Going beyond CLEF-IP: The ‘Reality’ for Patent Searchers?

Jürgens, Julia J.; Hansen, Preben; Womser‐Hacker, Christa

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33247-0_4

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“…Finding query logs in the patent domain has been a difficult task due to the lack of publicly available logs (Jürgens et al 2012). Private companies and searchers are not interested in making their logs that will usually include or hint at features of their inventions available.…”

Section: Enhancing Query Generation Based On Query Logsmentioning

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Using query logs of USPTO patent examiners for automatic query expansion in patent searching

Tannebaum

Rauber

2014

Inf Retrieval

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In the patent domain significant efforts are invested to assist researchers in formulating better queries, preferably via automated query expansion. Currently, automatic query expansion in patent search is mostly limited to computing co-occurring terms for the searchable features of the invention. Additional query terms are extracted automatically from patent documents based on entropy measures. Learning synonyms in the patent domain for automatic query expansion has been a difficult task. No dedicated sources providing synonyms for the patent domain, such as patent domain specific lexica or thesauri, are available. In this paper we focus on the highly professional search setting of patent examiners. In particular, we use query logs to learn synonyms for the patent domain. For automatic query expansion, we create term networks based on the query logs specifically for several USPTO patent classes. Experiments show good performance in automatic query expansion using these automatically generated term networks. Specifically, with a larger number of query logs for a specific patent US class available the performance of the learned term networks increases.

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Section: Enhancing Query Generation Based On Query Logsmentioning

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Using query logs of USPTO patent examiners for automatic query expansion in patent searching

Tannebaum

Rauber

2014

Inf Retrieval

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“…Prior art search is performed at different stages of the patent life-cycle, by different stakeholders, for various purposes, and for limited period of time. Understanding the real-life practices of patent professionals is critical to better satisfy their information need Jürgens et al (2012). In other words, the search scenario depends on when it is done, by who, and for what reason(s).…”

Section: Patent Retrieval Tasksmentioning

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Patent retrieval: a literature review

Shalaby¹,

Zadrozny²

2019

Knowl Inf Syst

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With the ever increasing number of filed patent applications every year, the need for effective and efficient systems for managing such tremendous amounts of data becomes inevitably important. Patent Retrieval (PR) is considered the pillar of almost all patent analysis tasks. PR is a subfield of Information Retrieval (IR) which is concerned with developing techniques and methods that effectively and efficiently retrieve relevant patent documents in response to a given search request. In this paper we present a comprehensive review on PR methods and approaches. It is clear that, recent successes and maturity in IR applications such as Web search cannot be transferred directly to PR without deliberate domain adaptation and customization. Furthermore, state-of-the-art performance in automatic PR is still around average in terms of recall. These observations motivate the need for interactive search tools which provide cognitive assistance to patent professionals with minimal effort. These tools must also be developed in hand with patent professionals considering their practices and expectations. We additionally touch on related tasks to PR such as patent valuation, litigation, licensing, and highlight potential opportunities and open directions for computational scientists in these domains.

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“…Therefore, in order to understand aspects of collaborative activities from an IS&R perspective, we needed to investigate the manifestations of collaboration. We wanted to investigate everyday informationseeking processes in a work environment in order to monitor and reveal features of search tasks (Jurgens, Hansen and Womser-Hacker, 2012) in a real-life setting. However, one prevailing assumption in information retrieval (IR) is that problem understanding, query formulation, and retrieval are basically viewed as an individual activity and that the searcher performing the task is in a rather isolated situation.…”

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Studying Collaborative Information Seeking: Experiences with Three Methods

Hyldegård

Hertzum

Hansen

2015

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

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Collaborative information seeking (CIS) has lately produced interesting empirical studies, describing CIS in real-life settings. While these studies explore how and why CIS manifests itself in different domains, discussions about how to study CIS have been scarce. The research area of CIS may, however, benefit from a discussion of methodological issues. This chapter describes the application of three methods for collecting and analyzing data in three CIS studies. The three methods are Multidimensional Exploration, used in a CIS study of students' information behavior during a group assignment; Task-structured Observation, used in a CIS study of patent engineers; and Condensed Observation, used in a CIS study of information-systems development. The three methods are presented in the context of the studies for which they were devised, and the experiences gained using the methods are discussed. The chapter shows that different methods can be used for collecting and analyzing data about CIS incidents. Two of the methods focused on tasks and events in work settings, while the third was applied in an educational setting. Commonalities and differences among the methods are discussed to inform decisions about their applicability in future CIS studies and, more generally, to foster methodological discussions in CIS research.

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Going beyond CLEF-IP: The ‘Reality’ for Patent Searchers?

Cited by 9 publications

References 11 publications

Using query logs of USPTO patent examiners for automatic query expansion in patent searching

Using query logs of USPTO patent examiners for automatic query expansion in patent searching

Patent retrieval: a literature review

Studying Collaborative Information Seeking: Experiences with Three Methods

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