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Method for syntactic and semantic analysis of patent text and drawings

  • US 5,774,833 A
  • Filed: 12/08/1995
  • Issued: 06/30/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for processing patent text in a computer, the method comprising the steps of:

  • identifying boundaries of a plurality of parts of the patent text;

    loading at least one of the plurality of parts of the patent text into a working memory of a computer;

    analyzing the at least one of the plurality of parts of the patent text, including the substeps of;

    recognizing patent text drawing references;

    loading drawing data from one or more computer drawing files into the working memory of the computer, wherein the one or more computer drawing files and said patent text correspond to a specific invention;

    extracting alphanumeric drawing data from the drawing data; and

    comparing the patent text drawing references with the alphanumeric drawing data; and

    reporting results to a user.

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