Method and device for information notification

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and device for information notification. The method includes obtaining patents that require information notification, monitoring whether some patents among the said patents approach fee-paying deadline, sending the information of the patents requiring paying to users if patents approaching fee-paying deadline are spotted, ordering the patents requiring paying based on the information of the patents requiring paying to obtain an ordered fee-paying patent list, determining whether analyzing all or some patents requiring paying in the ordered patent-requiring-paying list is necessary, if yes, analyzing all or some patents requiring paying to obtain associated information of all or some patents requiring paying, and sending related information to users so that user can decide whether or not to pay fees again accordingly. Annual fee-paying notifications are sent to users to prevent expiration of patent right due to not paying fees timely. The patents requiring paying are arranged orderly, and all or some ordered patents requiring paying are analyzed so that user can decide whether or not to pay fees again accordingly. The patent management efficiency is improved, and the patent cost is reduced.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of information processing, in particular to a method and device for reminding users to pay patent annual fees by using information processing technology. Background technique [0002] The patent annual fee refers to the fee that the patentee should pay to the Patent Office every year during the validity period of the patent right. The annual fee is different from year to year. If the patent annual fee is not paid on time, the patent will become invalid. As the number of patent applications for enterprises increases, more and more patents need to be managed and paid annual fees, and management becomes more and more difficult. If the annual fee is not paid in time or the amount paid is wrong, it will cause The profit loss of the enterprise requires a system that can remind users to pay the annual fee. [0003] The existing patent annual fee management system in the prior art can track the patent payment deadline. When...

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Problems solved by technology

Generally speaking, the more times a patent is cited, the greater its patent value, but the actual situation is that due to various factors, for example, because there is no mandatory requirement in the patent law, many applicants will not Specially indicate the patent documents cited in the background technology

Therefore, the effectiveness of reflecting the value of patents through the number of citations is greatly reduced

In addition, the number of patent families depends more on the subjective wishes of the applicant and cannot objectively reflect the value of the patent

Therefore, there will be a large deviation in measuring the value of patents simply by the number of citations of patents, the number of patent families, etc.

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