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Can patent attorneys learn new tacit knowledge necessary for judgments of patentability from artificial intelligence?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K02829
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 09070:Educational technology-related
Research InstitutionJapan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Kohda Youji  北陸先端科学技術大学院大学, 先端科学技術研究科, 教授 (80417261)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords特許性の直感的把握力 / クレームチャート / 熟達 / 生成AI / 特許明細書作成 / 学術論文執筆 / IMRaD / 科学技術論文の執筆 / 特許の新規性 / 科学技術論文の独自性 / 特許の進歩性 / 学術研究の意義 / 人工知能 / 特許性判断 / 弁理士 / 直感的把握力の学習 / 知識修得 / スキル修得
Outline of Research at the Start

弁理士は特許業務を行う知識専門職である。弁理士が持っている、「特許性の直感的把握力」は、特許業務全般で弁理士を助ける。そして弁理士は、特許調査等の試行錯誤を必要とする業務経験を通じて「特許性の直感的把握力」を獲得して来た。では、「特許性を判断できるAI」が導入され、特許調査の試行錯誤が不必要になった時、弁理士は、どのように「特許性の直感的把握力」を獲得できるのか。本研究では、「特許性を判断できるAI」が判断の根拠として出力するクレームチャートの読解を通し、弁理士はこれまでよりむしろ素早く「特許性の直感的把握力」を獲得できると想定し、弁理士と発明者の間で行う発明会議の場で検証して行く。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study examined how experts can learn their expertise in the era of generative AI in their work. Experts have acquired mental models from their experience reading the prior literature. Using a generative AI, a mental model of the expert could be calculated from the prior literature, and the expert would be able to efficiently gain expertise through reading this mental model. In addition, after adding the expert's unique ideas to this mental model, it is possible to automatically generate expert-level artifacts with a generative AI.
The mental model of a patent attorney is a claim chart, and an AI that outputs patentability decisions as claim charts already exists. Based on the results of the survey of mental models of academic researchers, this study concluded that it is also possible to perform prior literature with a generative AI and automatically generate academic papers.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

生成AIの登場により、定型的な職業だけでなく、専門家の職業にも影響が出ると言われ始めている。業務経験を積むことによって獲得していた熟達が、専門家の高収入の根拠になっていたのだから、生成AIの登場は、専門家自身のみならず専門家教育機関にとって重大である。
本研究は、生成AIの時代に、専門家が、その収入の基盤としている熟達をどのように学べるのかを考察し、より効率良く熟達を学べる可能性を指摘した。さらに、生成AIを前提としたとき、専門家の業務をどこまで支援できるのかを、弁理士の特許業務、および、学術研究者の学術論文執筆を対象に考察し、特許明細書や学術論文の自動生成も可能となると論じた。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2023 2022 2021

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (2 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Structural condition of combinatorial innovation through patent ability AI analysis2021

    • Author(s)
      Shirasaka, H., Mikami, T., Onizuka, M., Kohda, Y., & Javed, A.
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Intellectual Property Management

      Volume: 11(2) Issue: 1 Pages: 154-164

    • DOI

      10.1504/ijipm.2020.10033292

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] To What Extent Can AI Simplify Academic Paper Writing?2023

    • Author(s)
      Youji Kohda, Amna Javed
    • Organizer
      AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Design, Engineering, and Computing (AHFE 2023 Hawaii Edition)
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Provide Quality Public Health Services2021

    • Author(s)
      Youji Kohda
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Sustainable Development: Opportunities & Challenges Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] A Critical Knowledge Management Question in the Artificial Intelligence Era: “Can Humans Learn from Artificial Intelligence or Not?” (in Boosting the Knowledge Economy, Francisco Javier Calzada-Prado (ed.), Chapter 3)2022

    • Author(s)
      Youji Kohda
    • Total Pages
      18
    • Publisher
      Chandos Publishing
    • ISBN
      9781843347729
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 「経営・事業戦略に貢献する知財価値評価と効果的な活用法」、第1章第4節「人工知能による特許評価と課題」2021

    • Author(s)
      神田陽治、白坂一
    • Total Pages
      13
    • Publisher
      技術情報協会
    • ISBN
      9784861048333
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] The Fifth Global Conference on Creating Value2022

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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