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Patent Claims Analysis System and Method

  • US 20150347968A1
  • Filed: 08/10/2015
  • Published: 12/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for displaying patent claims, the system comprising:

  • at least one input device in communication with at least one computer and at least one output device, wherein the at least one computer is capable of storing, modifying, outputting, and retrieving information in communication with the at least one input device and the at least one output device; and

    software installed and capable of running on the at least one computer for automatically;

    importing patent claims based upon the user inputted information;

    parsing the imported patent claims hierarchically, wherein each independent claim is parsed into its invention sub-elements, wherein an invention sub-element is a parsed patent invention element or a step of the independent patent invention claim, and wherein the hierarchically parsed patent claims comprises hierarchical elements and sub-elements;

    generating a hierarchical claims diagram comprising a textual claim content associated with each patent claim, andoutputting the hierarchical claims diagram, wherein, for each patent claim, the hierarchical claims diagram shows the parsed claims in an interactive format that is operable to dynamically expand and compress the textual claim content, according to the hierarchy of the imported patent claims;

    wherein at least one of the hierarchical elements and/or sub-elements has a visual emphasis, and wherein the visual emphasis indicates whether there are additional levels of the hierarchy of the patent claims directly connected to the at least one of the hierarchical elements and/or sub-elements with the visual emphasis.

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