Method of the Combination of Patent Applicants or Patent Inventors in a Patent Analysis

Abstract

A method of the combination of patent applicants or patent inventors in a patent analysis comprises following steps: (a) creating a name database, which comprises a plurality of applicants' or inventors' name sheets and each of the name sheets includes different names of one applicant or one inventor; wherein each of the name sheets has a corresponding sheet title; (b) creating a thematic patent database of specific technical theme through patent searching among the patent literatures of all the countries in the world; (c) searching in the thematic patent database by using said sheet title as the search field, and matching applicants' or inventors' names in said thematic patent database with names in said name sheet, then marking the matched patents; and (d) combining names of applicants or inventors in said marked patents. The use of this method can improve the combination efficiency of patent applicants or patent inventors greatly.

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