Purpose This paper aims to identify, evaluate and integrate the findings of all relevant and
high-quality individual studies addressing one or more research questions about …

Patent document collections are an immense source of knowledge for research and
innovation communities worldwide. The rapid growth of the number of patent documents …

The patent database is often used by designers to search for inspirational stimuli for
innovative design opportunities because of the large size, extensive variety, and the …

We tackle the problem of analyzing and retrieving technical drawings. First, we introduce
DeepPatent, a new large-scale dataset for recognition and retrieval of design patent …

Intellectual property and the patent system in particular have been extremely present in
research and discussion, even in the public media, in the last few years. Without going into …

Intellectual property work covers a wide range of areas. In particular, prior art literature
searching in the patent field requires finding documents that can be used to determine …

This paper proposes a method for binary image retrieval, where the black-and-white image
is represented by a novel feature named the adaptive hierarchical density histogram, which …

To verify the originality of an invention in a patent, the graphical description available in the
form of patent drawings often plays a critical role. This paper introduces the importance …

In the twentieth century, the functions of written or spoken language were extensively
studied. The functions of drawings were studied less. This was largely due to a kind of …

Recently, the intellectual property and information retrieval communities have shown
increasing interest in patent image retrieval, which could further enhance the current …