Patent management integrated system with both patent management functions and structured patent reading functions

Abstract

A patent management integrated system combining patent management and structured patent reading functions includes: a patent management subsystem and a structured patent reading subsystem. The patent management subsystem provides patent management functions. The structured patent reading subsystem provides structured patent reading functions. The structured patent reading subsystem has a structured patent reading module and stores patent reading materials. The structured patent reading module provides a structured patent reading interface for users to read specification materials, claim materials, and drawing materials in the patent reading materials in a structured patent reading manner.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] This invention relates to a patent management integration system, and more particularly to a patent management integration system that combines patent management functions with structured patent reading functions. [Previous Technology]

[0002] The patent management system provides users with the ability to propose patents, examine patents, apply for patents, manage patent responses, pay annual patent fees, manage patent expenses, transfer patents, and even compile patent statistics.

[0003] However, even with good patent management, if the content of a patent cannot be accurately grasped, its value cannot be judged. Without judging the patent's value, doubts will arise regarding the payment of subsequent patent annuities or whether patent transfer should proceed. Similarly, if patents existing in a patent management system (e.g., patents managed internally) are searched and stored using software with patent search capabilities, and then the stored patents are transferred to the patent management system, the application process, payment process, and subsequent evaluation of whether annuities need to be retained can be examined one by one.

[0004] Therefore, how to make the patent management data in the patent management system, especially the specification, drawings, and scope of the patent application, easy to read and understand, and at the same time, how to use the search system to find out the application process, payment process, and evaluation of whether annual fees need to be retained for each patent, has become a problem.

[0005] In order to achieve the above-mentioned goals, the inventors believe that data should be transferred between the patent management software and the structured patent reading software. The structured patent reading software can be used for accurate reading and easy understanding of the specification, drawings and patent application scope. After retrieving their own patents, they can quickly switch to the patent management system so that they can study the application process, payment process and evaluation of whether annual fees need to be retained for each patent one by one. [Summary of the Invention]

[0006] Therefore, the purpose of this invention is to provide an integrated patent management system that combines patent management functions with structured patent reading functions. This invention allows for structured reading of patent content within the patent management system, and after retrieving a specific patent, it can transmit the patent content to the patent management system to understand the entire patent application, response, fees, annuities, etc.

[0007] The technical means adopted by the present invention to solve the problems of prior art is to provide a patent management integrated system that combines patent management function and structured patent reading function, comprising: a patent management subsystem, providing the patent management function, the patent management subsystem providing users with input and storage of patent management data, and outputting and displaying the patent management data to provide users with patent management of the patent management data; and a structured patent reading subsystem, providing the structured patent reading function, the structured patent reading subsystem having a structured patent reading module and storing patent reading data, the structured patent reading module providing a structured patent reading interface for users to read the patent in a structured patent reading manner. The structured patent reading method prominently displays the component symbols and / or component names of the specification documents and request documents on the structured patent reading interface, allowing users to click on the component symbols and / or component names to interactively refer to the component symbols and / or component names in the specification documents, request documents, and drawing documents to read the specification documents, request documents, and drawing documents. The patent management subsystem provides users with the structured patent reading function in the structured patent reading interface by transmitting the patent management data to the structured patent reading subsystem or by configuring the structured patent reading module separately.

[0008] In one embodiment of the present invention, a patent management integrated system is provided that combines patent management function and structured patent reading function. The structured patent reading subsystem stores the patent reading data and transmits it to the patent management subsystem. The patent management data corresponding to the patent reading data is compared with the patent reading data and displayed to the user.

[0009] In one embodiment of the present invention, a patent management integrated system with both patent management function and structured patent reading function is provided. The patent management subsystem includes a proposal module and an review module. The proposal module stores a patent proposal submitted by a proposer, and the review module stores a review result of an administrator corresponding to the patent proposal.

[0010] In one embodiment of the present invention, a patent management integrated system is provided that combines patent management function and structured patent reading function. The patent management data includes patent bibliographic data, official deadline, regulatory deadline, and patent documents.

[0011] In one embodiment of the present invention, a patent management integrated system with both patent management function and structured patent reading function is provided. The patent management subsystem includes an application module and a response module. The application module stores a patent application document, and the response module stores a patent response document corresponding to the patent application document.

[0012] In one embodiment of the present invention, a patent management integrated system with both patent management function and structured patent reading function is provided. The patent management subsystem includes an annual fee management module and a patent expenditure management module. The annual fee management module stores annual fee data corresponding to the patent application data, and the patent expenditure management module provides expenditure information corresponding to the patent application data, patent defense data and the annual fee data.

[0013] In one embodiment of the present invention, a patent management integrated system with both patent management function and structured patent reading function is provided. The patent management subsystem includes a patent transfer module and a patent analysis module. The patent transfer module stores patent transfer data corresponding to the patent application data, and the patent analysis module stores patent analysis data corresponding to the patent application data.

[0014] In one embodiment of the present invention, a patent management integrated system with both patent management function and structured patent reading function is provided. The structured patent reading subsystem has a bibliographic data analysis module, which stores bibliographic analysis data corresponding to the patent reading data.

[0015] In one embodiment of the present invention, a patent management integrated system with both patent management function and structured patent reading function is provided. The structured patent reading subsystem has a bibliographic data analysis module, which stores a data transmission module corresponding to the patent reading data.

[0016] The patent management integrated system of the present invention, which combines patent management functions and structured patent reading functions, has the following advantages: The present invention enables structured reading of patent content within the patent management system, thus allowing for more accurate assessment of patent value and faster and easier understanding of patent content, facilitating decision-making. Furthermore, after retrieving a specific patent, the patent content can be transmitted to the patent management system to understand the entire patent application, response, fees, annual fees, and other processes and document content. In other words, the present invention is a patent management integrated system that combines patent management functions and structured patent reading functions.

Implementation Method

[0018] Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to Figures 1 to 12. This description is not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention, but rather to illustrate one example of the present invention.

[0019] As shown in Figure 1, the data transmission process for patent reading in the patent management subsystem 1 is as follows. A patent management integration system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a patent management subsystem 1, providing the patent management function, the patent management subsystem 1 providing a user input and storage of patent management data, and outputting and displaying the patent management data to provide the user with patent management of the patent management data; and a structured patent reading subsystem 2, providing the structured patent reading function, the structured patent reading subsystem 2 having a structured patent reading module 21 and storing patent reading data, the structured patent reading module 21 providing a structured patent reading interface 211 for the user to read the specification data, claim data, and other information in the patent reading data in a structured patent reading manner. The structured patent reading method prominently displays the component symbols and / or component names of the specification documents and the request documents on the structured patent reading interface 211, allowing users to click on the component symbols and / or component names to interactively refer to the component symbols and / or component names among the specification documents, the request documents, and the diagram documents, in order to read the specification documents, the request documents, and the diagram documents. The patent management subsystem 1 provides users with the structured patent reading function on the structured patent reading interface 211 by transmitting the patent management data to the structured patent reading subsystem 2 or by configuring the structured patent reading module 21 separately.

[0020] As shown in Figure 1, the data transmission process for patent management in the patent reading subsystem 2 is as follows. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a patent management integration system 100 transmits patent reading data to the patent management subsystem 1, thereby comparing the patent reading data with the corresponding patent management data and displaying it to the user. This allows for the examination of the application process, payment process, and subsequent evaluation of whether annual fees need to be retained for each patent.

[0021] As shown in Figure 1, during the data transmission process of patent reading from the patent management subsystem 1, the patent management integrated system 100 of the present invention, which combines patent management function and structured patent reading function, can transmit the patent management data to the structured patent reading subsystem 2 by configuring the structured patent reading module 21 itself or by using an application programming interface (API) or storing the patent management data on the user's computer, so as to provide the user with the structured patent reading function in the structured patent reading interface 211.

[0022] Furthermore, during the data transmission process for patent management from the patent reading subsystem 2, the patent management integrated system 100 of the present invention, which combines patent management functions and structured patent reading functions, can transmit the patent content to the patent management system after retrieving a specific patent to understand the entire patent application, response, fees, annual fees, and other processes and document content of the patent content. That is, the present invention can transmit the patent reading data (e.g., application number) to the patent management subsystem 1 to compare the patent reading data with the application number, thereby identifying the corresponding patent management data in the patent management system and displaying the patent management data to the user.

[0023] As shown in Figure 1, a patent management integration system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a proposal module 11 and an audit module 12. The proposal module 11 stores a patent proposal submitted by a proposer, and the audit module 12 stores an audit result of an administrator corresponding to the patent proposal.

[0024] A patent management integration system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes patent bibliographic data, official deadline, regulatory deadline, and patent documents.

[0025] As shown in Figure 1, a patent management integration system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an application module 13 and a response module 14. The application module 13 stores patent application information, and the response module 14 stores patent response information corresponding to the patent application information.

[0026] As shown in Figure 1, a patent management integration system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an annual fee management module 15 and a patent expenditure management module 16. The annual fee management module 15 stores annual fee data corresponding to the patent application data, and the patent expenditure management module 16 stores expenditure information corresponding to the patent application data, patent defense data and the annual fee data.

[0027] As shown in Figure 1, a patent management integration system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a patent transfer module 17 and a patent analysis module 18. The patent transfer module 17 stores patent transfer data corresponding to the patent application data, and the patent analysis module 18 stores patent analysis data corresponding to the patent application data.

[0028] As shown in Figure 1, a patent management integration system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a structured patent reading subsystem 2 with a bibliographic data analysis module 22, which stores bibliographic analysis data corresponding to the patent reading data.

[0029] As shown in Figure 1, a patent management integration system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a structured patent reading subsystem 2 having a bibliographic data analysis module 22, which stores a data transfer module 23 corresponding to the patent reading data.

[0030] Specifically, as shown in Figure 2, the proposal module 11 provides a patent proposal data input interface 111, whereby the proposer inputs the patent name, patent type (i.e., invention, utility model, design), application country, inventor, and proposal date, and can also upload relevant attachments to the patent proposal. After the proposer completes the input of the patent proposal data, the application for the patent proposal can be submitted. As shown in Figure 3, the review module 12 provides a patent proposal review interface 121, whereby the administrator reviews the proposal data and attachments of the patent proposal to determine the review result of the patent proposal: pass the patent proposal, submit the supplementary proposal data and attachments, or reject the patent proposal.

[0031] In detail, as shown in Figure 4, the application module 13 provides a patent application information viewing interface 131, allowing the administrator to view the patent application information, including: proposer, company case number, case officer, patent name, foreign language patent name, country of application, inventor, firm, firm case number, attachments related to the patent application, and case progress, etc.; furthermore, the administrator can also edit the patent application information through the patent application information viewing interface. In addition, as shown in Figure 5, the response module 14 provides a response information viewing interface 141, allowing the administrator to view the patent response information, including: company case number, case officer, patent name, firm, firm case number, attachments related to the patent response, official deadlines, and case progress, etc.; furthermore, the administrator can also edit the patent application information through the response information viewing interface.

[0032] Specifically, as shown in Figure 6, the annual fee management module 15 provides an annual fee data viewing interface 151, allowing the administrator to view the annual fee data, including: annual fee period, company case number, patent name, patent application type, application country, application number, application date, publication number, publication date, patent term, and payment unit, etc.; furthermore, the administrator can also edit the annual fee data through the annual fee data viewing interface. In addition, as shown in Figure 7, the patent expenditure management module 16 provides an invoice data viewing interface 161, allowing the administrator to view the expenditure information, including: invoice number, invoice type (e.g., application invoice, response invoice, annual fee invoice, etc.), application country, application number, proposal number, opening date, payment deadline, and total amount, etc.; furthermore, the administrator can also edit the expenditure information through the invoice data viewing interface.

[0033] In detail, as shown in Figure 8, the patent transfer module 17 provides a patent transfer review interface 171 for the administrator to review the patent transfer information, including: open status (display only, licenseable, transferable, not displayable, etc.), patent name, inventor, patent application type, application country, application number, application date, publication number, publication date, certificate number, and patent term, etc.; and the administrator can also edit the patent transfer information through the patent transfer review interface. Furthermore, as shown in Figure 9, the patent analysis module 18 provides a patent analysis data viewing interface 181, allowing the administrator to review the patent analysis data, including: historical statistics on the number of patents (i.e., statistics on proposals, examinations, responses, and approvals for each type of patent application, as well as bonuses, grants, sales, and annual fee bills), and historical statistics on the amount of patents (i.e., for "expenditure": application bills, annual fee bills, response bills, litigation bills, and bonus payments; and for "income": the amount obtained from granting and selling patents). In addition, the administrator can use the patent analysis data viewing interface 181 to create statistical charts of the historical statistics on the number of patents and the historical statistics on the amount of patents to visually present the patent analysis data.

[0034] Specifically, as shown in Figure 10, the structured patent reading interface 211 provided by the structured patent reading module 21 includes: a request data area 211A, a diagram data area 211B, and a specification data area 211C. The component symbols and / or component names of the patent reading materials are processed and prominently displayed in the request data area 211A, the diagram data area 211B, and the specification data area 211C, so that the user can read the specification data in the specification data area 211C, the request data in the request data area 211A, and the diagram data in the diagram data area 211B by clicking on the component symbols and / or the component names. For example, as shown in Figure 10, in the request data area 211A, request 1 describes the following: "A lighting device having: (heat dissipation element) (10), ...; (lighting element) (20), ...; and (fixing element) (30), ...." The component names and their corresponding component symbols, such as "heat dissipation element" and "10", "lighting element" and "20", and "fixing element" and "30", are prominently displayed and clickable by the user. After clicking, they can be linked and displayed in the drawing data area 211B and the instruction manual data area 211C. Furthermore, in the instruction manual information area 211C, the aforementioned component names and their corresponding component symbols, such as "heat dissipation component" and "10", "lighting component" and "20", and "fixing component" and "30", will be prominently displayed and clickable by the user; after clicking, the aforementioned component names and their corresponding component symbols will be displayed in conjunction with the request item information area 211A and the drawing information area 211B.

[0035] Furthermore, as shown in Figure 11, the bibliographic data analysis module 22 stores the bibliographic analysis data 221, which includes: presented in the form of statistical charts and chart descriptions: patent number analysis (e.g., patentee relative to the number of patents, international patent classification number relative to the number of patents, inventor relative to the number of patents, patent application country relative to the number of patents, etc.), year analysis (e.g., year relative to the number of patents, year relative to the number of patents corresponding to the country, year relative to the number of patents corresponding to the patentee, year relative to the number of patents corresponding to the international patent classification number, etc.), comparative analysis (country relative to the number of patents corresponding to the international patent classification number, inventor relative to the number of patents owned by the patentee, international patent classification number relative to the number of patents owned by the patentee, etc.), and technology-efficacy matrix charts and corresponding statistical tables.

[0036] Specifically, as shown in Figure 12, the data transfer module 23 provides a data transfer interface 231 for users to share the patent reading materials with designated personnel.

[0037] This invention enables structured reading of patent content within the patent management subsystem 1, thus allowing for more accurate patent value assessment and faster, easier understanding of patent content, facilitating decision-making. Furthermore, after retrieving a specific patent, this invention can transmit its content to the patent management subsystem 1 to understand the entire patent application, response, fees, annual fees, and other related processes and documents. In other words, this invention is an integrated patent management system 100 that combines patent management functions with structured patent reading capabilities.

[0038] In detail, in the patent management integrated system 100 of the present invention, which combines patent management function and structured patent reading function, the patent management subsystem 1 can transmit the patent management data to the structured patent reading subsystem 2 by configuring the structured patent reading module 21 itself or by using an application programming interface (API) or storing the patent management data in the user's computer, so as to provide the user with the ability to obtain the patent management data in addition to performing the structured patent reading function in the structured patent reading interface 211.

[0039] On the other hand, in the patent management integrated system 100 of the present invention, which combines patent management function and structured patent reading function, after a specific patent is retrieved, the patent content can be transmitted to the patent management subsystem 1 to understand the entire patent application, response, fees, annual fees, and other processes and document content of the patent content. That is, the present invention can transmit the patent reading data (e.g., application number) to the patent management subsystem 1, so as to compare the application number with the patent reading data, to find the patent management data corresponding to the application number in the patent management system, and display the patent management data to provide it to the user.

[0040] The detailed description of "storing the patent management data in the user's computer" is as follows. The present invention can further output the patent management data (including patent bibliographic data, official expiration dates, regulatory expiration dates, and patent documents, etc.) as patent management output data (e.g., in Excel format) through the patent management subsystem 1 and transmit the patent management output data to the structured patent reading subsystem 2. In this way, the user can perform the structured patent reading function through the structured patent reading interface 211 in the structured patent reading subsystem 2, and also obtain the content of the patent management data through the patent management output data.

[0041] Based on the above, the present invention provides a patent management integrated system 100 that combines patent management function and structured patent reading function.

[0042] The above description and explanation are merely illustrative of preferred embodiments of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can make other modifications based on the following defined scope of the patent application and the above description, but such modifications should still be within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the invention. [Simplified Explanation of the Diagram]

[0017] Figure 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a patent management integration system with both patent management and structured patent reading functions according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing the patent proposal data input interface of the patent management integration system with both patent management and structured patent reading functions according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the patent proposal review interface of the patent management integration system with both patent management and structured patent reading functions according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing the patent application data review interface of the patent management integration system with both patent management and structured patent reading functions according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5 is a schematic diagram showing the response data review interface of the patent management integration system with both patent management and structured patent reading functions according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 6 is a schematic diagram showing the annual fee data review interface of the patent management integration system with both patent management and structured patent reading functions according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7 is a schematic diagram showing the bill data review interface of the patent management integration system with both patent management and structured patent reading functions according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 8 is a schematic diagram showing the patent transfer access interface of a patent management integration system that combines patent management and structured patent reading functions according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 9 is a schematic diagram showing the patent analysis data access interface of a patent management integration system that combines patent management and structured patent reading functions according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 10 is a schematic diagram showing the structured patent reading interface of a patent management integration system that combines patent management and structured patent reading functions according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 11 is a schematic diagram showing the bibliographic analysis data of a patent management integration system that combines patent management and structured patent reading functions according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 12 is a schematic diagram showing the data transmission interface of a patent management integration system that combines patent management and structured patent reading functions according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

1. A patent management integrated system combining patent management and structured patent reading functions, comprising: a patent management subsystem providing the patent management function, the patent management subsystem providing users with input and storage of patent management data, and outputting and displaying the patent management data to provide users with patent management of the patent management data; and a structured patent reading subsystem providing the structured patent reading function, the structured patent reading subsystem having a structured patent reading module and storing patent reading data, the structured patent reading module providing a structured patent reading interface, the structured patent reading interface displaying a specification data area, a request data area, and a drawing data area side-by-side, the specification data area containing specification data from the patent reading data, the request data area containing request data from the patent reading data, and the drawing data area containing drawing data from the patent reading data, for users to use structured patent reading. The method allows users to read the specification, request, and drawing data of the patent application materials side-by-side on a single screen. This structured patent reading method prominently displays component names and their corresponding symbols in the request data area, making them clickable. Clicking on a component name in the request data area triggers a simultaneous display of the drawing and specification data areas on the same single screen. Similarly, clicking on a corresponding component symbol in the request data area triggers a simultaneous display of the drawing and specification data areas on the same single screen. This allows for interactive reference of the component symbols and names within the specification, request, and drawing data on a single screen, facilitating the reading of these materials. The patent management subsystem provides this structured patent reading function to users through either transmitting patent management data to the structured patent reading subsystem or configuring a separate structured patent reading module.

2. The patent management integrated system that combines patent management function and structured patent reading function as described in claim 1, wherein the structured patent reading subsystem transmits the patent reading data to the patent management subsystem, so as to compare the patent reading data with the corresponding patent management data and display it to the user.

3. The integrated patent management system that combines patent management and structured patent reading functions as described in claim 1, wherein the patent management subsystem includes a proposal module and an examination module, wherein the proposal module stores a patent proposal submitted by a proposer, and the examination module stores an examination result of an administrator corresponding to the patent proposal.

4. The integrated patent management system, as described in claim 2, which combines patent management functions with structured patent reading functions, wherein the patent management data includes patent bibliographic data, official deadlines, regulatory deadlines, and patent documents.

5. The integrated patent management system as described in claim 1, which combines patent management functions and structured patent reading functions, wherein the patent management subsystem includes an application module and a response module, the application module storing patent application materials, and the response module storing patent response materials corresponding to the patent application materials.

6. The patent management integrated system that combines patent management functions and structured patent reading functions as described in claim 4, wherein the patent management subsystem includes an annual fee management module and a patent expenditure management module, wherein the annual fee management module stores annual fee data corresponding to the patent application data, and the patent expenditure management module stores expenditure information corresponding to the patent application data, patent defense data, and the annual fee data.

7. The integrated patent management system that combines patent management and structured patent reading functions as described in claim 4, wherein the patent management subsystem includes a patent transfer module and a patent analysis module, wherein the patent transfer module stores patent transfer data corresponding to the patent application data, and the patent analysis module stores patent analysis data corresponding to the patent application data.

8. The patent management integrated system that combines patent management function and structured patent reading function as in claim 1, wherein the structured patent reading subsystem has a bibliographic data analysis module, which stores bibliographic analysis data corresponding to the patent reading data.

9. The patent management integrated system that combines patent management functions and structured patent reading functions as described in claim 1, wherein the structured patent reading subsystem has a bibliographic data analysis module, and the bibliographic data analysis module stores a data transmission module corresponding to the patent reading data.

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