Program, device, patent evaluation method, and method for selecting target company for investment, loan, stock trade, bond trade, and m&a

Abstract

The present invention acquires information related to intellectual property competitiveness of a company or the like from a patent gazette or the like. This program is for collecting, from claims of a plurality of patent gazettes or a plurality of published unexamined patent applications which are made into electronic data, at least one of the number of all claims, the number of all claim categories, the number of all independent claims, the number of all dependent claims, the maximum number of independent claims in the same claim category, the number of all claims in a claim category which is the same as or related to specified designated goods or designated services, the number of all independent claims in the claim category which is the same as or related to the specified designated goods or designated services, and the number of all dependent claims in the claim category which is the same as or related to the specified designated goods or designated services.

Description

Methods for evaluating programs, devices, and patents, investments, financing, stock trading, bond trading, and selecting target companies for M&A

[0001] Some aspects of the present invention relate to a determination method, an evaluation method, a program, a system, and an apparatus such as a server or a computer.

[0002] Information about patents is extremely important when estimating the technological capabilities and technological assets of a target company when selecting target companies for loans, investments, stock or debt transactions, creating investment product packages, and conducting due diligence during M&A and IPOs. However, there are almost no objective indicators that show the likelihood that patent information will contribute to the expansion or maintenance of the target company's business or to winning patent litigation, and the current situation has been that it is necessary to rely on subjective evaluations.

[0003] JP 2021-086238 A JP 2020-166902 A

[0004] Some aspects of the present invention aim to provide an objective index of patent competitiveness, and some aspects of the present invention aim to provide an efficient method for evaluating intellectual property, determining the competitiveness of intellectual property, and selecting companies as targets for investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A.

[0005] A program according to some aspects of the present invention performs a first collection step of collecting, for each of a plurality of electronically digitized patent publications, a plurality of unexamined patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications, at least one first parameter selected from a plurality of first parameters, the plurality of first parameters being the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category identical to or related to a specified designated product, technology, or service, the total number of independent claims in a claim category identical to or related to a specified designated product, technology, or service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category identical to or related to a specified designated product, technology, or service. Note that, in some aspects of the present invention, the patent publications, unexamined patent publications, and published patent publications may be those issued not only by the Japan Patent Office but also by patent offices of major countries such as the United States, China, South Korea, and European countries, as well as other countries.

[0006] In the above program, the designated services may include, for example, services, business models, and businesses.

[0007] The above-described program has the effect of enabling rapid collection of information on the effectiveness of a patent as a right, such as the competitiveness of the patent or robustness against invalidity claims or invalidation.

[0008] It is preferable that the above-mentioned program further executes a specifying step of specifying the applicant or patent owner for each of the plurality of patent publications or the unexamined patent publications or published patent publications.

[0009] By identifying applicants or patent holders using the above-mentioned program, it is possible to obtain information on the effectiveness of patent rights, such as the competitiveness or robustness of the patent, as well as information on the relationship between the applicants or patent holders. Therefore, the program is useful, for example, for identifying patents or patent applications that form the foundation of a business, or for selecting patents or patent applications to present to suspected infringers or negotiating partners in patent litigation or license negotiations. It can also be used as an indicator of the quality of patent practice, for example, from the perspective of obtaining exclusive monopoly rights, which is the original purpose of patent acquisition, and from the perspective of patent invalidity resistance, which is a prerequisite for enforcing rights.

[0010] Information regarding the effectiveness of patent rights, such as the competitiveness or robustness of the patent, and information regarding the relationship with the applicant or patent holder, which can be obtained through the above-mentioned program, can be one of the important pieces of information in, for example, investment, loans, stock trading, bond trading, or selecting a company as a target for M&A, or due diligence when listing, etc.

[0011] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to carry out a first extraction step of extracting the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications as those corresponding to a plurality of patent applications in which the applicant or patent holder is a company, individual, or institution designated as the subject of the investigation.

[0012] At least one of the plurality of first parameters obtained by the above-mentioned program for a plurality of patent applications whose applicants or patent holders are companies, individuals, or organizations designated as the subjects of investigation may be used, for example, as a benchmark for other companies, individuals, or organizations. By setting the benchmark applicant or patent holder to, for example, a competitor of one's own company's product, service, or business, it is possible to evaluate the strength of the patent of the competitor and one's own company in the product or service.

[0013] It is preferable that the above-mentioned program further performs a second collection step of collecting, as a second parameter, the number of cited documents, which is the number of prior documents cited in the examination at the Patent Office of the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of patent applications corresponding to the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications.

[0014] In the above-mentioned program, the number of cited documents cited by the examiner during the examination can be obtained, for example, by counting the references in Japanese patent publications. Also, in U.S. patent publications, the number of cited documents cited by the examiner during the examination can be obtained, for example, by counting the documents marked with *, which indicates that they were cited by the examiner, in the References Cited.

[0015] Since cited documents are, for example, a type of obstacle when an applicant tries to obtain a patent, the number of cited documents can be considered to correspond to the degree of obstacles or restrictions when an applicant tries to obtain a patent.

[0016] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to carry out a designation step in which the designated goods or designated services are designated based on the company, individual, or institution being surveyed, or the goods manufactured or sold, or the business or services being carried out by the company, individual, or institution being surveyed.

[0017] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to carry out a selection step of selecting the designated goods or designated services based on the results of a survey conducted via an electronic database or the Internet on the companies, individuals, or organizations being surveyed, or the goods or services being manufactured or sold by the companies, individuals, or organizations being surveyed.

[0018] The program preferably further includes a first calculation step of calculating, as a third parameter, a significance probability of the correlation between the second parameter and the value of the at least one first parameter. For example, when the at least one first parameter is related to the number of independent claims (e.g., the total number of independent claims, the maximum number of independent claims in the same claim, the total number of independent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a specified designated product, a specified designated product, a specified technology, or a specified service), the strength of the correlation with the second parameter is considered to correspond to the results or attempts by an applicant or patentee to maximize the scope of a patent in the face of obstacles or constraints in obtaining a patent, which are cited documents.

[0019] For example, when the at least one first parameter relates to the number of dependent claims (e.g., the total number of dependent claims, the total number of dependent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a specified designated product, a specified designated product, a specified technology, or a specified service, etc.), the strength of the correlation with the second parameter is considered to correspond to the result of or attempt by the applicant or patent owner to ensure resistance to an invalidity claim or invalidation in the face of obstacles or constraints in obtaining a patent, namely, cited documents.

[0020] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to perform a second calculation step of calculating a correlation coefficient as a fourth parameter for the correlation between the second parameter and the value of the at least one first parameter. The correlation coefficient can be used as an index of, for example, the result or attempt by an applicant or patent holder to maximize the scope of patent rights in response to obstacles or constraints in obtaining a patent, which are cited documents, or the result or attempt by an applicant or patent holder to ensure resistance to invalidity claims or invalidation in response to obstacles or constraints in obtaining a patent, which are cited documents.

[0021] The program preferably further includes a third calculation step of calculating a ratio between the second parameter and the at least one first parameter as a fifth parameter. The ratio can be used as an indicator of, for example, the result or attempt of an applicant or patentee maximizing the scope of a patent in the face of obstacles or constraints in obtaining a patent, such as cited documents, or the result or attempt of an applicant or patentee ensuring resistance to invalidity claims or invalidation in the face of obstacles or constraints in obtaining a patent, such as cited documents.

[0022] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications include at least a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications belonging to a first group and a plurality of second patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications belonging to a second group, and that a first testing step is performed to test for significance of a difference between the first group and the second group in the at least one first parameter.

[0023] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications include at least a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications belonging to a first group and a plurality of second patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications belonging to a second group, and that a second testing step is performed to test for significance of a difference between the first group and the second group in the second parameter.

[0024] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications include at least a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications belonging to a first group and a plurality of second patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications belonging to a second group, and that a third testing step is performed to test for significance of a difference between the first group and the second group in the third parameter.

[0025] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications include at least a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications belonging to a first group and a plurality of second patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications belonging to a second group, and that a fourth testing step is performed to test for significance of a difference between the first group and the second group in the fourth parameter.

[0026] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications include at least a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications belonging to a first group and a plurality of second patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications belonging to a second group, and that a fifth testing step is performed to test for significance of a difference between the first group and the second group in the fifth parameter.

[0027] In the above-mentioned program, for example, the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications belonging to the first group may belong to a first applicant or a first patent holder, and the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications belonging to the second group may belong to a second applicant or a second patent holder, and in this case, the difference in the at least one parameter depending on the applicant or patent holder can be quantitatively investigated.

[0028] In the above-mentioned program, for example, the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications belonging to the first group may relate to a first product, a first service, or a first service, and the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications belonging to the second group may relate to a second product, a second service, or a second service, in which case it is possible to quantitatively investigate the difference in the at least one parameter depending on the product, service, or service.

[0029] In the above-mentioned program, for example, the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications belonging to the first group may be related to a period corresponding to a first stage in the product life stage, and the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications belonging to the second group may be related to a period corresponding to the first stage in the product life stage, in which case it is possible to quantitatively investigate the difference in the at least one parameter depending on the product life stage.

[0030] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the program further includes a second extraction step of extracting the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the published patent publications as those corresponding to patents that are the subject of patent infringement lawsuits filed in court or appeals or petitions filed with the Patent Office.

[0031] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to include a third extraction step of extracting target patents, which are patents that are the subject of multiple patent infringement lawsuits filed in court or requests for trial or petitions filed with the Patent Office, using an electronic database or the Internet, and extracting the multiple patent publications or the multiple published patent publications or the published patent publications as those corresponding to the target patents.

[0032] It is preferable that the above-mentioned program further includes a fourth extraction step of extracting applicants of the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications as first applicants or first patent holders, and a fifth extraction step of extracting applicants of the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications as second applicants.

[0033] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the first data collection step.

[0034] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of performing the specific step.

[0035] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the first extraction step.

[0036] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or results of the two data collection steps.

[0037] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of performing the designation step.

[0038] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the selection step.

[0039] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the first calculation step.

[0040] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the second calculation step.

[0041] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the third calculation step.

[0042] The above-mentioned program preferably further comprises a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or results of the first testing step.

[0043] The above-mentioned program preferably further comprises a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or results of the second testing step.

[0044] The above-mentioned program preferably further comprises a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or results of the third testing step.

[0045] The above-mentioned program preferably further comprises a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or results of the fourth testing step.

[0046] The above-mentioned program preferably further comprises a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or results of the fifth testing step.

[0047] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the second extraction step.

[0048] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the third extraction step.

[0049] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the fourth extraction step.

[0050] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the fifth extraction step.

[0051] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to perform a storage step of storing at least a part of the implementation process or result of at least one of the first data collection step, the identification step, the first extraction step, the second data collection step, the designation step, the selection step, the first calculation step, the second calculation step, the third calculation step, the first testing step, the second testing step, the third testing step, the fourth testing step, the fifth testing step, the second extraction step, the third extraction step, the fourth extraction step, and the fifth extraction step.

[0052] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that at least a part of the process or result of the storing step is used as benchmark or reference data.

[0053] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to perform analysis or analysis using at least one first data obtained for the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications as a benchmark for at least one second data obtained for the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications.

[0054] A program according to some aspects of the present invention extracts, using an electronic database or the Internet, a plurality of target patents that are patents that are the subject of a plurality of patent infringement lawsuits filed in court or a plurality of appeals or petitions filed with a patent office; identifies, among the plurality of target patents, a plurality of winning patents that are patents that were the subject of patent infringement lawsuits in which the patent holders won, or a plurality of maintained patents that were ... extracting a plurality of second patent publications or a plurality of second unexamined patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications corresponding to the plurality of defeated patents or the plurality of maintained patents; and collecting, as a second parameter, at least one first parameter selected from a plurality of first parameters consisting of the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category identical to or related to a designated designated product, art, or service, the total number of independent claims in a claim category identical to or related to a designated product, art, or service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category identical to or related to a designated product, art, or service, or the number of cited documents, which is the number of prior documents cited in the examination at the Patent Office of the patent application of the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first unexamined patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications;The at least one first parameter or the second parameter is collected for the plurality of second patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications.

[0055] The above-described program makes it possible to quickly examine, for example, the characteristics of patents that will win patent infringement lawsuits or that are resistant to invalidity claims.

[0056] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to obtain, as a third parameter, a significance probability of a correlation between the second parameter and at least one first parameter for the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications and the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications.

[0057] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to obtain a correlation coefficient as a fourth parameter for the correlation between the second parameter and the value of at least one first parameter for the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications and the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications.

[0058] It is preferable to perform a significant difference test for the at least one first parameter or the second parameter between the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications and the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications.

[0059] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to further calculate a ratio between the second parameter and the at least one first parameter for the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications and the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications as a fifth parameter, and to perform a significance test for the fifth parameter between the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications and the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications.

[0060] A program according to some aspects of the present invention collects values ​​of a first parameter, which is at least one parameter selected from the total number of claims, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of independent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a specified designated product, a specified technology, or a specified service, the total number of independent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a specified designated product, a specified technology, or a specified service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a specified designated product, a specified technology, or a specified service, for a plurality of first patent publications, a plurality of first unexamined patent publications, or a plurality of first published patent publications of a first applicant or a first patent owner, which have been converted into electronic data. and a second step of collecting, for each of a plurality of electronically converted second patent publications or a plurality of second unexamined patent publications or second published patent publications of a second applicant or a second patent owner, values ​​of a second parameter which is at least one parameter selected from the total number of claims, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category which is the same as or related to a specified designated goods, designated technology or designated service, the total number of independent claims in a claim category which is the same as or related to a specified designated goods, designated technology or designated service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category which is the same as or related to a specified designated goods, designated technology or designated service.

[0061] It is preferable that the above-mentioned program further includes a third step of performing a significance test on the difference between the value of the first parameter collected in the first step and the value of the second parameter collected in the second step.

[0062] In the above-mentioned program, when the first parameter is the total number of claims in the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is the total number of claims in the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications, and when the first parameter is the total number of claim categories in the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is and when the first parameter is the total number of independent claims in the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is the total number of independent claims in the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications, and when the first parameter is the total number of independent claims in the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is the total number of independent claims in the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications, and when the first parameter is the total number of independent claims in the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications, In the case of the total number of dependent claims in the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is the total number of dependent claims in the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications, and in the case of the first parameter being the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category in the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category in the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications. the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, and when the first parameter is the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to the designated goods, designated technology, or designated service specified in the plurality of first patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to the designated goods, designated technology, or designated service specified in the plurality of second patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications,When the first parameter is the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to the designated goods, designated technology, or designated service specified in the plurality of first patent publications, or the plurality of first unexamined patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to the designated goods, designated technology, or designated service specified in the plurality of second patent publications, or the plurality of second unexamined patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications; and when the first parameter is the total number of dependent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to the designated goods, designated technology, or designated service specified in the plurality of first patent publications, or the plurality of first unexamined patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is preferably the total number of dependent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to the designated goods, designated technology, or designated service specified in the plurality of second patent publications, or the plurality of second unexamined patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications.

[0063] A program according to some aspects of the present invention includes a first step of identifying a first company, a first individual, or a first organization that sells or manufactures a designated product or performs a designated service designated by a user and the market share of the first company, the first individual, or the first organization, by searching a first electronic database or the Internet; a second step of extracting from a second electronic database or the Internet search a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications that have claims in the scope of patent claims that have a claim category that is the same as or related to the designated product or the designated service and that have the first company, the first individual, or the first organization as a first applicant or patent holder; and a second step of extracting from a second electronic database or the Internet search a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications that have claims in the scope of patent claims that have a claim category that is the same as or related to the designated product or the designated service and that have the first company, the first individual, or the first organization as a first applicant or patent holder. and a third step of collecting, for the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first unexamined patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications, the value of at least one parameter selected from the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated technology or designated service, the total number of independent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated designated product, designated technology, or designated service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated product, designated technology, or designated service, for the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first unexamined patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications.

[0064] The above-mentioned program further includes a fourth step of identifying the market share of a second company, second individual, or second organization different from the first company, first individual, or first organization that sells or manufactures the designated goods or performs the designated services, by searching a third electronic database or the Internet; and a fourth step of identifying the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the designated technology, or the designated technology in each of the claims of the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or second published patent publications extracted by the fourth step. It is preferable that the method further includes a fifth step of collecting, for the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications, the value of at least one parameter selected from the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a specified designated product, designated technology, or designated service, the total number of independent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a specified designated product, designated technology, or designated service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a specified designated product, designated technology, or designated service; and a sixth step of performing a significance test on the difference between the value of the at least one parameter collected in the third step and the value of the at least one parameter collected in the fifth step.

[0065] A program according to some aspects of the present invention collects at least one of the total number of limiting elements, which is the number of limiting elements of a claim, and the total number of specified terms and phrases, which is the number of specified terms and phrases used to specify previously mentioned limiting elements of the claim and describe their relationship with other limiting elements, from the claims of each of a plurality of electronically digitized patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications.

[0066] When drafting a claim, for example, when describing the relationship between limiting elements, a specified term is added before the previously mentioned limiting element to describe the relationship with the new limiting element. Therefore, the total number of limiting elements and the total number of specified terms can be a basic indicator of the degree of understanding of the invention or the accuracy of practical application. Therefore, by using the above-mentioned program, it is possible to easily obtain a basic indicator of the degree of understanding of the invention or the accuracy of practical application.

[0067] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to collect both the number of all limiting elements and the number of all specified terms and phrases.

[0068] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the collection of at least one of the total number of limiting elements and the total number of specified terms is performed for an independent claim in the scope of claims.

[0069] A program according to some aspects of the present invention includes: a first step of collecting at least one parameter from a first applicant or a first patent owner, the total number of limiting elements being the number of limiting elements of each claim in a plurality of electronically converted first patent publications, or a plurality of first published patent publications, or a plurality of first published patent publications; a second step of collecting at least one parameter from a second applicant or a second patent owner, the total number of limiting elements being the number of limiting elements of each claim in a plurality of electronically converted second patent publications, or a plurality of second published patent publications, or a plurality of second published patent publications; and a third step of performing a significance test on the difference between the value of the at least one parameter collected in the first step and the value of the at least one parameter collected in the second step.

[0070] In the above-described program, it is preferable that the first step collects both the number of all limiting elements and the number of all designated terms and phrases, and the second step collects both the number of all limiting elements and the number of all designated terms and phrases.

[0071] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to include a fourth step of performing a significant difference test on the difference between the ratio of the number of limiting elements to the number of designated terms collected in the first step and the ratio of the number of limiting elements to the number of designated terms collected in the second step.

[0072] A program according to some aspects of the present invention includes a company, etc. identification step of identifying a company, individual, or institution that has the potential to sell or transfer at least a part of its business to another company, individual, or institution, or a company, individual, or institution that has the potential to acquire or receive at least a part of its business from another company, individual, or institution, or a company that may be a target for investment, financing, stock trading, or bond trading; and a patent publication, etc. extraction step of extracting multiple patent publications or multiple published patent publications or multiple published patent publications that each include a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated product, designated technology, or designated service that is a product, technology, or service related to at least a part of the business. and a first parameter collection step of carrying out a first collection step of collecting at least one first parameter from a plurality of first parameters consisting of the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated technology or designated service, the total number of independent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated designated product, designated technology, or designated service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated product, designated technology, or designated service, for the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications.

[0073] The above-mentioned program makes it possible to easily obtain basic parameters that enable evaluation of a company's patents from multiple perspectives, such as competitiveness, robustness, practical accuracy, and technical understanding.

[0074] It is preferable that the above-mentioned program further includes a second parameter collection step of collecting, as a second parameter, the number of cited documents, which is the number of prior documents cited in the examination at the Patent Office of the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of patent applications corresponding to the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of unpublished patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications.

[0075] The above-mentioned program preferably further comprises a first calculation step of calculating, as a third parameter, a significance probability regarding the correlation between the second parameter and the value of the at least one first parameter.

[0076] The above-mentioned program preferably includes a second calculation step of calculating, as a fourth parameter, a correlation coefficient for the correlation between the second parameter and the value of the at least one first parameter.

[0077] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to further execute a third calculation step of calculating a ratio between the second parameter and the at least one first parameter as a fifth parameter.

[0078] Preferably, the above-mentioned program further includes a first evaluation step of evaluating the company, individual, or institution identified in the company etc. identification step, using the at least one first parameter as an evaluation criterion.

[0079] Preferably, the above-mentioned program further comprises a first evaluation step of evaluating the company, individual, or institution identified in the company etc. identification step, using the second parameter as an evaluation criterion.

[0080] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a first evaluation step of evaluating the company, individual, or institution identified in the company etc. identification step, using the third parameter as an evaluation criterion.

[0081] Preferably, the above-mentioned program further comprises a first evaluation step of evaluating the company, individual, or institution identified in the company etc. identification step, using the fourth parameter as an evaluation criterion.

[0082] Preferably, the above-mentioned program further comprises a first evaluation step of evaluating the company, individual, or institution identified in the company etc. identification step, using the fifth parameter as an evaluation criterion.

[0083] In the above-mentioned program, the first evaluation step preferably includes a comparison with the results obtained in the second evaluation step performed on a benchmark company, individual or institution.

[0084] A program according to some aspects of the present invention includes: a company, etc. identification step for identifying a company, individual, or institution that has the potential to sell or transfer at least a part of its business to another company, individual, or institution, or a company, individual, or institution that has the potential to acquire or receive at least a part of its business from another company, individual, or institution, or a company that may be the target of investment, loan, stock buying and selling, or bond buying and selling; a patent publication, etc. extraction step for extracting multiple patent publications, multiple published patent publications, or multiple published patent publications that each contain a claim that includes a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated good, designated technology, or designated service that is a product, technology, or service related to at least a part of the business; and a collection step for collecting at least one of the total number of limiting elements, which is the number of limiting elements of the claim, and the total number of designated terms and phrases, which is the number of designated terms and phrases used to specify previously mentioned limiting elements of the claim and describe their relationship with other limiting elements, from the claims of each of the multiple patent publications, the multiple published patent publications, or the multiple published patent publications.

[0085] In the above program, it is preferable that the collecting step is performed to collect the number of all defining elements and the number of all defining terms and phrases for claims in the claim category.

[0086] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to collect both the number of all limiting elements and the number of all specified terms and phrases.

[0087] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the collection of at least one of the total number of limiting elements and the total number of specified terms is performed for an independent claim in the scope of claims.

[0088] Preferably, the above-mentioned program further comprises a calculation step of calculating a ratio between the total number of limited elements and the total number of specified terms and phrases.

[0089] It is preferable that the above-mentioned program further includes a testing step for performing a significant difference test between at least one of the number of limiting elements and the number of specified terms for a benchmark company, individual, or institution and at least one of the number of limiting elements and the number of specified terms obtained by the collection step for a company, individual, or institution identified in the company, etc. step.

[0090] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the program further includes a testing step for performing a significant difference test between the ratio for the benchmark company, individual, or institution and the ratio obtained by the calculation step for the company, individual, or institution identified in the company, etc. step.

[0091] A program according to some aspects of the present invention identifies whether or not there is a description based on experimental results for at least one of the claims, embodiments, and examples for each of a plurality of electronically converted patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications.

[0092] A program according to some aspects of the present invention identifies whether or not numerical values ​​are stated or the number of numerical values ​​for at least one of the claims, embodiments, and examples for each of a plurality of patent publications or a plurality of published patent publications or a plurality of published patent publications that have been digitized.

[0093] A program according to some aspects of the present invention identifies whether or not numerical values ​​based on experimental results are described for at least one of the claims, embodiments, and examples in each of a plurality of electronically converted patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications.

[0094] By using the above-mentioned program, it is possible to identify, for example, patents and patent applications that are inventions based on discoveries and have a high degree of fundamental invention.

[0095] For inventions based on embodiments or examples that are based on qualitative descriptions without numerical descriptions, for example, the more specified terms per limiting element, the more competitive the invention will be or the higher the chances of winning in patent litigation.

[0096] A program according to some aspects of the present invention includes a first step of collecting, for a plurality of patent publications or a plurality of unexamined patent publications or a plurality of published patent publications that have been converted into electronic data, at least one first parameter from a plurality of first parameters consisting of the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a specified designated product, technology, or designated service, the total number of independent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a specified designated product, technology, or designated service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a specified designated product, technology, or designated service; and a second step of collecting, for a plurality of patent publications or a plurality of unexamined patent publications or a plurality of published patent publications, at least one first parameter from a plurality of first parameters from the plurality of patent publications or a plurality of unexamined patent publications or a plurality of published patent publications that have been converted into electronic data ... a second step of collecting, for the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of unexamined patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications, the number of cited documents, which is the number of prior documents cited in the examination at the Patent Office of the plurality of patent applications corresponding to the plurality of published patent publications, as a second parameter; a third step of collecting, from the claims of each of the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of unexamined patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications, at least one of the total number of limiting elements, which is the number of limiting elements of the claims, and the total number of specified terms and phrases, which is the number of specified terms and phrases used to specify previously mentioned limiting elements of the claims and to describe the relationship with other limiting elements; and a fourth step of identifying the presence or absence, or the number of statements or numerical values ​​based on experimental results, in the claims, embodiments, or examples of each of the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of unexamined patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications.

[0097] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a fifth step of extracting the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications so that the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications include a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications whose applicant or patent holder is a first applicant or a first patent holder, and a plurality of second patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications whose applicant or patent holder is a second applicant or a second patent holder; and a sixth step of comparing the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications with the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications, with respect to results obtained in at least one of the first step, the second step, the third step, and the fourth step, or evaluations based on the results.

[0098] It is preferable that the above-mentioned program further includes a seventh step of scoring the results obtained in at least one of the first step, the second step, the third step, and the fourth step or an evaluation based on the results.

[0099] In the above-mentioned program, in the seventh step, the scoring is preferably performed using a deviation value.

[0100] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the program further includes an eighth step of performing at least one of the first step, the second step, the third step, and the fourth step for each patent publication, unpublished patent publication, or published patent publication that includes a claim category that is the same as or related to an applicant or patent holder, or a designated product, a designated technology, or a designated service, of the plurality of patent publications, or the plurality of unpublished patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications, and determining a standard deviation value for each of the applicants or patent holders, or the designated products, the designated technology, or the designated services.

[0101] The above-mentioned program preferably further comprises a ninth step of visualizing the results of the seventh step.

[0102] The apparatus according to some aspects of the present invention is equipped with the above-described or below-described program.

[0103] The above-described device can be used, for example, as a device for presenting companies or M&A proposals that are targets for investment, financing, stock trading, and bond trading, a device for searching for companies that are targets for M&A, and the like.

[0104] A program according to some aspects of the present invention collects at least one of the total number of limiting elements, which is the number of limiting elements of a claim, and the total number of specified terms and phrases, which is the number of specified terms and phrases used to specify limiting elements already mentioned in the claim and describe the relationship with other limiting elements, from the claims of each of a plurality of electronically converted patent publications or a plurality of published patent publications or a plurality of published patent publications, and evaluates the total number of limiting elements for each predetermined range.

[0105] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to collect both the number of limiting elements and the number of specified terms and phrases.

[0106] In the above program, it is preferable that the collection of at least one of the number of limiting elements and the number of specified terms is performed for an independent claim in the scope of claims.

[0107] A program according to some aspects of the present invention includes: a first step of collecting at least one parameter from a first applicant or a first patent owner, the total number of limiting elements being the number of limiting elements of each claim in a plurality of electronically converted first patent publications, or a plurality of first published patent publications, or a plurality of first published patent publications; a second step of collecting at least one parameter from a second applicant or a second patent owner, the total number of limiting elements being the number of limiting elements of each claim in a plurality of electronically converted second patent publications, or a plurality of second published patent publications, or a plurality of second published patent publications; and a third step of performing a significance test on the difference between the value of the at least one parameter collected in the first step and the value of the at least one parameter collected in the second step.

[0108] In the above-described program, it is preferable that the first step collects both the number of all limiting elements and the number of all designated terms and phrases, and the second step collects both the number of all limiting elements and the number of all designated terms and phrases.

[0109] In the above-mentioned program, the total number of limiting elements may be divided into multiple ranges, and a comparison may be made between the first applicant or the first patent holder and the second applicant or the second patent holder.

[0110] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to include a fourth step of performing a significant difference test on the difference between the ratio of the number of limiting elements to the number of designated terms collected in the first step and the ratio of the number of limiting elements to the number of designated terms collected in the second step.

[0111] A program according to some aspects of the present invention includes: a company, etc. identification step for identifying a company, individual, or organization that has the potential to sell or transfer at least a part of its business to another company, individual, or organization, or a company, individual, or organization that has the potential to acquire or acquire at least a part of its business from another company, individual, or organization; a patent publication, etc. extraction step for extracting multiple patent publications or multiple unexamined patent publications or multiple published patent publications that each contain a claim that includes a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated product, designated technology, or designated service that is a product, technology, or service related to at least a part of the business; and a first parameter collection step for performing a first collection step for collecting at least one first parameter from multiple first parameters consisting of the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in the claim categories, the total number of independent claims in the claim categories, and the number of dependent claims in the claim categories, for the multiple patent publications or the multiple unexamined patent publications or the multiple published patent publications.

[0112] It is preferable that the above-mentioned program further includes a second parameter collection step of collecting, as a second parameter, the number of cited documents, which is the number of prior documents cited in the examination at the Patent Office of the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of patent applications corresponding to the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of unpublished patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications.

[0113] The above-mentioned program preferably further comprises a first calculation step of calculating, as a third parameter, a significance probability regarding the correlation between the second parameter and the value of the at least one first parameter.

[0114] The above-mentioned program preferably includes a second calculation step of calculating, as a fourth parameter, a correlation coefficient for the correlation between the second parameter and the value of the at least one first parameter.

[0115] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to further execute a third calculation step of calculating a ratio between the second parameter and the at least one first parameter as a fifth parameter.

[0116] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the program further includes a first evaluation step of evaluating the company, individual, or institution identified in the company etc. identification step using at least one of the at least one first parameter, the second parameter, the third parameter, and the fifth parameter as an evaluation criterion.

[0117] In the above-mentioned program, the first evaluation step preferably includes a comparison with the results obtained in the second evaluation step performed on a benchmark company, individual or institution.

[0118] A program according to some aspects of the present invention includes a company, etc. identification step of identifying a company, individual, or institution that has the potential to sell or transfer at least a part of its business to another company, individual, or institution, or a company, individual, or institution that has the potential to acquire or receive at least a part of its business from another company, individual, or institution, or a company that is the target of investment, loan, stock buying and selling, or bond buying and selling; a patent publication, etc. extraction step of extracting multiple patent publications, multiple published patent publications, or multiple published patent publications that each contain a claim that includes a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated good, designated technology, or designated service that is a product, technology, or service related to at least a part of the business; and a collection step of collecting at least one of the number of limiting elements, which is the number of limiting elements of the claim, and the number of designated terms and phrases, which are the number of designated terms and phrases used to specify previously mentioned limiting elements of the claim and describe the relationship with other limiting elements, from the claims of each of the multiple patent publications, multiple published patent publications, or multiple published patent publications.

[0119] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the collecting step is performed to count the number of limiting elements and the number of specified terms and phrases for claims in the claim category.

[0120] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable to collect both the number of limiting elements and the number of specified terms and phrases.

[0121] In the above program, it is preferable that the collection of at least one of the number of limiting elements and the number of specified terms is performed for an independent claim in the scope of claims.

[0122] Preferably, the above-mentioned program further comprises a calculation step of calculating a ratio between the number of limiting elements and the number of designated terms and phrases.

[0123] It is preferable that the above-mentioned program further includes a testing step for performing a significant difference test between at least one of the number of limiting elements and the number of specified terms for a benchmark company, individual, or institution and at least one of the number of limiting elements and the number of specified terms obtained by the collection step for a company, individual, or institution identified in the company, etc. step.

[0124] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the program further includes a testing step for performing a significant difference test between the ratio for the benchmark company, individual, or institution and the ratio obtained by the calculation step for the company, individual, or institution identified in the company, etc. step.

[0125] Some aspects of the present invention, such as a method for evaluating intellectual property, a method for determining the competitiveness of intellectual property, and a method for determining companies that are targets for investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A, use at least one of the above-mentioned programs.

[0126] Programs relating to some aspects of the present invention, such as a method for evaluating intellectual property, a method for determining the competitiveness of intellectual property, a method for determining companies that are targets for investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A, include at least one of the above-mentioned programs.

[0127] A program according to some embodiments of the present invention includes any of the programs described above and further includes a function of collecting corporate information. The corporate information typically includes, for example, sales, net profit, current profit, enterprise value, business value, stock value, free cash flow, dividend per share, dividend payout ratio, dividend yield, growth rate, price-earnings ratio, price-book value ratio, return on equity, current profit, market capitalization, weighted average cost of capital, return on equity, cost of equity, earnings per share, and net income per share. Two or more of these pieces of corporate information may be acquired.

[0128] The above-described program can be used, for example, to select companies to be targets for investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A.

[0129] A program according to some aspects of the present invention includes a parameter collection step of collecting at least one parameter from each of a plurality of electronically converted patent publications, a plurality of unexamined patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications, and a company information collection step of collecting company information of at least some of the companies listed as applicants in the plurality of patent publications, a plurality of unexamined patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications. Typical examples of the company information are as described above.

[0130] The program preferably further includes a parameter analysis step for analyzing at least one parameter collected in the parameter collection step, and a company output step for outputting companies listed as applicants in patent publications, published patent publications, or published patent publications that received a rating of at least a predetermined value or higher in at least one evaluation item in the parameter analysis step. The filing period of the patents or patent applications from which the parameters used to calculate the evaluation items are collected can be appropriately set for each evaluation item. For example, since basic inventiveness (B) is expected to have a time lag before commercialization, it may be better to use parameters collected from applications filed earlier than robustness (R), which becomes important after the market transitions from a growth phase to a stable phase. For example, coverage (C) is an important evaluation item during the market growth phase after the establishment of a dominant design for a product or service, so it may be better to use parameters collected from applications filed earlier than robustness (R).

[0131] The at least one parameter mentioned above is typically, for example, the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in the claim category, the total number of independent claims in the claim category and the number of dependent claims in the claim category, the number of prior documents or cited documents, the number of limiting elements mentioned above and the number of specified terms and phrases, etc., and may further include the results of a correlation analysis such as a correlation coefficient between multiple of these parameters.

[0132] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a selection step of selecting the companies outputted by the company output step as target companies for financing, investment, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A.

[0133] The above-mentioned program makes it possible to quantify and compare patent competitiveness, robustness, accuracy in patent practice, and level of technical understanding, which strongly reflect a company's competitiveness and stability, thereby ensuring objectivity when selecting a company as a target for loans, investments, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A.

[0134] The above-mentioned program preferably further includes a company evaluation step of evaluating companies based on the company information obtained in the company information collection step, and a company extraction step of extracting companies that have a predetermined value or more in at least one evaluation item used as a judgment criterion in the company evaluation step, and the parameter collection step is performed for the companies extracted in the company extraction step.

[0135] It is preferable that the above-mentioned program further includes a parameter analysis step for analyzing the at least one parameter collected by the parameter collection step, and a company output step for outputting companies that have a predetermined value or above in at least one evaluation item by the parameter analysis step.

[0136] A program according to some aspects of the present invention includes a parameter collection step of collecting a plurality of parameters from a plurality of electronically converted patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications, a company information collection step of collecting company information on at least some of the companies listed as applicants in the plurality of patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications, a data analysis step of analyzing the plurality of parameters collected by the parameter collection step and evaluating the plurality of patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications, for a plurality of evaluation items, and a company selection step of selecting at least one company for each of the plurality of evaluation items or for two or more evaluation items.

[0137] The above-mentioned evaluation items are typically, for example, evaluations (CUPRB evaluations) of coverage (C), technical understanding (U), practical accuracy (P), robustness (R), and basic invention (B) as shown in FIG. 5 described later.

[0138] In the above-mentioned program, it is preferable that the companies selected in the company selection step are those that have obtained scores of a predetermined value or more in each evaluation item in the data analysis step.

[0139] For example, when trading stocks, it may be necessary to consider the balance between investment risk and return. Among the above-mentioned evaluation items, for example, if growth potential is emphasized, companies ranked high in coverage (C) may be included as targets for investment, loans, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A. If stability is emphasized over risk, companies ranked high in robustness (R) may be included as targets for investment, loans, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A. Furthermore, when making long-term investments, loans, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A, emphasis may be placed on the evaluation of inventiveness (B), for example. If practical ability in intellectual property is emphasized, emphasis may be placed on the evaluation of practical accuracy (P), for example. If technical level is emphasized, emphasis may be placed on the evaluation of technical understanding (U).

[0140] Of the multiple evaluation items described above, companies may be ranked based on, for example, two or more evaluation items. In this case, when selecting target companies for loans, investments, stock trading, bond trading, etc., with an emphasis on the growth period of the patents or patent applications for which parameters serving as the basis for calculating the evaluation items are collected, the companies may be selected after evaluating coverage (C) and basic inventiveness (B) in a predetermined ratio. In this case, depending on the evaluation item, basic inventiveness (B) takes time to be reflected in the business, so it may be better to use parameters collected from applications filed in an older period than robustness (R), which becomes important after the transition to a stable period. Since coverage (C) is an important evaluation item during the market growth period after the establishment of a dominant design for a product or service, it may be better to use parameters collected from applications filed in an older period than robustness (R).

[0141] The device according to the present invention is equipped with any of the above-described programs.

[0142] Any of the above programs may be implemented at least in part by the user, and may be, for example, a method for patent evaluation, a method for selecting a target company for investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading or M&A, or a due diligence method.

[0143] According to some aspects of the present invention, for example, it becomes possible to effectively evaluate the competitiveness, robustness, accuracy of intellectual property practices, basic invention, and technical understanding of many patent applications and patents, which can be used for selecting target companies for investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A, and for due diligence purposes.

[0144] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a program according to an embodiment of some aspects of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a program according to an embodiment of some aspects of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a program according to an embodiment of some aspects of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a program according to an embodiment of some aspects of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a program according to an embodiment of some aspects of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a program according to an embodiment of some aspects of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a program according to an embodiment of some aspects of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a program according to an embodiment of some aspects of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a program according to an embodiment of some aspects of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a program according to an embodiment of some aspects of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a program according to an embodiment of some aspects of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a program according to an embodiment of some aspects of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of some aspects of the present invention.

[0145] Hereinafter, embodiments according to several aspects of the present invention will be described with reference to Figures 1 to 13. Note that these figures illustrate specific examples of the several aspects, and the scope of the present invention and its concepts is not limited to these embodiments. Figure 1 shows steps 1 to 4 of a program according to several aspects of the present invention. In step 1 (S1), the program inputs a designated applicant or designated right holder, designated goods, designated technology, or designated services. In step 2 (S2), the program extracts patent publications, unexamined patent publications, or published patent publications that include the designated goods, designated technology, or designated services input in S1 in their claim categories. Note that the input designated services may also include, for example, services, business models, and businesses. The patent publications, unexamined patent publications, or published patent publications extracted in S2 will hereinafter be collectively referred to as extracted patent publications, etc.

[0146] In step 3 (S3), data on the total number of claims (a or m), the total number of claim categories (b or n), the total number of independent claims (c or o), the total number of dependent claims (d or p), the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category (e or q), the total number of claims in the claim category that is the same as or related to the specified designated goods, designated technology, or designated service (f or r), the total number of independent claims in the claim category that is the same as or related to the specified designated goods, designated technology, or designated service (g or s), and the total number of dependent claims in the claim category that is the same as or related to the specified designated goods, designated technology, or designated service (h or t) are collected from the patent publications, etc. extracted in S2.

[0147] Typical parameters related to claims obtained in S3 are shown in Table 1. Parameters at the time of patent filing or publication include, for example, the total number of claims (a), the total number of claim categories (b), the total number of independent claims (c), the total number of dependent claims (d), the largest number of independent claims in a claim category (e), the total number of claims in a specified claim category (f), the total number of independent claims among the specified claims (g), and the total number of dependent claims among the specified claim categories (h). Parameters at the time of grant of a patent include, for example, the total number of claims (m), the total number of claim categories (n), the total number of independent claims (o), the total number of dependent claims (p), the largest number of independent claims in a claim category (q), the total number of claims in a specified claim category (r), the total number of independent claims among the specified claims (s), and the total number of dependent claims among the specified claim categories (t).

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[0149] In step 4 (S4), the number of documents cited by the examiner during the examination is identified from the patent publications extracted in S2.

[0150] Figure 2 shows steps 5 to 7 of this program. In step 5 (S5), the number of specified phrases (such as "said," "the," "the," "the," "the above," and "this" that specify the preceding phrase) in each claim and the number of limiting elements (verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs) other than the specified phrases in the claim are counted. It is preferable that the limiting elements are basically independent words.

[0151] Typical examples of limiting elements and specified terms are explained below: "(Claim 1) An <apparatus> characterized by comprising: a first <unit> <detecting> the <effective> <value> of the> <current> <supplied> to an <electric> <machine>; a second <unit> <storing> the <current> <value> of the <coil> <current> of [said] <electric> <machine> <corresponding> to the <maximum> <torque> of [said] <electric> <machine>; a third <unit> <calculating> the <ratio> of [said] <effective> <value> to said <current> <value> and <outputting> <data> <corresponding> to [said] <ratio>; and a fourth <unit> <controlling> the <voltage> <applied> to [said] <electric> <machine> <based> on said> <data>."

[0152] In the above example, limiting elements and all specified terms are represented by "<>" and "[ ]", respectively. The program according to this embodiment also focuses on predicates such as verbs and modifiers such as adjectives and adverbs. This is for the following reason: The outer boundaries of a patented invention are determined based on the all-elements rule. Specifically, if the accused infringing item satisfies all of the limiting elements (limiting elements) in claim interpretation among the words and phrases described in the claim, it is generally determined to be a patent infringement.

[0153] For example, modifiers such as "electric" in "electric machine" and "corresponding" in "data corresponding to the ratio" limit the "machine" and "data," respectively, so words such as "electric" and "corresponding," which modify and limit these other limiting elements, are also counted as limiting elements. Note that "first" and "second" in "first unit" and "second unit" are words used for the convenience of claim description and do not substantially limit the scope of the right, so they are not counted as limiting elements in the program according to this embodiment. Based on the above, the total number of limiting elements L in claim 1 in the above example is 41.

[0154] In addition to the above-mentioned limiting elements, specified terms were also used to analyze the claims. The specified terms refer to the "said" in "said effective value" and "said ratio" in the above example, which in this case specifies the limiting elements "effective value" and "ratio" already mentioned in the claim. The total number of specified terms S for claim 1 in the above example is 6. In the program according to this embodiment, in addition to "said," words such as "said," "said," "said," "the," and "this" are also considered to be specified terms. The total number of specified terms (S) basically corresponds to the description of the relationship between limiting elements in the claim.

[0155] In step 6 (S6), the presence or number of quantitative expressions in the embodiments or examples for carrying out the inventions of the extracted patent publications, etc. is confirmed. Quantitative expressions include, for example, descriptions of experimental results or other results based on actual numerical data. For example, the percentage of patent applications or patents that contain quantitative expressions in the embodiments or examples for a specified applicant or right holder, a specified technology, or a specified product may be calculated.

[0156] In step 7 (S7), the ratio of two parameters obtained in S3 and S4 is calculated as shown in Tables 2 and 3 below. Table 2 is based on parameters extracted from the scope of patent claims at the time of patent application or publication, and Table 3 is based on parameters extracted from the scope of patent claims at the time of patent allowance or registration.

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[0159] Table 2 shows the ratios of parameters extracted from the claims at the time of patent application or publication, and in this embodiment, specifically, b / a, c / a, d / a, e / a, f / a, g / a, h / a, x / a, c / b, d / b, e / b, f / b, g / b, h / b, x / b, d / c, e / c, f / c, g / c, h / c, x / c, e / d, f / d, g / d, h / d, x / d, f / e, g / e, h / e, x / e, g / f, h / f, x / f, h / g, x / g, and x / h.

[0160] Table 3 shows the parameter ratios extracted from the claims at the time of allowance, which in this embodiment are n / m, o / m, p / m, q / m, r / m, s / m, t / m, x / m, o / n, p / n, q / n, r / n, s / n, t / n, x / n, p / o, q / o, r / o, s / o, t / o, x / o, q / p, r / p, s / p, t / p, x / p, r / q, s / q, t / q, x / q, s / r, t / r, x / r, t / s, x / s, and x / t.

[0161] In step 8 (S8), the correlation coefficient between two parameters among the parameters related to the extracted claims is obtained. Table 4 shows the correlation coefficient r based on the parameters extracted from the scope of the patent claims at the time of filing or publication. ａ 1~r ａ 36, and Table 5 shows the correlation coefficient r based on parameters extracted from the scope of patent claims at the time of patent allowance or patent registration. ｂ 1~r ｂ It is 36.

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[0163]

[0164] In step 9 (S9), evaluation is performed based on the values ​​obtained in steps S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, and S8. In this case, it is preferable to perform similar calculations in advance for the applicant or patentee, or the designated goods, designated technologies, or designated services, etc., that serve as a benchmark depending on the information to be obtained, or to perform evaluation by comparing with stored benchmark data.

[0165] Table 6 shows the calculated values ​​and parameters to be evaluated for each of coverage (C), technical comprehension (U), practical accuracy (P), robustness (R), and basic invention (B).

[0166] Coverage (C) is an evaluation index related to the extent to which a patent's rights are maximized. To measure the breadth of rights, parameters related to the number of independent claims (g and s), such as the total number of independent claims (c and o), the highest number of independent claims in the same claim category (e and q), and the total number of independent claims in a specified claim category, are primarily relevant. However, because the scope of rights is limited by prior or cited documents, it is desirable to include the ratio of the number of cited documents x to the number of independent claims in assessing coverage (C), in addition to the aforementioned parameters related to the number of independent claims, in order to maximize the scope of rights based on the number of cited documents. Coverage (C) indicates whether a patent has or is attempting to maximize the scope of rights within the limited scope of patent rights available through cited or prior documents, and is considered a key component of a patent's competitiveness.

[0167] The degree of technical understanding (U) is, for example, an evaluation of whether the claims reflect an understanding and understanding of prior documents or cited documents. Specifically, the index is the correlation coefficient between the number of cited documents (x) and the number of independent claims, such as the total number of independent claims (c and o), the most number of independent claims in the same claim category (e and q), and the total number of independent claims in a specified claim category (g and s).

[0168] Practical accuracy (P) is evaluated based on, for example, the number of designated terms (S) and the ratio of the number of designated terms (S) to the number of limiting elements (L). The reason for this is that when drafting a claim, for example, when describing the relationship between limiting elements, designated terms such as "said," "said," "the," "the," "this," "the above," or "above" are added before the previously mentioned limiting element to describe the relationship with the new limiting element, so the number of designated terms (S) and the ratio of the number of designated terms (S) to the number of limiting elements (L) are considered to be indicators of the accuracy of the description of the relationship between the limiting elements.

[0169] Robustness (R) is an indicator of resistance to, for example, patent invalidity claims or patent revocation claims. For example, in order to prepare for patent invalidity claims or patent revocation claims, it is important to understand and grasp the content of prior art or cited documents and to appropriately position dependent claims. Therefore, robustness is considered to be reflected in the correlation coefficient between the number of cited documents (x) and the total number of dependent claims (d or p) or the total number of dependent claims in a specified claim category (h or t).

[0170] Basic invention (B) corresponds to, for example, the discovery of new knowledge. Specifically, it is an evaluation of whether the embodiments or examples contain specific numerical values, i.e., quantitative expressions. For example, the patent publications or published patent applications extracted in S2 may be calculated as the percentage of patent applications or patents that contain quantitative expressions in the embodiments or examples for each designated applicant or right holder, or designated technology or product, among the extracted patent publications.

[0171]

[0172] 4 shows an example of a program for scoring the elements of coverage (C), technical comprehension (U), practical accuracy (P), robustness (R), and basic invention (B). First, the program according to this embodiment identifies the companies implementing business W, namely, companies a, b, c, d, e, and f, using a database or the Internet to identify the companies implementing business W and their market shares. Next, it extracts patent applications or patents related to business W that were filed within a specified period for each of companies a, b, c, d, e, and f. Patent applications and patents related to business W refer to, for example, patent applications and patents that include a claim category for a product, service, or service related to business W in the scope of the claims.

[0173] Next, for the extracted patent applications or patents, if patent applications are the target of extraction, typical parameters are collected, for example, the total number of claims (a), the total number of claim categories (b), the total number of independent claims (c), the total number of dependent claims (d), the most independent claims in the same claim category (e), the total number of claims in a specified claim category (f), the total number of independent claims for specified claims (g), and the total number of dependent claims in a specified claim category (h).If patents are the target of extraction, typical parameters are collected, for example, the total number of claims (m), the total number of claim categories (n), the total number of independent claims (o), the total number of dependent claims (p), the most independent claims in the same claim category (q), the total number of claims in a specified claim category (r), the total number of independent claims for specified claims (s), and the total number of dependent claims in a specified claim category (t).In addition, the number of cited documents (x) cited by the examiner during the examination of the patent to be extracted is collected.If patent applications that have not yet been patented are the target of extraction, the number of cited documents (x) can be determined from the patent corresponding to the patent application.

[0174] For each of Company A, Company B, Company C, Company D, Company E, and Company F, count the number of specified terms (words such as "said," "the," "the," "the," "above," "above," and "this" that specify the preceding term) and the number of limiting elements (verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs) other than the specified terms in the claim.

[0175] Scoring of each element of coverage (C), technical understanding (U), practical accuracy (P), robustness (R), and basic invention (B) can be performed based on the correspondence table shown in Table 6, which shows coverage (C), technical understanding (U), practical accuracy (P), robustness (R), and basic invention (B) with parameters and data obtained by processing the parameters. For example, a similar evaluation can be performed on the magnitude of the difference from the benchmark or a set of a certain size, and the evaluation can be performed using a standard deviation, etc. Figure 5 shows a radar chart visualizing the evaluation results of coverage (C), technical understanding (U), practical accuracy (P), robustness (R), and basic invention (B). This visualization makes it possible to visually understand patents and patent applications from multiple perspectives.

[0176] FIG. 6 shows an example of application of the program according to this embodiment to market share. First, data on manufacturers or sellers of product X and their market shares of product X is obtained. Patent applications or patents filed during a predetermined period for the extracted manufacturers or sellers and the extracted manufacturers or sellers, i.e., companies A, B, C, and D, as applicants or rights holders are extracted. Here, the predetermined period may be, for example, the period from the start of the development period of product X, the product being investigated, to the end of sales. Alternatively, the program according to this embodiment may set the predetermined period according to, for example, the product life cycle, such as the introduction phase, growth phase, maturity phase, and decline phase. Parameters such as those shown in Table 1 are collected for the extracted patent applications or patents for companies A, B, C, and D, and ratios or correlation coefficients between the parameters are calculated. Companies A, B, C, and D are then ranked based on coverage (C), technical comprehension (U), practical accuracy (P), robustness (R), and basic invention (B).

[0177] Figure 7 shows an example of using the program according to this embodiment to identify companies to be acquired. Companies engaged in business Y, which the company is conducting, and their market shares are obtained from a database or the Internet. Next, patents or patent applications related to business Y filed during a specified period are extracted for each of the extracted companies engaged in business Y, namely, Company E, Company F, and Company G, and the company itself, and the parameters shown in Table 1 are collected. Furthermore, ratios or correlation coefficients between the parameters are calculated, and evaluations are performed for coverage (C), technical understanding (U), practical accuracy (P), robustness (R), and basic invention (B). The results of the company's parameter analysis are added to the results of the parameter analyses for Company E, Company F, and Company G, and a radar chart is created. This allows the company to determine which of Company E, Company F, and Company G should be acquired to receive a high evaluation in the desired evaluation axis of coverage (C), technical understanding (U), practical accuracy (P), robustness (R), and basic invention (B).

[0178] FIG. 8 illustrates a case where the program according to this embodiment is used to reform or discontinue a business within a company. First, patent applications or patents related to a specific company's or its own businesses S, T, U, and V are extracted. For the extracted patent applications or patents, parameters such as those shown in Table 1 are collected, and ratios or correlation coefficients between multiple parameters are obtained, as shown in Tables 2, 3, 4, and 5. Based on these parameters and the calculation results, evaluations (CUPRB evaluations) of coverage (C), technical comprehension (U), practical accuracy (P), robustness (R), and basic invention (B) are performed. This allows for the identification of businesses with highly competitive patent portfolios or those with patent portfolios capable of maintaining a high market share. Businesses lacking particular strengths from the perspective of their patent portfolios can be transferred to other companies or discontinued.

[0179] Figure 9 shows a case where the program according to this embodiment is used to ascertain the strengths and weaknesses of a patent portfolio relative to competitors. Information about competitors of a company's product Z and their market shares is obtained from a database or the Internet. The parameters shown in Table 1 are collected for the patent applications or patents obtained, for which Company H, Company I, and Company J are the applicants or rights holders. For example, ratios between multiple parameters or correlation coefficients between multiple parameters are further obtained, as shown in Tables 2, 3, 4, and 5. At this point, a statistical test is performed to see if the company's parameters or the analytical results of the parameters differ from those of the benchmark company H, and an analysis of the company's own parameters is then performed.

[0180] 10 is a diagram illustrating a program that uses the results of evaluation of a patent or patent application for selecting a target company for investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A according to some aspects of the present invention. The evaluation of the patent or patent application can basically use at least a part of any of the above-mentioned programs.

[0181] A typical operation of the program is as follows.

[0182] In the first step, companies in the target business and / or industry are listed. The conditions for listing, such as the number of companies to be listed, nationality, and company size, can be set as appropriate.

[0183] In the second step, patents or patent applications filed within a predetermined period of time for the companies listed in the first step are extracted. The predetermined period can be selected programmatically or manually as appropriate. For example, the patents or patent applications to be extracted are typically those filed between five and one and a half years prior to the planned date of investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A, and more typically those filed between three and one and a half years prior to the planned date of investment. Either patents or patent applications, or both patents and patent applications, may be extracted.

[0184] In the third step, parameters of the patents or patent applications extracted in the second step are collected. The parameters typically include at least one of the following: the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category identical to or related to a specified designated product, technology, or service; the total number of independent claims in a claim category identical to or related to a specified designated product, technology, or service; the total number of limiting elements in a claim; and the total number of specified terms and phrases used to specify previously-mentioned limiting elements in the claim and describe their relationship with other limiting elements. The parameters include at least one of the following: the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims in a claim category identical to or related to a specified product, technology, or service; the total number of limiting elements in a claim; and the total number of specified terms and phrases used to specify previously-mentioned limiting elements in the claim and describe their relationship with other limiting elements.

[0185] In the fourth step, the above parameters extracted in the third step are analyzed.

[0186] In the fifth step, the results of the above analysis are typically output as statistical data such as deviation values, average values, and correlation coefficients for each company, and the companies are ranked.

[0187] In the sixth step, current corporate information, or corporate information expected to be available for a predetermined period from now or for a predetermined period from now, is acquired for companies up to a predetermined rank based on the rankings made in the fifth step. The corporate information typically includes, for example, sales, net profit, current profit, enterprise value, business value, stock value, free cash flow, dividend per share, dividend payout ratio, dividend yield, growth rate, price-earnings ratio, price-book ratio, return on equity, current profit, market capitalization, weighted average cost of capital, return on equity, cost of equity, earnings per share, and net profit per share, and two or more of these corporate information may be acquired.

[0188] In the seventh step, companies that satisfy predetermined criteria are extracted. Typical examples of the criteria include a price-earnings ratio equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a stock value equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a price-to-book ratio equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a growth rate equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a return on equity equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a dividend per share equal to or greater than a predetermined value, an earnings per share equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a net earnings per share equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a return on equity equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a dividend payout ratio equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and a dividend yield equal to or greater than a predetermined value. Among the criteria, the price-earnings ratio and the price-to-book ratio are also known as PER (Price Earnings Ratio) and PBR (Price-to-Value Ratio), respectively. The lower the values, the more undervalued a stock is, and these are particularly suitable as criteria for stock investment.

[0189] In the eighth step, companies that satisfy the predetermined criteria in the seventh step are output as companies that are targets for investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A.

[0190] 11 is a diagram illustrating a program using the results of patent or patent application evaluations to select target companies for investment, loans, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A according to some aspects of the present invention. This program differs from the program described using FIG. 10 in that the order of analysis based on company information and parameter analysis of patents or patent applications is changed. Specifically, after performing a step of extracting target companies for investment, loans, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A based on company information, an analysis based on patents and patent applications is performed to determine target companies for investment, loans, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A.

[0191] 12 is a diagram illustrating a program that uses the results of patent or patent application evaluations to select target companies for investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A according to some aspects of the present invention. Specifically, this program extracts multiple target companies for investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A based on the ranking of each evaluation item in the parameter analysis of patents or patent applications. This makes it possible to create, for example, a single stock investment package.

[0192] A typical operation of the program is as follows.

[0193] In the first step, companies in the target business and / or industry are listed. The conditions for listing, such as the number of companies to be listed, nationality, and company size, can be set as appropriate.

[0194] In the second step, patents or patent applications filed within a predetermined period of time for the companies listed in the first step are extracted. The predetermined period can be selected programmatically or manually as appropriate. For example, the patents or patent applications to be extracted are typically those filed between five and one and a half years prior to the planned date of investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A, and more typically those filed between three and one and a half years prior to the planned date of investment. Either patents or patent applications, or both patents and patent applications, may be extracted.

[0195] In the third step, parameters related to each evaluation item of the patent or patent application extracted in the second step are collected. The evaluation items are typically, for example, the evaluation (CUPRB evaluation) of coverage (C), technical comprehension (U), practical accuracy (P), robustness (R), and basic invention (B) as shown in FIG. 5 . Of these, coverage (C) is an indicator of a company's high growth rate because companies with a high market share show relatively high values ​​during the market's growth period after the dominant design of the product or service is established. On the other hand, robustness (R) is an indicator of a company's stability because companies with a high market share show relatively high values ​​during the market's stable period.

[0196] The above-mentioned parameters typically include, for example, at least one of the following regarding the scope of claims: the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to the specified designated goods, designated technology, or designated service; the total number of independent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to the specified designated goods, designated technology, or designated service; the total number of limiting elements, which is the number of limiting elements of a claim; and the total number of specified terms and phrases, which is the number of specified terms and phrases used to specify previously mentioned limiting elements of the claim and describe their relationship with other limiting elements; and the presence or number of quantitative expressions in the scope of claims or the specification.

[0197] In the fourth step, the above parameters extracted in the third step are analyzed.

[0198] In the fifth step, the results of the above analysis are output for each evaluation item, typically as statistical data such as standard deviation, average value, and correlation coefficient for each company, and the companies are ranked.

[0199] In the sixth step, based on the ranking for each evaluation item performed in the fifth step, current corporate information, or corporate information expected to be available for a predetermined period from the present or for a predetermined period from the present, is acquired for companies ranked up to a predetermined position in the ranking. The corporate information typically includes, for example, sales, net profit, current profit, enterprise value, business value, stock value, free cash flow, dividend per share, dividend payout ratio, dividend yield, growth rate, price-earnings ratio, price-book ratio, return on equity, current profit, market capitalization, weighted average cost of capital, return on equity, cost of equity, earnings per share, and net profit per share, and two or more of these corporate information may be acquired.

[0200] In the seventh step, companies that satisfy predetermined criteria for each evaluation item are extracted. Typical examples of the criteria include a price-earnings ratio equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a stock value equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a price-to-book ratio equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a growth rate equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a return on equity equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a dividend per share equal to or greater than a predetermined value, an earnings per share equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a net earnings per share equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a return on equity equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a dividend payout ratio equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and a dividend yield equal to or greater than a predetermined value. Among the criteria mentioned above, the price-earnings ratio and the price-to-book ratio are known as the price-earnings ratio (PER) and the price-to-book-value ratio (PBR), respectively. The lower the PER, the more undervalued a stock is, and these are particularly suitable as criteria for stock investment.

[0201] In the eighth step, companies that meet the predetermined criteria in the seventh step are output as target companies for investment such as stock investment, loans, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A for each evaluation item. The number of companies to be targeted for stock investment for each evaluation item can be determined appropriately depending on the risk and return of the set stock investment package. For example, if growth potential is emphasized, many companies ranked high in coverage (C) can be included as stock investment targets, and if stability is emphasized over risk, many companies ranked high in robustness (R) can be included as stock investment targets.

[0202] FIG. 13 shows the configuration of a device according to several aspects of the present invention. In FIG. 13, reference numerals 1 to 3 respectively denote a patent database, an information processing device, and an internet connection. Here, information processing device 2 is equipped with a program according to several aspects of the present invention. By connecting to patent database 1 via internet connection 3 using information processing device 2, evaluation results obtained using the above-mentioned program can be acquired. User A, user B, and other users who have signed a service contract for information processing device 2 can view the results. Based on the viewed or output information, for example, decisions can be made regarding M&A, litigation, patent negotiations, stock trading, bond trading, financing, or due diligence during listing.

[0203] 1. Patent database, 2. Information processing device, 3. Internet line

Claims

1. A program including a first data collection step of collecting at least one first parameter from among a plurality of first parameters consisting of the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category identical or related to a specified designated product, designated technology or designated service, the total number of independent claims in a claim category identical or related to a specified designated product, designated technology or designated service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category identical or related to a specified designated product, designated technology or designated service, for each of a plurality of electronically digitized patent publications, a plurality of published patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications.

2. The program according to claim 1, further comprising an identifying step of identifying an applicant or patent owner for each of said plurality of patent publications or said published patent publications or said published patent publications.

3. The program according to claim 1, further comprising a first extraction step of extracting the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications as applicants or patent holders of the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications as designated companies, individuals or organizations.

4. The program according to claim 1, further comprising a second data collection step of collecting, as a second parameter, the number of cited documents, which is the number of prior documents cited in the examination at the Patent Office of the plurality of patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications, or the plurality of patent applications corresponding to the plurality of patent publications, or the plurality of unpublished patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications.

5. The program according to claim 1, further comprising a designation step of designating the designated goods or designated services based on the enterprise, individual or organization to be investigated, or on the goods manufactured or sold, or the services performed, by the enterprise, individual or organization to be investigated.

6. The program according to claim 1, further comprising a selection step of selecting the designated goods or designated services based on the results of a search conducted through a computerized database or the Internet of the company, individual or organization to be surveyed, or the goods or services to be implemented by the company, individual or organization to be surveyed.

7. The program according to claim 4, further comprising a first calculation step of calculating, as a third parameter, a significance probability regarding a correlation between said second parameter and a value of said at least one first parameter.

8. The program according to claim 4, further comprising a second calculation step of calculating a correlation coefficient as a fourth parameter for the correlation between said second parameter and a value of said at least one first parameter.

9. The program according to claim 4, further comprising a third calculation step of calculating a ratio between said second parameter and said at least one first parameter as a fifth parameter.

10. The program of claim 1, wherein the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications include at least a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications belonging to a first group and a plurality of second patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications belonging to a second group, and further includes a first testing step of testing a significant difference between the first group and the second group for the at least one first parameter.

11. The program according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications include at least a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications belonging to a first group and a plurality of second patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications belonging to a second group, and further includes a second testing step of testing a significant difference between the first group and the second group of the second parameter.

12. The program according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications include at least a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications belonging to a first group and a plurality of second patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications belonging to a second group, and further includes a third testing step of testing a significant difference between the first group and the second group for the third parameter.

13. The program according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications include at least a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications belonging to a first group and a plurality of second patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications belonging to a second group, and further includes a fourth testing step of testing a significant difference between the first group and the second group for the fourth parameter.

14. The program according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications include at least a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications belonging to a first group and a plurality of second patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications belonging to a second group, and further includes a fifth testing step of testing a significant difference between the first group and the second group in the fifth parameter.

15. The program of claim 1, further comprising a second extraction step of extracting the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the published patent publications as those corresponding to patents that are the subject of a patent infringement lawsuit filed in a court or a request for trial or petition filed with the Patent Office.

16. The program of claim 1, further comprising a third extraction step of extracting target patents, which are patents that are the subject of multiple patent infringement lawsuits filed in courts or requests for trial or petitions filed with the Patent Office, using an electronic database or the Internet, and extracting the multiple patent publications or the multiple published patent publications or the published patent publications as those corresponding to the target patents.

17. A program as claimed in any one of claims 10 to 14, further comprising: a fourth extraction step of extracting an applicant of the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications as a first applicant; and a fifth extraction step of extracting an applicant of the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications as a second applicant.

18. The program of claim 1, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a portion of the process or results of said first data collection step.

19. The program according to claim 2, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of performing said specific step.

20. The program according to claim 3, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the first extraction step.

21. The program according to claim 4, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or results of the two data collection steps.

22. The program according to claim 5, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of performing said designation step.

23. The program according to claim 6, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the selection step.

24. The program according to claim 7, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the first calculation step.

25. The program according to claim 8, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the second calculation step.

26. The program according to claim 9, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the third calculation step.

27. The program according to claim 10, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the first testing step.

28. The program according to claim 11, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or results of the second testing step.

29. The program according to claim 12, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or results of the third testing step.

30. The program according to claim 13, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the fourth testing step.

31. The program according to claim 14, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the fifth testing step.

32. The program according to claim 15, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of the second extraction step.

33. The program according to claim 16, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of performing said third extraction step.

34. The program according to claim 17, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of performing said fourth extraction step.

35. The program according to claim 17, further comprising a storage step for storing at least a part of the process or result of performing said fifth extraction step.

36. The program according to any one of claims 18 to 34, wherein at least a part of the process or result of said storing step is used as benchmark or reference data.

37. A program as claimed in any one of claims 10 to 14, which performs analysis or analysis of at least one first data obtained for the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications as a benchmark for at least one second data obtained for the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications.

38. Extracting, using an electronic database or the Internet, a plurality of target patents that are the subject of a plurality of patent infringement lawsuits filed in a court or a plurality of requests for trial or a plurality of petitions filed against the Patent Office; identifying, among the plurality of target patents, a plurality of winning patents that are the subject of patent infringement lawsuits in which the patent holder won in the plurality of patent infringement lawsuits or a plurality of maintained patents that are the patents that were maintained in the plurality of requests for trial or the plurality of petitions, and a plurality of losing patents that are the subject of patent infringement lawsuits in which the patent holder lost in the plurality of patent infringement lawsuits or a plurality of invalid patents that were not maintained in the plurality of requests for trial or the plurality of petitions; extracting a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications corresponding to the plurality of winning patents or the plurality of maintained patents; extracting a plurality of second patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications or a plurality of second published patent publications corresponding to the plurality of defeated patents or the plurality of maintained patents; collecting at least one first parameter among a plurality of first parameters consisting of the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category identical or related to a designated designated product, designated technology, or designated service, the total number of independent claims in a claim category identical or related to a designated designated product, designated technology, or designated service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category identical or related to a designated designated product, designated technology, or designated service, as a second parameter, or the number of cited documents, which is the number of prior documents cited in the examination at the Patent Office of the patent application of the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications;collecting the at least one first parameter or the second parameter for the plurality of second patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications.

39. The program described in claim 37, which calculates, as a third parameter, a significance probability of a correlation between the second parameter and the value of at least one of the first parameters for the multiple first patent publications or multiple first published patent publications or multiple first published patent publications and the multiple second patent publications or multiple second published patent publications or multiple second published patent publications.

40. The program described in claim 37, which calculates a correlation coefficient as a fourth parameter for the correlation between the second parameter and the value of at least one of the first parameters for the multiple first patent publications or multiple first published patent publications or multiple first published patent publications and the multiple second patent publications or multiple second published patent publications or multiple second published patent publications.

41. A program as described in any one of claims 37 to 39, which performs a significant difference test for the at least one first parameter or the second parameter between the multiple first patent publications, or multiple first published patent publications, or multiple first published patent publications, and the multiple second patent publications, or multiple second published patent publications, or multiple second published patent publications.

42. A program as described in any of claims 37 to 40, further comprising: calculating a ratio between the second parameter and at least one of the first parameters for the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications and the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications as a fifth parameter; and performing a significance test for the fifth parameter between the plurality of first patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications or the plurality of first published patent publications and the plurality of second patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications or the plurality of second published patent publications.

43. A first step of collecting values ​​of a first parameter which is at least one parameter selected from the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category identical or related to a designated technology or designated service, a designated designated product, the total number of independent claims in a claim category identical or related to a designated technology or designated service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category identical or related to a designated product, a designated technology or designated service, in each of a plurality of electronically digitized first patent publications, a plurality of first published patent publications, or a plurality of first published patent publications of a first applicant or a first patent owner; a second step of collecting values ​​of a second parameter which is at least one parameter selected from the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the number of independent claims in a claim category which is the same as or related to a specified designated product, designated technology, or designated service, and the number of dependent claims in a claim category which is the same as or related to a specified designated product, designated technology, or designated service, in each of the electronically digitized second patent publications, or the second published patent publications of a second applicant or a second patent owner.

44. The program according to claim 42, further comprising a third step of performing a significance test on the difference between the value of the first parameter collected by the first step and the value of the second parameter collected by the second step.

45. When the first parameter is the total number of claims in the plurality of first patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is the total number of claims in the plurality of second patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications; when the first parameter is the total number of claim categories in the plurality of first patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is the total number of claim categories in the plurality of second patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications; when the first parameter is the total number of independent claims in the plurality of first patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is the total number of independent claims in the plurality of second patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications; When the first parameter is the total number of dependent claims of the plurality of first patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is the total number of dependent claims of the plurality of second patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications; when the first parameter is the maximum number of independent claims in the same claim category of the plurality of first patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is the maximum number of independent claims in the same claim category of the plurality of second patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications; When the first parameter is the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to the designated goods, designated technology, or designated service specified in the plurality of first patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, the second parameter is the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to the designated goods, designated technology, or designated service specified in the plurality of second patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications,The program according to claim 42 or 43, wherein when the first parameter is the total number of claims in a claim category identical to or related to the designated goods, technology or service specified in the multiple first patent publications, or the multiple first published patent publications, or the multiple first published patent publications, the second parameter is the total number of claims in a claim category identical to or related to the designated goods, technology or service specified in the multiple second patent publications, or the multiple second published patent publications, or the multiple second published patent publications; and when the first parameter is the total number of dependent claims in a claim category identical to or related to the designated goods, technology or service specified in the multiple first patent publications, or the multiple first published patent publications, or the multiple first published patent publications, the second parameter is the total number of dependent claims in a claim category identical to or related to the designated goods, technology or service specified in the multiple second patent publications, or the multiple second published patent publications, or the multiple second published patent publications.

46. ​​A method for identifying a first company, a first individual, or a first organization that sells or manufactures a designated product or performs a designated service designated by a user, and the market share of said first company, said first individual, or said first organization, through a first electronic database or an Internet search; and a second step of extracting from a second electronic database or an Internet search a plurality of first patent publications or a plurality of first published patent publications, each of which includes a claim having a claim category identical or related to the designated product or designated service and which has said first company, said first individual, or said first organization as a first applicant or patent owner. a third step of collecting, for each of the first patent publications, the first published patent publications, or the first published patent publications extracted in the second step, at least one parameter value among the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated technology or designated service, a designated designated product, the total number of independent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated technology or designated service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated product, a designated technology or designated service, for the first patent publications, the first published patent publications, or the first published patent publications extracted in the second step.

47. The method further includes a fourth step of identifying the market share of a second company, a second individual, or a second organization different from the first company, the first individual, or the first organization that sells or manufactures the designated goods or performs the designated services, by using a third electronic database or an Internet search; and a fifth step of collecting, for the second patent publications or the second published patent publications extracted by the fourth step, at least one parameter value among the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim, the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated technology or designated service, the total number of independent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated goods, a designated technology, or a designated service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated goods, a designated technology, or a designated service, for the second patent publications or the second published patent publications. The program according to claim 45, further comprising a sixth step of performing a significance test on a difference between the value of the at least one parameter collected in the third step and the value of the at least one parameter collected in the fifth step.

48. A program for collecting at least one of the following from the claims of each of a plurality of electronically digitized patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications, the total number of limiting elements, which is the number of limiting elements of a claim, and the total number of specified terms and phrases, which is the number of specified terms and phrases used to specify limiting elements already stated in the claim and to describe the relationship with other limiting elements.

49. The program according to claim 47, further comprising collecting both the number of all defined elements and the number of all specified terms.

50. The program of claim 47, wherein at least one of the total number of limiting elements and the total number of specified terms is collected for an independent claim of the patent claim.

51. A method for identifying a claim of a first applicant or a first patent owner, comprising: a first step of collecting at least one parameter out of a total number of limiting elements, which is the number of limiting elements of the claims of each of a plurality of electronically digitized first patent publications, a plurality of first published patent publications, or a plurality of first published patent publications, of a first applicant or a first patent owner; a second step of collecting at least one parameter out of a total number of limiting elements, which is the number of limiting elements of the claims, and a total number of designated terms and phrases, which is the number of designated terms and phrases, which are used to specify previously-mentioned limiting elements of the claims and to describe the relationship with other limiting elements, from each of a plurality of electronically digitized second patent publications, a plurality of second published patent publications, or a plurality of second published patent publications, of a second applicant or a second patent owner; and a third step of conducting a significance test for a difference between the value of the at least one parameter collected by the first step and the value of the at least one parameter collected by the second step. Program.

52. The program according to claim 50, wherein in the first step, both the number of all defining elements and the number of all designated terms are collected, and in the second step, both the number of all defining elements and the number of all designated terms are collected.

53. The program described in claim 50 or 51, further comprising a fourth step of performing a significance test on the difference between the ratio of the number of limiting elements and the number of designated terms collected in the first step and the ratio of the number of limiting elements and the number of designated terms collected in the second step.

54. A step of identifying companies, etc., for identifying companies, individuals or organizations that have the potential to sell or transfer at least a part of their business to other companies, individuals or organizations, or companies, individuals or organizations that have the potential to acquire or receive at least a part of their business from other companies, individuals or organizations, or companies that may be targets for investment, financing, stock trading, or bond trading; and a step of extracting patent publications, etc., for extracting multiple patent publications or multiple published patent publications or multiple published patent publications that include claims that each include a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated product, designated technology, or designated service that is a product, technology, or service related to at least a part of the business. a first parameter collection step of carrying out a first collection step of collecting at least one first parameter among a plurality of first parameters consisting of the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated technology or designated service, the total number of independent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated designated product, designated technology or designated service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated product, designated technology or designated service, for the plurality of patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications or the plurality of published patent publications.

55. The program according to claim 53, further comprising a second parameter collection step of collecting, as a second parameter, the number of cited documents, which is the number of prior documents cited in the examination at the Patent Office of the plurality of patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications, or the plurality of patent applications corresponding to the plurality of patent publications, or the plurality of unpublished patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications.

56. The program according to claim 54, further comprising a first calculation step of calculating, as a third parameter, a significance probability regarding a correlation between the second parameter and a value of the at least one first parameter.

57. The program according to claim 54, further comprising a second calculation step of calculating a correlation coefficient as a fourth parameter for the correlation between the second parameter and the value of the at least one first parameter.

58. The program according to claim 54, further comprising a third calculation step of calculating a ratio between the second parameter and the at least one first parameter as a fifth parameter.

59. The program according to claim 53, further comprising a first evaluation step of evaluating a company, individual or institution identified in said company etc. identification step, using said at least one first parameter as an evaluation criterion.

60. The program according to claim 54, further comprising a first evaluation step of evaluating a company, individual or institution identified in the company etc. identification step, using the second parameter as an evaluation criterion.

61. The program according to claim 55, further comprising a first evaluation step of evaluating the company, individual or institution identified in the company etc. identification step, using the third parameter as an evaluation criterion.

62. The program according to claim 56, further comprising a first evaluation step of evaluating a company, individual or institution identified in said company etc. identification step, using said fourth parameter as an evaluation criterion.

63. The program according to claim 57, further comprising a first evaluation step of evaluating a company, individual or institution identified in said company etc. identification step, using said fifth parameter as an evaluation criterion.

64. A program as claimed in any one of claims 58 to 62, wherein the first evaluation step includes a comparison with results obtained in a second evaluation step performed on a benchmark company, individual or institution.

65. A program comprising: an enterprise, etc. identification step of identifying an enterprise, individual or organization that has the potential to sell or transfer at least a part of its business to another enterprise, individual or organization, or an enterprise, individual or organization that has the potential to acquire or acquire at least a part of its business from another enterprise, individual or organization; a patent publication, etc. extraction step of extracting a plurality of patent publications, a plurality of published patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications, each of which includes in its patent claims a claim category that is the same as or related to a designated product, designated technology, or designated service that is a product, technology, or service related to at least a part of the business; and a collection step of collecting at least one of the total number of limiting elements, which is the number of limiting elements of the claim, and the total number of designated terms and phrases, which is the number of designated terms and phrases used to specify the limiting elements already mentioned in the claim and to describe the relationship with other limiting elements, from the claims of each of the plurality of patent publications, the plurality of published patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications.

66. The program according to claim 64, wherein the collecting step is performed on the number of all defining elements and the number of all defining terms for the claims in the claim category.

67. The program according to claim 64 or 65, further comprising collecting both the number of all defined elements and the number of all specified terms.

68. The program according to any one of claims 64 to 66, wherein at least one of the total number of limiting elements and the total number of specified terms is collected for an independent claim in the scope of the claim.

69. The program according to any one of claims 64 to 67, further comprising a calculation step of calculating a ratio between the number of limited elements and the number of all designated terms.

70. A program described in any one of claims 64 to 68, further comprising a testing step for performing a significant difference test between at least one of the number of limiting elements and the number of designated terms for a benchmark company, individual or institution and at least one of the number of limiting elements and the number of designated terms obtained by the collection step for a company, individual or institution identified in the company, etc. step.

71. The program according to claim 68, further comprising a testing step for performing a significance test between the ratio for a benchmark company, individual or institution and the ratio obtained by the calculation step for the company, individual or institution identified in the company, etc. step.

72. A program for identifying the presence or absence of, or the number of, statements based on experimental results for at least one of the claims, embodiments, and examples for each of multiple electronically digitized patent publications, multiple published patent publications, or multiple published patent publications.

73. A program for identifying the presence or absence of numerical values ​​or the number of numerical values ​​for at least one of the claims, embodiments, and examples for each of multiple electronically digitized patent publications, multiple published patent publications, or multiple published patent publications.

74. A program for identifying the presence or absence of, or the number of, numerical values ​​based on experimental results for at least one of the claims, embodiments, and examples for each of multiple electronically digitized patent publications, multiple published patent publications, or multiple published patent publications.

75. A first step of collecting, for each of the claims of a plurality of electronically digitized patent publications, a plurality of published patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications, at least one of a plurality of first parameters consisting of the total number of claims, the total number of claim categories, the total number of independent claims, the total number of dependent claims, the largest number of independent claims in the same claim category, the total number of claims in a claim category identical or related to a designated designated product, a designated technology, or a designated service, the total number of independent claims in a claim category identical or related to a designated designated product, a designated technology, or a designated service, and the total number of dependent claims in a claim category identical or related to a designated designated product, a designated technology, or a designated service; a second step of collecting, for each of the plurality of patent publications, a plurality of published patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications, the number of cited documents, which is the number of prior documents cited in the examination at the Patent Office of a plurality of patent applications corresponding to the plurality of patent publications, the plurality of published patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications, as a second parameter; a third step of collecting at least one of a total number of limiting elements, which is the number of limiting elements of the claims, and a total number of designated terms, which is the number of designated terms used to specify limiting elements already mentioned in the claims and describe relationships with other limiting elements, from the claims of each of the multiple patent publications, or the multiple published patent publications, or the multiple published patent publications; and a fourth step of identifying the presence or absence or number of descriptions based on experimental results or numerical descriptions in the claims, embodiments, or examples for each of the multiple patent publications, or the multiple published patent publications, or the multiple published patent publications.

76. The method further includes a fifth step of extracting the plurality of patent publications, the plurality of published patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications so that the plurality of patent publications, the plurality of published patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications include a plurality of first patent publications, a plurality of first published patent publications, or a plurality of first published patent publications, in which the applicant or patentee is a first applicant or a first patentee, and a plurality of second patent publications, a plurality of second published patent publications, or a plurality of second published patent publications, in which the applicant or patentee is a second applicant or a second patentee; and a sixth step of comparing the results obtained in at least one of the first step, the second step, the third step, and the fourth step, or an evaluation based on the results, between the plurality of first patent publications, the plurality of first published patent publications, or the plurality of first published patent publications, and the plurality of second patent publications, the plurality of second published patent publications, or the plurality of second published patent publications.

75. The program of claim 74.

77. The program according to claim 74, further comprising a seventh step of scoring the results obtained in at least one of the first step, the second step, the third step, and the fourth step, or an evaluation based on the results.

78. The program according to claim 76, wherein in the seventh step, the scoring is performed based on a standard deviation value.

79. The program as described in claim 74, further comprising an eighth step of performing at least one of the first step, the second step, the third step and the fourth step for each patent publication, or each unpublished patent publication, or each published patent publication that includes a claim category that is the same as or related to an applicant or patentee, or a designated product, designated technology or designated service, of the multiple patent publications, or the multiple unpublished patent publications, or the multiple published patent publications, and determining a standard deviation value for each of the applicants or patentees, or each of the designated products, designated technology or designated services.

80. The program according to claim 75, further comprising a ninth step of visualizing the results of the seventh step.

81. A program comprising the program according to claim 1, claim 37, claim 50, claim 53, claim 64 or claim 74, and a function of collecting company information.

82. A program comprising: a parameter collection step of collecting at least one parameter from at least one of the claims and the specification of a patent or patent application; an analysis step of analyzing the at least one parameter obtained by the parameter collection step; and a company selection step of selecting a company to be a target for investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A, or creating a package of investment products, based on at least the results obtained by the analysis step.

83. A program comprising: a parameter collection step of collecting at least one parameter from each of a plurality of electronically digitized patent publications, or a plurality of published patent publications, and a company information collection step of collecting company information of at least some of the companies listed as applicants in the plurality of patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications, or the plurality of published patent publications.

84. The program according to claim 82, further comprising: a parameter analysis step for analyzing the at least one parameter collected by the parameter collection step; and a company output step for outputting companies listed as applicants in patent publications, published patent gazettes, or published patent gazettes that have received an evaluation of at least a predetermined value or more in at least one evaluation item by the parameter analysis step.

85. The program according to claim 83, further comprising a selection step of selecting the companies output by said company output step as target companies for loans, investments, stock trading, debt trading, or M&A.

86. The program according to claim 82, further comprising: a company evaluation step of evaluating companies based on the company information obtained by the company information collection step; and a company extraction step of extracting companies having a predetermined value or more in at least one evaluation item used as a judgment criterion by the company evaluation step, wherein the parameter collection step is performed for the companies extracted by the company extraction step.

87. The program according to claim 85, further comprising: a parameter analysis step for analyzing the at least one parameter collected by the parameter collection step; and a company output step for outputting companies that have a predetermined value or above in at least one evaluation item by the parameter analysis step.

88. A program comprising: a parameter collection step of collecting multiple parameters from multiple electronically digitized patent publications, or multiple published patent publications, or multiple published patent publications; a company information collection step of collecting company information for at least some of the companies listed as applicants in the multiple patent publications, or the multiple published patent publications, or the multiple published patent publications; a data analysis step of analyzing the multiple parameters collected by the parameter collection step and evaluating the multiple patent publications, or the multiple published patent publications, for multiple evaluation items; and a company selection step of selecting at least one company for each of the multiple evaluation items or for two or more evaluation items.

89. The program according to claim 87, wherein the companies selected in the company selection step are those that have obtained scores equal to or greater than a predetermined value in each evaluation item in the data analysis step.

90. An apparatus comprising a program as claimed in claim 1, claim 37, claim 50, claim 53, claim 64, claim 74, claim 80, claim 81, claim 82 or claim 87.

91. A method for patent evaluation, a method for selecting a target company for investment, financing, stock trading, bond trading, or M&A, or a due diligence method, in which a user implements a part of the program set forth in claim 1, claim 37, claim 50, claim 53, claim 64, claim 74, claim 80, claim 81, claim 82, or claim 87.

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