Recently, the World Intellectual Property Organization released its annual report, saying that inventors from all over the world submitted a total of 243,500 international patent applications through WIPO in 2017, an increase of 4.5% over the previous year. Among them, Chinese companies and individuals applied for a total of 48,882 international patents. , an increase of 13.4% compared to the same period last year.
However, although the amount of patents in China is huge, it is still at a relatively elementary stage in terms of applications, especially patent data mining. Some experts pointed out that this requires the relevant departments and agencies to further increase the degree of data openness, and also requires more capital and power input. Go to data processing and intellectual property big data technology development.
On March 26th, Rong Xueyi’s founder, Wu Xueqin, pointed out in an interview with a 21st Century Business Herald reporter that patent data is a gold mine and that the data itself does not generate any value, but with the help of artificial intelligence, “mine veins” can be quickly discovered. ' Through the in-depth analysis of patent data, we can understand the course of technological development, competitor dynamics, etc. It can also cultivate and promote the company's innovative capabilities, and have a legal platform that is familiar with the intellectual property financial policy.'
High-value text
Patent data includes not only patent specifications, but also scientific and technical journal articles closely related to patents, relevant legal judgment documents, transfer licensing information, and corporate information.
In its latest report, UN agencies stated that the use of IPR applications for patents, trademarks, and industrial designs, etc., in WIPO's organizations reached a new record in 2017. China has become the second largest source of international patent filings filed through the Organization Organization. It is expected to surpass the United States in the next three years and become the world leader in international patent applications.
For China’s patented technology development in recent years, the Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Francis Gurry, stated in a statement that China has changed from a major technology user to a technology producer. 'China’s use of the international patent system has increased significantly It shows that as China's economy continues to transform rapidly, Chinese innovators are increasingly looking outside and are looking forward to spreading their ideas to new markets.
At the same time, according to the data of the World Intellectual Property Organization, 80% of the world's technical information and 90% of the patent information exist only in the patent text. In other words, the patent text has extremely high value.
However, Wu Xueqin, who has been engaged in technology transfer work and is also a certified patent appraiser, points out that in many countries and organizations around the world, due to different administrative jurisdictions, users need to search multiple databases when using them, because the patent data resources are scattered in different areas. In the database, the degree of integration and correlation is not high. This is also a very complicated process for IP service workers. At the same time, there are also differences between languages and national laws and regulations, resulting in difficulty in searching. It is understood that without The processed patent text, the missed rate can be as high as 90%.
Wu Xueqin pointed out to 21st Century Business Herald reporter that artificial intelligence can solve this problem well, that is, introducing knowledge mapping technology into the construction of patent database. With the rules of technology path, machines can produce long chain reasoning after training on the database. Sentence.
'The patent is 'eight-stranded text', written in a specific format, with a relatively standard expression. Compared to papers and other free bodies, training machines 'read and understand' patents much easier. By artificial intelligence will be fragmented, independent of each other The connection between intellectual property 'information isolated islands' and 'islands of application' can form new forms of intellectual property sharing for information sharing. ' Wu Xueqin pointed out to 21st Century Business Herald reporter.
It is understood that the intellectual property service industry is still at a relatively elementary stage, and the mining and application of data is also at a relatively elementary level. Its applications mainly include the development of search software, tools, analysis of the intellectual property industry, and the establishment of three forms of big data platforms.
Helps combine the depth of production and financial integration
Wang Xinzhe, chief economist of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, also pointed out that China’s big data development momentum is very good. China’s big data field has the second largest number of patent disclosures in the world. It is necessary to promote deep integration of big data, the Internet, artificial intelligence and the real economy.
In fact, the patent search is to understand themselves and their opponents. For enterprises, through the in-depth analysis of patent data, we can understand the course of technology development, direction and future development trends.
The use of artificial intelligence to automatically match and match patent data can help companies find potential buyers in the course of patent operations, or find suitable investment projects; help companies understand the latest developments in the industry, provide support for enterprises to make business decisions; prevent and circumvent The risk of intellectual property infringement protects the company's development.
Intellectual property rights are also conducive to innovation and development. The founder of the founder Mao Daqing pointed out that intellectual property is a very important part of the innovation and entrepreneurship service system, and it is also one of the three most important services for small and micro enterprises in China.
'The artificial intelligence's mining and integration of patent data can also help SMEs to better solve financial problems such as pledge and financing.' Wu Rongqin founder Wu Xueqin pointed out.
In fact, the shortage of funds has often become a constraint for many innovative SMEs. Many small and medium-sized technology companies with independent intellectual property rights are often unable to expand their production capacity due to lack of funds. The opportunity is fleeting. In the process of IP pledges The biggest difficulty they encountered was that banks did not have enough understanding of the value of intellectual property pledges.
In traditional real estate mortgages, banks will focus on the possibility of disposing of mortgages and the amount of disposals. Most banks use this mode of thinking for the financing of intellectual property pledges, paying special attention to the possibility of intellectual property disposal and the correlation between assessed value and disposal amount. Therefore, due to the difficulty of disposal, most banks have rejected the IP pledge financing.
Artificial intelligence companies, including Rongduyi, are also trying to solve this problem. According to reports, Rongduyi is trying to promote patents as a pricing assessment in asset management, including open port accounts and APIs, and various forms of financial Institution pilot patent pledge financing and securitization.
At present, Rongduyi independently researches and develops its own evaluation engine and uses the “Patent Value Indicator System” issued by the State Intellectual Property Office to construct more than 100 models of indicator algorithms to realize real-time, accurate and dynamic automatic assessment of patents for inventions. Large-scale promotion of patent pledge financing became possible.
The State Intellectual Property Office also hopes that intellectual property patents can better serve the real economy. In the “13th Five-Year National Intellectual Property Protection and Operation Plan” issued recently, the State Intellectual Property Office also explicitly proposed that the intellectual property rights of the year 2020. The amount of pledged financing will reach 180 billion yuan.