Evaluation of a visual tool for early patent infringement detection during design

Salvatore Sorce; Alessio Malizia; Vito Gentile; Pingfei Jiang; Mark Atherton; David Harrison

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-24781-2_12

Evaluation of a visual tool for early patent infringement detection during design

Salvatore Sorce
, Alessio Malizia
, Vito Gentile
, Pingfei Jiang
, Mark Atherton
, David Harrison

University of Palermo
University of Hertfordshire
Molde University College
Brunel University London

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Patent infringement detection usually implies research among documents in different forms, in both natural and unstructured language, often involving a lot of human resources and time. In order to ease this patent check process, we previously presented a visual tool to be used by designers themselves at any stage of the design process, providing them with useful and reliable information for deciding whether to steer their design away from potential patent infringements. In this work, we report on a usability study carried out on such a tool with 21 professional designers from industry in the field of mechanical engineering. The outcome of our study shows that our tool is very well accepted by designers, and felt useful and helpful even by legal experts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	End-User Development
Subtitle of host publication	7th International Symposium, IS-EUD 2019, Hatfield, UK, July 10–12, 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Alessio Malizia, Stefano Valtolina, Anders Morch, Alan Serrano, Andrew Stratton
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Cham
Pages	166-173
Volume	11553
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-24781-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-24780-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24781-2_12
Publication status	Published - 3 Jul 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	7th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2019) - Hatfield, U.K. Duration: 10 Jul 2019 → 12 Jul 2019

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	11553
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	7th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2019)
Period	10/07/19 → 12/07/19

Keywords

Mechanical, aeronautical and manufacturing engineering

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Sorce, S., Malizia, A., Gentile, V., Jiang, P., Atherton, M., & Harrison, D. (2019). Evaluation of a visual tool for early patent infringement detection during design. In A. Malizia, S. Valtolina, A. Morch, A. Serrano, & A. Stratton (Eds.), End-User Development: 7th International Symposium, IS-EUD 2019, Hatfield, UK, July 10–12, 2019, Proceedings (1 ed., Vol. 11553, pp. 166-173). ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11553). Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24781-2_12

Sorce, Salvatore ; Malizia, Alessio ; Gentile, Vito et al. / Evaluation of a visual tool for early patent infringement detection during design. End-User Development: 7th International Symposium, IS-EUD 2019, Hatfield, UK, July 10–12, 2019, Proceedings. editor / Alessio Malizia ; Stefano Valtolina ; Anders Morch ; Alan Serrano ; Andrew Stratton. Vol. 11553 1. ed. Cham : Springer Cham, 2019. pp. 166-173 ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Sorce, S, Malizia, A, Gentile, V, Jiang, P, Atherton, M & Harrison, D 2019, Evaluation of a visual tool for early patent infringement detection during design. in A Malizia, S Valtolina, A Morch, A Serrano & A Stratton (eds), End-User Development: 7th International Symposium, IS-EUD 2019, Hatfield, UK, July 10–12, 2019, Proceedings. 1 edn, vol. 11553, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11553, Springer Cham, Cham, pp. 166-173, 7th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2019), 10/07/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24781-2_12

Evaluation of a visual tool for early patent infringement detection during design. / Sorce, Salvatore; Malizia, Alessio; Gentile, Vito et al.
End-User Development: 7th International Symposium, IS-EUD 2019, Hatfield, UK, July 10–12, 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Alessio Malizia; Stefano Valtolina; Anders Morch; Alan Serrano; Andrew Stratton. Vol. 11553 1. ed. Cham: Springer Cham, 2019. p. 166-173 ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11553).

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Sorce S, Malizia A, Gentile V, Jiang P, Atherton M, Harrison D. Evaluation of a visual tool for early patent infringement detection during design. In Malizia A, Valtolina S, Morch A, Serrano A, Stratton A, editors, End-User Development: 7th International Symposium, IS-EUD 2019, Hatfield, UK, July 10–12, 2019, Proceedings. 1 ed. Vol. 11553. Cham: Springer Cham. 2019. p. 166-173. ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-24781-2_12

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