Method for processing patent information for outputting convergence index

• US 9,367,577 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2011
• Issued: 06/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: korea institute of industrial technology
• Original Assignee: korea institute of industrial technology
• Inventors: Lee, Nak Kyu, Lee, Hye Jin, Song, Jung Han, Park, Jeanho, Bae, Sung Min, Lee, Hyoung Wook, Kim, Chul Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Arjomandi, Noosha
• Application Number:
  US14/116,079
• Publication Number:
  US 20140181118A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,628 Days
• Field of Search: 707/741, 707/742, 707/743, 707/744, 707/745, 707/746
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2228 Indexing structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for outputting a convergence index, and more particularly, to a method for outputting a convergence index by utilizing patent information. According to the method for outputting the convergence index of the present invention, the convergence index can be outputted by using time information related to a patent which is included in a patent group, a patent classification, and an industrial classification that corresponds to the patent classification. The method for outputting the convergence index of the present invention systematically outputs the convergence index by using patent data, which is an objective data, thereby outputting the convergence index which is objective and appropriate.

Claims

1. A method for processing patent information by a convergence index service system for calculating the convergence index, the method comprising:

(a) acquiring a patent classification related to a patent included in a patent group and an industrial classification corresponding to the patent classification;

(b) calculating an industrial distribution ratio based on the industrial classification;

(c) selecting at least two of the industrial classification according to number of patents related to the industrial classification;

(d) calculating a degree of technological convergence based on the number of patents related to the industrial classification selected in the step (c);

(e) calculating a relation score of heterogeneous industries based on the industrial distribution ratio and the degree of technological convergence;

(f) calculating a technological distribution ratio based on the number of patents related to the industrial classification selected in the step (c);

(g) calculating a technological occupation ratio based on number of patent classification including the patent related to the industrial classification selected in the step (c);

(h) calculating a relation score of homogeneous industries based on the technological distribution ratio and the technological occupation ratio; and

(i) calculating an industry relation index using the relation score of heterogeneous industries and the relation score of homogeneous industries.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (g) includes normalizing the technological occupation ratio based on a correction coefficient of the technological occupation ratio.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the correction coefficient is applied according to a rank of the industrial classification.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the patent classification is determined according to a predetermined depth in a patent classification system including the patent classification.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the patent classification includes International Patent Classification (IPC), and the predetermined depth is any one of subclass, main group and n dot subgroup (where n is a natural number).

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the patent classification includes United States Patent Classification (USPC), and the predetermined depth is any one of class, no dot subclass and n dot subclass (where n is a natural number).

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the patent classification includes a main patent classification.

8. A method for processing patent information by a convergence index service system for calculating the convergence index, the method comprising:

(a) acquiring a patent classification related to a patent included in a patent group and time information related to the patent;

(b) calculating number of patents per unit time based on unit time and the time information for the patent group;

(c) calculating number of new technology-related patents per unit time based on the patent classification and unit time;

(d) calculating a capability score based on the number of patents per unit time and the number of new technology-related patents per unit time;

(e) calculating cumulative number of patents per unit time based on unit time and the time information for the patent group;

(f) calculating a cumulative reference time point related to the cumulative number of patents per unit time;

(g) calculating a time score based on the cumulative reference time point; and

(h) calculating a capability development index using the capability score and the time score.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step (d) includes calculating the capability score based on a depreciation coefficient indicating technological obsolescence.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the unit time includes one year.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the time information includes at least one of a filing date, a publication date and a registration date.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the patent includes at least one of a published patent and a registered patent.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the patent classification is determined according to a predetermined depth in a patent classification system including the patent classification.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the patent classification includes a sub patent classification and a main patent classification.

15. A method for processing patent information by a convergence index service system for calculating the convergence index, the method comprising:

(a) acquiring a patent classification related to a patent included in a patent group;

(b) calculating number of patent classification related to a single patent;

(c) acquiring weights of the number of patent classification corresponding to the number of patent classification;

(d) calculating a capability convergence score based on the number of patent classification and the weights of the number of patent classification;

(e) transmitting a service classification group including at least two services to the user computer;

(f) receiving selection information including information on the service selected from the service classification group from the user computer;

(g) calculating a service score based on the selection information; and

(h) calculating a capability convergence index using the capability convergence score and the service score.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step (g) includes calculating the service score based on service weights.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the patent classification is determined according to a predetermined depth in a patent classification system including the patent classification.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the patent classification includes a main patent classification.