Patent downloading system and method

摘要

A patent downloading system ( 1 ) for downloading patents (including published patent applications) from one or more patent web sites ( 2 ) includes a mirror web site ( 4 ) and an application server ( 3 ). The mirror web site includes a web server ( 40 ), which includes: a download period setting module ( 400 ) for setting download periods; a patent downloading module ( 402 ) for periodically downloading newly issued patents; and a patent index creating module ( 404 ) for creating a patent index for each newly downloaded patent. The application server includes a patent inquiry term receiving module ( 30 ) for receiving one or more patent inquiry terms; a patent information obtaining module ( 32 ) for obtaining information on patents to be downloaded; a patent existence determination module ( 34 ) for determining whether the patents exist in the mirror web site; and a downloading module ( 36 ) for downloading patents from the mirror web site.