Friday, September 6, 2013
The 9th Japan TRIZ Symposium J17

Technology trends of TRIZ problem solving and analysis

PATBRAIN Co.
Toshimitsu Kataoka

Does TRIZ contribute to the patent acquisition?
“The invention is called remove of technical contradiction.
If the objective criterion is used, the objectivization of thepatent application clerical work can be remarkably done. “Genrich Saulovich Altshuller

G. Altshuller

From "Introduction to the invention conception"

What is the idea to be able to acquire the patent?

The examiner of Patent Office and the person related
to Intellectual Property think like this.

How should I do to take a strong patent?

Necessary of technological level⇒ technology + conception power + utility + difficultyWhether a patent can be acquired or not isa relative comparison with the known art

The examiner decides the prediction horizon of the patent approval and the failure..".. from the July edition in 2008
[shizai] [purizumu]"

There only has to exist a difficulty
not predictable from the known art!

..".. from the July edition in 2008 [shizaWhat is the idea to be able to acquire the patent?
Which place popularity do the patent and TRIZ
have on the Web site?

Web retrieval information that relates to TRIZ (1)From www.google.trends/explore?

Web retrieval information that relates to TRIZ (2)From www.google.trends/explore?

Web retrieval information that relates to TRIZ (3)From www.google.trends/explore?

What is the idea to be able to acquire the patent?

How does the person related to TRIZ think?

Patent analysis report of Darrel Mann & Simon DeWulf

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Report of Klaus-Juergen Uhrner (KACO) (1)The recurrence to the creation ability - The effect of TRIZ was proven by results -.
Level oftechnical
improvement

Formeridea

Contradiction andconfrontation

Compromi
seTheneighborhoodwith ultimate
ideal solution

Technology

Technical
improvement

Knowledgethat isnecessary

Position inmarket

Rate of
RetuneⅣ

Changeindramaticform

It specifies, and it
solves it by adramatic, newsolution.

Itcompletely
cancels it.

It hasapproachedplainly.

The
technology isexceedednow.

Hit thatexceeds
presenttechnology
Sour -A usual
paradigm ofengineering isexceeded.

To the leader
in the market

It isimprovement
15% indistinctness.

ⅢItchanges
plainly.

It specifies, and it
solves it by a newelement.

It
practicallycancels it.

Or is similar
thatapproached.

Range ofpresent
technology

Range ofpresent
technology..drinking..
Breakthrough -From otherstudy fields

Improvement

Improvement
10%ⅡItchangesqualitati
vely,
and isnotbasic.

It specifies, and it
decreases.

Still still
existence

Similar or isaway(complexincrease).

Range ofpresent
technology

Advancement
is reformative
break throughthough isplain it - It isnot.

In my specialarea+ noncommonplacemethodImprovement
a little

It is possible
to improve it.

ⅠThe
state asit isIt specifies, and it
decreases.

Still stillexistence

It is farfurther.

Range ofpresenttechnology

There is noreformativesolution.

In my specialarea

There is no
improvement.

There is noimprovement.

The TRIZ homepage: From the pp. 43-50 report on the 5th Europe TRIZ societysponsoring “TRIZ Future 2005" November 16-18, an international conference,Graz, Austria, and 2005

Report of Klaus-Juergen Uhrner (KACO) (2)The TRIZ homepage: From the pp. 43-50 report on the 5th Europe TRIZ societysponsoring “TRIZ Future 2005" November 16-18, an international conference,Graz, Austria, and 2005

The invention level recognition of a simple
invention is difficult

Patent acquisition only in numeric row and hole. Very, sales of 3.5 trillion yen or more.
At first, no one evaluated the application. It was not appreciable.

August 28-30 in 2002 From the 3rd and Japan IM User Group Meeting announcements

It thinks at the TRIZ invention level.

The engineer wants to learn
the effort target of the patent acquisition.

The fifth

Invention
The fourthrankThe thirdThe second

The first

Invention of quite newsystem
Creation of new system
It connects directly

Drastic improvement of existing with the patent acquisition
systemwith a strong
Updated version of existing system
Trouble measures of design

contradiction solution.

Trouble measures of design (trouble solution of insidedegree)(slight trouble solution)
Trouble measures of design
Trouble measures of design (careless mistake solution)"If an objective standard of removal of technical contradiction is used, the invention is remarkably good at theobjectivization of the patent application clerical work. “G. Altshuller

Common sense and lack in common sense of prospects for acquisition of right
Generalperson'scommonsense

Acceptable
Acceptable

It is possible to put it on the screening criterion of Patent Office.
Invention level(relative comparison with prior art)

Making toright
Easiness

Problem solving of contradiction and mutually
exclusive dichotomy
Difficulty, clearness, and two bird a Koku three birds
Hop step jump

It is possible to put iton TRIZ.
Invention level(absolute comparison)
Level 5
Level 4
Level 3Making toright
Difficulty

The Columbus's egged invention
Motive, purpose, and function/one compositiondifference

Level 2

Motive, target problem, function, the same composition orresemblance

Level 1

Mere design change

Level 2

Substitution with even thing

Level 3

Selection of optimum material

Level 4

Optimization of range of numerical value

Level 5

Level 1No.

No.

As for right or wrong of making to the right, it is controlled whether to show theessence of the invention in the patent specification along an objective standard"Removal of contradiction".

Highlight scene of [shizai]
judge person's arm

Possibility ofpatentacquisition

It is said that TRIZ was established statisticallyanalyzing millions of patents. Is this true?
Is TRIZ really useful for the patent acquisition?

Cannot you know the TRIZ activity frompatent information?
Invention analysis of patent journal

"Contradiction and mutually exclusive dichotomy"
patent application trend analysis in 2010

The number of cases
when applying: 1643

The maintenance total
number of cases: 348

Why decrease?

Retrieval and analysis by WISDOMAIN Co. FOCUST-J"Contradiction and mutually exclusive dichotomy" patent prosecution history
analysis in 2010

The number ofcases whenapplying: 1643

Right maintenancenumber: 348(as of 2010)Patent application and registration situation concerning key words“contradiction, mutually exclusive dichotomy, confrontation” as of2013― Search condition 【 retrieval period 】
January 1, 1985 - June 30, 2013
【 official report for retrieval 】Patent/official report of practicalopening to the public and official report of making public
Official report of re-making public, patent journal, and publicationof examined applications【 use data base 】 JP-NET
Note : The main enumeration is the one having done tounderstand a rough tendency, and no one to guarantee reliability
and the reproducibility etc. of data.

Patent official report concrete example that described “contradiction” in Detailed Descriptions

Yearly application status of each key word in the patent journal, etc.

Yearly accumulated IPC application status in the patent journal, etc.

Yearly agent application status in the patent journal, etc.

Yearly application status of each inventor in patent journal, etc.

Yearly inventor accumulated application status in the patent journal, etc.

Yearly patent application and registration status as of 2013 (1)Top 20 companies describing contradiction, mutually exclusive dichotomy, confrontation in the registered official report

Top 20 companies describing contradiction, mutually exclusive dichotomy, confrontation in the public official report

Yearly patent application and registration status as of 2013 (2)Describing contradiction, mutually exclusive dichotomy, confrontation in the Effect Description field of the registered official report

Describing contradiction, mutually exclusive dichotomy, confrontationin the Effect Description field of the public official report

Yearly patent application and registration status as of 2013 (3)Bubble chart of top 20 companies describing contradiction, mutually exclusive dichotomy, confrontationin the Description field of the registered official report

Bubble chart of top 20 companies describing contradiction, mutually exclusive dichotomy, confrontationin the description field of the public official report

Yearly patent application and registration status as of 2013 (4)Bubble chart of top 20 companies describing contradiction, mutually exclusive dichotomy, confrontationin the Word Wide registered official report

Top 20 companies describing contradiction, mutually exclusive dichotomy, confrontationin the Word Wide registered official report

Yearly patent application and registration status as of 2013 (5)Intel public official report FI classification

Samsung public official report FI classification

Yearly patent application and registration status as of 2013 (6)Intel registered official report FI classification

Samsung registered official report FI classification

Consideration- It is surmisable, and can know TRIZ activity of its company and the othercompanies handily and promptly because of the patent information analysis
that assumes "Contradiction, mutually exclusive dichotomy, andconfrontation" to be a key word.
- Making the TRIZ activity visible can be demonstrated in one and a halfyears if patent applying for the result of the TRIZ activity.
- The TRIZ activity contributes to a patent application number increase andthe registration rate improvement.
- There is danger of the knowhow outflow, too, if it is not possible to make it to
It aims at the registration rate
the right even if applying for the patent.
improvement with TRIZ.
- It logically describes by using "Contradiction, mutually exclusive dichotomy,
and confrontation" that becomes a reason to prove the difficulty in the patent
specification as a key word for strong patent acquisition.

Strong patent application by TRIZ
Problem solving
and invention(office round a throw)(no check others leaving)

Arrangement of contradiction
and confrontation
Theoretical explanation

Contradiction, detailed
statement ofconfrontation point
writing making, and check

Strong patentapplication

Summary- The TRIZ activity can be objectively evaluated bypatent information.
- "Removal of technical contradiction" is achievedby TRIZ. If it is shown to describe this clearly in thepatent specification, and to clear "Objective criterion",“Kill two birds with one stone”effects of the problem
solving and the patent acquisition are demonstrated,
and the contribution of the TRIZ activity is plain.
- Making good use of TRIZ from the problem solving
start, and understanding contradiction, the mutually
exclusive dichotomy, and the confrontation lead tostrong patent acquisition.

Thank you for your attention
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