KR20070055287A - Intellectual Property Management System for Segmenting Invention - Google Patents

Abstract

An intellectual property management system for dividing an invention before filing, or filing after filing or for two or more applications, and databaseting the invention is disclosed. The processor divides one invention into at least two inventions based on the information about the invention stored in the data storage and the division request signal of the system user. The information that is changed before and after the separation is tabulated and stored in the data storage. The processor may provide a screen related to the division to the user's terminal in order to select the invention to be easily divided by the user, and the user may select the invention to be divided through the displayed screen, and select whether or not to divide.

Description

Intellectual Property Management System of Dividing Invention

1 is a block diagram illustrating an intellectual property management system for integrated management of a divided invention according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed inquiry screen of the invention displayed in the user terminal disclosed in FIG. 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen for managing division of an invention according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4A is a diagram showing a table of the invention history management data storage unit according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4B is a table showing a table of the inventor management data storage unit according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4C is a diagram showing a table of the division history management data storage unit, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: data storage

110: invention history management data storage unit

120: inventor management data storage unit

130: partition history management data storage unit

200: processing unit 210: data searching unit

220: split application generation unit 300: user terminal

The present invention relates to an intellectual property management system, and more particularly, to an intellectual property management system capable of dividing two or more inventions at an appropriate time before and after filing.

In the case of a company having a size smaller than a small company, provision of a system for managing a patent or an invention according to an application number or a proposal number of the invention is required in order to maintain a patent application and a registered patent. In particular, most of the inventions filed and managed by such companies are job inventions, and there is much controversy in the proper payment of compensation, the ratio of share between inventors, and the attribution of rights.

In particular, there is a case where one invention is divided into two or more inventions or a domestic priority application is required before and after the application. In addition, in case of filing an overseas application based on a domestic application, especially in the United States, and applying for a continuation application, divisional application, or continuation-in-part application, the issue of equity and the inventor The problem of which of them to be the main inventor is that no clear solution is given, and each company sets and manages arbitrary criteria.

In addition, in the case of searching for and dividing the contents of a job invention received in a certain form such as a job invention report and preparing for an application or already filed in the intellectual property management system, the contents of the invention are divided, and the divided history is continuously managed. Should be done. However, in the case of dividing or continuing filing an invention, the contents of the original application are deleted, which is often lost in the filed invention. Therefore, in the case of a change in stake by a readjustment or consultation on shares between a plurality of co-inventors after filing, there are many cases in which proper management of the invention is not performed because overall history management on division is not performed. .

In addition, there are no modules that provide a division of the invention in the intellectual property management system that receives and manages job inventions of employees and the like. Therefore, there is a need for a intellectual property management system that divides the invention before and after the application, and can easily deal with various problems of the inventors generated during the division.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide a intellectual property management system that can manage the invention divided on the data storage.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the data storage unit for storing information that divides the invention into at least two application inventions; A processing unit for receiving information divided into two application inventions from the data storage unit and dividing the information into at least two application inventions; And a user terminal for receiving and displaying a screen related to the classification information from the processing unit so that the user can divide the information into at least two application inventions.

In addition, the above object of the present invention, the data storage unit for storing information related to the invention; A user terminal for displaying information related to the invention; And a processing unit for controlling the information stored in the data storage unit and transferring the information related to the invention to the user terminal, wherein the information related to the invention is information used to proceed to two applications of one invention. It can also be achieved through the provision of an intellectual property management system characterized in that.

In the following description of the present invention, a divisional application, a domestic priority claim application, a continuation application, a divisional application, or a continuation-in-part application in the United States is one invention. Since the application is divided into at least two or more before or after the application is managed or applied, for convenience of description below, all the applications separated from the original application is defined as a division, and the meaning of one division is not limited to any one.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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1 is a block diagram illustrating an intellectual property management system for integrated management of a divided invention according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the intellectual property management system according to the present embodiment has a data storage unit 100 and a processing unit 200, and further includes a user terminal 300 for accessing the user's intellectual property management system of the present invention. It may include.

The data storage unit 100 includes an invention history management data storage unit 110, an inventor management data storage unit 120, and a division history management data storage unit 130.

The invention history management data storage unit 110 stores information related to the invention before and after the domestic and international applications of the invention. That is, to perform the application, interim procedures, registration of the establishment of rights, whether to maintain the registration, the termination (withdrawal or withdrawal), or the annual fee management from the initial notification and reception of the inventor's job invention to the registration maintenance stage. .

In addition, the inventor management data storage unit 120 has information about the inventors of the invention managed by the invention history management data storage unit 110. In addition, the divided history management data storage unit 130 stores the mutual relationship of the divided events of the invention history management data storage unit 110.

The invention history management data storage unit 110 may be divided into a domestic management data storage unit (not shown) and a foreign management data storage unit (not shown), or may be one data storage unit having country information. have. The invention history management data storage unit 110, the inventor management data storage unit 120, and the division history management data storage unit 130 included in the data storage unit 100 are provided to improve the performance of the system and the user's convenience. The data storage unit may be further separated from each other.

The invention history management data storage unit 110 has information about a proposal number, a filed country, a national order, etc., which are assigned to distinguish a corresponding invention from other inventions. In addition, the invention history management data storage unit 110 may further have information on the application classification to distinguish the type of division of the invention, the application classification is divided application, domestic priority claim application, US continuing application And some US continuing applications.

In addition, the division history management data storage unit 130 is formed based on the invention history management data storage unit 110 and has respective division information on inventions having a division history.

The inventor management data storage unit 120 has personal information about the inventor before and after the division. That is, when the inventor's personal information is changed through the division, the information on the changed matter is stored as inventor information of the division invention of the inventor management data storage unit 120. In addition, when the division is a domestic priority claim application including the invention of an additional inventor who is not the original inventor, information about the added inventor is stored. In addition, some of the inventors of the present invention are changed to only some inventors of the divided applications by the conventional divided application after the application, so the inventors have information on this. Therefore, since each inventor information corresponding to the original invention information managed by the invention history management data storage unit 110 and the divided invention information is managed by the inventor management data storage unit 120, the inventor information of the original invention is deleted or modified. The inventor information of the split invention can be managed and inquired without.

In addition, when the invention history management data storage unit 110 is divided into a domestic management data storage unit and an overseas management data storage unit, the inventor management data storage unit 120 stores the domestic inventor management data storage unit and overseas inventor management data. It may be divided into negatives.

The processor 200 includes a data retrieval unit 210 and a division generator 220. The user requests to search for information of the original invention to be divided through the user terminal 300, and in response to the inquiry request signal, the data search unit 210 is an invention history management data storage unit of the data storage unit 100. Search for 110 and the like and display the requested information on the screen of the user terminal 300. In other words, the data retrieved by the data retrieval unit 210 is transmitted to the user terminal 300, and the user inputs information on whether or not to divide, etc. using the terminal 300.

The partition generation unit 220 generates a new table related to the partition or changes the table based on the information retrieved from the data search unit 210 and the partition related information input by the user through the terminal 300. The changed or newly created table is transmitted to the data storage unit 100 and stored.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a details inquiry screen of the invention displayed in the user terminal disclosed in FIG. 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the details inquiry screen of the invention provides a user with information that can distinguish a plurality of inventions from each other. That is, it provides the user with the proposal number, the specification information, the personal information of the inventor, and the like, which are unique numbers assigned by the company to the job invention, and displays the information of the reference invention to be divided in dividing the invention.

Preferably, the detail inquiry screen of the present invention includes an event selection unit 310, an event information unit 320, and an inventor information unit 330. The details inquiry screen of the present invention may further include a registration / abandon information unit 340 and an intermediate event response unit 350 according to embodiments.

The event selection unit 310 is used when the event to be retrieved from the data storage unit 100 is to be viewed on the details inquiry screen of the invention, the proposal number, application number, publication number, It is provided with an input window for inputting a registration number and the like, and displays information on the input and inquiry requested event through the detail inquiry screen of the present invention.

The event information unit 320 displays information on the event selected by the event selection unit 310. That is, the proposal name referring to the title of the invention, the proposal number assigned to each invention in the company, the application number, the overseas management number managed in-house, whether there is a merger, whether there is a request for examination, whether there is a dual application, and an early public application Is displayed.

In addition, the event information unit 320 is provided with function buttons for querying / modifying information on merge management, split / continue, priority information, and the like. Therefore, when the division / continuation button is clicked, a screen (Fig. 3) for dividing the present invention and inputting corresponding information appears.

The inventor information unit 330 displays detailed information about the inventor. That is, the personal details of the main inventor and whether or not the compensation for the application are displayed. In addition, the inventor information unit 330 may modify or delete detailed information such as personal information, add a new inventor or delete an existing inventor.

In the registration / abandon information unit 340, information about this is displayed when abandoned or withdrawn application occurs, and when a registration decision is issued in Korea, information about this is displayed for each case. In particular, even if it is determined whether registration is permitted abroad (Notice of Allowance in the United States), information about this is displayed.

Intermediate case response unit 350 displays information on an interim event, such as a notice of opinion submission generated from the KIPO, a date of receipt thereof, and the response status of the agent.

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen for managing division of an invention according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, when a split / continue button is clicked on the details inquiry screen of the invention of FIG. 2, it is a screen that is displayed to generate a split invention for the invention that was inquired in FIG. 2. In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the invention referred to in FIG. 2 may display information divided from another invention or information divided into another invention. In the case of dividing in FIG. 3, the application classification of the division invention, etc. may be input, and if the invention is a filed application, the applied information may be further input.

4A and 4C are diagrams showing tables provided in a data storage unit when performing division in FIG. 3 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

When the user inputs the information about the division of the original application through the division management screen, the processing unit receives the information on the selected events based on the information from the data storage unit, and the processing unit inputs the information of the original application in the data storage unit and the user input. The data about the partition is used to generate or modify data in the data storage.

4A is a partial table of the invention history data storage unit when a division or domestic priority application occurs.

Referring to FIG. 4A, information on a proposal number A of a domestic filed application is stored in a table such as a national order indicating a degree of application by division or domestic priority, and an application classification indicating whether an application is an application or a divisional application.

In other words, the invention is made in Korea for the invention of one invention and the proposal number A in the first place, the second divided application, the third divided application, the fourth domestic priority application appears. In particular, in the case of a domestic priority application, if a case filed with a domestic application is first elected, and one year has passed since the date of the first application, the first application is withdrawn. Therefore, the first domestically filed case is legally terminated, and information on the reason for termination may also be included in the table. In addition, information on the filing date or the like in the division or domestic priority application may be included in the table.

When the division is performed in the processing unit shown in FIG. 1, the proposal number of the invention is divided into a plurality of applications corresponding to A. FIG. That is, multiple applications exist in one proposal number.

4B is a diagram showing some tables of the data storage unit for managing inventor information before or after division.

Referring to FIG. 4B, one invention may include a plurality of inventors.

That is, one invention proposal A classifies the inventor's information by the inventor order. If the division is performed in the processing unit shown in Fig. 1, the proposal number of the invention corresponds to A, and the national order is a value of increasing order. If there is no additional deletion for the separate inventors, as shown in FIG. 4B, two inventors having inventor numbers 1 and 2 are stored only in a national order different from the original invention.

Therefore, even if the inventor of the original invention and the invention of division do not coincide with each other, since each inventor has separate information, history management can be performed separately.

4C is a diagram illustrating some tables of a data storage unit that manages a generation history after division.

Referring to FIG. 4C, one invention is divided into three times or national priority applications as shown in FIG. 4A.

That is, the invention with proposal number A has been filed separately and the national orders have 1 and 2. The distinction number is then assigned a unique number to distinguish it from other divisional or national priority applications. The hat division is provided to distinguish between the parent and the self-application at the time of division.

Subsequently, when the second divided application is performed on the same proposal number A, a new division number is assigned, and the mother application and the self application are distinguished by the mother and child division. In addition, since the second divided application for the first divided application in FIG. 4B is performed, an application having a national order of 2 becomes a parent application, and a newly generated application due to the division becomes a self-application, and the national order of 3 Have

Finally, in the case of carrying out a domestic priority application based on an application of national order 1, a national order 4 is assigned to the domestic priority application.

When the division or the domestic priority application is input for the invention selected on the screens of FIGS. 2 and 3 through the above-described process, the division is divided in the processing unit, and the information about the division is stored in the tables of the data storage unit.

Contents related to the generation and modification of the table relating to the partition generation will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4C as follows.

In the table of the invention history management data storage unit 110 (FIG. 4A), when a division application is made from any original name (proposal number: A, country: KR, national order: 1, application classification: original application), a division generation unit By 220, the table (FIG. 4A) of the invention history management data storage unit 110 generates the information of the split information (suggestion number: A, country: KR, country order: 2, application classification: divided application), In the table of the inventor management data storage unit 120 (FIG. 4B), each inventor information corresponding to the split information (suggestion number: A, country: KR, country order: 2) is generated and can be separately deleted. . In addition, in the table (FIG. 4C) of the division history management data storage unit 130, the original application (proposal number: A, country: KR, national order: 1) and the split application (proposal number: A, country: KR, national order: 2) Generate information about the interrelationship between them.

Tables similar to those of Figs. 4A and 4C are also generated when a division or continuous application is performed for an overseas application. However, in the field indicating the country, a symbol indicating an overseas application country is displayed instead of “KR”, which indicates Korea. For example, “US” is displayed in the US, “CN” in China, and “JP” in Japan. Symbol is displayed.

Therefore, according to the present invention, one invention can be easily divided into two or more inventions before and after the patent application, and it can be efficiently managed on the data storage.

According to the present invention as described above, at least one invention is divided into two or more inventions based on databased information. In addition, the user can easily divide the inventions through the displayed screen. The changed or newly generated information through before and after the partitioning is tabulated and stored in the data storage unit. Therefore, the user can divide the invention through the system, and can query the information about the divided invention through the system.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be variously modified and changed within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below I can understand that you can.

Claims (20)

A data storage unit for storing information of the first application invention; And A processing unit which receives the information of the first application invention and processes the information of the second application invention which is divided or continued application from the first invention, Intellectual property management system for receiving the second application invention information from the processing unit and stored in the data storage. The method of claim 1, wherein the data storage unit comprises a unique number for the invention of the invention of the first application and the invention of the second application and the degree for managing the information is divided, the unique number of the invention of the first application And said unique number of said 2nd application invention are mutually the same, and said order of the said 1st application invention and said order of the said 2nd application invention differ from each other. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the data storage unit comprises: an invention history management data storage unit managing information of the first application invention and the second application invention; An inventor management data storage for managing information about the inventors of the first and second inventions; And Intellectual property management system including a partition history management data storage for managing the partition relationship information of the first application invention and the second application invention. The intellectual property management system according to claim 3, wherein the inventor management data storage unit includes inventor orders of the first and second application inventions. The method of claim 3, wherein the data storage unit, An overseas application progress table for distinguishing the corresponding invention from other inventions and storing data related to the overseas application process; And Intellectual property management system, characterized in that it comprises a foreign division / continued application table having information about a plurality of applications generated by the continuous application or divided based on the overseas application progress table. The method of claim 5, wherein the data storage unit, And a inventor table having inventor information changed by the divided application or inventor information changed by the partial application. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing unit, A data retrieval unit for retrieving information required to advance one invention to two applications in a data storage unit according to a division / continuation application request signal applied from the user terminal; And And a division / continuation application generation unit for generating a table related to division based on the information retrieved from the data retrieval unit and the division related information input by the user through the terminal. The intellectual property management system of claim 7, wherein the division / continuation application generation unit generates information about a division application or a domestic priority application in the case of a domestic application. The intellectual property management system of claim 7, wherein the division / continuation application generation unit generates information about a division application, a continuing application, or a partial application in the case of a US application. The method of claim 7, wherein the information provided to the user terminal by the data retrieval unit is transmitted through a split inquiry screen displaying information required to advance one invention to two or more applications. Intellectual property management system, characterized in that the screen for performing domestic division or overseas division is displayed through the merging inquiry screen. A data storage unit for storing information related to the invention; A user terminal for displaying information related to the invention; And A processing unit for controlling the information stored in the data storage unit and transferring the information related to the invention to the user terminal, The information related to the invention is intellectual property management system, characterized in that the information used to proceed to two applications of one invention. The method of claim 11, wherein the data storage unit, A domestic management data storage unit for storing information related to the invention related to the domestic application before and after the application of the invention; And Intellectual property management system comprising an overseas management data storage for storing information related to the overseas application of the invention before and after the overseas application of the invention. The method of claim 12, wherein the domestic management data storage unit, A domestic application progress table having information for distinguishing a corresponding invention from other inventions; And Intellectual property management system comprising a domestic partition table having partition information formed based on the application progress table. The intellectual property management system according to claim 13, wherein the domestic management data storage unit further includes an inventor table for personal information on the inventor before and after division or before and after domestic priority application. The method of claim 12, wherein the overseas management data storage unit, An overseas application progress table for distinguishing the corresponding invention from other inventions and storing data related to the overseas application process; And Intellectual property management system, characterized in that it comprises a foreign division / continued application table having information about a plurality of applications generated by the continuous application or divided based on the overseas application progress table. The method of claim 15, wherein the overseas management data storage unit, And a inventor table having inventor information changed by the divided application or inventor information changed by some continuous application. The method of claim 11, wherein the processing unit, A data retrieval unit for retrieving information required to advance one invention to two applications in a data storage unit according to a division / continuation application request signal applied from the user terminal; And And a division / continuation application generation unit for generating a table related to division based on the information retrieved from the data retrieval unit and the division related information input by the user through the terminal. The intellectual property management system of claim 17, wherein the division / continuation application generation unit generates information about a division application or a domestic priority application in the case of a domestic application. The intellectual property management system of claim 18, wherein the division / continuation application generation unit generates information about a division application, a continuing application, or a partial application in the case of a US application. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the information provided to the user terminal by the data retrieval unit is transmitted through a divisional inquiry screen displaying information required to advance one invention to two or more applications, Intellectual property management system, characterized in that the screen for performing domestic division or overseas division is displayed through the merging inquiry screen.

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