METHOD FOR PATENT VALUATION AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
First Claim
1. A method for patent valuation, comprising the steps of:
- providing a patent group having a plurality of patent cases for establishing a citation network and selecting a cluster within the citation network, wherein, within the citation network and the cluster, a link is formed between any two patent cases having citation relationship with each other;
designating a weighting value for each link connecting its corresponding pair of patent cases; and
calculating a plurality of centrality indices with respect to the plurality of patent cases in the cluster respectively according to the weighting value of each link.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for patent valuation, comprising steps of providing a patent group for establishing a citation network and selecting a cluster within the citation network, wherein the citation network comprises a plurality of links, each link is formed between any two patent cases having citation relationship with each other; afterwards, designating weighting value for each link connecting each pair of patent cases; finally, calculating a plurality of centrality indices with respect to the plurality of patent cases in the cluster respectively according to the weighting value of each link. By means of the method of the present invention, it is capable of obtaining a relative value or significance of a specific patent case with respect to the other patent cases within the cluster.
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1. A method for patent valuation, comprising the steps of:
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providing a patent group having a plurality of patent cases for establishing a citation network and selecting a cluster within the citation network, wherein, within the citation network and the cluster, a link is formed between any two patent cases having citation relationship with each other; designating a weighting value for each link connecting its corresponding pair of patent cases; and calculating a plurality of centrality indices with respect to the plurality of patent cases in the cluster respectively according to the weighting value of each link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A storage medium for storing a program of patent valuation method while enabling the stored program of patent valuation method to be loaded into and thus performed by a computer, as the patent valuation method comprises the steps of:
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providing a patent group having a plurality of patent cases for establishing a citation network and selecting a cluster within the citation network, wherein, within the citation network and the cluster, a link is formed between any two patent cases having citation relationship with each other; designating a weighting value for each link connecting its corresponding pair of patent cases; and calculating a plurality of centrality indices with respect to the plurality of patent cases in the cluster respectively according to the weighting value of each link. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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