- UHRA Home
- Browsing by Author
Browsing by Author "Atherton, Mark"
Now showing items 1-3 of 3
-
Design for invention : annotation of functional geometry interaction for representing novel working principles
Atherton, Mark; Jiang, Pingfei; Harrison, David; Malizia, Alessio (2018-04-01)In some mechanical engineering devices the novelty or inventive step of a patented design relies heavily upon how geometric features contribute to device functions. Communicating the functional interactions between geometric ... -
Evaluation of a Visual Tool for Early Patent Infringement Detection During Design
Malizia, Alessio; Sorce, Salvatore; Gentile, Vito; Atherton, Mark; Harrison, David; Jiang, Pingfei (Springer Nature, 2019-07-12)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 ... -
A Novel Visual Interface to Foster Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Protect from Patent Infringement
Sorce, Salvatore; Malizia, Alessio; Jiang, Pingfei; Atherton, Mark; Harrison, David (2018-04-25)One of the main time and money consuming tasks in the design of industrial devices and parts is the checking of possible patent infringements. Indeed, the great number of documents to be mined and the wide variety of ...