Patent mapping

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;
• and
• one or more modules to perform at least a portion of one or more of the following:
• receive a search query associated with a first patent set,
• 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,
• map the one or more patent claims to a patent concept,
• highlight any claim terms associated with the patent scope across a number of claims,
• store the associations, and
• display the highlighted claim terms to a user when subsequently displaying the one or more mapped patent claims.

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 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;
• map the one or more patent claims to a patent concept;
• highlight any claim terms associated with the patent scope across a number of claims;
• store the associations;
• and
• display the highlighted claim terms to a user when subsequently displaying the one or more mapped patent claims.