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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING EXPERTISE

  • US 20080183759A1
  • Filed: 01/28/2008
  • Published: 07/31/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-assisted method for identifying, from among a group of patent practitioners in a given locale, one or more practitioners having technical expertise related to a given invention or technology area, comprising(a) processing a user-input query composed of word, and optionally, word-group terms that describe or are descriptive of the given invention or technology area,(b) accessing a database containing a word index of texts of patent abstracts or patent claims or patent classification definitions, to identify one or more texts having high term matches with the user-input query,(c) accessing a database containing texts linked to patent-class tags linked to the texts, to identify one or more one or more patent-class tags linked to the texts identified in step (b),(d) accessing a database containing patent-class tags linked to the names and locales of patent practitioners who have prepared patents to which such patent-class tags have been assigned, to identify one or more patent practitioners in a given locale associated with the patent-class tags identified in step (c) and(e) presenting the patent practitioners identified in step (d) to the user.

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