 shows a patent annuity payment necessity setting screen that is displayed on the display unit of the display device after the output process of the patent annuity payment necessity setting process when the managed right does not satisfy any of the first to fourth recommendation conditions in the patent annuity payment management system of FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0013] Hereinafter, as one embodiment of the industrial property right fee payment management system for managing the payment of fees for maintaining or renewing one or more subsisting managed rights for at least one type of industrial property right among patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, and trademark rights of the present invention, a patent annuity payment management system for managing the payment of fees for maintaining or renewing one or more subsisting managed rights for patent rights will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the drawings should be viewed in the direction of the symbols.

[0014] <Configuration of patent annuity payment management system> The patent annuity payment management system 1 of this embodiment is a system for managing the payment of expenses for maintaining or renewing one or more subsisting patent rights, which are managed rights. Hereinafter, in order to simplify and clarify the explanation, in this specification etc., the expenses for maintaining or renewing a patent right, which is a managed right, will also be referred to as a patent annuity, and the payment of expenses for maintaining or renewing a patent right, which is a managed right, will also be referred to as a patent annuity payment.

[0015] 1, the patent annuity payment management system 1 includes a management information database 2, an information processing device 3, an input device 4, and a display device 5. In this embodiment, the input device 4 and the display device 5 are connected to the information processing device 3 via the Internet 100. The input device 4 and the display device 5 may be, for example, information terminals such as a personal computer or a smartphone owned by a user.

[0016] The management information database 2 stores and accumulates bibliographic information related to managed rights, which are patent rights. The bibliographic information related to managed rights includes identification information that can identify each managed right. The identification information includes the application number, patent number, and family ID of the managed right. The identification information may further include the publication number of the managed right. A family ID is a code number assigned to a group of patent applications that are directly or indirectly linked by priority rights or divisional applications.

[0017] The bibliographic information regarding the managed rights further includes the target country of each managed right, the application date, the registration date, the next patent annuity payment due date, the most recent patent annuity payment date, the name of the applicant, the name of the right holder, the number of claims, sharing information as to whether the right is jointly owned, and if the right is jointly owned, the shareholding percentage of each right holder, etc.

[0018] The management information database 2 further stores and accumulates patent annuity payment requirement information regarding whether or not patent annuity payments are required for each managed right. The patent annuity payment requirement information is information that can identify whether or not patent annuity payments are required for each managed right. For example, the patent annuity payment requirement information is initially set to "patent annuity payment required," but can be changed to "patent annuity payment not required" by a user operation, which will be described later.

[0019] The management information database 2 may further store information such as the title of the invention of each managed right, the specification, the scope of claims, the abstract, and drawings. In this embodiment, the information on the title of the invention of each managed right, the specification, the scope of claims, the abstract, and the drawings is as follows: This is omitted because the amount of information is large and the storage capacity of the management information database 2 becomes large.

[0020] Each patent application filed in Japan and / or around the world is assigned at least one classification in the International Patent Classification (IPC) based on the claims and / or the description of the preferred embodiment of the invention in the specification. Furthermore, depending on the country of filing, each patent application is also assigned a classification from each of the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC), FI (File Index), and F-term (File Forming Term) classification groups, similar to the IPC. For example, FI and F-term are classification groups used in the IPC in Japan, and each patent application filed in Japan is assigned at least one classification from each of the IPC, FI, and F-term classification groups based on the claims and / or the description of the preferred embodiment of the invention in the specification.

[0021] The management information database 2 may further store classification information such as the International Patent Classification, the European Patent Classification, the FI (File Index), and the F-term (File Forming Term) assigned to each managed right. In this embodiment, the classification information for each managed right is omitted to reduce the storage capacity of the management information database 2. In this embodiment, the classification information for each managed right is acquired as needed from the industrial property right information database 200, which will be described later.

[0022] The management information database 2 further stores and accumulates extraction condition information relating to extraction conditions set for each identification information. In this embodiment, extraction conditions are set for each family ID, and extraction condition information relating to extraction conditions set for each family ID is stored and accumulated. Note that extraction conditions may also be set for each patent number or application number.

[0023] The extraction conditions define the conditions for patent applications to be extracted from the industrial property right information database 200, which will be described later, in order to create a population consisting of one or more patent applications related to technical content included in the scope of the managed right having the corresponding family ID. As will be described later, the patent annuity payment management system 1 creates a population by extracting one or more patent applications that satisfy the extraction conditions from the industrial property right information database 200, and generates analysis data that analyzes the trends of patent applications related to technical content included in the scope of the managed right having the corresponding family ID.

[0024] The extraction conditions are date information including the filing date, priority claim date, publication / announcement date, registration date, and publication date of each patent application, applicant / right holder information including the name of the applicant and right holder of each patent application, It can be set by any combination of classification information regarding the classification assigned to each patent application for each classification group of the International Patent Classification, the Common European Patent Classification, FI, and F-terms, document information described in the specification, claims, and abstract attached to each patent application, information on the examination process from application to patent, patent annuity payment status, information on cited documents cited during the examination process or in the specification, information on cited documents in which this patent application is cited in the examination process or specification of other patent applications, etc.

[0025] The information processing device 3 has a non-transitory storage medium 3a, such as a hard disk, RAM (Random Access Memory), or ROM (Read Only Memory), in which various programs are stored, and one or more processors 3b, each of which is configured with a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the like, that reads and executes the programs stored in the storage device. The information processing device 3 may be a physical computer, or may be realized by a virtual computer (VM), a container, or a combination of these. More specifically, the structure of the processor 3b is an electric circuit that combines circuit elements such as semiconductor elements.

[0026] The information processing device 3 can access, via the Internet 100, an industrial property right information database 200 that stores application-related information for multiple applications filed for managed rights and industrial property rights, i.e., patent rights in this embodiment.

[0027] The industrial property information database 200 that accumulates application-related information for multiple applications filed for patent rights is, for example, J-PlatPat (registered trademark) provided by the National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training, Espacenet (registered trademark) provided by the European Patent Office and patent offices of member countries of the European Patent Convention, WIPO Patentscope provided by the World Intellectual Property Organization, (registered trademark), or a free database such as the Patent Full-Text and Image Database provided by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or a commercial database provided by a private company.

[0028] The industrial property information database 200 stores application-related information for patent applications filed in Japan and / or around the world. The application-related information includes bibliographic information on each patent application, document information described in the specification, claims, and abstract attached to the application, This information may include drawing information regarding drawings attached to the application, information on the examination process from application to patent, patent annuity payment status, information on cited documents cited during the examination process or in the specification, and information on cited documents in which this patent application was cited during the examination process or in the specification of other patent applications.

[0029] The bibliographic information on each patent application stored in the industrial property right information database 200 includes application numbers, publication / publication numbers, patent numbers (established registration numbers), etc., which can identify each patent application. It may include number information including the priority claim number and the original application number in the case of a divisional application, date information including the filing date, priority claim date, publication / announcement date, registration date, and publication date of each patent application, applicant / rights holder information including the names of the applicants and rights holders of each patent application, and classification information regarding the classifications assigned to each patent application for each classification group of the International Patent Classification, the Common European-American Classification, FI, and F-terms.

[0030] The industrial property information database 200 stores information regarding the definitions of each classification of the taxonomy included in the classification information, including the International Patent Classification, the European-American Classification, FI, and F-term taxonomy.

[0031] The information processing device 3 is able to access the management information database 2.

[0032] The information processing device 3 has a management target right information acquisition unit 31, an extraction condition setting unit 32, an extraction unit 33, an analysis data generation unit 34, a recommendation determination unit 35, a patent annuity payment necessity setting unit 36, and an output unit 37. The extraction unit 33, the analysis data generation unit 34, the recommendation determination unit 35, the patent annuity payment necessity setting unit 36, and the output unit 37 are functional blocks realized by the processor 3b of the information processing device 3 executing a program.

[0033] The managed right information acquisition unit 31 is capable of acquiring information on the managed right and application-related information on the managed right. In this embodiment, the managed right information acquisition unit 31 can access the management information database 2 to acquire identification information on the managed right, extraction condition information, and patent annuity payment requirement information, and can access the industrial property right information database 200 to acquire application-related information on the managed right to be displayed on the display device 5. The application-related information on the managed right that the managed right information acquisition unit 31 can acquire from the industrial property right information database 200 includes number information including the application number, publication / publication number, patent number, priority claim number, and original application number in the case of a divisional application, which can identify each patent application, the filing date of each patent application, The information includes date information including the priority claim date, publication / announcement date, registration date, and publication date of the patent gazette; applicant / owner information including the names of the applicants and owners of each patent application; bibliographic information on each patent application including classification information on the classification assigned to each patent application for each classification group of the International Patent Classification, the Common European-American Patent Classification, FI, and F-terms; information on the examination process of each patent application from filing to patent issuance; patent annuity payment status; information on cited documents cited during the examination process and in the specification; and information on cited documents in which this patent application is cited in the examination process or specification of other patent applications.

[0034] The extraction condition setting unit 32 sets extraction conditions based on the information on the managed right acquired by the managed right information acquisition unit 31 and the application-related information on the managed right.

[0035] The extraction unit 33 extracts, based on the extraction condition information stored in the management information database 2, patent applications that satisfy the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information from the industrial property right information database 200.

[0036] The analysis data generation unit 34 generates at least one analysis data based on the application-related information of the patent application extracted by the extraction unit 33.

[0037] One type of analysis data generated by the analysis data generation unit 34 is application number trend data, which classifies the filing date, priority claim date, or registration date of each patent application extracted by the extraction unit 33 into predetermined periods and shows the number of applications extracted for each predetermined period in chronological order. In this example, the application number trend data by application year is generated, which classifies the filing date of each patent application extracted by the extraction unit 33 into years and shows the number of applications extracted for each application year in chronological order. The analysis data generation unit 34 further generates analysis data by combining the application number trend data by application year with information indicating the relationship with the rights to be managed. In this embodiment, The data on the trend in the number of applications by application year generated by the analysis data generation unit 34 is, for example, a bar graph with the application year on the horizontal axis and the number of applications on the vertical axis, with the number of applications in the application year of the managed right displayed in red and the number of applications in other application years displayed in blue. In this way, information is generated that includes analysis data and information indicating the relationship between the analysis data and the managed rights. The display form of the data on the trend in the number of applications by application year is shown in the analysis data display area 514 of the display unit 51 in Figures 8 and 9.

[0038] Another type of analysis data generated by the analysis data generation unit 34 is list data showing the number information and date information for each patent application extracted by the extraction unit 33. In this example, the application list data shows number information for each patent application, including the application number, publication / publication number, patent number, priority number, and original application number for divisional applications, as well as the filing date, priority date, publication / publication date, registration date, and patent publication publication date for each patent application. The analysis data generation unit 34 further generates analysis data by combining the application list data with information indicating the relationship between the managed rights. In this embodiment, in the application list data generated by the analysis data generation unit 34, patent applications that are managed rights are displayed at the top in red text and / or with a highlighted background, while other patent applications are displayed in black text. In this manner, information including analysis data and information indicating the relationship between the analysis data and the managed rights is generated. This makes it easy to obtain a list of patent applications in technical fields related to the selected managed rights.

[0039] Another type of analytical data generated by the analytical data generating unit 34 is the data on the number of applications by applicant or right holder, which classifies the patent applications extracted by the extracting unit 33 by the applicant or right holder of each patent application and indicates the number of applications extracted for each applicant or right holder. In this example, the data on the number of applications by applicant is the data on the number of applications by applicant, which classifies the patent applications extracted by the extracting unit 33 by the applicant of each patent application and indicates the number of applications extracted for each applicant. The analytical data generating unit 34 further generates analytical data by combining the data on the number of applications by applicant with information indicating the relationship with the rights to be managed. In this embodiment, the data on the number of applications by applicant generated by the analytical data generating unit 34 has, for example, the names of the applicants of the top 10 companies (entities) in terms of the number of patent applications on the vertical axis, and other The horizontal axis is a bar graph showing the top 10 companies (holders) by number of patent applications and the number of other patent applications, and the pie chart showing the top 10 companies (holders) by number of patent applications and the number of other patent applications, with the number of applications filed by the applicant of the managed right being displayed in red, and the number of applications filed by the other top 9 companies (holders) and other applicants being displayed in blue. In this way, information is generated that includes analytical data and information showing the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right. The display mode of the data on the number of applications by applicant is shown in the analytical data display area 514 of the display unit 51 in Figure 10.

[0040] Another type of analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit 34 is data on the number of applications classified by whether the rights are maintained or abandoned, indicating the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are maintained at the time of judgment, and the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are abandoned due to non-payment of patent annuities at the time of judgment, for the patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33. The analytical data generation unit 34 further generates analytical data by combining the data on the number of applications classified by whether the rights are maintained or abandoned with information indicating the relationship with the rights to be managed. In this embodiment, the data on the number of patent applications classified by whether the patent rights are maintained or abandoned generated by the analysis data generation unit 34 may be, for example, a pie chart showing the number of patent applications registered and still in the patent rights status at the time of the judgment, and the number of patent applications registered and still in the patent rights status at the time of the judgment, among all patent applications stored in the industrial property information database 200, and a pie chart showing the number of patent applications registered and still in the patent rights status at the time of the judgment, and the number of patent applications registered and still in the patent rights status at the time of the judgment, among patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33. In this manner, information including analysis data and information indicating the relationship between the analysis data and the rights to be managed is generated. The display format of the data on the number of patent applications classified by whether the patent rights are maintained or abandoned is shown in the analysis data display area 514 of the display unit 51 in FIG. 11.

[0041] The recommendation determination unit 35 determines whether the management target right satisfies at least one predetermined recommendation condition based on the management target right and at least one analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit 34. Each recommendation condition is stored in, for example, the storage medium 3 a of the information processing device 3.

[0042] An example of a recommendation condition is a condition based on the aforementioned trend in the number of applications by filing year. The recommendation condition is, for example, that, in the trend in the number of applications by filing year of patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33, the increase rate [%] of the number of applications by filing year for the most recent five years, excluding the year including the most recent one year and six months at the time of judgment, is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. The increase rate [%] can be calculated, for example, by {(the number of applications in the oldest year among the most recent five years, excluding the year including the most recent one year and six months at the time of judgment) / (the number of applications in the most recent year among the most recent five years, excluding the year including the most recent one year and six months at the time of judgment)-1}×100. The predetermined value is, for example, 30%. In this case, the number of patent applications by filing year that meet the extraction conditions can be said to be on an upward trend. Therefore, it is estimated that the technical field to which the managed rights belong is a technical field in which economic activity, such as research and development, has been active in recent years. Therefore, managed rights that meet these recommendation conditions are likely to be rights with a high deterrent effect on other companies (other parties) and are highly likely to be rights that are worth maintaining by paying patent annuities. Note that the reason for excluding years that include the last 6 months of the year at the time of the judgment is that patent applications are not published until 6 months after the filing date, so the number of patent applications actually filed during the last 6 months of the year at the time of the judgment does not accurately reflect the number of patent applications.

[0043] In this way, by including a condition based on the trend in the number of applications by application year in the recommendation conditions, the recommendation conditions can be set based on whether the technical field to which the managed rights belong is one in which economic activity such as research and development has been active in recent years.

[0044] Another example of a recommendation condition is a condition based on the filing date of the managed right and the filing dates of each patent application extracted by the extraction unit 33. A recommendation condition is, for example, that the filing date of the managed right is included within a predetermined percentage of the filing dates of each patent application extracted by the extraction unit 33, counting from the oldest. The predetermined percentage is, for example, 20%. In this case, the managed right can be said to be a patent right that was filed earlier than other patent rights in the technical field to which the managed right belongs. Therefore, a managed right that satisfies this recommendation condition is considered to be a right that has a strong deterrent effect on other companies (parties), and is highly likely to be a right that is worth maintaining by paying patent annuities.

[0045] Another example of a recommendation condition is a condition based on the proportion of patent applications in which at least one of the applicant name and the right holder name is the right holder of the managed right among the patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33. The recommendation condition, for example, is that the patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33 are classified by applicant, and the number of patent applications in which the right holder of the managed right is the right holder is ranked within a predetermined ranking of the number of patent applications by applicant, and the proportion [%] of patent applications in which the right holder of the managed right is the right holder of the most patent applications is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. The predetermined ranking is, for example, within the top five, and the predetermined value is, for example, 50 [%]. In this case, it is estimated that the right holder of the managed right is competitive with other companies (other parties) in terms of the number of patent applications in the technical field to which the managed right belongs. Therefore, a managed right that satisfies this recommendation condition is considered to be a right in a technical field that is competitive with other companies (other parties) and is highly likely to be a right that is worth maintaining by paying patent annuities.

[0046] In this way, by including a condition based on the proportion of patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33 in which at least one of the applicant name and right holder name is the right holder of the managed right, the recommendation conditions can be set based on whether the right holder of the managed right is competitive with other companies (other parties) in terms of the number of patent applications in the technical field to which the managed right belongs.

[0047] Another example of a recommendation condition is a condition based on the abandonment information of patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33. A recommendation condition is, for example, that, among the patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33, the percentage [%] of patent applications that are registered and that have been abandoned due to non-payment of patent annuities at the time of the judgment is equal to or less than a predetermined value. The predetermined value is, for example, 30 [%]. In this case, it is estimated that the technical field to which the managed right belongs has a small percentage of abandoned patent rights and is a technical field in which patent rights are still functioning effectively at the time of the judgment. Therefore, a managed right that satisfies this recommendation condition is considered to be a right with a strong deterrent effect on other companies (parties), and is highly likely to be a right that is highly valuable and worth maintaining by paying patent annuities.

[0048] In this way, by including in the recommendation conditions conditions based on the abandonment information of patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33, the recommendation conditions can be set based on whether the technical field to which the managed right belongs is a technical field in which the patent right is effectively functioning.

[0049] The predetermined value, predetermined ratio, etc. of each recommendation condition may be changeable by the user operating the input device 4. In this case, the information processing device 3 updates the predetermined value, predetermined ratio, etc. of each recommendation condition to the changed values ​​and stores them in the storage medium 3 a.

[0050] The patent annuity payment requirement setting unit 36 ​​sets whether or not patent annuity payments are required for each managed right stored in the management information database 2, based on information regarding whether or not patent annuity payments are required input via the input device 4 described below.

[0051] The output unit 37 is capable of outputting to the display device 5 information including identification information of the right to be managed, extraction condition information relating to the extraction conditions set in the extraction condition setting unit 32, information relating to the analysis data generated in the analysis data generation unit 34, information relating to the judgment result in the recommendation judgment unit 35, and information relating to the necessity of paying patent annuities set in the patent annuity payment necessity setting unit 36.

[0052] The output unit 37 can further obtain information regarding the definitions of each classification of the taxonomy included in the classification information, among the International Patent Classification, the European and American Patent Classification, FI, and F-term taxonomy groups stored in the industrial property information database 200, from the industrial property information database 200 and output it to the display device 5.

[0053] The output unit 37 can also output to the management information database 2 information relating to the necessity of patent annuity payments set by the patent annuity payment necessity setting unit 36 ​​.

[0054] The input device 4 is, for example, a keyboard and mouse provided on the customer's terminal. The input device 4 may also be, for example, a touch panel on a smartphone. The input device 4 is capable of inputting information regarding the necessity of paying patent annuities for each of the managed rights stored in the management information database 2. The input device 4 is also capable of inputting extraction condition information regarding extraction conditions set for each of the identification information stored in the management information database 2.

[0055] The display device 5 is a device capable of displaying information output from the output unit 37 of the information processing device 3. The display device 5 is, for example, a liquid crystal display or an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display. The display device 5 includes a display unit 51 that displays the information output from the output unit 37 of the information processing device 3.

[0056] <Patent annuity payment requirement setting process> Next, the patent annuity payment necessity setting process for each managed right executed by the information processing device 3 in the patent annuity payment management system 1 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 12. FIG.

[0057] As shown in Fig. 2, the information processing device 3 first executes a process for selecting a target for setting whether or not to pay patent annuity payments. Specifically, the information processing device 3 first accesses the management information database 2, and in the management right information acquisition unit 31, acquires, from among the management rights for which the user is the right holder, Identification information and right holder information relating to the managed rights whose next patent annuity payment due date falls within six months from now are acquired (step S110).Then, the identification information and right holder information relating to the managed rights whose next patent annuity payment due date falls within six months from now, acquired in step S110, are output from the output unit 37 to the display device 5 (step S120).

[0058] Then, the display device 5 displays the managed right list data indicating the identification information and right holder information related to the managed right output from the output unit 37 in step S120 on the display unit 51. Fig. 7 shows an example of the managed right list data displayed on the display unit 51 in step S120.

[0059] (Patent annuity payment requirement setting target selection process) The user refers to the display screen displayed on the display unit 51 in step S120 and operates the input device 4 to select a managed right for which to set whether or not to pay patent annuities. For example, the input device 4 has a mouse, and moves the cursor on the display screen displayed on the display unit 51 in step S120 to click on a portion of the display screen displaying the managed right for which to set whether or not to pay patent annuities. Alternatively, for example, the input device 4 may be a touch panel of a smartphone, and moves the cursor on the display screen displayed on the display unit 51 in step S120 to touch on a portion of the display screen displaying the managed right for which to set whether or not to pay patent annuities.

[0060] Then, the information processing device 3 proceeds to step S210, and selects a managed right for which the necessity of patent annuity payments is to be set based on the operation of the input device 4 by the user.

[0061] When a managed right for which patent annuity payment is to be set is selected by the input device 4 in step S210, the process proceeds to step S220, where the information processing device 3 accesses the management information database 2, and the managed right information acquisition unit 31 acquires identification information and patent annuity payment requirement information of the managed right selected in step S210, and accesses the industrial property right information database 200 to acquire application-related information of the managed right selected in step S210. Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S230, where the information processing device 3 accesses the management information database 2, and the managed right information acquisition unit 31 acquires identification information and patent annuity payment requirement information of the managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, and accesses the industrial property right information database 200 to acquire application-related information of the managed right selected in step S210.

[0062] (Analysis data generation process) 3, the information processing device 3 executes an analysis data generation process. First, the information processing device 3 accesses the management information database 2, and the management target right information acquisition unit 31 acquires identification information of the management target right selected in step S210, that is, in this embodiment, extraction condition information related to the extraction condition set in the family ID of the management target right selected in step S210 (step S310).

[0063] Then, the process proceeds to step S320, where it is determined whether or not an extraction condition corresponding to the family ID of the management target right selected in step S210 has been set.

[0064] If an extraction condition corresponding to the family ID of the management target right selected in step S210 is set (step S320: YES), the process proceeds to step S330.

[0065] If an extraction condition corresponding to the family ID of the management right selected in step S210 has not been set (step S320: NO), the process proceeds to step S321, and the extraction condition setting unit 32 determines whether or not the family ID corresponds to the family ID of the management right selected in step S210. The extraction conditions are automatically set, and the process proceeds to step S330.

[0066] This improves convenience because analysis data can be generated without the user having to set extraction conditions for all family IDs.

[0067] As a specific example of the extraction conditions automatically set in step S321, the extraction condition setting unit 32 selects one taxonomy from the taxonomy groups of the International Patent Classification, the European and American Patent Classification, FI, and F-terms, and automatically sets, as an extraction condition, that all the classifications assigned to the managed right selected in step S210 are assigned to the selected taxonomy. For example, the extraction condition setting unit 32 automatically sets, as an extraction condition, that all the classifications of the FI assigned to the managed right selected in step S210 are assigned to the selected taxonomy.

[0068] In this case, extraction conditions for extracting patent applications that are highly relevant to the management target right selected in step S210 can be automatically set.

[0069] As another specific example of the extraction conditions automatically set in step S321, the extraction condition setting unit 32 automatically sets the extraction conditions by selecting one or more arbitrary number of classifications from the International Patent Classification, the European Patent Classification, the FI, and the F-term classification group classifications assigned to the managed right selected in step S210, so that the number of patent applications extracted from the industrial property right information database 200 falls within a predetermined range. At this time, for example, the extraction conditions may be set by combining the FI classification and the F-term classification assigned to the managed right selected in step S210.

[0070] In this case, extraction conditions can be automatically set so that the population of patent applications is one with a number of patent applications suitable for analysis.

[0071] As another specific example of the extraction conditions automatically set in step S321, the extraction condition setting unit 32 automatically sets extraction conditions by selecting one or more classifications from the International Patent Classification, the European Patent Classification (EPPC), the FI, and F-term classifications assigned to the managed right selected in step S210 so that the number of applications for each predetermined period of time (i.e., filing date, priority claim date, or registration date) for each patent application extracted from the industrial property information database 200 satisfies a predetermined condition. In this case, for example, the extraction conditions may be set by combining the FI classification and the F-term classification assigned to the managed right selected in step S210. For example, the extraction condition setting unit 32 sets extraction conditions so that the number of applications for each filing year excluding June of the most recent year for each patent application is on an upward trend for each patent application extracted from the industrial property information database 200.

[0072] In this case, the extraction conditions can be set so that the number of applications per specified period satisfies the specified conditions, for example, so that there is an upward trend, and therefore the value of the managed rights selected in step S210 can be determined from the parent set in which the number of applications per specified period satisfies the specified conditions.

[0073] In step S330, the information processing device 3 acquires information on the definitions of the classifications used in the extraction conditions from the industrial property right information database 200, based on the extraction condition information on the extraction conditions acquired in step S310 or the extraction conditions automatically set in step S321. Then, the process proceeds to step S340.

[0074] In step S340, the extraction unit 33 extracts application-related information of patent applications that satisfy the extraction conditions from the industrial property information database 200 based on the extraction condition information regarding the extraction conditions acquired in step S310 or the extraction conditions automatically set in step S321.

[0075] Therefore, in this embodiment, when the managed right for which the need for patent annuity payments is set is selected in step S210, the extraction unit 33 extracts patent applications that satisfy the extraction conditions from the industrial property right information database 200, and updates the patent applications that satisfy the extraction conditions extracted by the extraction unit 33.

[0076] Then, the process proceeds to step S350, where the analysis data generation unit 34 generates various analysis data based on the application-related information of the patent application extracted by the extraction unit 33.

[0077] In this embodiment, in step S350, the analysis data generation unit 34 generates the aforementioned application number trend data by application year, application list data, application number data by applicant right holder, and application number data by rights maintenance / renunciation for the patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33, and further generates data for each analysis data showing information indicating the relationship between the analysis data and the managed rights, as described above.

[0078] (Recommendation decision processing) 4, the information processing device 3 executes steps S410 to S450 to execute recommendation processing. The recommendation determination unit 35 determines whether the management target right selected in step S210 satisfies predetermined recommendation conditions, based on the management target right selected in step S210 and the various analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit 34. In this embodiment, the recommendation determination unit 35 determines whether the management target right selected in step S210 satisfies the first to fourth recommendation conditions, based on the management target right selected in step S210 and the various analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit 34.

[0079] First, proceeding to step S410, the recommendation determination unit 35 determines whether the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the first recommendation condition. In this embodiment, the first recommendation condition is that, in the transition of the number of patent applications by application year extracted by the extraction unit 33, the increase rate [%] of the number of applications by application year over the most recent five years excluding the year including the most recent one and a half months at the time of determination is 30 [%] or more.

[0080] If the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the first recommendation condition (step S410: YES), proceed to step S411. If the managed right selected in step S210 does not satisfy the first recommendation condition (step S410: NO), proceed to step S420. In step S411, the recommendation determination unit 35 determines that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the recommendation condition, and sets the recommendation determination result to recommendation = YES. Then, proceed to step S510.

[0081] In step S420, the recommendation determination unit 35 determines whether the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the second recommendation condition. In this embodiment, the second recommendation condition is that the filing date of the managed right is included within the oldest 20% of the filing dates of the patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33.

[0082] If the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the second recommendation condition (step S420: YES), proceed to step S421. If the managed right selected in step S210 does not satisfy the second recommendation condition (step S420: NO), proceed to step S430. In step S421, the recommendation determination unit 35 determines that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the recommendation condition, and sets the recommendation determination result to recommendation = YES. Then, proceed to step S520.

[0083] In step S430, the recommendation determination unit 35 determines whether the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the third recommendation condition. In this embodiment, the third recommendation condition is that the patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33 are classified by applicant of each patent application, the number of patent applications by the holder of the managed right is ranked within the top five in terms of the number of patent applications by applicant, and the proportion [%] of patent applications by the holder of the managed right to the proportion of patent applications by the applicant with the largest number of patent applications is 50 [%] or more.

[0084] If the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the third recommendation condition (step S430: YES), proceed to step S431. If the managed right selected in step S210 does not satisfy the third recommendation condition (step S430: NO), proceed to step S440. In step S431, the recommendation determination unit 35 determines that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the recommendation condition, and sets the recommendation determination result to recommendation = YES. Then, proceed to step S530.

[0085] In step S440, the recommendation determination unit 35 determines whether the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the fourth recommendation condition. In this embodiment, the fourth recommendation condition is a registered patent application among the patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33, Furthermore, the percentage of patents that have been abandoned due to non-payment of patent annuities at the time of the judgment must be 30% or less.

[0086] If the management target right selected in step S210 satisfies the fourth recommendation condition (step S440: YES), proceed to step S441. If the management target right selected in step S210 does not satisfy the fourth recommendation condition (step S440: NO), proceed to step S450.

[0087] In step S441, the recommendation determination unit 35 determines that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the recommendation conditions, and sets the recommendation determination result to recommendation=YES, and then proceeds to step S540.

[0088] In step S450, the recommendation determination unit 35 determines that the managed right selected in step S210 does not satisfy the recommendation conditions, and sets the recommendation determination result to recommendation=NO, and then the process proceeds to step S550.

[0089] In this way, the recommendation determination unit 35 determines whether or not the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the first to fourth recommendation conditions.

[0090] (Output processing) Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 5, the information processing device 3 executes an output process for displaying information on the display device 5.

[0091] In step S510, the output unit 37 outputs bibliographic information and patent annuity payment requirement information including identification information of the management target right selected in step S210, information regarding the judgment result in the recommendation judgment unit 35, i.e., information indicating that the recommendation judgment result is recommendation = YES, extraction conditions corresponding to the identification number of the management target right selected in step S210, or information regarding the extraction conditions and the definition of the classification used in the extraction conditions included in the information, Information about the definition of the classification assigned to the management target right selected in step S210 is output to the display device 5.

[0092] Furthermore, in this embodiment, in step S510, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment requirement information of the managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210.

[0093] Additionally, in step S510, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 the analytical data that is the basis for determining in the recommendation determination unit 35 that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the first recommendation condition, and information showing the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right. In this embodiment, as the analytical data that is the basis for determining in the recommendation determination unit 35 that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the first recommendation condition, and the information showing the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right, for example, data on the transition of the number of applications by application year shown as a bar graph with the horizontal axis representing the application year and the vertical axis representing the number of applications, in which the number of applications in the application year of the managed right is shown in red and the number of applications in other application years is shown in blue, is output.

[0094] When step S510 is completed, the process proceeds to step S610.

[0095] In step S520, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 bibliographic information and patent annuity payment requirement information including the identification information of the managed right selected in step S210, information regarding the judgment result in the recommendation judgment unit 35, i.e., information indicating that the recommendation judgment result is recommendation = YES, extraction condition information regarding the extraction conditions corresponding to the identification number of the managed right selected in step S210, information regarding the classification definition used in the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information, and information regarding the classification definition assigned to the managed right selected in step S210.

[0096] Furthermore, in this embodiment, in step S520, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment requirement information of the managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210.

[0097] Additionally, in step S520, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 the analytical data that is the basis for determining in the recommendation determination unit 35 that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the second recommendation condition, and information showing the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right. In this embodiment, as the analytical data that is the basis for determining in the recommendation determination unit 35 that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the second recommendation condition, and the information showing the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right, for example, data on the transition of the number of applications by application year shown as a bar graph with the horizontal axis representing the application year and the vertical axis representing the number of applications, in which the number of applications in the application year of the managed right is shown in red and the number of applications in other application years is shown in blue, is output.

[0098] When step S520 is completed, the process proceeds to step S610.

[0099] In step S530, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 bibliographic information and patent annuity payment requirement information including the identification information of the managed right selected in step S210, information regarding the judgment result in the recommendation judgment unit 35, i.e., information indicating that the recommendation judgment result is recommendation = YES, extraction condition information regarding the extraction conditions corresponding to the identification number of the managed right selected in step S210, information regarding the classification definition used in the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information, and information regarding the classification definition assigned to the managed right selected in step S210.

[0100] Furthermore, in this embodiment, in step S530, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment requirement information of the managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210.

[0101] Additionally, in step S530, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 the analytical data that is the basis for the determination by the recommendation determination unit 35 that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the third recommendation condition, and information showing the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right. In this embodiment, as the analytical data that is the basis for the determination by the recommendation determination unit 35 that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the third recommendation condition, and the information showing the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right, for example, a bar graph showing the names of applicants of the top 10 companies (applicants) in terms of number of patent applications and others on the vertical axis and the number of patent applications of the top 10 companies (applicants) and others on the horizontal axis, and a pie chart showing the number of patent applications of the top 10 companies (applicants) and others, in which the right holder of the managed right is displayed in red with the number of applications filed by the applicant, and the number of applications of the other top 9 companies (applicants) and others in blue, is output.

[0102] When step S530 is completed, the process proceeds to step S610.

[0103] In step S540, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 bibliographic information and patent annuity payment requirement information including the identification information of the managed right selected in step S210, information regarding the judgment result in the recommendation judgment unit 35, i.e., information indicating that the recommendation judgment result is recommendation = YES, extraction condition information regarding the extraction conditions corresponding to the identification number of the managed right selected in step S210, information regarding the classification definition used in the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information, and information regarding the classification definition assigned to the managed right selected in step S210.

[0104] Furthermore, in this embodiment, in step S540, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment requirement information of the managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210.

[0105] In addition, in step S540, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 the analytical data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit 35 determining that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the fourth recommendation condition, and information indicating the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right. In this embodiment, the analysis data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit 35 determining that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the fourth recommendation condition, and information showing the relationship between the analysis data and the managed right are output, for example, a pie chart showing the number of registered patent applications that are still in the possession of the right at the time of determination, and the number of registered patent applications that are still in the possession of the right at the time of determination, among all patent applications stored in the industrial property information database 200, and a pie chart showing the number of registered patent applications that are still in the possession of the right at the time of determination, and the number of registered patent applications that are still in the possession of the right at the time of determination, among the patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33.

[0106] When step S540 is completed, the process proceeds to step S610.

[0107] In step S550, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 bibliographic information and patent annuity payment requirement information including the identification information of the managed right selected in step S210, information regarding the judgment result in the recommendation judgment unit 35, i.e., information indicating that the recommendation judgment result is recommendation = NO, extraction condition information regarding the extraction conditions corresponding to the identification number of the managed right selected in step S210, information regarding the classification definition used in the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information, and information regarding the classification definition assigned to the managed right selected in step S210.

[0108] Furthermore, in this embodiment, in step S550, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment requirement information of the managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210.

[0109] Note that when the process proceeds to step S550, the managed right selected in step S210 does not satisfy any of the first to fourth recommendation conditions, and therefore does not have analytical data on which the recommendation determination unit 35 has determined that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the predetermined recommendation conditions. Therefore, in step S550, the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 the data on the trend in the number of applications by application year, the application list data, the data on the number of applications by applicant, and the data on the number of applications by rights maintained / abandoned, all of which were generated by the analysis data generation unit 34 in step S350. At this time, the data on the trend in the number of applications by application year output by the output unit 37 to the display device 5 is a bar graph with the application year on the horizontal axis and the number of applications on the vertical axis, in which the number of applications in the application year of the managed right selected in step S210 is displayed in red, and the number of applications in other application years is displayed in blue. The application list data output by the output unit 37 to the display device 5 displays the patent applications that are the managed rights selected in step S210 at the top in red text and / or with a highlighted background, and displays other patent applications in black text. The data on the number of applications by applicant that the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 is a bar graph showing the names of the applicants of the top 10 companies (applicants) in terms of number of patent applications and others on the vertical axis, and the number of patent applications by the top 10 companies (applicants) and others on the horizontal axis, and a pie chart showing the number of patent applications by the top 10 companies (applicants) and others, in which the number of applications by the applicant of the managed right selected in step S210 is displayed in red, and the number of applications by the other top 9 companies (applicants) and others is displayed in blue. The data on the number of applications by whether the rights are maintained or abandoned that the output unit 37 outputs to the display device 5 is a pie chart showing the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are maintained at the time of judgment, and the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are maintained at the time of judgment, among all patent applications stored in the industrial property information database 200, and the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are abandoned at the time of judgment due to non-payment of patent annuities, among the patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33.In this way, in step S550, information indicating the relationship between each analytical data generated in the analytical data generation process and the managed right selected in step S210 is output from the output unit 37 to the display device 5.

[0110] Once step S550 is completed, the process proceeds to step S610.

[0111] The display device 5 displays on the display unit 51 each piece of information output from the output unit 37 to the display device 5 in any of steps S510 to S550.

[0112] As shown in Figures 8 to 12, the patent annuity payment necessity setting screen displayed on the display unit 51 of the display device 5 after the output process is executed has a main display area 511 in which bibliographic information including identification information of the managed right selected in step S210 and patent annuity payment necessity information are displayed, a family patent information display area 512 in which bibliographic information and patent annuity payment necessity information of managed rights having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210 are displayed, a recommendation display area 513 in which the judgment result in the recommendation judgment unit 35 is displayed, an analysis data display area 514 in which data generated in the analysis data generation unit 34 is displayed, and an extraction condition display area 515 in which information regarding the extraction conditions corresponding to the family ID of the managed right selected in step S210 is displayed.

[0113] 8, if the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the first recommendation, the output unit 37 outputs the information described above to the display device 5 in step S510, and the display unit 51 of the display device 5 becomes a patent annuity payment necessity setting screen, and the display device 5 displays the information described above output from the output unit 37 in step S510 on the display unit 51. Specifically, the display device 5 displays bibliographic information including identification information of the managed right selected in step S210 and information on whether or not to pay patent annuity fees in the main display area 511. The display device 5 displays bibliographic information and information on whether or not to pay patent annuity fees of managed rights having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210 in the family patent information display area 512. The display device 5 displays the determination result of the recommendation determination unit 35 in the recommendation display area 513. The display device 5 displays, in the analysis data display area 514, analysis data that is the basis for the determination by the recommendation determination unit 35 that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the first recommendation condition, and information showing the relationship between the analysis data and the managed right, such as trend data on the number of applications by application year shown as a bar graph with the application year on the horizontal axis and the number of applications on the vertical axis, in which the number of applications in the application year of the managed right is shown in red and the number of applications in other application years is shown in blue. The display device 5 displays, in the extraction condition display area 515, information on the extraction conditions corresponding to the family ID of the managed right selected in step S210, information on the classification definitions used in the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information, and information on the classification definitions assigned to the managed right selected in step S210. At this time, the information on whether or not to pay patent annuity fees for the managed right selected in step S210, which is displayed in the main display area 511, and the information on whether or not to pay patent annuity fees for each managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, which is displayed in the family patent information display area 512, are in the form of check boxes or pull-down menus, etc., and the setting on whether or not to pay patent annuity fees can be changed by operating the input device 4. In addition, the extraction conditions displayed in the extraction condition display area 515 can be edited by operating the input device 4.

[0114] Therefore, by referring to the patent annuity payment necessity setting screen displayed on the display unit 51 of the display device 5, the user can view at a glance the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment necessity information including the identification information of the managed right selected in step S210, the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment necessity information of the managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, the fact that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the specified recommendation conditions, the analytical data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit 35 determining that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the first recommendation conditions, and the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right selected in step S210.

[0115] This allows the user to easily check this information and make a decision and setting as to whether to maintain or renew the management target rights, thereby making it easy and appropriate to make a decision and setting as to whether to maintain or renew the management target rights.

[0116] Furthermore, it is also possible to see at a glance what extraction conditions were used to extract the population of patent applications used in the analysis data displayed on the display unit 51.

[0117] In addition, since it is possible to grasp the time series trends in the number of patent applications in technical fields related to the managed rights, it is possible to easily and appropriately determine and set whether to maintain or renew the managed rights.

[0118] 9, if the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the second recommendation, the output unit 37 outputs the information described above to the display device 5 in step S520. The display unit 51 of the display device 5 then displays the patent annuity payment requirement setting screen, and the display device 5 displays the information described above output from the output unit 37 in step S520 on the display unit 51. Specifically, the display device 5 displays, in the main display area 511, bibliographic information including identification information of the managed right selected in step S210 and patent annuity payment requirement information. The display device 5 displays, in the family patent information display area 512, bibliographic information and patent annuity payment requirement information of the managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210. The display device 5 displays, in the recommendation display area 513, the determination result of the recommendation determination unit 35. The display device 5 displays, in the analysis data display area 514, analysis data that is the basis for the determination by the recommendation determination unit 35 that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the second recommendation condition, and information showing the relationship between the analysis data and the managed right, such as trend data on the number of applications by application year shown as a bar graph with the application year on the horizontal axis and the number of applications on the vertical axis, in which the number of applications in the application year of the managed right is shown in red and the number of applications in other application years is shown in blue. The display device 5 displays, in the extraction condition display area 515, information on the extraction conditions corresponding to the family ID of the managed right selected in step S210, information on the classification definitions used in the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information, and information on the classification definitions assigned to the managed right selected in step S210. At this time, the information on whether or not to pay patent annuity fees for the managed right selected in step S210, which is displayed in the main display area 511, and the information on whether or not to pay patent annuity fees for each managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, which is displayed in the family patent information display area 512, are in the form of check boxes or pull-down menus, etc., and the setting on whether or not to pay patent annuity fees can be changed by operating the input device 4. In addition, the extraction conditions displayed in the extraction condition display area 515 can be edited by operating the input device 4.

[0119] Therefore, by referring to the patent annuity payment necessity setting screen displayed on the display unit 51 of the display device 5, the user can view at a glance the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment necessity information including the identification information of the managed right selected in step S210, the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment necessity information of the managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, the fact that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the specified recommendation conditions, the analytical data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit 35 determining that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the first recommendation conditions, and the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right selected in step S210.

[0120] This allows the user to easily check this information and make a decision and setting as to whether to maintain or renew the management target rights, thereby making it easy and appropriate to make a decision and setting as to whether to maintain or renew the management target rights.

[0121] Furthermore, it is also possible to see at a glance what extraction conditions were used to extract the population of patent applications used in the analysis data displayed on the display unit 51.

[0122] In addition, since it is possible to grasp the time series trends in the number of patent applications in technical fields related to the managed rights, it is possible to easily and appropriately determine and set whether to maintain or renew the managed rights.

[0123] As shown in FIG. 10, if the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the third recommendation, when the above-mentioned information is output from the output unit 37 to the display device 5 in step S530, the display unit 51 of the display device 5 becomes a patent annuity payment necessity setting screen, and the display device 5 displays: The display unit 51 displays the above-mentioned information output from the output unit 37 in step S530. Specifically, the display device 5 displays bibliographic information including identification information of the managed right selected in step S210 and information on whether patent annuity payments are required in the main display area 511. The display device 5 displays bibliographic information and information on whether patent annuity payments are required of managed rights having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210 in the family patent information display area 512. The display device 5 displays the judgment result of the recommendation judgment unit 35 in the recommendation display area 513. The display device 5 displays, in the analysis data display area 514, analysis data that is the basis for the determination by the recommendation determination unit 35 that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the third recommendation condition, and information showing the relationship between the analysis data and the managed right, including a bar graph showing the names of applicants of the top 10 companies (applicants) in terms of number of patent applications and others on the vertical axis and the number of patent applications by the top 10 companies (applicants) and others on the horizontal axis, and a pie chart showing the number of patent applications by the top 10 companies (applicants) and others, where the number of applications by the right holder of the managed right is displayed in red, and the number of applications by the other top 9 companies (applicants) and others is displayed in blue. The display device 5 displays, in the extraction condition display area 515, information on the extraction conditions corresponding to the family ID of the managed right selected in step S210, information on the classification definitions used in the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information, and information on the classification definitions assigned to the managed right selected in step S210. At this time, the information on whether or not to pay patent annuity fees for the managed right selected in step S210, which is displayed in the main display area 511, and the information on whether or not to pay patent annuity fees for each managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, which is displayed in the family patent information display area 512, are in the form of check boxes or pull-down menus, etc., and the setting on whether or not to pay patent annuity fees can be changed by operating the input device 4. In addition, the extraction conditions displayed in the extraction condition display area 515 can be edited by operating the input device 4.

[0124] Therefore, by referring to the patent annuity payment necessity setting screen displayed on the display unit 51 of the display device 5, the user can view at a glance the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment necessity information including the identification information of the managed right selected in step S210, the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment necessity information of the managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, the fact that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the specified recommendation conditions, the analytical data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit 35 determining that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the first recommendation conditions, and the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right selected in step S210.

[0125] This allows the user to easily check this information and make a decision and setting as to whether to maintain or renew the management target rights, thereby making it easy and appropriate to make a decision and setting as to whether to maintain or renew the management target rights.

[0126] Furthermore, it is also possible to see at a glance what extraction conditions were used to extract the population of patent applications used in the analysis data displayed on the display unit 51.

[0127] In addition, it is possible to grasp the applicants who have filed a large number of patent applications in the technical field related to the managed right, and the number of patent applications filed by applicants who have filed a large number of patent applications in the technical field related to the managed right, so that it is possible to easily and appropriately determine and set whether to maintain or renew the managed right.

[0128] As shown in FIG. 11, if the right to be managed selected in step S210 satisfies the fourth recommendation, when the above-mentioned information is output from the output unit 37 to the display device 5 in step S540, the display unit 51 of the display device 5 becomes a screen for setting whether or not to pay patent annuity fees, and the display device 5 displays the following: The display unit 51 displays the above-mentioned information output from the output unit 37 in step S540. Specifically, the display device 5 displays bibliographic information including identification information of the managed right selected in step S210 and information on whether patent annuity payments are required in the main display area 511. The display device 5 displays bibliographic information and information on whether patent annuity payments are required of managed rights having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210 in the family patent information display area 512. The display device 5 displays the judgment result of the recommendation judgment unit 35 in the recommendation display area 513. The display device 5 displays in the analysis data display area 514 the analysis data that is the basis for the recommendation judgment unit 35's judgment that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the fourth recommendation condition, and information showing the relationship between the analysis data and the managed right, including a pie chart showing the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are maintained at the time of judgment, and the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are maintained at the time of judgment, and the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are abandoned at the time of judgment due to non-payment of patent annuities, among all patent applications stored in the industrial property information database 200, and a pie chart showing the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are maintained at the time of judgment, and the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are abandoned at the time of judgment due to non-payment of patent annuities, among the patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33. The display device 5 displays, in the extraction condition display area 515, information on the extraction conditions corresponding to the family ID of the managed right selected in step S210, information on the classification definition used for the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information, and information on the classification definition assigned to the managed right selected in step S210. At this time, the patent annuity payment requirement information of the managed right selected in step S210, displayed in the main display area 511, and the patent annuity payment requirement information of each managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, displayed in the family patent information display area 512, are displayed as check boxes, pull-down menus, etc., and the setting of whether or not to pay patent annuities can be changed by operating the input device 4.The extraction conditions displayed in the extraction condition display area 515 can be edited by operating the input device 4.

[0129] Therefore, by referring to the patent annuity payment necessity setting screen displayed on the display unit 51 of the display device 5, the user can view at a glance the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment necessity information including the identification information of the managed right selected in step S210, the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment necessity information of the managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, the fact that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the specified recommendation conditions, the analytical data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit 35 determining that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the first recommendation conditions, and the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right selected in step S210.

[0130] This allows the user to easily check this information and make a decision and setting as to whether to maintain or renew the management target rights, thereby making it easy and appropriate to make a decision and setting as to whether to maintain or renew the management target rights.

[0131] Furthermore, it is also possible to see at a glance what extraction conditions were used to extract the population of patent applications used in the analysis data displayed on the display unit 51.

[0132] In addition, since the abandonment rate in the technical field of the managed rights selected in step S210 can be compared with the abandonment rate for all patent applications, it is possible to easily and appropriately determine and set whether to maintain or renew the managed rights.

[0133] 12, if the managed right selected in step S210 does not satisfy any of the first to fourth recommendation conditions, when the output unit 37 outputs the information described above to the display device 5 in step S550, the display unit 51 of the display device 5 becomes a patent annuity payment necessity setting screen, and the display device 5 displays the information described above output from the output unit 37 in step S550 on the display unit 51. Specifically, the display device 5 displays bibliographic information including identification information of the managed right selected in step S210 and patent annuity payment necessity information in the main display area 511. The display device 5 displays bibliographic information and patent annuity payment necessity information of managed rights having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210 in the family patent information display area 512. The display device 5 displays the determination result of the recommendation determination unit 35 in the recommendation display area 513. The display device 5 divides the analysis data display area 514 into three parts and displays the data on the change in the number of applications by application year, the data on the number of applications by applicant, and the data on the number of applications by rights maintained / abandoned, all of which were generated by the analysis data generation unit 34 in step S350. At this time, the data on the change in the number of applications by application year displayed in the analysis data display area 514 is a bar graph with the application year on the horizontal axis and the number of applications on the vertical axis, and the number of applications in the application year of the right to be managed selected in step S210 is displayed in red, and the number of applications in other application years is displayed in blue. The data on the number of applications by applicant displayed in the analysis data display area 514 is a bar graph with the names of applicants of the top 10 companies (applicants) in terms of number of patent applications and others on the vertical axis, and the number of patent applications of the top 10 companies (applicants) in terms of number of patent applications and others on the horizontal axis, and a pie chart showing the top 10 companies (or applicants) by number of patent applications and the number of other patent applications, in which the number of applications filed by the applicant of the right to be managed selected in step S210 is displayed in red, and the number of applications filed by the other top 9 companies (or applicants) and other applicants is displayed in blue. The data on the number of applications by whether rights are maintained or abandoned, displayed in the analysis data display area 514, is a pie chart showing the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are maintained at the time of judgment, and the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are abandoned at the time of judgment due to non-payment of patent annuities, among all patent applications stored in the industrial property right information database 200, and a pie chart showing the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are maintained at the time of judgment, and the number of patent applications that have been registered and whose rights are abandoned at the time of judgment due to non-payment of patent annuities, among patent applications extracted by the extraction unit 33. The display device 5 displays, in an extraction condition display area 515, information on the extraction conditions corresponding to the family ID of the managed right selected in step S210, information on the classification definitions used in the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information, and information on the classification definitions assigned to the managed right selected in step S210. At this time, the patent annuity payment requirement information of the managed right selected in step S210, displayed in the main display area 511, and the patent annuity payment requirement information of each managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, displayed in the family patent information display area 512, are displayed in the form of check boxes, pull-down menus, etc., and the setting of whether or not to pay patent annuities can be changed by operating the input device 4. In addition, the extraction conditions displayed in the extraction condition display area 515 can be edited by operating the input device 4.

[0134] Therefore, by referring to the patent annuity payment necessity setting screen displayed on the display unit 51 of the display device 5, the user can view at a glance the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment necessity information including the identification information of the managed right selected in step S210, the bibliographic information and patent annuity payment necessity information of the managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, the fact that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the specified recommendation conditions, the analytical data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit 35 determining that the managed right selected in step S210 satisfies the first recommendation conditions, and the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right selected in step S210.

[0135] This allows the user to easily check this information and make a decision and setting as to whether to maintain or renew the management target rights, thereby making it easy and appropriate to make a decision and setting as to whether to maintain or renew the management target rights.

[0136] Furthermore, it is also possible to see at a glance what extraction conditions were used to extract the population of patent applications used in the analysis data displayed on the display unit 51.

[0137] 8 to 12 in the patent annuity payment management system 1, the user determines whether to maintain or renew the managed right selected in step S210. Then, as necessary, the user operates the input device 4 to change the setting of whether to pay patent annuity payments for the managed right selected in step S210, which is displayed in the main display area 511, and the setting of whether to pay patent annuity payments for each managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, which is displayed in the family patent information display area 512.

[0138] 6, the patent annuity payment requirement setting unit 36 ​​changes the setting of whether or not to pay patent annuities for the managed right selected in step S210 and displayed in the main display area 511, and for each managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210 and displayed in the family patent information display area 512, in response to the user's operation of the input device 4 (step S610).Then, the process proceeds to step S620.

[0139] In this way, the patent annuity payment management system 1 of this embodiment does not require the user to access the industrial property information database 200 from another terminal or another browser in parallel with operating the patent annuity payment management system 1 to generate analysis data, and allows the user to easily and appropriately determine and set whether to maintain or renew the managed rights.

[0140] (Extraction condition editing process) On the patent annuity payment necessity setting screen shown in Figures 8 to 12, the user can edit the extraction conditions displayed in the extraction condition display area 515 by operating the input device 4 while referring to the information displayed in the extraction condition display area 515 regarding the definition of the classification used in the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information, and the information regarding the definition of the classification assigned to the managed right selected in step S210.

[0141] Specifically, in this embodiment, the extraction condition display area 515 has a search expression display area 515a, a search logical expression display area 515b, and a classification definition display area 515c. Furthermore, the extraction condition display area 515 has a search execution icon 515d, a reanalysis icon 515e, and In this embodiment, the search execution icon 515d is an icon displayed as "Search," the re-analysis icon 515e is an icon displayed as "Update analysis data," and the extraction condition change icon 515f is an icon displayed as "Change search formula."

[0142] The search formula display area 515a displays a search formula consisting of one search item and one or more search conditions for that search item. The search items include, for example, the filing date, priority claim date, publication / announcement date, registration date, and patent gazette publication date, as well as classifications such as IPC, CPC, FI, and F-terms, and keywords used in the specification and claims. The search formula display area 515a can display one or more search formulas that constitute extraction conditions. In this embodiment, the search formula display area 515a can also display search formulas that do not constitute extraction conditions. The user can edit each search formula displayed in the search formula display area 515a by operating the input device 4. Therefore, the user can edit search items such as, for example, the filing date, priority claim date, publication / announcement date, registration date, and It is possible to manually and freely create search queries using dates such as the publication date of the patent gazette, classifications such as IPC, CPC, FI, and F-terms, and keywords used in the specification and claims.

[0143] The search logical expression display area 515b displays each search expression displayed in the search expression display area 515a. A logical operation formula that is combined using an AND operation, an OR operation, etc. is displayed. This logical operation formula becomes the extraction condition. The logical operation formula displayed in the search logical expression display area 515b can be edited by the user operating the input device 4.

[0144] The classification definition display area 515c displays information about the classifications used in the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information and their definitions, as well as information about the classifications assigned to the management rights selected in step S210 and their definitions. When the user operates the input device 4 to click or touch a specific classification displayed in the classification definition display area 515c, a tree of classifications that are higher-level concepts of the classification may be displayed. The information about the classification definitions used in the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information and the information about the classification definitions assigned to the management rights selected in step S210, displayed in the classification definition display area 515c, includes check boxes 515g, which are selection icons that correspond one-to-one to each classification, located near the definitions of the classifications. When the user operates the input device 4 to check the check boxes 515g, the corresponding classification is selected. Furthermore, the classification definition display area 515c displays a classification selection reflection icon 515h, which reflects each classification checked in the check boxes 515g in the search expression display area 515a. When the user operates the classification selection reflection icon 515h by clicking, touching, or the like, each classification selected in the classification definition display area 515c is added to the search formula in the search formula display area 515a, and the search formula added to the search formula in the search formula display area 515a is changed so that it is included in the logical operation formula displayed in the search logical formula display area 515b. Note that in this embodiment, the classification definition display area 515c further has a taxonomic group selection section 515i that can change the taxonomic groups such as IPC, FI, and F-terms displayed using a pull-down menu or the like. The classification definition display area 515c can display the definition of the taxonomic group selected in the taxonomic group selection section 515i.

[0145] Therefore, the user can set extraction conditions while referring to the classification assigned to the management target right selected in step S210 and the definition of that classification.

[0146] When the user operates the input device 4 to click, touch, or otherwise operate the search execution icon 515d, the information processing device 3 accesses the industrial property right information database 200 and displays in the search logical formula display area 515b the number of patent applications that satisfy the search logical formula displayed in the search logical formula display area 515b when the search execution icon 515d is operated. This allows the user to confirm the number of patent applications that satisfy the search logical formula displayed in the search logical formula display area 515b when the search execution icon 515d is operated. Note that operating the search execution icon 515d does not update the analysis data displayed in the analysis data display area 514.

[0147] After checking the number of patent applications that satisfy the search logical formula displayed in the search logical formula display area 515b, if the user wants to refer to the analysis data when the search logical formula displayed in the search logical formula display area 515b is used as the extraction condition, the user operates the input device 4 to click, touch, etc. the reanalysis icon 515e.

[0148] The information processing device 3 determines whether the reanalysis icon 515e has been operated by the input device 4 (step S620). If the reanalysis icon 515e has been operated by the input device 4 (step S620: YES), the information processing device 3 proceeds to step S621. The extraction conditions acquired in step S310 or the extraction conditions automatically set in step S321 are rewritten into the search logical formula displayed in the search logical formula display area 515b, and the process returns to step S330.

[0149] If the reanalysis icon 515e has not been operated by the input device 4 (step S620: NO), the process proceeds to step S630.

[0150] After checking the analysis data in the patent application that satisfies the search logical formula displayed in the search logical formula display area 515b, if the user wants to change the extraction conditions corresponding to the family ID of the managed right selected in step S210 to the search logical formula displayed in the search logical formula display area 515b, the user operates the input device 4 by clicking, touching, etc. the extraction condition change icon 515f.

[0151] The information processing device 3 determines whether the extraction condition change icon 515f has been operated by the input device 4 (step S630). If the extraction condition change icon 515f has been operated by the input device 4 (step S630: YES), the process proceeds to step S631, where the output unit 37 of the information processing device 3 outputs the search logical formula displayed in the search logical formula display area 515b at the time the extraction condition change icon 515f was operated to the management information database 2. Then, the management information database 2 rewrites the extraction condition set in the family ID of the managed right selected in step S210 into the search logical formula displayed in the search logical formula display area 515b at the time the extraction condition change icon 515f was operated, and stores the rewritten search logical formula. The process then proceeds to step S640.

[0152] If the extraction condition change icon 515f has not been operated by the input device 4 (step S630: NO), the process proceeds to step S640.

[0153] The user refers to the patent annuity payment necessity setting screen shown in Figures 8 to 12, and after completing the changes to the patent annuity payment necessity setting for the patent annuity payment necessity information of the managed right selected in step S210, which is displayed in the main display area 511, and the patent annuity payment necessity information of each managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, which is displayed in the family patent information display area 512, the user operates the input device 4 to operate the patent annuity payment necessity setting completion icon 516 by clicking, touching, etc.

[0154] In step S640, the information processing device 3 determines whether or not the patent annuity payment necessity setting completion icon 516 has been operated.

[0155] If the patent annuity payment necessity setting completion icon 516 has not been operated (step S640: NO), the process returns to step S610 and waits for the change in the patent annuity payment necessity setting, the re-editing of the extraction conditions, and the completion of the change in the patent annuity payment necessity setting.

[0156] If the patent annuity payment necessity setting completion icon 516 is operated (step S640: YES), the process proceeds to step S650, where the output unit 37 of the information processing device 3 outputs the patent annuity payment necessity setting of the managed right selected in step S210 and the patent annuity payment necessity setting of each managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210, which were set in the patent annuity payment necessity setting unit 36 ​​at the time the patent annuity payment necessity setting completion icon 516 was operated, to the management information database 2. Then, the management information database 2 rewrites the patent annuity payment necessity setting of the managed right selected in step S210 and the patent annuity payment necessity setting of each managed right having the same family ID as the managed right selected in step S210 with the contents set in the patent annuity payment necessity setting unit 36 ​​at the time the patent annuity payment necessity setting completion icon 516 was operated, and stores them.

[0157] Then, the process returns to step S120, and the information processing device 3 outputs the identification information and right holder information for the managed right whose next patent annuity payment due date falls within six months from the present, which were acquired in step S110, from the output unit 37 to the display device 5 (step S120), and the display device 5 displays the identification information and right holder information for the managed right output from the output unit 37 in step S110 on the display unit 51. Then, the user continues to set whether or not patent annuity payments are required for another managed right.

[0158] The patent annuity payment necessity setting process ends when the user operates the input device 4 to input information to the information processing device 3 indicating that the patent annuity payment necessity setting process is to be ended.

[0159] In this way, by extracting patent applications that satisfy the extraction conditions from the industrial property right information database 200 at a predetermined timing in the extraction unit 33 and updating the patent applications that satisfy the extraction conditions extracted by the extraction unit 33, the user can determine and set whether to maintain or renew the managed right based on the analysis data generated from the latest information. Also, there is no need to generate analysis data by a separate means in parallel with the operation of the patent annuity payment management system 1. This makes it possible to easily and appropriately determine and set whether to maintain or renew the managed right in the patent annuity payment management system 1.

[0160] As described above, one embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. It is clear that a person skilled in the art can conceive of various modifications or alterations within the scope of the claims, and it is understood that these also naturally fall within the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, the components in the above embodiments may be combined in any manner as long as they do not deviate from the spirit of the invention.

[0161] For example, in this embodiment, when a managed right for which the necessity of patent annuity payment is to be set is selected in step S210, the extraction unit 33 extracts patent applications that satisfy the extraction conditions from the industrial property right information database 200, and updates the patent applications that satisfy the extraction conditions extracted by the extraction unit 33. However, this is not limited to the timing when a managed right for which the necessity of patent annuity payment is to be set is selected in step S210, and the extraction unit 33 may extract patent applications that satisfy each extraction condition from the industrial property right information database 200 at any predetermined timing, and update the patent applications that satisfy the extraction conditions extracted by the extraction unit 33. The predetermined timing may be, for example, when the user logs in to the patent annuity payment management system 1, or may be a predetermined period before the next patent annuity payment due date for each managed right, or may be at every predetermined period specified by the user. It may be a predetermined timing (for example, a predetermined timing between late night on Sunday and early morning on the following Monday, or 3:00 AM between late night on Sunday and early morning on the following Monday, etc.) In these cases, application-related information of patent applications that satisfy the extraction conditions may be stored and accumulated in the management information database 2 for each extraction condition together with the extraction condition information.

[0162] Also, for example, in this embodiment, the display device 5 displays in the extraction condition display area 515 information regarding the extraction conditions corresponding to the family ID of the managed right selected in step S210, information regarding the classification definitions used in the extraction conditions included in the extraction condition information, and information regarding the classification definitions assigned to the managed right selected in step S210.However, the information processing device 3 may output information regarding the definitions of all classifications in at least one taxonomic group selected from the International Patent Classification, the Common European Classification, FI, and F-terms from the output unit 37 to the display device 5, and the display device 5 may display information regarding the definitions of all classifications in at least one taxonomic group selected from the International Patent Classification, the Common European Classification, FI, and F-terms.

[0163] This allows the user to set extraction conditions while referring to all classification definitions in at least one of the following classification groups: the International Patent Classification, the Common European Patent Classification, FI, and F-terms.

[0164] Furthermore, for example, the analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit 34 is not limited to the application count transition data, list data, application count data by applicant right holder, and application count data by rights maintained / abandoned in this embodiment, but may be any analytical data generated based on application-related information of the patent application extracted by the extraction unit 33. The analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit 34 may be, for example, analytical data generated based on cited document information of the patent application extracted by the extraction unit 33, analytical data generated based on examination progress information of the patent application extracted by the extraction unit 33, analytical data generated based on document information of the patent application extracted by the extraction unit 33, etc.

[0165] Furthermore, for example, the recommendation conditions are not limited to the first to fourth recommendation conditions of the present embodiment, and may be any conditions. The recommendation conditions may be, for example, that the number of times a managed right has been cited is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

[0166] In addition, for example, in this embodiment, the information processing device 3, the input device 4, and the display device 5 are Although the information processing device 3 is connected via the Internet 100, the information processing device 3, the input device 4, and the display device 5 may be connected to each other without the Internet 100. In this case, the management information database 2 may be connected to the information processing device 3 via the Internet 100. For example, the information processing device 3, together with the input device 4 and the display device 5, may be installed in an information terminal such as a personal computer or smartphone owned by a user.

[0167] Furthermore, for example, in this embodiment, the industrial property information database 200 exists outside the patent annuity payment management system 1, and the information processing device 3 is able to access the industrial property information database 200 via the Internet 100, but the patent annuity payment management system 1 may be equipped with the industrial property information database 200, and the information processing device 3 may be able to access the industrial property information database 200 without going through the Internet 100.

[0168] Furthermore, for example, in the present embodiment, the patent annuity payment management system 1 that manages the payment of fees for maintaining or renewing one or more surviving rights to be managed for patent rights has been described as one embodiment of an industrial property right fee payment management system that manages the payment of fees for maintaining or renewing one or more surviving rights to be managed for at least one type of industrial property right selected from patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, and trademark rights. However, the present invention may also be an industrial property right fee payment management system that manages the payment of fees for maintaining or renewing one or more surviving rights to be managed for any of utility model rights, design rights, and trademark rights, or an industrial property right fee payment management system that manages the payment of fees for maintaining or renewing one or more surviving rights to be managed for two or more types of industrial property rights selected from patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, and trademark rights. Note that in the case of a utility model right, the established registration number is the utility model registration number, in the case of a design right, the established registration number is the design registration number, and in the case of a trademark right, the established registration number is the trademark registration number.

[0169] In the case where the industrial property right fee payment management system is an industrial property right fee payment management system that manages the payment of fees to maintain or renew one or more existing managed rights for industrial property rights, including design rights, the classification group may be the Locarno Classification or the Japanese Design Classification.

[0170] In the case where the industrial property fee payment management system is an industrial property fee payment management system that manages the payment of fees for maintaining or renewing one or more subsisting managed industrial property rights, including trademark rights, the classification group may be the International Classification of Goods and Services, a trademark classification, or a similar group code.

[0171] This specification describes at least the following: In parentheses, components corresponding to those in the above-described embodiments are shown as examples, but the present invention is not limited to these.

[0172] (1) An industrial property right fee payment management system (patent annuity payment management system 1) that manages the payment of fees to maintain or renew one or more existing managed rights for at least one type of industrial property right among patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, and trademark rights, The industrial property right fee payment management system includes: a management information database (management information database 2) that stores information about the rights to be managed; an information processing device (information processing device 3) that can access an industrial property right information database (industrial property right information database 200) that stores application-related information on a plurality of applications filed for industrial property rights of the same type as the right to be managed; a display device (display device 5) capable of displaying information output from the information processing device; an input device (input device 4) capable of inputting information regarding the necessity of payment of the fee for each of the management subject rights stored in the management information database, The information about the managed rights stored in the management information database is Identification information capable of identifying each of the management target rights; Information regarding whether or not the fee must be paid for each of the rights to be managed; extraction condition information relating to extraction conditions set for each of the identification information, The information processing device includes: The management information database is accessible; an extraction unit (extraction unit 33) that extracts the applications that satisfy the extraction conditions from the industrial property right information database based on the extraction condition information; an analytical data generation unit (analysis data generation unit 34) that generates at least one analytical data item based on the application-related information of the application extracted by the extraction unit; a fee payment necessity setting unit (patent annuity payment necessity setting unit 36) that sets whether or not a fee is to be paid for each of the managed rights stored in the management information database based on the information regarding whether or not the fee is to be paid that is input to the input device; an output unit (output unit 37) capable of outputting information including the identification information of the right to be managed, information on at least one of the analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit, and information on the necessity of fee payment set by the fee payment necessity setting unit; The information processing device includes: An industrial property fee payment management system in which, at a predetermined timing, the extraction unit extracts applications that satisfy the extraction conditions from the industrial property information database and updates the applications that satisfy the extraction conditions extracted by the extraction unit.

[0173] According to (1), by extracting applications that meet the extraction conditions from the industrial property right information database at a predetermined timing in the extraction unit and updating the applications that meet the extraction conditions extracted by the extraction unit, the user can determine and set whether to maintain or renew the managed rights based on the analysis data generated from the latest information. Furthermore, there is no need to generate analysis data by a separate means in parallel with the operation of the industrial property right fee payment management system. This makes it easy and appropriate to determine and set whether to maintain or renew the managed rights in the industrial property right fee payment management system.

[0174] (2) The industrial property right fee payment management system according to (1), The application-related information stored in the industrial property right information database is Number information having at least one of an application number and a registered registration number that can identify each of the applications; date information including at least one of the filing date, priority date, and registration date of each said application; At least one of the analysis data generated by the analysis data generation unit is An industrial property right fee payment management system that classifies the applications extracted by the extraction unit by either the filing date, priority claim date, or registration date of each application for a specified period, and provides application number trend data that shows the number of applications extracted for each specified period in chronological order.

[0175] According to (2), it is possible to grasp the time series trends in the number of applications in fields related to the managed rights, so that it is possible to easily and appropriately decide and set whether to maintain or renew the managed rights.

[0176] (3) The industrial property right fee payment management system according to (1), The application-related information stored in the industrial property right information database is Number information having at least one of an application number and a registered registration number that can identify each of the applications; date information including at least one of the filing date, priority date, and registration date of each said application; At least one of the analysis data generated by the analysis data generation unit is An industrial property right fee payment management system that is list data showing the number information and date information of each of the applications extracted by the extraction unit.

[0177] According to (3), a list of applications in fields related to the rights under control is readily available.

[0178] (4) The industrial property right fee payment management system according to (1), The application-related information stored in the industrial property right information database is Number information having at least one of an application number and a registered registration number that can identify each of the applications; applicant / right holder information including at least one of the name of the applicant and the name of the right holder of each of the applications; At least one of the analysis data generated by the analysis data generation unit is An industrial property right fee payment management system that classifies the applications extracted by the extraction unit by applicant or right holder of each application, and provides application count data by applicant or right holder, showing the number of applications extracted for each applicant or right holder.

[0179] According to (4), applicants who have filed many applications in fields related to the rights under management, and Since it is possible to grasp the number of applications filed by applicants who have filed a large number of applications in fields related to the right to be managed, it is possible to easily and appropriately determine and set whether to maintain or renew the right to be managed.

[0180] (5) The industrial property right fee payment management system according to (1), Each of the applications is assigned one or more classifications among a group of classifications based on the application content of the application, The industrial property information database stores information on the definition of each classification of the taxonomic group, The application-related information stored in the industrial property right information database is Number information having at least one of an application number and a registered registration number that can identify each of the applications; classification information regarding the classification assigned to each of the applications; When the extraction conditions are set using at least one of the classifications of the taxonomic group, The output unit the identification information of the managed right; the extraction condition corresponding to the identification information; Information regarding the definition of the classification used in the extraction conditions; Information about at least one of the analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit; and and outputs information including the above to the display device.

[0181] According to (5), it is easy to understand the extraction conditions used to extract the population of applications used in the analysis data.

[0182] (6) An industrial property right fee payment management system according to any one of (1) to (5), The information processing device includes: The system further includes a recommendation determination unit (recommendation determination unit 35) that determines whether or not the management target right satisfies at least one predetermined recommendation condition based on the management target right and at least one of the analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit, The output unit the identification information of the managed right; Information regarding the determination result by the recommendation determination unit; Information about at least one of the analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit; and and outputs information including the above to the display device.

[0183] According to (6), the determination and setting of whether to maintain or renew the management target right can be performed based on the predetermined recommendation conditions and at least one analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit. Therefore, the determination and setting of whether to maintain or renew the management target right can be performed based on the predetermined recommendation conditions and at least one analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit. It can be done easily and appropriately.

[0184] (7) The industrial property right fee payment management system according to (6), the analysis data generation unit generates a plurality of pieces of analysis data based on the application-related information of the application extracted by the extraction unit; When the recommendation determination unit determines that the management target right satisfies the predetermined recommendation condition, The output unit the identification information of the managed right; Information regarding the determination result of the recommendation condition; and the analysis data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit's determination that the managed right satisfies the specified recommendation conditions, to the display device.

[0185] According to (7), the decision and setting of whether to maintain or renew the managed right can be made based on specified recommendation conditions and analytical data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit's determination that the managed right satisfies the specified recommendation conditions, so that the decision and setting of whether to maintain or renew the managed right can be made easily and more appropriately.

[0186] (8) The industrial property right fee payment management system according to (7), The output unit the identification information of the managed right; Information regarding the determination result of the recommendation condition; the analysis data serving as a basis for determining in the recommendation determination unit that the managed right satisfies the predetermined recommendation condition; An industrial property right fee payment management system that outputs information to the display device, including the analysis data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit's determination that the managed right satisfies the specified recommendation conditions, and information indicating the relationship between the managed right.

[0187] According to (8), the decision and setting of whether to maintain or renew the managed right can be made based on specified recommendation conditions, analytical data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit's determination that the managed right satisfies the specified recommendation conditions, and information indicating the relationship between the analytical data and the managed right, so that the decision and setting of whether to maintain or renew the managed right can be made easily and more appropriately.

[0188] (9) An industrial property right fee payment management system according to any one of (6) to (8), The application-related information stored in the industrial property right information database is Number information having at least one of an application number and a registered registration number that can identify each of the applications; date information including at least one of the filing date, priority date, and registration date of each said application; The industrial property fee payment management system includes a recommendation condition that is based on the number of applications extracted for each predetermined period by classifying the application filing date, priority claim date, or registration date of each application extracted by the extraction unit.

[0189] According to (9), recommendation conditions can be set based on whether the field to which the managed right belongs is a technical field in which research and development has been actively conducted in recent years.

[0190] (10) An industrial property right fee payment management system according to any one of (6) to (8), The application-related information stored in the industrial property right information database is Number information having at least one of an application number and a registered registration number that can identify each of the applications; applicant / right holder information including at least one of the name of the applicant and the name of the right holder of each of the applications; An industrial property right fee payment management system, wherein the recommendation conditions include a condition based on the percentage of applications extracted by the extraction unit in which at least one of the applicant name and right holder name is the right holder of the managed right.

[0191] According to (10), recommendation conditions can be set based on whether the right holder of the managed right is competitive with other companies (other parties) in terms of the number of applications in the field to which the managed right belongs.

[0192] (11) An industrial property right fee payment management system according to any one of (6) to (8), The application-related information stored in the industrial property right information database is Number information having at least one of an application number and a registered registration number that can identify each of the applications; and abandonment information for each of said applications, including information regarding whether the application has been abandoned; An industrial property right fee payment management system, wherein the recommended conditions include conditions based on the abandonment information of the application extracted by the extraction unit.

[0193] According to (11), recommendation conditions can be set based on whether the field to which the managed right belongs is a field in which industrial property rights are effectively functioning.

[0194] (12) An industrial property right fee payment management system according to any one of (1) to (11), Each of the applications is assigned one or more classifications among a group of classifications based on the application content of the application, The industrial property information database stores information on the definition of each classification of the taxonomic group, The application-related information stored in the industrial property right information database is Number information having at least one of an application number and a registered registration number that can identify each of the applications; classification information regarding the classification assigned to each of the applications; The input device is Information regarding the extraction conditions can be input, The information processing device includes: The apparatus further includes an extraction condition setting unit (extraction condition setting unit 32) that can set the extraction conditions for each of the identification information based on information about the extraction conditions input to the input device, The output unit information relating to the definition of each taxon in at least one of the taxa can be output to the display device; The display device includes: The information output from the information processing device is capable of displaying information relating to the definition of each classification in at least one of the taxonomic groups; The input device is At least one of the classifications to be used in the extraction conditions can be selected and input from the classifications displayed on the display device, The extraction condition setting unit An industrial property right fee payment management system capable of setting the extraction conditions based on the classification selected by the input device.

[0195] According to (12), the user can set extraction conditions while referring to the definition of each classification in at least one taxonomic group.

[0196] (13) The industrial property right fee payment management system according to (12), the information processing device is capable of acquiring classification information relating to the classification assigned to the managed right from the industrial property right information database, The output unit classification information relating to the classification assigned to the management right can be output to the display device; The input device is At least one of the categories to be used in the extraction condition can be selected from classification information related to the category that is assigned to the management right and displayed on the display device, The extraction condition setting unit The industrial property right fee payment management system sets, as the extraction condition, that all of the classifications selected by the input device are assigned.

[0197] According to (13), the user can set extraction conditions while referring to the classification assigned to the management target right and the definition of the classification.

[0198] (14) An industrial property right fee payment management system according to any one of (1) to (11), The information processing device includes: The application-related information of the right to be managed can be obtained from the industrial property right information database; The apparatus further includes an extraction condition setting unit (extraction condition setting unit 32) that can set the extraction condition for each of the identification information, The extraction condition setting unit An industrial property right fee payment management system that automatically sets the extraction conditions based on the application-related information of the right to be managed.

[0199] According to (14), analysis data can be generated without the user having to set extraction conditions for all identification information, thereby improving convenience.

[0200] (15) The industrial property right fee payment management system according to (14), Each of the applications is assigned one or more classifications among a group of classifications based on the application content of the application, The application-related information stored in the industrial property right information database is Number information having at least one of an application number and a registered registration number that can identify each of the applications; classification information regarding the classification assigned to each of the applications; the application-related information of the managed right that the information processing device can acquire from the industrial property right information database includes classification information on the classification assigned to the managed right, The extraction condition setting unit The industrial property right fee payment management system automatically sets, as the extraction condition, that all of the classifications assigned to the managed rights are assigned.

[0201] According to (15), it is possible to automatically set extraction conditions to extract applications that are highly relevant to the rights to be managed.

[0202] (16) The industrial property right fee payment management system according to (14), Each of the applications is assigned one or more classifications among a group of classifications based on the application content of the application, The application-related information stored in the industrial property right information database is Number information having at least one of an application number and a registered registration number that can identify each of the applications; classification information regarding the classification assigned to each of the applications; the application-related information of the managed right that the information processing device can acquire from the industrial property right information database includes classification information on the classification assigned to the managed right, The extraction condition setting unit An industrial property right fee payment management system that automatically sets the extraction conditions by selecting the classification based on the classification assigned to the managed right so that the number of each application extracted by the extraction unit is within a specified range.

[0203] According to (16), extraction conditions can be automatically set so that the population contains a number of applications suitable for analysis.

[0204] (17) The industrial property right fee payment management system according to (14), Each of the applications is assigned one or more classifications among a group of classifications based on the application content of the application, The application-related information stored in the industrial property right information database is Number information having at least one of an application number and a registered registration number that can identify each of the applications; Date information including at least one of the filing date, priority date, and registration date of each said application; classification information regarding the classification assigned to each of the applications; the application-related information of the managed right that the information processing device can acquire from the industrial property right information database includes classification information on the classification assigned to the managed right, The extraction condition setting unit An industrial property right fee payment management system that automatically sets the extraction conditions by selecting the classification based on the classification assigned to the managed right and the date information and classification information of each application so that the number of applications for each specified period of the filing date, priority claim date, and set registration date of each application extracted by the extraction unit satisfies specified conditions.

[0205] According to (17), it is possible to determine the value of the right to be managed within a population in which the number of applications per predetermined period satisfies a predetermined condition.

[0206] (18) An industrial property right fee payment management system (patent annuity payment management system 1) that manages the payment of fees to maintain or renew one or more existing managed rights for at least one type of industrial property right among patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, and trademark rights, The industrial property right fee payment management system includes: a management information database (management information database 2) that stores information about the rights to be managed; an information processing device (information processing device 3) that can access an industrial property right information database that stores application-related information on a plurality of applications filed for industrial property rights of the same type as the right to be managed; a display device (display device 5) capable of displaying information output from the information processing device; an input device (input device 4) capable of inputting information regarding the necessity of payment of the fee for each of the management subject rights stored in the management information database; The information about the managed rights stored in the management information database is Identification information capable of identifying each of the management target rights; Information regarding whether or not the fee must be paid for each of the rights to be managed; extraction condition information relating to extraction conditions set for each of the identification information, The information processing device includes: The management information database is accessible; an extraction unit (extraction unit 33) that extracts the applications that satisfy the extraction conditions from the industrial property right information database based on the extraction condition information; an analytical data generation unit (analysis data generation unit 34) that generates at least one analytical data item based on the application-related information of the application extracted by the extraction unit; a recommendation determination unit (recommendation determination unit 35) that determines whether the management target right satisfies at least one predetermined recommendation condition based on the management target right and at least one of the analysis data generated by the analysis data generation unit; a fee payment necessity setting unit (patent annuity payment necessity setting unit 36) that sets whether or not a fee is to be paid for each of the managed rights stored in the management information database based on the information regarding whether or not the fee is to be paid inputted by the input device; an output unit (output unit 37) capable of outputting information including the identification information of the management target right, information on at least one of the analysis data generated by the analysis data generation unit, information on the determination result by the recommendation determination unit, and information on the necessity of the fee payment set by the fee payment necessity setting unit; When the recommendation determination unit determines that the management target right satisfies the predetermined recommendation condition, The output unit the identification information of the managed right; Information regarding the necessity of payment of the expenses set in the expense payment necessity setting unit; Information regarding the determination result of the recommendation condition; and the analysis data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit's determination that the managed right satisfies the specified recommendation conditions, to the display device.

[0207] According to (18), the user can easily check the identification information of the managed right, whether the managed right satisfies the predetermined recommendation conditions, and the analytical data that is the basis for the recommendation determination unit's determination that the managed right satisfies the predetermined recommendation conditions, while making a decision and setting as to whether to maintain or renew the managed right. This makes it possible to easily and appropriately make a decision and setting as to whether to maintain or renew the managed right in the industrial property right fee payment management system. [Explanation of symbols]

[0208] 1. Patent annuity payment management system (industrial property right fee payment management system) 2 Management Information Database 3. Information processing equipment 4 Input Devices 5 Display device 32 Extraction condition setting section 33 Extraction part 34 Analysis Data Generation Department 35 Recommendation Judgment Unit 36 Patent annuity payment necessity setting section (expense payment necessity setting section) 37 Output section 200 Industrial Property Information Database

Claims

1. An information processing device for managing at least one type of industrial property right among a patent right, a utility model right, a design right, and a trademark right, The information processing device includes: a management information database that stores information about the rights to be managed; and an industrial property right information database that stores application-related information on a plurality of applications filed for industrial property rights of the same type as the right to be managed; The information about the managed rights stored in the management information database is Identification information capable of identifying each of the management target rights; extraction condition information relating to extraction conditions set for each of the identification information, The information processing device includes: an extraction unit that extracts the applications that satisfy the extraction conditions from the industrial property right information database based on the extraction condition information; an analytical data generation unit that generates at least one analytical data item based on the application-related information of the application extracted by the extraction unit; a recommendation determination unit that determines whether the management target right satisfies at least one predetermined recommendation condition based on the management target right and at least one of the analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit; an output unit capable of outputting information including the identification information of the management target right, information relating to at least one of the analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit, and information relating to a determination result by the recommendation determination unit; When the recommendation determination unit determines that the management target right satisfies the predetermined recommendation condition, the output unit: The identification information; Information regarding the determination result of the recommendation condition; and the analysis data that is the basis for determining that the management target right satisfies the predetermined recommendation condition in the recommendation determination unit. Information processing device.

2. An information processing device for managing at least one type of industrial property right among a patent right, a utility model right, a design right, and a trademark right, The information processing device includes: a management information database that stores information about the rights to be managed; and an industrial property right information database that stores application-related information on a plurality of applications filed for industrial property rights of the same type as the right to be managed; The information about the managed rights stored in the management information database is Identification information capable of identifying each of the management target rights; extraction condition information relating to extraction conditions set for each of the identification information, The information processing device includes: an input device that accepts input from a user; an extraction unit that extracts the applications that satisfy the extraction conditions from the industrial property right information database based on the extraction condition information; an analytical data generation unit that generates at least one analytical data item based on the application-related information of the application extracted by the extraction unit; a recommendation determination unit that determines whether the management target right satisfies at least one predetermined recommendation condition based on the management target right and at least one of the analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit; an output unit capable of outputting information including the identification information of the management target right, information relating to at least one of the analytical data generated by the analytical data generation unit, and information relating to a determination result by the recommendation determination unit; The information processing device, wherein the recommendation conditions, which are the determination criteria of the recommendation determination unit, are changeable based on an input from the input device.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a storage unit for storing the recommendation conditions input from the input device.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the recommendation conditions are based on a change in the number of applications filed by application year.

5. 3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the recommendation conditions are based on the filing date of the right to be managed and the filing date of the application extracted from the industrial property right information database by the extraction unit.

6. An information processing device as described in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the recommendation condition is a condition based on the percentage of applications in which at least one of the applicant name and right holder name is the right holder of the managed right, among the applications extracted from the industrial property right information database by the extraction unit.

7. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recommendation conditions are conditions based on abandonment information of the application extracted from the industrial property right information database by the extraction unit.

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