ANALYTICS GENERATION FOR PATENT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

• US 20140258153A1
• Filed: 05/19/2014
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC
• Inventors: Lundberg, Steven W.
• Granted Patent: US 11,461,862 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/310
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management

Abstract

Systems and methods for patent portfolio management and generation of analytics are described. A system comprises, for example, one or more modules. A first module is configured to combine data received from an official government source and from a docketing system. The data received may pertain to one or more assets of a patent portfolio. A second module is configured to generate a metric of the patent portfolio based on the combined data. The metric may measure a characteristic of the patent portfolio. A third module is configured to receive a request from a client device to display the metric. A fourth module is configured to, in response to the request to display the metric, display the metric in a user interface that includes one or more filtering elements that are selectable to request a filtering of the displayed metric.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying at least one patent or patent application related to a profile within a patent portfolio management system;

creating a new patent portfolio within the patent portfolio management system;

adding to the new patent portfolio the identified at least one patent or patent application related to the profile; and

enabling a user of the patent portfolio management system to access relevant analytics for the new patent portfolio.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the profile is based on a patent owner.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the profile is based on an inventor.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the profile is based on a patent.

5. A patent portfolio management system comprising:

at least one module, executing on one or more computer processors, to;

identify at least one patent or patent application related to a profile within the patent portfolio management system;

create a new patent portfolio within the patent portfolio management system;

add to the new patent portfolio the identified at least one patent or patent application related to the profile; and

enable a user of the patent portfolio management system to access relevant analytics for the new patent portfolio.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the profile is based on a patent owner.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the profile is based on an inventor.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the profile is based on a patent.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

identifying at least one patent or patent application related to a profile within a patent portfolio management system;

creating a new patent portfolio within the patent portfolio management system;

adding to the new patent portfolio the identified at least one patent or patent application related to the profile; and

enabling a user of the patent portfolio management system to access relevant analytics for the new patent portfolio.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the profile is based on a patent owner.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the profile is based on an inventor.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the profile is based on a patent.