Computational system for the textual processing of industrial patents

Abstract

This work presents a study related to the application of text mining methods in Brazilian industrial patents (INPI databases) as a tool of competitive profit for companies supplying technology. The main objective is to discover, using patents abstracts analysis, the main developers' companies in all technological areas, helping in the competitors' identification. The patent mining is capable of discovering, through the research aiming perception, new industrial trends helping to create strategies that anticipate the demand and to get a competitive profit through technological innovations.