Systems and methods for managing documents associated with one or more patent applications
US9607058B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 20, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2216/11
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing documents such as a prior art documents and documents for submission to government agencies such as an information disclosure statement (IDS) configured for submission to a patent office. In certain aspects, the system and methods include automatic retrieval of relevant documents, for example using a crawler service over a network such as the Internet. In certain aspects, the systems and methods include automatic optical character recognition and template matching to facilitate the extraction of information relating to certain documents. In certain aspects, the system and methods include a generating interface configured to present information to a generating user and to allow the generating user to select options relating to the citation of references in a particular patent family.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.