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Cluster-Based Patent Retrieval Using International Patent Classification System

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Computer Processing of Oriental Languages. Beyond the Orient: The Research Challenges Ahead (ICCPOL 2006)

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A patent collection provides a great test-bed for cluster-based information retrieval. International Patent Classification (IPC) system provides a hierarchical taxonomy with 5 levels of specificity. We regard IPC codes of patent applications as cluster information, manually assigned by patent officers according to their subjects. Such manual cluster provides advantages over auto-matically built clusters using document term similarities. There are previous researches that successfully apply cluster-based retrieval models using language modeling. We develop cluster-based language models that employ advantages of having manually clustered documents.

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Kim, J., Kang, IS., Lee, JH. (2006). Cluster-Based Patent Retrieval Using International Patent Classification System. In: Matsumoto, Y., Sproat, R.W., Wong, KF., Zhang, M. (eds) Computer Processing of Oriental Languages. Beyond the Orient: The Research Challenges Ahead. ICCPOL 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4285. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11940098_22

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