In the patent map of the related art, an inclusion relation or an association of embodiments with respect to the scope of patent claims was not capable of being expressed. The embodiments are expressed by a point, an arbitrary figure that can be approximate to a point, or the like (a first display), and the scope of the patent claims is expressed by an approximate fan shape (a second display). In a case where a patentee of one patent is identical to a practitioner of one embodiment, a center angle of the approximate fan shape (the second display) representing the scope of the patent claims is disposed to overlap with the point or the like (the first display) representing the embodiments or to be in a position close thereto. Here, when there are a plurality of approximate fan shapes (the second displays), the plurality of approximate fan shapes (the second displays) are radially disposed. On the other hand, in a case where the practitioner is a third party, when the embodiments are included in the scope of the patent claims, the point or the like (the first display) representing the embodiments is disposed to be positioned inside the approximate fan shape (the second display) representing the scope of the patent claims, and when the embodiments are not included in the scope of the patent claims, the point or the like (the first display) representing the embodiments is disposed to be positioned outside the approximate fan shape (the second display) representing the scope of the patent claims. At this time, in a case where there is a small difference, the first display is disposed at a short distance from the second display, and in a case where there is a large difference, the first display is disposed at a long distance from the second display.
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