국제특허분류(IPC)의 융복합성 분석과 심사·심판에의 활용방안에 관한 연구
The Convergency Analysis of International Patent Classifications(IPC) and Research for Utilization of an examination and a trial
As the fusion between technologies has been accelerated, the boundary between industries has become blurred, new products have rapidly come to the market, and a huge amount of patent documents are annually published. As with Korea, more than 170,000 patents are annually filed, and as patents filed overseas being considered, its amounts could be beyond our imagination. Thus, a research on the fusion between technologies, which is described in patent documents, is really important. The object of this research is to establish a new concept of technologies-convergence and integration in the patent field and to analyze the extent where technologies are integrated and converged within the International Patent Classification. First, the research has focused on establishing a concept related to technologies-convergence and integration in the patent field. Second, the research has analyzed the extent where technologies are integrated and converged within the International Patent Classification, based on a specified code of International Patent Classification. The research has established a concept of technologies-convergence and integration and suggested a methodology for measuring the extent where technologies are integrated and converged of four technology fields in the International Patent Classification. Firstly, unlike previous researches, which explained the phenomenon of convergence and integration academically, the research is significant in establishing a concept of technologies-convergence and integration in the patent field. The research is very important in analyzing the extent where technologies are integrated and converged on the sub-group of the IPC. In order to analyze how much each technology of the IPC code is converged and integrated, the research has suggested a way to discern between a code for technologies-convergence and integration(in progress) and a code for non-integration and non-convergence, through various indexes measuring the extent where technologies are integrated and converged, by using common classification analysis utilizing main classification/sub classification of patent documents. The research shows the results as such; first, by selecting a proper index representing the extent where technologies are integrated and converged, the IPC can be classified into 3 types for each technology, such as a code for technologies-integration and convergence(finished), a code for a code for technologies-convergence and integration(in progress), a code for non-integration and non-convergence. As for a code for technologies-integration and convergence(finished) and a code for a code for technologies-convergence and integration(in progress), through the research results, the extent where technologies are integrated and converged of each technology can be recognized. Moreover, through the ratio of the total number of codes to a code for technologies-integration and convergence(finished), the rate of integration and convergence(%) of the IPC can be also measured.
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I. 서론 II. 국제특허분류와 융복합기술 1. 융복합기술의 다양한 정의 2. 국제특허분류의 개요 및 기능 3. 국제특허분류의 구조 III. 국제특허분류의 융복합성 분석 1. 특허관점에서의 융복합기술 개념 2. 융복합성 분석 방법 3. 국제특허분류의 분석 범위 설정 4. 융복합성 분석결과 Ⅳ. 국제특허분류의 융복합성 기술관련 심사·심판에의 활용방안 및 법률적 적용 1. 심사심판 품질향상을 위한 복합기술 심사·심판부의 IPC 재조정 2. 기술 분야별 특허출원량 불균형에 따른 조직변동에 활용 3. 진보성 판단 시 “그 발명이 속하는 기술 분야” 판단 기준 4. 발명의 단일성 판단 기준 5. IP5 특허청의 공통분류(CHC) 개발에 활용 Ⅴ. 결언 참고문헌
키워드
융복합기술기술융합전문코드국제특허분류특허인용공동분류진보성단일성IPCCHCCPCconvergenceconvergence technologytechnologiesintegrationIPCInternational Patent Classificationinventive stepnon-obviousnessunity of inventionCHCCPC
본 학회는 지식재산 및 관련 제도(특허, 실용신안, 상표, 디자인, 영업비밀, 저작권, 반도체칩, 컴퓨터프로그램, 데이터베이스, 디지털콘텐츠 등)에 관한 국내외 이론과 실무에 대한 연구를 촉진하여 지식재산분야의 학문간 융합발전과 국제적 유대를 강화하고, 지식재산에 관한 지식을 보급하여 인적 네트워크 구축과 정책제언을 추진하며 이를 통해 국가발전에 이바지하는 것을 목적으로 한다.