Method and computer program product for analyzing documents

A method of comparing claims between patent-related documents, comprising:

• receiving a selection of two or more patent-related documents for comparison;
• automatically determining matching claims between the two or more patent-related documents;
• in response to the determining, providing for display in a graphical user interface a representation of a first set of claims from a first of the patent related documents and a representation of a second set of claims from a second of the patent related documents;
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• providing for display in the graphical user interface an indication of matching claims between the first set of claims and the second set of claims.

A computer program product stored on a computer-readable storage medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause a computer system to perform the steps of:

• receiving a selection of two or more documents for comparison, the documents including numbered sections;
• automatically determining matching numbered sections between the two or more documents;
• in response to the determining, displaying in a graphical user interface a representation of a first set of numbered sections from a first of the documents and a representation of a second set of numbered sections from a second of the documents;
• and
• indicating, in the graphical user interface, matching numbered sections between the first set of numbered sections and the second set of numbered sections.