COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN THE PREPARATION OF A PATENT APPLICATION

摘要

A computer system capable of providing assistance in the preparation of a patent application is provided. The computer system includes a database group. The database group includes a case database for storing a case file. The case database includes a drawing data storage for storing at least one drawing of an embodiment of an invention that is the subject of a patent application and that corresponds to the case file. The at least one drawing includes at least one component reference numeral. The case database further includes a component description data storage for storing component-descriptive text of at least one component of the embodiment that corresponds to the case file, the at least one component corresponding to the at least one component reference numeral included in the at least one drawing stored in the drawing data storage.