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Database (DB) construction of software (SW) literature information is required as means for preventing the creation of false patents due to incomplete patent examination of SW related inventions and the occurrence of patent disputes due to such false patents, and for preventing double investment and duplicate researchthat may be caused by the defective search for prior art literatures. For this, in this study, the trend of the SW industry and the status of patent applications and patent registrations of SW related inventions have been investigated and analyzed, and based on this, the subject and the range of the SW related technology and literature information have been prescribed. Also, the DB construction and utilization status of SW literature information in U.S.A., Japan, and the like, has been investigated and analyzed, and based on this, the necessity and the method for the DB construction of SW literature information in Korea have been examined. Last, the utilization scheme of the constructed SW literature information has been examined. A DB search system for SW literature information should be constructed so that KIPO examiners and SW developers can use it more easily. For example, in association with thebasic search system that classifies SW literature information on the basis of the International Patent Classification (IPC) established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) under the influence of UN, a system, which makes it possible to conduct searches on the basis of diverse bibliographic information, such as the kind of SW literature information, free word, contents of literature, index, abstract, and the like, should be constructed.