Automated patent office documentation
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorSamuel Zellner
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for automated patent office documentation. Some embodiments provide for analyzing electronic content such as an issued patent, application for patent, Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) office action, associated patent support data such as PTO information, and/or other reference materials, along with user input to identify references to external information, create an electronic association to the external information, and insert the electronic association into the electronic content.
Claims18
An automated patent office documentation system comprising:
- patent analysis logic operable to analyze electronic content, associated patent support data relating to the electronic content, and reference materials, to identify at least one reference to external information;
- search logic operable to find the at least one reference to external information;
- link analysis logic operable to create at least one electronic association corresponding to each at least one reference to external information;
- and
- insertion logic operable to insert the at least one electronic association into the electronic content.
An automated method for inserting electronic associations into patent office documentation comprising the steps of:
- analyzing electronic content, associated patent support data relating to the electronic content, and reference materials, and identifying at least one reference to external information;
- searching information systems to find the at least one reference to external information;
- creating at least one electronic association corresponding to each at least one reference to external information;
- and
- inserting the at least one electronic association into the electronic content.
A computer readable medium having a program for inserting electronic associations into patent office documentation comprising:
- analyzing electronic content, associated patent support data relating to the electronic content, and reference materials, and identifying at least one reference to external information;
- searching information systems to find the at least one reference to external information;
- creating at least one electronic associations corresponding to each at least one reference to external information;
- and
- inserting the at least one electronic associations into the electronic content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.