Evaluation of a Visual Tool for Early Patent Infringement Detection During Design
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 process, we previously presented a visual tool to be used by designers themselves at any stage of the design process, providing them with useful and reliable information for deciding whether to steer their design away from potential patent infringements. In this work, we report on a usability study carried out on such a tool with 21 professional de- signers from industry in the field of mechanical engineering. The outcome of our study shows that our tool is very well accepted by designers, and felt useful and helpful even by legal experts.
Item Type | Book Section |
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Additional information | © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. |
Keywords | block programming, end-user programming, patent infringement detection, visual interfaces, visual programming, theoretical computer science, general computer science |
Date Deposited | 15 May 2025 16:43 |
Last Modified | 04 Jun 2025 17:10 |
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