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Title: | Evaluation of a Visual Tool for Early Patent Infringement Detection During Design |
Authors: | Sorce, S Malizia, A Gentile, V Jiang, P Atherton, M Harrison, D |
Keywords: | visual interfaces;visual programming;block programming;end-user programming;patent infringement detection |
Issue Date: | 10-Jul-2019 |
Citation: | Sorce, S., Malizia, A., Gentile, V., Jiang, P., Atherton, M. and Harrison, D. (2019) 'Evaluation of a Visual Tool for Early Patent Infringement Detection During Design', Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2019), Hatfield, UK, 10-12 July 2019, pp. 1-8. |
Abstract: | 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 designers 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. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/18032 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers |
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