| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a patent search support apparatus in which, for example, an omission in patent search is suppressed by outputting an additional term candidate which is a candidate of a term capable of being added to a retrieval formula.SOLUTION: A patent search support apparatus 1 includes: a reception part 101 for receiving patent retrieval formula; a partial retrieval formula acquisition part 103 for acquiring a partial retrieval formula which is a part of a retrieval formula; a patent document specification part 104 for specifying two or more patent documents by performing retrieval with the partial retrieval formula; an additional term acquisition part 106 for acquiring one or more additional term candidates which are terms appearing in two more patent documents; and an output part 107 for outputting one or more additional term candidates. With the patent search support apparatus 1, when creating a retrieval formula at the time of a patent search, an additional term candidate to be added to the retrieval formula can be output. |
