SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING EXPERTISE
First Claim
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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Abstract
Disclosed are a method, machine-readable code, and a database for use in identifying, among a group of patent practitioners, one or more practitioners having expertise related to a given invention or technology. In the method, a search query related to the given invention or technology is used to identify one or more texts of patent abstracts or claims or patent class definitions having high term matches with the user-input query. The identified text(s) are linked to patent-class tags associated with the texts, and the identified tags are linked to one or more members of a group of patent practitioners who wrote and/or prosecuted patents having the patent-class assignments.
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14 Claims
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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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11. For use in identifying, among a group of patent practitioners in a given loocale, one or more practitioners having technical expertise related to a given invention or technology, machine-readable code which is operable on a computer to execute machine-readable instructions for performing the steps comprising
(a) processing a user-input query composed of word, and optionally, word-group terms that are descriptive of the given invention, (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 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 the names and locales of patent practitioners linked to patent-class tags that have been assigned to patents prepared by such patent practitioners, 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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13. A relational database for use in identifying, among a group of patent practitioners, one or more practitioners having expertise related to a given invention or technology, comprising database tables containing:
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(i) a word index of texts of patent abstracts or claims or patent-class definitions taken from a library of patents or from a dictionary of patent classes, respectively, (ii) citation tags linked to the texts, where the tags represent patent-class tags assigned to said texts, and (iii) group-member identifiers linked to patent-class tags, through patent-class tags taken from patents prepared by members of the group of practitioners. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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