Patent-related document preparation support system

Abstract

A response document draft preparation support device that supports the preparation of patent-related documents, the response document draft preparation support device having a first database that stores at least one of information on examination standards, examination guidelines, court cases, and precedents, a second database that stores information on the examination history of an application, a response document draft preparation unit that creates a draft response document from newly acquired application documents and notice documents from the Patent Office using a large-scale language model that has learned the relationship between application documents, notice documents from the Patent Office, and response documents to notice documents contained in the examination history information, and a display control unit that displays the created draft response document.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] This disclosure , special Licensing document preparation support system To Regarding. [Background technology]

[0002] For example, a technology has been known for some time that aims to enable appropriate estimation of the units of criticism in an expected rejection notice for a new patent specification by processing based on the units of criticism stated in past rejection notices, and that supports the evaluation and preparation of application documents by searching a patent examination database that links and accumulates past applications for which examination has been requested and rejection notices issued for the applications that are the subject of examination with respect to the description of the scope of claims in the application documents (see, for example, Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 5629976 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] The preparation of patent-related documents such as notices of reasons for refusal, amendments, and opinions requires a great deal of human knowledge and labor. The technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 does not solve the problem that the preparation of patent-related documents such as notices of reasons for refusal, amendments, and opinions requires a great deal of human knowledge and labor.

[0005] This disclosure reduces the human knowledge and effort required to prepare patent-related documents. Special Licensing document preparation support system M The purpose is to provide. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The present disclosure has the following configuration.

[0007] [1] A response document drafting support device that supports the creation of patent-related documents, A first database that stores at least one of information on examination standards, examination guidelines, court cases, and precedents; A second database that accumulates information on the prosecution history of applications; and a response draft preparation unit that prepares a draft of a response from the newly acquired application documents and notices from the Patent Office using a large-scale language model that has learned the relationship between the application documents, notices from the Patent Office, and responses to the notices, which are included in the examination history information; A display control unit that displays the created draft text; A response document draft creation support device having the above structure.

[0008] [2] The large-scale language model classifies the relationship between the application documents, notices from the Patent Office, and responses to the notices, which are included in the examination history information, according to the types of comments made in the notices from the Patent Office, and then learns the relationship for each type of comment. [1] A response document draft creation support device as described above.

[0009] [3] The types of the findings are one or a combination of novelty, inventive step, inventiveness, industrial applicability, clarity, and support requirements. [2] A response document draft creation support device as described above.

[0010] [4] The draft of the response document is a draft of at least one of a statement of argument and a written amendment. A response document draft creation support device according to any one of [1] to [3].

[0011] [5] Further comprising an allowance rate prediction unit that predicts a grant rate of the draft response document using an allowance rate prediction model that has learned the relationship between the examination history information and the allowance result. A response document draft creation support device according to any one of [1] to [4].

[0012] [6] A notification document drafting support device that supports the creation of patent-related documents, comprising: A first database that stores at least one of information on examination standards, examination guidelines, court cases, and precedents; A second database that accumulates information on the prosecution history of applications; and a notification draft preparation unit that prepares a draft of a notification from the Patent Office from the newly acquired application documents and responses using a large-scale language model that has learned the relationship between the application documents, notifications from the Patent Office, and responses to the notifications, which are included in the examination history information; A display control unit that displays the created draft text; A notification document draft creation support device having the above-mentioned.

[0013] [7] A patent-related document preparation support system having a response document preparation support device and a notice document preparation support device for supporting the preparation of patent-related documents, A first database that stores at least one of information on examination standards, examination guidelines, court cases, and precedents; A second database that accumulates information on the prosecution history of applications; and a response draft preparation unit that prepares a draft of a response from the newly acquired application documents and notice from the Patent Office using a first large-scale language model that has learned the relationship between the application documents, notice from the Patent Office, and reply to the notice, which are included in the examination history information; a notification draft preparation unit that prepares a draft of a notification from the Patent Office from the newly acquired application documents and responses using a second large-scale language model that has learned the relationship between the application documents, notifications from the Patent Office, and responses to the notifications, which are included in the examination history information; A display control unit that displays the created draft text; having The response drafting section prepares a draft of the response from the newly acquired application documents and the draft of the notice from the Patent Office prepared by the notice drafting section. Patent-related document preparation support system.

[0014] [8] The Notice Drafting Department prepares a draft notice from the Patent Office based on the newly acquired application documents and the draft response prepared by the Response Drafting Department. [7] A patent-related document preparation support system.

[0015] [9] A response document preparation support method performed by a response document preparation support device that supports the preparation of patent-related documents, the response document preparation support method comprising: a first database that stores at least one of information on examination standards, examination guidelines, court cases, and precedents; and a second database that stores information on the examination history of applications, the response document preparation support method comprising: A step of creating a draft response from the newly obtained application documents and notice from the Patent Office using a large-scale language model that has learned the relationship between the application documents, notice from the Patent Office, and notice responses to the notices, which are included in the examination history information; A step of displaying the created draft text; A method for assisting in the preparation of a response draft.

[0016]

[10] A notice draft preparation support method performed by a notice draft preparation support device that supports the preparation of patent-related documents, the device having a first database that stores at least one of information on examination standards, examination guidelines, court cases, and precedents, and a second database that stores information on the examination history of applications, the method comprising: A step of creating a draft of a notice from the Patent Office from the newly obtained application documents and responses using a large-scale language model that has learned the relationship between the application documents, notices from the Patent Office, and responses to the notices, which are included in the information on the examination history; A step of displaying the created draft text; A method for assisting in the preparation of a notification document.

[0017]

[11] A response document preparation support device having a first database for storing at least one of information on examination standards, examination guidelines, court cases, and precedents, and a second database for storing information on the examination history of an application, the response document preparation support device supporting the preparation of patent-related documents, a response draft preparation unit that prepares a draft of a response from the newly acquired application documents and notice from the patent office using a large-scale language model that has learned the relationship between the application documents, notice from the patent office, and response to the notice, which are included in the information on the examination history; A display control unit that displays the created draft text; A program to function as a

[0018]

[12] A notice document preparation support device having a first database for storing at least one of information on examination standards, examination guidelines, court cases, and precedents, and a second database for storing information on the examination history of an application, the notice document preparation support device supporting the preparation of patent-related documents, a notification draft preparation unit that prepares a draft of a notification from the Patent Office from the newly acquired application documents and responses using a large-scale language model that has learned the relationship between the application documents, notifications from the Patent Office, and responses to the notifications, which are included in the examination history information; A display control unit that displays the created draft text; A program to function as a Effect of the Invention

[0019] According to the present disclosure, it is possible to reduce the human knowledge and effort required to prepare patent-related documents. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0020] [Figure 1] 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of a patent-related document preparation support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer according to the present embodiment. [Diagram 3]1 is a functional configuration diagram of an example of a response document draft creation support device according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Figure 4] 1 is a functional configuration diagram of an example of a notice document draft creation support device according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Diagram 5] 10 is a flowchart of an example of a process of the response document draft creation support device according to the present embodiment. [Figure 6] 1 is an image diagram of an example of a process in which a response document draft creation support device according to the present embodiment creates a response document draft. FIG. [Figure 7] 1 is a flowchart of an example of a process of a notice document draft creation support device according to the present embodiment. [Figure 8] 1 is an image diagram of an example of a process in which a notice draft creation support device according to this embodiment creates a draft of a notice. [Figure 9] 1 is an explanatory diagram of an example of combining and using the processes of a response document draft creation support device and a notice document draft creation support device; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0021] Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail, but the present invention is not limited to the following embodiment.

[0022] <System configuration> Fig. 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of a patent-related document preparation support system 1 according to this embodiment. The patent-related document preparation support system 1 in Fig. 1 includes a response document draft preparation support device 10, a notice document draft preparation support device 12, an applicant's user terminal 14, and a patent office's user terminal 16. The response document draft preparation support device 10, the notice document draft preparation support device 12, the applicant's user terminal 14, and the patent office's user terminal 16 are connected to each other so as to be able to perform data communications via a communication network 18 such as a local area network (LAN) or the Internet.

[0023] The applicant's user terminal 14 is an information processing device such as a PC, tablet terminal, or smartphone operated by a user (hereinafter referred to as the applicant's user) who is on the side of the applicant (e.g., a person in charge of the intellectual property department or a person in charge of a patent office).The patent office's user terminal 16 is an information processing device such as a PC, tablet terminal, or smartphone operated by a user (hereinafter referred to as the patent office's user) who is on the side of the patent office (e.g., an examiner or a trial judge).

[0024] The response document draft creation support device 10 supports the creation of a response document (e.g., a procedural amendment and a written opinion) included in the applicant's patent-related documents according to an operation received by the applicant's user terminal 14 from the applicant's user. The response document draft creation support device 10 creates a draft of the applicant's response document using a large-scale language model (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as LLM) trained as described below. The response document draft creation support device 10 is an information processing device such as a PC or a workstation. The LLM is a natural language processing model trained using a large amount of text data. For example, the LLM can be adapted to natural language processing such as text generation by fine-tuning a pre-trained trained model. For example, ChatGPT is an example of an LLM.

[0025] The notice document draft creation support device 12 supports the creation of notice documents (e.g., a notice of reasons for refusal and a letter of decision of refusal, etc.) included in the patent-related documents of the Patent Office side, in accordance with operations received by the Patent Office user terminal 16 from a user of the Patent Office side. The notice document draft creation support device 12 creates a draft of the notice document of the Patent Office side using an LLM trained as described below. The notice document draft creation support device 12 is an information processing device such as a PC or a workstation.

[0026] In the patent-related document preparation support system 1 according to this embodiment, the trained LLM is used to support the creation of patent-related documents as described below, thereby reducing the personal nature of patent-related documents. Also, in the patent-related document preparation support system 1 according to this embodiment, the human knowledge and labor required to create patent-related documents can be reduced. Furthermore, in the patent-related document preparation support system 1 according to this embodiment, the patent office can reduce errors in examinations and trials, contributing to shortening the examination period and stabilizing patents.

[0027] The patent-related document preparation support system 1 in Fig. 1 is one example. There are various system configuration examples of the patent-related document preparation support system 1 depending on the use and purpose. For example, the response document draft preparation support device 10 and the notice document draft preparation support device 12 may be realized by multiple computers, or may be realized as a cloud computing service. The response document draft preparation support device 10 and the notice document draft preparation support device 12 may be configured as an integrated device.

[0028] <Hardware configuration> The response document draft preparation support device 10, notice document draft preparation support device 12, applicant's user terminal 14, and Patent Office's user terminal 16 in FIG. 1 are realized, for example, by a computer 500 having the hardware configuration shown in FIG.

[0029] Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a computer 500 according to this embodiment. The computer 500 in Fig. 2 includes an input device 501, a display device 502, an external I / F 503, a RAM 504, a ROM 505, a CPU 506, a communication I / F 507, and a HDD 508, all of which are connected to each other via a bus B. The input device 501 and the display device 502 may be connected for use.

[0030] The input device 501 is a touch panel, operation keys or buttons, a keyboard, a mouse, etc., used by the user to input various signals. The display device 502 is composed of a display such as a liquid crystal or organic EL display for displaying a screen, a speaker for outputting sound data such as voice and sound, etc. The communication I / F 507 is an interface for the computer 500 to perform data communication.

[0031] The HDD 508 is an example of a non-volatile storage device that stores programs and data. The stored programs and data include an OS, which is basic software that controls the entire computer 500, and applications that provide various functions on the OS. Note that the computer 500 may use a drive device (such as a solid-state drive (SSD)) that uses a flash memory as a storage medium instead of the HDD 508.

[0032] The external I / F 503 is an interface with an external device. The external device may include a recording medium 503a. This allows the computer 500 to read and / or write data from and to the recording medium 503a via the external I / F 503. The recording medium 503a may include a flexible disk, a CD, a DVD, an SD memory card, a USB memory, and the like.

[0033] The ROM 505 is an example of a non-volatile semiconductor memory (storage device) that can retain programs and data even when the power is turned off. The ROM 505 stores programs and data such as BIOS, OS settings, and network settings that are executed when the computer 500 is started. The RAM 504 is an example of a volatile semiconductor memory (storage device) that temporarily retains programs and data.

[0034] The CPU 506 is a computing device that reads out programs and data from storage devices such as the ROM 505 and the HDD 508 onto the RAM 504 and executes processing to realize the overall control and functions of the computer 500. The computer 500 according to this embodiment can realize various functions of the response document draft preparation support device 10, the notice document draft preparation support device 12, the applicant's user terminal 14, and the patent office's user terminal 16, which will be described later, by executing a program. The CPU 506 may read the program from a recording medium 503a in which the program is stored via the external I / F 503 and execute the program. Alternatively, the CPU 506 may read the program from another network by data communication via the communication I / F 507 and execute the program.

[0035] <Functional configuration> The configuration of a patent-related document preparation support system 1 according to this embodiment will be described.

[0036] 3 is a functional configuration diagram of an example of the response document draft creation support device 10 according to this embodiment. In the configuration diagram of FIG. 3, parts that are not necessary for the description of this embodiment are omitted as appropriate.

[0037] The response written draft creation support device 10 shown in Figure 3 has a request receiving unit 20, a response sending unit 22, a response written draft creation unit 24, a trained large-scale language model 26, an assessment rate prediction unit 28, a trained assessment rate prediction model 30, a display control unit 32, a learning unit 34, a first database memory unit 40, and a second database memory unit 42.

[0038] The request receiving unit 20 receives a processing request based on an operation accepted from an applicant's user by the applicant's user terminal 14. The response sending unit 22 sends a response to the processing request received by the request receiving unit 20 to the applicant's user terminal 14.

[0039] The response document draft preparation unit 24 prepares a draft of the response document using the trained large-scale language model 26. The trained large-scale language model 26 has learned, for example, the relationship between application documents included in the examination history information, notice documents from the Patent Office, and response documents to notice documents.

[0040] The assessment rate prediction unit 28 predicts the assessment rate, such as the patent assessment rate, of the draft response document prepared by the response document draft preparation unit 24, using the trained assessment rate prediction model 30. The trained assessment rate prediction model 30 has trained, for example, the relationship between information on the examination history and the assessment result.

[0041] The display control unit 32 controls the display of a response screen to the processing request received by the request receiving unit 20 on the applicant's user terminal 14. The learning unit 34 uses information from the first database storage unit 40 and the second database storage unit 42 to train the trained large-scale language model 26 and the trained assessment rate prediction model 30.

[0042] The first database storage unit 40 stores at least one of information on examination standards, examination guidelines, court precedents, and court precedents. A court precedent is a decision of the Supreme Court. A court precedent is a decision of a high court or a district court other than the Supreme Court. The second database storage unit 42 stores information on the examination history of an application. The information on the examination history of an application includes information necessary for learning the relationship between the application document, the notice notified by the Patent Office in response to the application document, and the response submitted by the applicant in response to the notice. The second database storage unit 42 may use a database that allows free search and inquiry of industrial property rights related to industrial property rights such as patents, utility models, designs, and trademarks. The information stored in the first database storage unit 40 and the second database storage unit 42 may be changed according to the patent examination practice of the country. The patent examination practice of the country may be the custom or practice of patent examination of the country.

[0043] 4 is a functional configuration diagram of an example of the notice document draft preparation support device 12 according to this embodiment. In the configuration diagram of FIG. 4, parts that are not necessary for the description of this embodiment are omitted as appropriate.

[0044] The notice document draft creation support device 12 shown in Figure 4 has a request receiving unit 50, a response sending unit 52, a notice document draft creation unit 54, a trained large-scale language model 56, an assessment rate prediction unit 58, a trained assessment rate prediction model 60, a display control unit 62, a learning unit 64, a first database memory unit 70, and a second database memory unit 72.

[0045] The request receiving unit 50 receives a processing request based on an operation accepted from a user of the Patent Office by the Patent Office user terminal 16. The response sending unit 52 sends a response to the processing request received by the request receiving unit 50 to the Patent Office user terminal 16.

[0046] The notice draft preparation unit 54 prepares a draft of a notice from the Patent Office using the trained large-scale language model 56. The trained large-scale language model 56 has learned the relationship between, for example, application documents included in the examination history information, notices from the Patent Office, and responses to notices.

[0047] When the notice draft preparation unit 54 notifies the applicant of the decision rate prediction unit 58, the decision rate prediction unit 58 predicts the decision rate, such as the patent decision rate, in the subsequent procedures, using the trained decision rate prediction model 60. The trained decision rate prediction model 60 has already learned the relationship between, for example, information on the examination history and decision results.

[0048] The display control unit 62 controls the display of a response screen to the processing request received by the request receiving unit 50 on the Patent Office user terminal 16. The learning unit 64 uses information from the first database storage unit 70 and the second database storage unit 72 to train the trained large-scale language model 56 and the trained assessment rate prediction model 60.

[0049] The first database storage unit 70 stores at least one of information on examination standards, examination guidelines, court cases, and precedents. The second database storage unit 72 stores information on the examination history of an application. The information on the examination history of an application includes information necessary for learning the relationship between application documents, notices sent from the Patent Office in response to the application documents, and responses sent by the applicant in response to the notices.

[0050] <Processing> The following describes the processing of the response document draft creation support device 10 and the notice document draft creation support device 12 of the patent-related document creation support system 1 according to this embodiment.

[0051] Fig. 5 is a flowchart of an example of the process of the response document draft creation support device 10 according to the present embodiment. Fig. 6 is an image diagram of an example of the process of the response document draft creation support device 10 according to the present embodiment creating a draft of the response document.

[0052] In step S10, the learning unit 34 of the response document draft creation support device 10 learns the trained large-scale language model 26 (an example of a first large-scale language model) used in the response document draft creation unit 24. The learning unit 34 uses at least one of the information on examination standards, examination guidelines, court cases, and precedents stored in the first database storage unit 40 and the information on the examination history of past applications stored in the second database storage unit 42 to train the trained large-scale language model 26 on the relationship between the application document, the notice notified by the Patent Office in response to the application document, and the response document submitted by the applicant in response to the notice. The trained large-scale language model 26 learns to output a draft of the response document submitted by the applicant in response to the notice when the application document and the notice notified by the Patent Office in response to the application document are input.

[0053] The process of training the trained large-scale language model 26 in step S10 may be performed by a device other than the response written draft creation support device 10. In addition, the first database storage unit 40 and the second database storage unit 42 may be provided in a device other than the response written draft creation support device 10.

[0054] In addition, the process of training the trained large-scale language model 26 in step S10 may be performed by classifying the training data according to the type of the notice from the Patent Office, and then training the training data for each type of the notice. The types of the notice are one or a combination of novelty, inventive step, invention applicability, industrial applicability, clarity, and support requirements.

[0055] When the applicant's user operates the applicant's user terminal 14 to specify an application for which a draft response document is to be created, the response document draft creation section 24 of the response document draft creation support device 10 starts the process of step S12.

[0056] In step S12, the response document draft preparation unit 24 obtains the application documents for which a draft response document is to be prepared, and the notice document from the Patent Office. In step S14, the response document draft preparation unit 24 prepares a draft response document, for example, as shown in FIG.

[0057] 6, the response document draft creation unit 24 of the response document draft creation support device 10 creates a draft response document from the application document and the notice document acquired in step S12 using the trained large-scale language model 26. The trained large-scale language model 26 outputs a draft response document by inputting the application document and the notice document notified by the Patent Office regarding the application document.

[0058] The application documents obtained in step S12 are, for example, a description, drawings, and claims. The notice from the Patent Office is, for example, a notice of reasons for refusal, a decision of refusal, or a decision on rejection of amendments. The notice from the Patent Office may include cited documents. The draft response prepared in step S14 is, for example, at least one of a draft amendment and a draft opinion.

[0059] In addition, the evaluation rate prediction unit 28 of the response document draft creation support device 10 may predict the evaluation rate (predicted patent evaluation rate in Figure 6) such as the patent evaluation rate of the draft response document created by the response document draft creation unit 24 using the learned evaluation rate prediction model 30.

[0060] In step S16, the display control unit 32 of the response document draft preparation support device 10 displays the draft of the response document prepared in step S14 on the applicant's user terminal 14. The display control unit 32 may also display the predicted patent allowance rate predicted by the allowance rate prediction unit 28. The patent-related document preparation support system 1 according to this embodiment can reduce the knowledge and effort required for the applicant's user to prepare a draft of the response document.

[0061] Fig. 7 is a flowchart of an example of the process of the notice document draft creation support device 12 according to this embodiment. Fig. 8 is an image diagram of an example of the process of the notice document draft creation support device 12 according to this embodiment creating a draft of the notice document.

[0062] In step S20, the learning unit 64 of the notice document draft creation support device 12 learns the trained large-scale language model 56 (an example of a second large-scale language model) used in the notice document draft creation unit 54. The learning unit 64 uses at least one of the information on examination standards, examination guidelines, court cases, and precedents stored in the first database storage unit 40 and the information on the examination history of past applications stored in the second database storage unit 42 to train the trained large-scale language model 56 on the relationship between the application document, the notice document notified by the Patent Office in response to the application document, and the response document submitted by the applicant in response to the notice document. When the application document and the response document are input, the trained large-scale language model 56 learns to output a draft of the notice document notified by the Patent Office in response to the response document.

[0063] The process of training the trained large-scale language model 56 in step S20 may be performed by a device other than the notice document draft preparation support device 12. In addition, the first database storage unit 70 and the second database storage unit 72 may be provided in a device other than the notice document draft preparation support device 12.

[0064] In addition, the process of training the trained large-scale language model 56 in step S20 may be performed by classifying the training data according to the type of the notice from the Patent Office, and then training the training data for each type of the notice. The types of the notice are one or a combination of novelty, inventive step, invention applicability, industrial applicability, clarity, and support requirements.

[0065] When a user at the Patent Office operates the Patent Office user terminal 16 to specify an application for which a draft notice is to be created, the notice draft preparation unit 54 of the notice draft preparation support device 12 starts the processing of step S22.

[0066] In step S22, the notice draft preparation unit 54 obtains the application documents of the application for which a draft notice is to be prepared, and a response to the notice from the Patent Office. In step S24, the notice draft preparation unit 54 prepares a draft notice, for example, as shown in FIG.

[0067] 8, the notice document draft creation unit 54 of the notice document draft creation support device 12 creates a draft notice document from the application document and response document acquired in step S22 using the trained large-scale language model 56. The trained large-scale language model 56 receives the application document and response document as input and outputs a draft notice document.

[0068] The application documents acquired in step S22 are, for example, a specification, drawings, and claims. The response to the notice from the Patent Office is, for example, at least one of a written amendment and a written argument. The response to the notice from the Patent Office may include cited documents.

[0069] In addition, when the notice document draft preparation support device 12 notifies the applicant of the draft notice document prepared by the notice document draft preparation unit 54, the evaluation rate prediction unit 58 may predict the evaluation rate (predicted patent evaluation rate in Figure 8) such as the patent evaluation rate in the subsequent procedures using the learned evaluation rate prediction model 60.

[0070] In step S26, the display control unit 62 of the notice document draft preparation support device 12 displays the draft notice document prepared in step S24 on the Patent Office user terminal 16. The display control unit 62 may also display the predicted patent allowance rate predicted by the allowance rate prediction unit 58. The patent-related document preparation support system 1 according to this embodiment can reduce the knowledge and effort required for a user on the Patent Office side to prepare a draft notice document.

[0071] [Other embodiments] The patent-related document preparation support system 1 according to this embodiment may utilize a combination of the processes of the response document draft preparation support device 10 and the notice document draft preparation support device 12. For example, the response document draft preparation support device 10 may create a draft response document from the application document of the application for which the response document draft is to be created, and the notice document draft created by the notice document draft preparation support device 12.

[0072] In addition, for example, the notice draft preparation support device 12 may create a draft notice from the application documents of the application for which the draft notice is to be created, and the draft response document created by the response draft preparation support device 10.

[0073] In this way, by combining and using the processes of the response document draft support device 10 and the notice document draft support device 12, the patent-related document draft support system 1 according to this embodiment can predict future responses from the applicant and the patent office by combining a draft notice document from the patent office and a draft response document from the applicant, for example, as shown in Fig. 9. Furthermore, the response document draft preparation unit 24 may prepare a claim draft for a divisional application.

[0074] The assessment rate prediction unit 28 of the response document draft preparation support device 10 may be omitted. The assessment rate prediction unit 58 of the notice document draft preparation support device 12 may be omitted. Furthermore, the process of training the trained large-scale language models 26 and 56 may involve classifying training data according to the type of counterargument to the notice document from the Patent Office (e.g., a policy of not limiting the scope of the right, a policy of aiming to obtain a right even if the scope of the right is limited, etc.), and then training the trained large-scale language models for each type of counterargument to the notice document.

[0075] Although the present embodiment has been described above, it will be understood that various changes in form and details are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims. Although the present invention has been described above based on the examples, the present invention is not limited to the above examples, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the claims. This application claims priority to basic application No. 2023-072002 filed on April 26, 2023 with the Japan Patent Office, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. [Explanation of symbols]

[0076] 1 Patent-related document preparation support system 10. Response document drafting support device 12 Notification document drafting support device 14 Applicant's user terminal 16 Patent Office User Terminal 18 Communication Networks 24 Response Drafting Department 26, 56 Large-scale pre-trained language models 28, 58 Appraisal Rate Prediction Department 30, 60 Trained assessment rate prediction model 32, 62 Display control unit 34, 64 Learning Department 40, 70 First database storage unit 42, 72 Second database storage unit 54 Notification Drafting Department 500 Computers

Claims

1. A patent-related document preparation support system having a response document preparation support device and a notice document preparation support device for supporting the preparation of patent-related documents, A first database that stores at least one of information on examination standards, examination guidelines, court cases, and precedents; a second database for storing information on the prosecution history of applications; a response draft preparation unit that prepares a draft of a response from the newly acquired application documents and notice from the Patent Office using a first large-scale language model that has learned the relationship between the application documents, notice from the Patent Office, and response to the notice, which are included in the examination history information; a notification draft preparation unit that prepares a draft of a notification from the Patent Office from the newly acquired application documents and responses using a second large-scale language model that has learned the relationship between the application documents, notifications from the Patent Office, and responses to the notifications, which are included in the examination history information; A display control unit that displays the created draft text; having The response drafting section prepares a draft of the response from the newly acquired application documents and the draft of the notice from the Patent Office prepared by the notice drafting section. Patent-related document preparation support system.

2. The notification drafting department prepares a draft of the notification from the Patent Office from the newly acquired application documents and the draft of the response prepared by the response drafting department.

2. The patent-related document preparation support system according to claim 1.

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