Patent Analysis Interface with Interactive Claim Term Linking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Analyzing patent documents is inefficient due to the need to repeatedly switch between claims, descriptions, and drawings, as patents are typically provided in PDF or TIFF formats, making it difficult to understand the scope of protection.
Innovation Solution
A system that parses electronic patent documents using optical character recognition, generates user interfaces with interactive features, and creates three-dimensional models from two-dimensional drawings, allowing users to interact with claim terms and drawings within a single interface, including augmented reality applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If patent documents are provided in PDF or TIFF formats, then the documents can be stored and transmitted efficiently, but users must repeatedly switch between claims, descriptions, and drawings which reduces analysis efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges claims, detailed descriptions, and drawings into a single integrated user interface. The system parses the patent document to extract these components and presents them together, allowing users to view all relevant information without switching between separate documents or sections, thereby improving analysis efficiency while maintaining ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that parses patent documents and generates an enhanced user interface. This intermediary layer extracts claims, descriptions, and drawings, then presents them in an integrated format with interactive features such as hover-over events and pop-up windows that link related components, resolving the contradiction between efficiency and ease of use
2Device complexity
If patent documents are provided as static PDF or TIFF files, then the format is simple to implement and widely compatible, but it requires repeated glancing between different sections to understand claim terms
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary parsing and organization of patent documents before presentation. It pre-extracts claims, descriptions, and drawings, and pre-establishes the relationships between them. This preliminary processing enables the integrated interface to immediately present all relevant information when a user interacts with a claim term, eliminating the need for repeated glancing and reducing time loss while maintaining manageable system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimensional layer to traditional patent presentation by creating an interactive interface that overlays additional information and connections onto the basic document structure. This dimensional enhancement allows users to access related descriptions, drawings, and claim terms through interactive elements like hover-over events, reducing time loss without significantly increasing implementation complexity
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AI summary
Disclosed are various embodiments for patent analysis applications. A computing device may be directed to parse an electronic version of a patent document having a detailed description, a claims section, and at least one drawing. In various embodiments, parsing the electronic version of the patent document may include applying an OCR process to the electronic document, obtaining a list of claim terms used in the claims section, identifying instances of the claim terms used in the detailed description, identifying a reference numeral corresponding to the claim terms from the detailed description, and identifying portions of the drawing that includes the reference numeral. In response to user interaction with a claim term, a dialog may be shown proximate to the claim term, where the dialog includes a portion of the detailed description that includes the claim term and/or the drawing that comprises the reference numeral corresponding to the claim term.