Visualization of patent information using text mining tools and the R statistical language

Abstract

In recent years, importance of the patent information application in enterprise has increased. Extracting indispensable information quickly from too much patent information for the end user is required. Visualization of patent information was examined making use of the text mining tools and The R statistical language; 1. Analysis and visualization of the patent documents using similarity, 2. Visualizing patent information by means of social network analysis tools with applications to inventors and technical terms. When this technique is applied to search set of the commercial patent database, it can be applied "the analysis of patent information/evaluation support" and "use of strategic patent information".