Apparatus and method for identifying and/or for analyzing potential patent infringement
First Claim
1. An apparatus for identifying potential patent infringement, comprising:
- an input device for inputting information regarding a patent;
a processing, device for processing the information regarding the patent, wherein the processing device is configured to;
identify at least one claim of the patent,parse the at least one claim to identity at least one term in the at least one claim,formulate a search query comprising the at least one term and a foreign language translation of the at least one term,obtain information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services, andperform a search of the information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services using the search query; and
an output device for outputting result of the search;
wherein the processing device is configured to automatically generate and transmit a natural language question to a chat room and obtain the information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services from the chat room.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for identifying and/or analyzing potential patent infringement, including a processing device for processing the information regarding the patent, wherein the processing device identifies at least one independent claim of the patent, wherein the processing device formulates a search or a search query containing information corresponding to the at least one independent claim, wherein the processing device searches information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services, wherein the processing device obtains and processes information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services, relevant to the at least one independent claim in conjunction with information contained in the at least one independent claim, and further wherein the processing device generates claim chart information containing information regarding the at least one of a product, products, a service, and services.
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88 Claims
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1. An apparatus for identifying potential patent infringement, comprising:
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an input device for inputting information regarding a patent; a processing, device for processing the information regarding the patent, wherein the processing device is configured to; identify at least one claim of the patent, parse the at least one claim to identity at least one term in the at least one claim, formulate a search query comprising the at least one term and a foreign language translation of the at least one term, obtain information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services, and perform a search of the information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services using the search query; and an output device for outputting result of the search; wherein the processing device is configured to automatically generate and transmit a natural language question to a chat room and obtain the information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services from the chat room. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus for identifying potential patent infringement, comprising:
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an input device for inputting information regarding a patent; a processing device for processing the information regarding the patent, wherein the processing device is configured to; identify at least one claim of the patent, parse the at least one claim to identify at least one term in the at least one claim, formulate a search query comprising the at least one term and a foreign language translation of the at least one term, obtain information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services, wherein the processing device is configured to automatically generate a natural language question for use in obtaining information from an on-line bulletin board, and perform a search of the information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services using the search query; and an output device for outputting result of the search.
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24. An apparatus for analyzing potential patent infringement, comprising:
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a receiver for receiving information regarding a patent; a processing device for processing the information regarding the patent, wherein the processing device is configured to; identify at least one claim of the patent, parse the at least one claim to identify at least one term in the at least one claim, formulate a search query comprising the at least one term and a foreign language translation of the at least one term, automatically generate a natural language question for use in obtaining information from an on-line bulletin board; generate a claim chart, and perform a search of information regarding at least one of a product and a service using the query; and a transmitter for transmitting the information contained in the claim chart to a user communication device in order to display the claim chart. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. An apparatus for analyzing potential patent infringement, comprising:
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a receiver for receiving information regarding a patent; a processing device tot processing the information regarding the patent, wherein the processing device is configured to; identify at least one claim of the patent, parse the at least one claim to identify at least one term in the at least one claim, formulate a search query comprising the at least one term and a foreign language translation of the at least one term, generate a claim chart, automatically generate a natural language question and transmit the natural language question to a chat room and obtain information regarding at least one of a product and a service from the chat room, perform a search of the information regarding at least one of a product and a service using the query; and a transmitter for transmitting the information contained in the claim chart to a user communication device in order to display the claim chart.
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45. A computer-implemented method for analyzing potential patent infringement, comprising:
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inputting information regarding a patent into a processing device; processing the information regarding the patent with the processing device;
identifying a claim of the patent;parsing the claim to identify at least one term in the claim; formulating a search query containing the at least one term and a foreign language translation of the at least one term; searching information regarding at last one of a product, products, a service, and services using the query; generating claim chart information containing at least some of the information regarding the at least one of a product, products, a service, and services; and outputting the claim chart information; automatically generating a natural language question for use in obtaining information from a chat room or an on-line bulletin board. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A computer-implemented method for analyzing potential infringement, comprising:
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inputting information regarding a patent into a processing device; processing the information regarding the patent with the processing device; identifying a claim of the patent; parsing the claim to identify at least one term in the claim; formulating a search query containing the at least one term and a foreign language translation of the at least one term; searching information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services using the query; generating claim chart information containing at least some of the information regarding the at least one of a product, products, a service, and services; outputting the claim chart information; automatically generating a natural language question; transmitting the natural language question to a chat room or an on-line bulletin board; and in response to the question, obtaining the information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services.
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68. A computer-implemented method for analyzing potential patent infringement, comprising:
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receiving information regarding a patent; processing the information regarding the patent; identifying a claim of the patent; formulating a search query containing terms in the claim and a foreign language translation of at least one of the terms; searching information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services using the query; generating claim chart information containing at least some of the information regarding the at least one of a product, products, a service, and services; transmitting the claim chart information to a user communication device in order to display the claim chart information to a user; automatically generating a natural language question; transmitting the natural language question to a chat room or an on-line bulletin board; and in response to the question, obtaining the information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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88. A computer-implemented method for analyzing potential patent infringement, comprising:
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receiving information regarding a patent; processing the information regarding the patent; identifying a claim of the patent; formulating a search query containing terms in the claim and a foreign language translation of at least one of the terms; searching information regarding at least one of a product, products, a service, and services using the query; generating claim chart information containing at least some of the information regarding the at least one of a product, products, a service, and services; transmitting the claim chart information to a user communication device in order to display the claim chart information to a user; and automatically generating a natural language question for use in obtaining information from a chat room or an online bulletin board.
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