Patent analysis and formulation using ontologies
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1. A method of analysis regarding at least one patent claim, comprising:
- a) determining a correspondence of the portions of the at least one patent claim to the concept nodes of an ontology;
b) determining a correspondence of the portions of at least one instance to the concept nodes of the ontology; and
c) processing the determined correspondence of the portions of the at least one patent claim and the determined correspondence of the portions of the at least one instance.
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Abstract
A method and system is described using one or more ontologies to perform patent analysis and formulation. Using the ontologies, analysis of the claims is performed. The ontologies are such that comparison can be made between concepts in a patent claim sense of relative breadth.
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1. A method of analysis regarding at least one patent claim, comprising:
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a) determining a correspondence of the portions of the at least one patent claim to the concept nodes of an ontology;
b) determining a correspondence of the portions of at least one instance to the concept nodes of the ontology; and
c) processing the determined correspondence of the portions of the at least one patent claim and the determined correspondence of the portions of the at least one instance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system usable for patent analysis, comprising:
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an instance record database embodied in a tangible medium, the instance record database comprising a plurality of instance records, wherein each instance record is associated with a separate one of a plurality of instances, and each instance record includes a plurality of portion entries, each portion entry configured to hold an indication of a concept node in an ontology. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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