Portfolio Mapping of Intellectual Property
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1. A method comprising:
- providing a database comprising patent applications and issued patents in electronic form;
wherein each patent application and issued patent is associated with at least one of an inventor, owner, or assignee;
receiving a request from a user to display a patent application or issued patent;
displaying the requested patent application or issued patent;
providing, in the displayed patent application or issued patent, a hyperlink which, when selected by the user, displays a list of other patent applications or issued patents in the database that are associated with the inventor, owner, or assignee associated with the displayed patent application or issued patent.
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Abstract
Improved methods and systems for searching, retrieving, and displaying information regarding patent applications and issued patents that may be related by inventors or assignees are described. The methods and systems may similarly incorporate and display potentially related non patent literature.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a database comprising patent applications and issued patents in electronic form;
wherein each patent application and issued patent is associated with at least one of an inventor, owner, or assignee;
receiving a request from a user to display a patent application or issued patent;
displaying the requested patent application or issued patent;
providing, in the displayed patent application or issued patent, a hyperlink which, when selected by the user, displays a list of other patent applications or issued patents in the database that are associated with the inventor, owner, or assignee associated with the displayed patent application or issued patent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
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17. A searchable patent database comprising:
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a set of patent applications and issued patents in electronic form; and
a user interface whereby a user can request that a given patent application or issued patent be displayed;
wherein, each patent application and issued patent includes a hyperlink associated with at least one of an inventor name, an assignee name, or an owner name;
and wherein, each hyperlink, when selected, displays to the user a set of patent applications and/or issued patents that are associated with an inventor name, assignee name, or owner name that is the same as the inventor name, assignee name, or owner name on the displayed patent application or issued patent.
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