Reducing time for screening of patent information

The Patent Interpretation Support System adopted IBM Watson Explorer, a cognitive technology which can gather information from documents integrally and cross-sectionally, and classify and analyse the information in a sophisticated manner. IBM Watson Explorer has powerful functionality to search and analyse texts, associate documents, and abstract ideas with a focus on patents. SDK, for its part, has technical expertise and a rich experience in research and handling of chemistry-related patent documents.

By making the most of this expertise and experience, SDK and IBM Japan have successfully enabled an AI-based System which analyses and associates documents in a way specialised for chemistry-related patent documents, and equipped the System with a user interface that gives high readability to patent documents written in Japanese. Thus the new System supports engineers' work to comprehend and interpret patent related documents in an effective and efficient manner.

In its medium term business plan The TOP 2021, launched in January 2019, the Showa Denko Group prepares a plan aimed at ‘the utilisation of AI/IoT related technologies’, and strengthening the Group's business foundation. The Group will accelerate the visualisation and formalisation of technical know-how and processes it has accumulated over many years of operation, utilising this experience to enhance corporate value.