Patent mapping
AssigneeBlack Hills IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsSteve W. Lundberg, Lars Olof Hugo Svensson
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Abstract
A system and computer implemented method of patent mapping are provided. The method comprises maintaining a database of patent portfolios and a database of patents, each patent stored in the database of patents associated with one or more patent portfolios stored in the database of patent portfolios; maintaining a database of ontologies, the ontologies including one or more patent concepts in defined groups; receiving a search query associated with a first patent portfolio; searching the first portfolio as a function of the search query; generating search results, the search results including one or more patent claims associated with the search query; and mapping the one or more patent claims to a patent concept in a defined group.
Claims19
A computer implemented method comprising:
- maintaining a database of patent portfolios and a database of patents, each patent stored in the database of patents associated with one or more patent portfolios stored in the database of patent portfolios;
- maintaining a database of ontologies, the ontologies including one or more patent concepts in defined groups;
- receiving a search query associated with a first patent portfolio;
- searching the first portfolio as a function of the search query;
- generating search results, the search results including one or more patent claims associated with the search query;
- and
- mapping the one or more patent claims to a patent concept in a defined group.
A system comprising:
- a database of patent sets and a database of patents, each patent stored in the database of patents associated with one or more patent sets stored in the database of patent sets;
- a database of ontologies, the ontologies including one or more patent concepts in defined groups;
- and
- a web server engine to receive a search query associated with a first patent set;
- a mining module to search a first patent set as a function of the search query and generate search results, the search results including one or more patent claims associated with the search query and stored in a patent claim database;
- a mapping module to map the one or more patent claims to a patent concept in a defined group.
A system comprising:
- a network;
- databases, accessible on the network, including
- at least one database of patent portfolios, and
- a database of patents, each patent stored in the database of patents associated with one or more patent portfolios stored in the database of patent portfolios, and
- a database of ontologies, the ontologies including one or more patent concepts in defined groups;
- and
- a server, operatively connected to the network, wherein the server includes:
- a processor,
- a memory,
- software operable on the processor to:
- receive a search query associated with a first patent portfolio;
- search the first portfolio as a function of the search query;
- generate search results, the search results including one or more patent claims associated with the search query;
- and
- map the one or more patent claims to a patent concept in a defined group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.