CATIA軟體專利申請之技術分析

Technical Analysis of CATIA Software Patent Application

智慧製造的浪潮加速了臺灣製造業自動化的腳步，生產效率為產業競爭之首要關鍵，由達梭系統（Dassault Systemes S.A.）開發之CATIA軟體，將2D、3D整合到同一平臺、解決了相容性問題，而透過二次開發的方式，甚至能解決各企業間存在的差異問題，大幅提升了生產效率。然而臺灣對於CATIA之專利申請量截至2017年僅有21件，導致企業在實施二次開發等方法時，沒有受到專利的保護將為企業帶來極大的風險。因此，本研究目的為分析CATIA在國際專利申請案之關鍵技術為何，並提供企業做為專利申請之參考。本研究以1983-2020年之專利資料庫，分析中國大陸、美國、歐盟、日本與臺灣專利申請案，以AHP層級分析法、Delphi法等方法進行分析，並使用專利檢索軟體分析專利技術之申請案。研究發現，專利申請案數量最多的國家為中國大陸，其中各國皆以CATIA之自動化設計為最主要之專利技術佈局，而國際專利分類號則以G06F 30（電腦輔助設計）、G06T 17（特定功能的數位計算或數據加工與處理方法）、G06F 119（與分析或優化的類型或目標的細節）為目前CATIA最重要的技術應用項目，其中G06F 119之技術為正在快速崛起的專利技術，應及早完成專利佈局。

The wave of smart manufacturing has accelerated the automatization of Taiwan’s manufacturing industry, and production efficiency is the primary key to industry competition. The production efficiency is greatly improved. However, the number of patent applications for CATIA in Taiwan is only 21 as of 2017, resulting in the lack of patent protection for enterprises when implementing secondary development methods, which will bring great risks to enterprises. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the key technologies of CATIA in international patent applications and to provide companies with reference for patent applications. This study analyzed the patent applications in China, the United States, the European Union, Japan, and Taiwan using the patent database from 1983 to 2020, and analyzed them by AHP hierarchical analysis and Delphi method, and use of patent search software to analyze applications for patented technology. The study found that the country with the largest number of patent applications is China, among which each country takes CATIA’s automatic design as the main patent technology layout, and the international patent classification numbers G06F 30 (computer-aided design), G06T 17 (digital computing or data processing and processing methods for specific functions), and G06F 119 (details related to the type or goal of analysis or optimization) are the most important technical applications of CATIA, among which the technology of G06F 119 is a fast-emerging patented technology and should be completed as early as possible.