產業界經常面對的重要問題,是如何針對競爭者已受專利保護之產品或技術進行專利迴避設計,避免專利侵權的產生。本研究提出了一個結合專利資訊與公理設計之創新設計流程,嘗試以系統化的方式,結合公理設計的設計矩陣概念並納入專利資訊、專利侵權判斷法則、專利迴避設計策略與萃思理論,讓設計者經由本研究所發展的創新設計流程,產生僅針對既有專利的部分技術作創新,而仍能達成原有功能的創新設計架構,達到降低研發成本、縮短產品上市時間、與減少專利侵權之風險。在專利迴避設計上,本研究提出的基本想法是在產生具體工程設計概念前,先從既有專利之技術功效矩陣表所代表的設計架構出發,有系統地思考如何產生一個不致侵權的設計架構之後,再依此設計架構進行實際的工程設計。本文中以一個電磁驅動衝擊型手工具爲例,說明本研究提出的創新設計流程各步驟。
Patent infringements have become an important issue for industries when developing products. Designing around existing patents of competitors is a task constantly faced by designers. This research proposes an innovation design rocess by systematically integrating axiomatic design, patent information and TRIZ. The purpose of the process is to generate a new design concept that is a slight variation of one of the concerned patents but does not infringe with xisting patents. The basic idea is to consider patent infringement before engineering design concepts are actually enerated. A magnetic impact tool design example is used to illustrate the process.