Patent mapping

a technology of patent portfolio and mapping, applied in the field of patent portfolio management, can solve the problems of insufficient detail suggesting, limited performance of tools, and often large number of tools,

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-04-04
BLACK HILLS IP HLDG
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However, such tools are still limited to only performing Boolean queries and displaying a list of results.
These search tools often provide large numbers of results, most of which are irrelevant.
These tools fail to present results in a manner allowing for quick relevancy determinations.
The presentation also fails to provide enough detail suggesting how to adjust a search for obtaining only relevant results.
Both the knowle...

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[0015]The life cycle of a patent may include multiple stages. These stages generally include invention, filing a patent application on the invention, prosecuting the patenting application to allowance or abandonment, determining whether to file any continuing applications, and paying maintenance fees on the allowed patent.

[0016]At each stage, one or more parties determine the best course of action to take with respect to the invention. For example, when determining whether or not to file a patent, the inventor may know what products are out in the technology area of the invention, a business manager may know how the invention fits in with a company's goals, and a patent attorney may have researched existing patents or application in the technology area of the patent. These parties will ultimately decide whether it is worth the initial investment of filing an application on the invention and then determine the next course of action at each future stage.

[0017]In some instances, an inv...

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Abstract

A method of patent mapping comprises maintaining a database of patent portfolios and a database of patents, each patent stored in the database of patents associated with one or more of the patent portfolios; receiving a search query associated with a first patent portfolio; searching the first portfolio as a function of the search query; generating search results, the search results including one or more patent claims associated with the search query; generating a claim similarity index for at least one patent claim or portion thereof included in the search results, based on its similarity to at least one other patent claim or portion thereof in the search results; identifying, based on the similarity index, one or more patent claims included in the search results as primary targets to map a patent scope to; and mapping the one or more patent claims to the patent concept.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 542,515 filed Oct. 3, 2011, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and made a part hereof. This application also claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 561,502 filed Nov. 18, 2011, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and made a part hereof.[0002]This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 605,030, entitled “Patent Mapping” by Steve W. Lundberg and Thomas G. Marlow filed Oct. 23, 2009, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and made a part hereof. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 605,030 claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119 (e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 107,930 filed Oct. 23, 2008, which is also incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and made a part hereof.BACKGROUND[0003]The ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30G06V30/224G06F40/237
CPCG06F17/27G06Q10/10G06F17/30477G06F17/30011G06Q50/184G06F16/24578G06F16/26G06F16/93G06F16/248G06F16/252G06F16/9535G06F40/237G06F16/2455G06F2216/11
Inventor LUNDBERG, STEVEN W.
Owner BLACK HILLS IP HLDG
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