Computer-implemented method and system for automated validity and/or invalidity claim charts with context associations
US9460396B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 27, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N3/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system correlates intellectual property analyses, for example, patent claim charts, with respect to analyzed intellectual property and a target product or other intellectual property. Analyses are stored to enable searching and/or creating reports over multiple analyses. Units of the analysis are associated with a context, inherited, e.g., from the intellectual property document's assignment to a relative role within organizational hierarchy; and associated with a context derived from the analysis itself. The analysis and respective documents and/or targets of the analysis can be searched/retrieved/analyzed from the hierarchical analysis, the context analysis, and/or the content of the analysis. This obviates the need to store each analysis as a separate document. The target or annotations may be visually represented by an item such as a thumbnail or hyperlink, and the system automatically associates the item with the appropriate application program.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.