For R&D personnel, patent mining can put forward new thinking ways and grasp the current innovation achievements; For the company, it is transformed into exclusive rights, and by effectively arranging the scale of patent formation, it can understand competitors and avoid risks.
Patent mining is divided into different fields. At present, I am most exposed to the fields of electromechanical and software. Patent mining in each field is different and requires different mining methods, so it is not a simple matter to do patent mining well.
The difficulty of patent mining lies in information asymmetry. Technicians do not understand patents, which usually brings difficulties to patent mining.
1, I don't know where I can apply for a patent;
2, the stomach can not express goods, self-denial patentable scheme;
I don't know how to express it. I think a complex large-scale system can be patented, but I am not confident in myself, just can't tell the difference between complex and novel.
The way to break this difficulty is to let smart technicians master the patentability slowly through repeated communication, and then their talents will surge the next time they are found. I also thought of a strategy to actively study their R&D logs, system architecture, and PRD, MRD and BRD of product managers, so as to gain an overall understanding and conduct more structured guided questions and answers.
The definition of rich mouse teacher is still very simple, rude and effective: mining patents from technology. Several levels of patent mining:
1, you can apply for a patent, judge the three natures and write a case;
2. Patent mining, which helps technicians to analyze and screen and find out patentable points;
3, patent planning, systematic understanding of the industry, targeted layout;
Regarding the patent strategy, Mr. Wang thinks that only Mr. Huawei can do it, and totally agrees.
1, passively accept the technical scheme of the technician. There is no in-depth thinking and adequate communication, including but not limited to the following questions: Have you considered the layout of core patents and peripheral patents? Is the patent layout beneficial to the patentee's rights protection? Is it beneficial for the defendant to get more gradient compensation? Whether it is conducive to licensing, transfer, financing, etc.
2. There is no agent to actively guide cooperation. Except for the sense of responsibility, the agent rarely takes the initiative to study and compare the technical characteristics of the case at hand with the existing technology, so it is necessary to communicate why he wrote it this way. It is best to list a characteristic analysis table and give it to him with the existing technology, which is also convenient for later comparison with t a and improves the probability of writing high-quality cases.
3. Abuse of creativity when technical disclosure is insufficient. Here, it is suggested not to abuse frontier technology, which means that it should be in line with the company's development and not just consider the investment attributes of patents. You can refer to the smile curve given by Mr. Gao and try to form a better patent layout in terms of procurement, materials, design, brand, channels, logistics and finance.
4. Lack of communication skills. Structured expression, thinking and logical expression all need training. In practical work, IPR should not only deal with complex work through skills and knowledge, but also communicate efficiently and make a good connection.
Teacher Li put forward three points: overall situation, resource integration and specialty.
The overall situation refers to the need to work in combination with the needs, market conditions and strategic objectives of the enterprise.
Resource integration, from all departments of the joint company to forming alliances with universities, legislatures, legal research teams, law enforcement agencies, media and large and medium-sized enterprises in conflict, needs to be a promoter. In the case of protecting the company's interests and business secrets, more consideration should be given to cooperation.
Professional quality, including many abilities, I made a detailed breakdown in the first article, which can be used as a reference. In addition to ability, integrity, positivity, sincerity, curiosity and preciseness should also be regarded as a part of professionalism.
1, looking for technical improvement, including two ideas, one problem, different solutions, and optimizing the improvement scheme of the existing scheme;
2. Do technical decomposition, split the complex system and then split it, split it to the lowest level with the theory of golden pyramid principle and then return to 1 for technical improvement;
3. According to the experience of search and technicians, ask keywords and gradually complete 1, 2;
4. When digging, you can't replace technicians. IPR should control itself.
The above four points are the most commonly used methods in practical work, and all high-end gameplay is inseparable from these four points. The more advanced gameplay is to organize brainstorming, study competitors' patents under the guidance of structured thinking, design evasion with efficacy matrix diagram after retrieval, and adopt different mining methods according to different research and development stages.
After refining the new training methods, Mr. Li put forward three methods to encourage technicians to innovate: contact method, dialectics and bionics. Connection, such as broom+electricity = vacuum cleaner; Dialectical, such as leaf fan to leafless fan; Bionics, such as the flight of birds to airplanes. These three methods have played a good guiding role in patent mining, providing research and development direction, expanding or replacing existing schemes, and expanding examples when writing.
For 1, there are standard patent mining methods that can be discussed, including technical standards and patent mining methods for essential patents. My understanding is that the second innovation of standard patent is superior. You can refer to the last picture in the next section.
This part is not reflected in the mind map, but in teacher Ma Tianqi's patent mining, a large number of practical toolkits are put forward. Here I post some scanned contents that can be used in patent mining practice. Is a good summary:
Traditional patent mining process:
Eight types of enterprise patent mining;
Five-stage patent mining method:
Detailed patent mining methods:
Patent mining process of software products in IT field;
Patent mining process of hardware products in IT field;
Patent mining of R&D project in mechanical field;
Schematic diagram of wechat APP patent mining:
Thoughts on product function patent mining;
Thoughts on product patent mining;
Patent mining of product testing;
Reflections on the patent envelope of competitors;
The process of avoiding design:
The principle of evading design:
Avoidance design of product structure class;
Avoidance design of control method class;
Avoidance design of appearance design class;
Avoidance design of preparation method course;
Thoughts on technical standards of mining industry;