Patent Search & Analysis Report (PSAR)

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1 Patent Search & Analysis Report (PSAR) Team Id Name 9608 ABC 20-December-2014 Part - I PATENT SEARCH TECHNIQUE USED Patent Search Database Used Keywords Used for Search PatentScope (WIPO Patent Database) Patent,Learning,System,Education Search String Used Patent AND Learning AND System AND Education Number of Results/Hits getting 13 Part - II BASIC DATA OF PATENTED INVENTION/BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA Category/Field of Invention Online Education System Invention is Related to/class of Invention Title of Invention Patent No. Application No. Date of Filing/Application Priority Date Publication/Journal Number - (Issue No. of Journal in which Patent is published) Publication Date First Filled Country Also Published as Patents SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING EDUCATION IN RETRIEVAL OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT /02/ /02/ /08/2006 Country Patent No Applicant for Patent is University

2 - INVENTOR DETAIL Name of Inventor TOMONO AKIRA Address/City/Country of Inventor Japan TSUJI SHUICHI Japan - APPLICANT/ASSIGNEE DETAIL Name of Applicant/Assignee TOKAI UNIV Address/City/Country of Applicant Japan

3 Part - III TECHNICAL PART OF PATENTED INVENTION Limitation of Prior Technology/Art The present invention, in intellectual property rights education in educational institutions, an information processing system to support intellectual property rights search technology, education of information analysis technology. Technical Problem View of the problems of the prior patent search system of the object of the present invention, the teacher gives a patent search topic to the student, the student can perform voluntary patent search practice, the teacher student learning progress and is to achieve the intellectual property rights retrieval educational support system that can monitor the status remotely. Specifically problems are as follows. As a teacher support functions, (1) students can be grasped with a simple means the learning progress of the search approach and students to perform for problem solving, and to be able to reflect on the results. (2) I like the different search topics degree of difficulty to the student can easily be questions. As a student support functions, and (3) as well as motivate you to read on its own search patents, aid in the understanding of the search task, also in the case search approach is difficult to induce to problem solving out the hint. To provide reference information, such as precedents. (4) students I want to be able to leave their own learning course in a notebook. (5) To improve the patent information analysis force and to allow train patent mapping method. Specific Problem Solved/Objective of Invention Technical Solution <Means 1> (Note; invention 1 students automatic monitoring, collecting the learning history of the search for the learning of) intellectual property rights search education support system of unit 1, search by entering a word or phrase by specifying a search item a search interface to create an expression (11), a search expression input for receiving via the network a search expression that was created using the search interface in the user terminal (3,4,5) (12), the input Use the search processing engine to search processing using a search expression (13), a network type intellectual property rights retrieval system comprising a means for transmitting to the user terminal via a network search results (1) A intellectual property rights search education support system that, or the search expression, from the data that flows between the network type intellectual property rights retrieval system (1) and the user terminal (3,4,5), The search results and means for extracting the search information (23), searches the learning amount when a user using the search information is addressed to a given search topics, or learning progress estimating means for estimating a search technology (68 ) and is characterized in that it comprises a means for outputting the estimation result teacher interface (61). (Note 1 supplemented invention; estimates of the learning time) the search learning amount, the time the user worked at a predetermined search topics, or can be defined as the quantity that can be converted into the time. As a specific example, the working time using the search interface, or the number entered a search query, or obtains the number of patents or patent reading the number of pages, or to be mentioned patents reading time I can. Weighting factors for converting the I time working on the search problem can be instructed by the teacher interface.

4 (Note; invention 1 supplement; search hit rate) the search technology force amount of knowledge to solve the search problem, or, can be defined as the knowledge application force. Examples of the search technology is, search topics related patent number percentage of which are included in the user patent list acquired (search expression hit rate), queries length, and, whereas the search results to be described later it can be given the correct answer rate of the user to automatically generated questions from the system Te. Here, When the search formula hit rate calculation, the search task-related patents, can be specified from the teacher interface 61. The search learning amount and to select any item in the search technology, and may output the evaluation points were summed it with a predetermined weight the items each to have the selected teacher interface (61). The output may be a graphical representation in comparison with each user identification number id. <Means 2> (Note; invention 2; search interface editing) intellectual property rights search education support system of unit 2, the search interface (11) to create a search expression by entering a word or phrase by specifying a search item If the user search query input for receiving via the network a search expression that was created using the search interface in the terminal (3,4,5) and (12), the search process using the entered search expression IPR search educational support system that utilizes a network-type intellectual property rights retrieval system (1) with means for transmitting to the user terminal through the search processing engine (13), a network search results to be A is, and means for editing the educational search interface by the procedure of the search interface (11) from the teacher interface (61) (62), means for transmitting the educational search interface (33) to the user terminal is characterized in that it includes. (Note; invention 2 Tip; and specific examples of how to edit) means (62) for the editing, to limit the search item of the search interface (11), or, to give a hint to suggest a search item that should be used can be edited. In the user terminal, the search expression created by using the edited educational search interface may be transmitted to the search query input unit via a network. (Note; invention 2 Tip; students can make their own training notes) said edited education for search interface (33), the search expression user has created, or, the process to search results using the search expression means for storing in the storage device of the user terminal (32) as the training book files subjected I can be provided with. The treatment to the search result, put a sticky note, cut out, write it and the like are possible. <Means 3> (Note; invention 3; question generation function, search learning support function) means 3 of intellectual property rights search education support system, search to create a search expression by entering a word or phrase by specifying a search item an interface (11), the search expression input for receiving via the network a search expression that was created using the search interface in the user terminal (3,4,5) and (12), the input search expression intellectual property rights to use the search processing engine to search process (13), a network type intellectual property rights retrieval system and means for transmitting the search results via the network to the user terminal (1) using A search educational support system, when sending the search results to the user

5 terminal, and characterized by comprising means for transmitting generated to the user terminal a question or annotations with respect to the search results. (Note; invention 3 supplement; question, create annotations statement) the questions collected Questions, or, a collection of annotation annotation collection can that you create in advance by the procedures from the teacher interface (61). Means for selecting a question from the questionnaire, the search learning amount of the user, or may be performed automatically by using the estimation results of the search technology. (Note; invention 3 supplement; question generation method, an alternative type question) generation of the question, select the question from the pre-prepared the Questions, or, question by Kumiawashi the questions in the questionnaire can be implemented by means (71) to be a. The question is, who of alternative answer type question is desirable. (Note; invention 3 supplement; additional answer correctness determination processing means) intellectual property rights search education support system of the means 3, answer correctness to be matched with the correct answers that are returned from the user terminal with respect to the question a determination processing unit (73) can be provided with a means (61) for outputting the judgment process result in the teacher interface. (Note; invention 3 supplement; annotation sentence generation function) annotations to the search result, the question content, or other annotations to answer the question, hint induce the answer to the question, or explanation of the correct answer, or, it is possible to include information incidental to search patent. Information incidental to the search patent, for example, case law information, related product information in the patent, related patents, related papers, and the like. Generation of the reminder text, the search learning amount of the user, or based on the search technology, can be achieved by selecting the appropriate annotation text from the previously created annotated Proceedings. <Means 4> (Note; invention 4 patent map for statistical processing use of software) intellectual property rights search education support system of means 4, the search to create a search expression by entering a word or phrase by specifying a search item an interface (11), the search expression input for receiving via the network a search expression that was created using the search interface in the user terminal (3,4,5) and (12), the input search expression intellectual property rights to use the search processing engine to search process (13), a network type intellectual property rights retrieval system and means for transmitting the search results via the network to the user terminal (1) using A search education support system, and means for statistical processing the search results, and statistical processing interface to set the statistical processing content (81), to education for statistical processing interface by the procedure of the statistical processing interface from the teacher interface means for transmitting to the user terminal is edited, using the educational statistical process interface implemented statistical processing of the search results based on the statistical processing equation created by the user terminal, the statistical processing results wherein further comprising means for transmitting to the user terminal. (Note; invention 4 supplement; editing method of statistical processing interface)

6 means for editing the statistical processing interface (81) for education, it is difficult to put limits to the function that can be used in statistical processing, or, to be used in statistical processing it is possible and easy to giving a hint by specifying the function. Advantageous Effects In unit 1, working and detects extract means the search information search expressions and search results that flows between the network type intellectual property rights search system and the user terminal, to a given search problem user from the search information Search learning amount in Dale, or estimates a search technology, because it has a means for outputting the estimation result to the teacher interface, the teacher can easily monitor the search approach to the search problem students from remote thing I can. For example, students whether worked on search challenge to any time, the search results a learning history, such as what was reasonable teacher I can easily get. In addition, the amount of learning that you strive to solve problems (such as problem-solving in worked on time), understanding of the challenges, it is possible to quantify such as search technology force. Therefore, the teacher working is easy to be reflected in the results can be considerably labor saving. In addition, the Looking monitoring function from the student side, it is possible to have them evaluate their search approach the teacher through the system, born motivation to say try effort students. For example, you are working on search challenges over a long time, is such as to automatically analyze that you are reading a lot of patents and, if it is that it is notified to the teacher, students motivation comes into learning. In section 2, it is possible to edit in education for the search interface search interface by procedures from the teacher interface, teachers, while adjusting the convenience of the search function of the existing network type intellectual property rights search system, search challenge level of can be provided to the students is varied. In other words, a search topics of the same content, and limit the search items use a search interface, or it can be difficult to level the problem if additional constraints. For example, the search topics of the famous patent, it is easy to search by typing the invention's name to search the item, if you can not use the invention's name as a search item, students devised a combination of other search items Search for it is no longer forced to search Te becomes difficult. Conversely, in addition to that it does not limit the search item, it is possible to reduce the level of problem by performing editing such as attaching a mark to search items to indicate the search item to be used. Thus it is possible to prepare various search challenges in accordance with the level of students. Also, the educational search interface, by providing the ability to store a training book files subjected to a treatment in the search results, students can leave their learning elapsed notes. It is easy to create a report, is also effective in the review. In means 3, when transmitting the search results to the user terminal, because it has a means for transmitting the generated said user terminal a question or annotations with respect to the search results, students, to read patents searched motivated. Or, are created a situation where you have no choice but to read. Therefore, it is possible to give power to reading and understanding is an important goal of the patent search learning ability of finding the problem, the power to the idea only. In particular, a technique for fast reading a significant portion of the patent is attached to the body. For teachers, while improving the quality of patent search education, it is possible to significant labor saving.

7 Furthermore for the production of questions may be stored in advance education operation information storage unit a number of alternative answers type questions, depending on the learning progress of the student to the user terminal by selecting an appropriate question among the questions as well as transmission, by performing the correctness determination responses, it is possible to automatically perform fine learning support of wood to students, teachers operations can be considerably labor saving. Specifically, students in courses to answer various questions that are generated from the system for patents themselves search, given the opportunity to review the search approach. If search approach is correct, is supposed to be answered accurately in question, if the approach is wrong, there is a high tendency to answer the question is irrelevant. Of this way automatically generates a query, the student interactions to answer this can help the search topics understanding of the students. Students can read the relevant information attached to the patents obtained by searching. If the associated information is precedent, the patent is susceptible to various evaluation, the patent information is enhanced value as a teaching tool. Also, if it is a product information related to the patent, since familiar feel patents, students likely interested there is a reality. If the related information papers, findings I obtained for the academic value of the search patent. In unit 4, because it has a means for editing the statistical processing interface for statistically processing the patent search results by procedures from the teacher interface, the teacher is able to easily create a patent mapping issues various difficulty it can. For example, it can be difficult to map patent issues to be added to limit the functions that can be used in statistical processing. Because students would be to create a patent map using only the statistical processing tools that can be used, creativity is attached to body. Also, if you make the interface screen to suggest a statistical processing methods, challenges can be easy. Students who would give up to say a problem is difficult to be reduced. Thus, it is possible to adapt to a variety of students. Brief about Invention Best Mode for Carrying out the Invention Example 1 Figure 1 is a first embodiment of the intellectual property rights retrieval educational support system of the present invention, correspond to the means 3 from unit 1 of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a conventional network-type patent search system, a patent database 131, the precedent database 132, the search interface 11 to create a search expression by inputting the words by specifying a search item, search formula means a search expression input unit 12 which receives through a network, for transmitting the search processing engine 13 to search processing by using the inputted search expression, the user terminal 3, 4 and 5 the results over the network I have a bet. 21 LAN of universities and other educational institutions, 22 gateway, 6 is a learning management processing unit. Student user terminal 3, 4 and 5 are connected via a gateway 22 to the LAN21. The the gateway, learning management processing unit 6 for teachers are connected. In the figure, the patent search system 1, in addition to the private system, may be a digital library system that the Patent Office has to offer. That is, a generic patent search system utilizing a network. For I will be given of the operation. First, the patent search system 1, to the user terminal 3, 4 and 5 there is a search system use request, the Internet 2, through the LAN21 institutions such as universities, and sends the search interface 11. In the present system, users are primarily students. Then, the user terminal to which the student to use the search expression created by using the search interface via the 21,2, is transmitted to the search expression input unit passes is converted to the search engine 13 search expressions can process. 13 to perform a search according to the search expression. The search results via the 2 and 21, is transmitted to the student user terminal. So far, the flow of operation of a conventional network-type patent search system.gateway

8 22 which is a feature of the present embodiment, the operation of the learning management unit 6 is as follows. In Figure 1, arrows indicate the flow of information. By the gateway 22, the data flowing between the patent search system 1 and student user terminal 3, 4 and 5 are monitored, by the search information extraction unit 23 of the learning management unit 6, queries among the data and the search results are extracted as the search information. The search information is stored in the storage means 69. In addition, by learning progress estimation means 68, search learning amount of time the user from the search information to work on a given search problem, or, search technology force is estimated. And together with the estimation result is stored in the education operational information storage means 65, is output to the teacher interface 61. The search information, when the search expression extraction, it is possible to include the search expression input time. Also, when the search result of the extraction, it is possible to include the number of patent list, the patent list acquisition time, number of patents, patent specification, the acquisition time of the patent specification. The time can be measured using a timer of the gateway 22. Also, the search information when passing through the gateway 22, can be managed for each user identification number id. Search learning amount calculated by the learning progress estimating means 68, the time the user worked at a predetermined search topics, or can be defined as the quantity that can be converted into the time. Specific examples of the search learning the amount of work time using the search interface, or the number of times you enter a search expression, or get the number of patent specification or, patent specification reading number of pages, or, patent specification it can be given a reading time. Figure 2 is a computational model example of the search learning amount. Search working time, the user can be obtained by accumulating in a predetermined period of time to have conducted search operations by entering access searched expression patent search system 1. Weight of the figure is a coefficient for converting the commitment time to search topic. The search working time, coefficient so is that those efforts time to the search topic has become a 1.0. The determination of whether the user is inputting a search formula to tackle the search problem is possible by using the educational search interface to be described later, and inputs the search object to the user. Search expression input number in the figure, at times the user enters a search expression to tackle the search problem can be obtained by accumulating within a predetermined period from the challenge presented to the problem report deadline. To convert the search working time, it can be determined by integrating the defined number of times the search expression input predetermined formula fan1 as the weighting factor. Here, fan1 can be specified by the teacher interface 61. In addition, whether classroom such as universities a place to enter the search expression, or shared use facility, I can also be to determine whether the home from the address information. Students, not only address the challenges in the classroom or joint-use facility, may be the greater the search work in terms of time by increasing the weighting factor fan1 if you work at home. Thus, the students incentive can be obtained at home learning. Patent get the number of the figure, from the search result list to be sent from the patent search system 1 in response to the entered search query, when the student user to obtain a patent to extract the desired patent is obtained by measuring the number of the. To convert the patent specification acquired number of the search operation time is to define a predetermined formula fan2 as the weighting coefficients can be obtained by integrating in the search expression input count. The purpose of the patented specification, since generally it is to check the contents reading is, by previously setting the confirmation time average for the obtained specification 1, be converted to

9 patent search operation time it can. Here, fan2 can be specified by the teacher interface 61. Patent reading time in the figure, whether the user is reading, performs whether the determination has been skipped are obtained by summing the time if you are reading. Further, patent specification reading page number is obtained by summing the pages are read. One page is set in advance to examine a predetermined conversion coefficient fan3 the average reading time per, by integrating the coefficients to the number of pages, it can be converted into reading time. Features you say here, but whether the decision means whether you are reading is a problem, if the patent search, case to say Read orderly the specification from the beginning is small, to explore they want information from a large amount of text it is the target of reading. For such search reading, since it is often used mouse frequently the switching or scrolling of a page, it is possible to keep providing the software for detecting the motion pattern characteristic of the mouse cursor in the user terminal, reading determination is possible. In addition, the software for detecting the motion pattern characteristic of the mouse cursor, it is also possible to implement in a search interface for teaching described later, by sending it to the user terminal, can be installed to the user terminal. In Figure 2, by summing each of the search learning amount, it is possible to grade determination process. Total When can avoid duplication of each item, it is desirable to adjust the weighting factor as suited to student learning entity. The weighting factor may be appropriate to operate in the changeable from the teacher interface 61. In the figure, and calculates the total value of each item, grade value (excellent, good, acceptable) is being converted to. Search technology that is calculated by the learning progress estimating means 68, amount of knowledge in order to solve the search problem, or can be defined as the knowledge application force. Examples of the search technology is, search topics related patent number percentage of which are included in the user patent list acquired (search expression hit rate), queries length, and, whereas the search results to be described later it can be given the correct answer rate of the user to automatically generated questions from the system Te. Here, When the search formula hit rate calculation, the search task-related patents, can be specified from the teacher interface 61. Figure 3 is a computational model example of the search technology force. Item illustrates the elements for calculating the search technology. Search expression hit rate, the user enters a search expression, this patent search system to search the patent fit to the search expression, of related patents including the target patent that is included in that was output as a search patent list the number of percentage, ie, it is indicated search expression hit rate (= number of patents fit in related patent number / search expression that contains a target patent). In the case of student A, for example, search patent list number 20, if the number is 4 of related patents including the target patent, hit rate is 20%. Then, I will be describing the length of the search expression. Search expression, inventors, applicants, time application, terminology, phrases such as classification code, and the logical operators linking them, for example, logical sum OR, logical AND, is constituted by a exclusive NOT that. Search, since it is a task to narrow down towards the target patent extraction, general, queries create, retrieve search results, the search results analysis, repeated work called search expression modification. In course of this work, the phrase used in the search is more appropriate is selected, queries tend to be longer. Therefore, the number of the used the logical operator, and to evaluate the search technology from the class of words used in the search. Use the appropriate word, to give high search technology force evaluation for it is believed that the number of operators are considering as good as many. Units refers to the unit of the evaluation points.

10 Desirable as the phrase used in the search input from the teacher in advance teacher interface 61 for each topic, which can be registered. If the registered word is used, it is possible to give a high evaluation. Can also be evaluated by combining a plurality of items of the search technology. Weight of Figure 3 shows the function to be converted into the evaluation point as the integration and search technology force to each item. The weighting function can be specified from the teacher interface. Scoring section, the evaluation point of the search technology, can be classified students excellent, good, the variable. In addition, the results determined student, using the search learning of Figure 2, to select any item in the search technology of Figure 3, the evaluation point is the sum and with a predetermined weight the items each to have the selected may be. Student performance determination result, it is possible by the graph for each identification number, and outputs it to the teacher interface 61. The means 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The teacher for learning management processing unit 6, means 62 to edit the search interface 11 to education for the search interface by procedures from the teacher interface 61 is provided. Also, means for transmitting the educational search interface 33 to the user terminal is provided. Here, the educational search interface 33, to limit the search item for the search interface 11, or it is one that has been edited to give hints to suggest the search item to be used. In the user terminal 3, 4, 5, queries created using educational search interface 33, which is the editing can be transmitted to the search query input unit 12 via the network. Figure 4 is an example of educational search interface 33 which is the editing. Horizontal double line without those search interface. 11, the horizontal double line is an item with limited use by editing. Thick frame portion shows the contents of the search expression. For example, in a search item, IPC deployment symbol, applicant, patent and utility model number can not be used as a keyword. Phrase say ubiquitous in search expression input column can not be used as keywords. The user, to become takes sets it in the search problem under such constraints, it is necessary to devise a search expression to compensate the keyword can not be used. In other words, the level of search task can be difficult by the amount that you constrain the keyword. The teacher uses the same search problem, can create a variety of challenges in accordance with the level of students. In the figure, patents, Jitsushin each, the number of patents conform to the search expression, is the number of utility models. Said educational search interface 33 which is edited, and a means for storing search expression user has created, or the storage device of the user terminal as a practical book files subjected to a treatment in the search results using the search formula thing I can. The treatment to the search result, put a sticky note, cut out, write it and the like are possible. In other words, education for the search interface, include the contents of the search interface 11, and the ability to support students of education, a software that includes the ability to monitor the work of students, feature content, from the teacher interface 61 It is characterized by the operation can be changed. The software sends to the user terminal operates by installing. The ability to monitor the work of the student, user key input, detects the operation of the mouse, and the ability to detect the learning status of the user from its features. Figure 1 shows an example of sending to the user terminal, including software 75 for monitoring the patent specification reading of patent search work educational search interface. Decision of whether it is a reading during or just scroll is possible by the use of self-organization algorithm using a supervised learning which receives

11 the movement of the cursor to move by the operation of the mouse. The means 3 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, the teacher for learning management processing unit 6, question generation means 71, and, annotation sentence generation means 72 is provided. The question generator 71, when the user receives search results from the patent search system 1, a means for generating a question related to the search results. The question is transmitted from the teacher for learning management unit 6 to the user so as to be attached to the search results. Here, the generation of questions for the search results, select a question from the pre-prepared questionnaire, or can be implemented by means of a question by Kumiawashi the questions in the questionnaire. Here, in order to perform high-speed processing, the question, how the alternative answer type question desirable. The questionnaire is, it can be prepared in advance by using the teacher interface 61 in Figure 1, may have been accumulated in the teaching operation information storage unit 65. Also, means for selecting a question from the questionnaire, the search learning amount of the user, or may be performed automatically by using the estimation results of the search technology. This makes it possible to transmit to the user a more appropriate question. Also, the learning management unit 6, be provided answers correctness determination processing means for matching the correct answer to the returned response from the user to the questions, means for outputting the judgment process result in the teacher interface 61 I can. The answer accuracy judgment processing result, as a query success rate in Figure 3, it can be used at the time of automatic measurement search technology. Then, the annotation for the search results, the question content, or, although annotations to answer the question is the main, as is the reminder text, tips to induce the answer to the question or, correct answer of commentary,, or, it is possible to include information incidental to search patent. Generation of the reminder text, the search learning amount of the user, or based on the search technology, is created in advance, select the appropriate annotation text from the stored annotation Proceedings teaching operation information storage means 65 can be done by. The information incidental to the search patent includes precedents. Precedents, legal strength of the search patent, weakness, are good sources of very convenient to learn such problems. It is also possible to accumulate precedents statement in the educational operation information storage means 65, the patent specification that the user has searched may be attached to the case of transmitting to the user. Also, as may be stored in association patent specification and Case citation number 65, is precedents search corresponding to the reference numbers from the precedent database 132 of the patent search system 1 and transmits the precedent statement to the user control may be. The information to be incidental to the search patent contains product information using the patent. Information about the product, the Web information on the product introduction in the education operational information storage means 65, in other words, it is also possible to store the Internet address, may be transmitted to the address on the student user terminal. For means 3 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS Figure 5 is an example of a patent search challenges that teachers impose on student users. The student, I present the product catalog. The relevant catalog, product name, feature, sales period, and price are described. Company name I should face down. Challenge (A) are those which makes finding the basic patent for the product by patent search, the problem (i), the improvement patent of the basic patent, to investigate the application patent is intended to be shown the patent family.

12 6, for subject of Figure 5, the teacher is an object basic information that should be prepared in advance. The problem basic information is input from the teacher interface 61 in Fig. 1, it should be stored in the teaching operation information storage unit 65.Subject patent 6, the basic patents for the correct challenge (A), a family patent a correct challenge (b), and a peripheral-related patents. Information content, the patent number, inventor, bibliographic information, such as the applicant, information classified patent content in symbols, and is such as annotation information. As the annotation information, edited precedent sentence, case law search number for searching from precedent sentence database 132 of the patent search system 1 precedents statement, or case law search number to search from over the Internet, related papers, the related papers papers search number for searching from paper database of Society, product introduction to that Web address of companies using the search patent, the newspaper was to topics relating to the goods or the goods article, or, the newspaper can be mentioned such as the Web address for browsing on the internet. Figure 7 is an example of a question sentence for sending to attach to the patent who chose trying to get the user as described above. In Q11, you have questions the purpose of the invention. The user, transmits receives this question, read the object column of the invention of the specification, the answer a, b, by selecting one of the c learning management unit 6 of the system of Figure 1 to. The learning management unit 6 performs reply correctness determination process to be matched with the correct answers of the user. Here, the correct answer, I and those described in the challenges basic information of FIG. Q12~Q15 also the same, correct me in advance accumulated as the challenges basic information. In other words, the 71 generates a question to the correct primarily problems basic information. In course to go answer to this question, students or patent of your choice is wrong if they were consistent with what the target, can be determined naturally. Through the questions, student, it is possible to make the situation forced to read the patent. If you read and answer, if going to be reflected in the results, also increased motivation to read. Figure 8 is an example of a question sentence for understanding of the patent after searching patents goals. Novelty, analysis of inventive step, other considerations, it is possible also questions about patent strategy, such as the strength of the analysis of the patent. Other questions and answers the challenges basic information can also be included questions to be described in freely sentence. In the case of the alternative problem, can learning management unit 6 is automatically scored. And if it is answered in the text, automatically evaluated that is evaluated reading teachers so difficult. Figure 9 is an example of a comment statement. C1 If the answer to the search problem is correct, C2 in the case of incorrect, C3~C5 is a learning reference information. Figure 10 is a second embodiment of the present invention, shows the structure embodying the means 4 in a client-server method from the means 1 of the present invention. In the figure, the learning management processing unit 6 via the Internet, is connected to the patent search system 1, the learning management unit 6 and the server, the student user terminal 3,4,5 as a client, and both It is connected via a like campus LAN. The operation of this embodiment, FIGS. 10 and 11 will be described with reference to FIG. (I) ~ in Figure 10 (iv), the operation of the search topic preparation stage,? marks of numbers shows the operation when the student is working on the search problem.statement, referred to as a round

13 number. 11, 12, the operation shown in the circle number 10, are described separately in the patent search system 1, the learning management unit 6, the user terminal 3. In Figure 10, the user management system 14, in the part of the patent search system 1, to manage the there was a user of use application in personal identification information ID and password PW. Educational institutions (universities, etc.), in use of patent search system 1, signed a contract with the system management services company, path of a given quantity, to purchase, for example, 10 about the path. The ID and PW is managed by the teacher interface 61. The flow until here I shown in (i). Teachers, from the teacher interface 61, to re-issue a personal identification number id and password pw to student users. I shows the flow in (ii). id and pw information is stored in the teaching operation information storage means 65 (iii). Normally, the contract with the system management services company, in many cases to buy a period in every path. In this case, the search count if the period is not limited. For educational use, because all students are less cases of utilizing the patent search system 1 at the same time, reissue of the id, it is possible to more than the number of the ID. For example, ID was purchased about 10 passes, it is also possible to make the number of students user id to about 100. The teacher creates a search problem, as shown in Figure 5, and stores the educational operation information storage means 65, as shown in Figure 4, performs a limitation of the search expression used in the search interface 1 for each id. The flow I shown in Figure 10 (iv). When you describe the search expression limit table in the drawing, id1 No search type usage restrictions, id2 can not use the applicant and inventor as a keyword, id3 shows an example in which further limited period. Up to this point, the teacher is the operation of the work and the system to do in advance. Presentation of search task is carried out by teachers to send from the teacher interface 61 search topics of education operational information storage means 65 to the student user. The flow of information Figure 10, I indicated by the circle number 1, 2 and 3 in Figure 11. Teachers, edits to get the search interface 11 from patent search system 1 (round number 4, 5). Editing work, if you enter the search expression limit table to search interface editing means 62 (round number 6), education for search interface 33 such editing is performed as shown in FIG. 4 is obtained. The education for the search interface, is installed to the student for user terminal in the flow of the round number 7. Here, although not shown in the figure, the educational search interface 33, and the mouse for the practice book file creation software to support the search operations of the student, the teacher monitors the training status of the students it is possible to incorporate software for detecting the motion pattern characteristic of the cursor. Then, I will be explained flow of search topics efforts of students. Figure 10, in Figure 12, when students enter the search expression using the education for the search interface 33, the search expression, in the flow of the round number 8, by search formula input section specification restoration means 63, patent search system 1 is restored in the specifications of the search expression input unit 12, in the flow of the round number 9 and 11, and is transmitted to the search expression input unit 12. Here, the student id, pw the teacher is set, ID, is transmitted to 12 are converted to PW. Furthermore, queries of the student user has created, is extracted by the search information extraction unit 23, is stored in the learning history storage unit 69 in flow round number 10. Patent search system 1 is to perform a search the search expression in the search processing engine 13 based on the search results in the flow of the round number 12, back to the learning management processing unit 6. The search results are stored in the search result temporary storage unit 70, a

14 stream of a round number 13, and transmitted to the student user terminals 3, 4 and 5. The search result information, it is monitored by the search information extraction unit 23, the number of patent list, the number of patent specifications, such as acquisition time is extracted. In Figure 12, students will consider the suitability of the search expression with respect to the target and to obtain a patent list, select the candidate patent search challenges from among the list, from education for search interface 33 by entering the candidate patent number (circle number 8, 9, 11), to obtain the specification of the patent (round number 12,13,3). Here, in the search results (the patent) it is possible to send attached question (circles No. 14, 15). In Figure 10, the question corresponding to the patent specification, the problems basic information as shown in Figure 6 which had been stored in advance education operational information storing unit 65, automatically generated by the question generator 71 differentially. In Fig. 10 and 12, when the students to answer the question, in the flow of the round number 16, answer correctness determination process by 73 is performed. Correctness determination process is performed by matching the correct answers stored in advance education operation information storage unit 65 and student responses (circles ID NO 14). The accuracy judgment result is transmitted to the learning progress estimator 68 with a stream of the round number 17, search technology is estimated, and the result is stored in the teaching operation information storage unit 65 along with (circles No. 19), the teacher is output to the interface 61 (circles ID NO 20). Output to the teacher interface 61, the results may be displayed graph for each student. 10, 72 are annotated sentence generating means. Annotations statement is generated by from the annotation Proceedings, such as in the example of Figure 9 stored in the pre-training operation information storage unit 65, is automatically selected in conjunction with the answer result (circles No. 14) is sent to the student user terminal (round number 15,3). In Figure 12, the students discuss the annotation statement, to return to the patent list in the case of incorrect answer, to continue to acquire studied as a goal candidates another patent specification. As described in Figure 1, the annotation statement, it can include information related to the searched patents. The related information may be included precedents statement. In Figure 10, Hanreibun is previously stored in the teaching operation information storage unit 65 in correspondence to the related patent number, when the related patents are sent to the user, the precedents statement in the flow round numbers 14 and 15 or may be attached, but is keep to accumulate many cases statement 65, the memory efficiency is poor, and the 65 is recorded only precedents sentence search number, when attaching the precedent statement annotations sentence generation means 72, the precedent sentence search number in the flow of the round number 151,9,11 is transmitted to send to the patent search system 1, the search from precedent sentence database 132 by searching the precedent statement result temporary storage means 70 incorporation (round number 12), may be transmitted to the user terminal in the flow round number 13. These annotations statement generation, transmission process is performed automatically. Further, the related information of the retrieval patent related papers, can also be included such as product information using the search patent. When generating the reminder text is a flow round numbers 14 and 15, it is also possible to attach the Web address to obtain these information. The user, after receiving the address, it is possible to obtain the related information via the Internet. Next, the means 4 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In learning management processing unit 6, patent map for creating statistical processing means 80 is provided. The statistical processing means sets the statistical processing expressions from statistical processing interface 81. The statistical processing interface, can be sent by editing the training for statistical processing interface 82 by the procedure from the teacher interface 61 to the user

15 terminal (circles ID NO 21). The means for editing for education, in addition to limited functionality that can be used in the statistical processing is difficult to process manipulate, or possible and to easy operation by giving a hint by specifying the function to be used in the statistical processing is. Students user creates a statistical processing equation using the education for statistical processing interface 82, a stream of round numbers 22 and 23, sends the statistical processing formula to the statistical processing unit 80. In this case, the statistical processing formula is converted into an input specification for , patent information or, as input the patent information of patent search results temporary storage means 70 (circle number 24), the flow of the round number 25 and 22 the result of processing, such as patent map was carried out the statistical processing, the patent database 131 in I transmitted to the user. Patent mapping problem, but is cumbersome because time-consuming even for students to the teacher, the support system as described above, the teacher is able to create the problem of varying difficulty level relatively easily. In addition, the students, because the device of the statistical processing is required, the force of discovering their own problems, the force analyze the problem is attached to the body. Key Learning Points PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED To provide a system for supporting education for retrieval of intellectual property right wherein a student voluntarily learns when a teacher gives the student an assignment in retrieval of a patent, and the teacher remotely monitors the student's progress in learning. Industrial Applicability By using this intellectual property retrieval educational support system, students themselves Efforts to challenges given from the teacher can improve the patent search techniques. Force to discover problems, power to analyze problems, power to solve the problem is attached to the body. For teachers, it is possible a significant labor savings while improving the quality of intellectual property education. One of the teachers in as many of undergraduate education must teach students there is a large effect. Vast patent database, conventional, product planning at the time of technology trends survey, right at acquisition of novelty search, such as right survey for new business development, mainly between the limited officials in the field that is directly connected to the business has been used. However, it can not be said to have been well utilized as compared to its potential information value. If the system is spread, the technique of processing the published patent information as teaching accessible, because the development of methods to make available the patent search materials over a computer network proceeds, a new value added is born in the patent information. Therefore, I bring the development of patent educational content creation technology. Teacher is to choose a good patent you want to read to students, teaching materials can be a database as a collection of problems. Currently, there are teachers who can teach intellectual property rights education training is less of a problem, according to the present system and patent search challenges content creation technology, because sharing and standardization of information students guidance becomes easier and advance, and practice with knowledge The property rights education can be spread. This system, university, not only intellectual property rights education graduate, can also be used to re -education of the intellectual property rights to the working people to the subject. In addition, by making to those easy-to-understand the contents of the teaching material content, high school, and can also be used for secondary education, such as junior high school. As a specialized field, and around the science and engineering, medical, and can also be used in the marine system undergraduate. In the above, mainly, the description has been given of patent search, if the network type IPR retrieval system supports the design search and copyright search design search education system, also used as a copyright retrieval education system it can.