Systems, methods and user interfaces in a patent management system
AssigneeBlack Hills IP Holdings, LLC
InventorSteven W. Lundberg
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for automatically proofing the patent specification of a granted patent issued on a patent application. The method comprises the steps of scanning amendments made to the patent application during prosecution; assembling the most recent claims, based on the scanned amendments, to create a test claim set of the claims; comparing the test claim set to the claims of the issued patent as published; and identifying any differences between the compared sets of claims and communicating the differences to a user.
Claims6
A method of automatically proofing the patent specification of a granted patent issued on a patent application, the method comprising the steps of:
- scanning amendments made to the patent application during prosecution;
- assembling the most recent claims, based on the scanned amendments, to create a test claim set of the claims;
- comparing the test claim set to the claims of the issued patent as published;
- and
- identifying any differences between the compared sets of claims and communicating the differences to a user.
A patent management system for automatically proofing the patent specification of a granted patent issued on a patent application, the system having one or more hard-wired modules to perform at least a portion of one or more of the following:
- scan amendments made to the patent application during prosecution;
- assemble the most recent claims, based on the scanned amendments, to create a test claim set of the claims;
- compare the test claim set to the claims of the issued patent as published;
- and
- identify any differences between the compared sets of claims and communicating the differences to a user.
A patent management system comprising:
- a network;
- at least one patent database, accessible on the network, and storing the prosecution history and patent specifications as filed and as issued of at least one patent matter stored in the database, and
- a server, operatively connected to the network, wherein the server includes:
- a processor,
- a memory,
- software operable on the processor to:
- download at least portions of the file history and specification as issued of at least one patent matter stored in the patent database;
- scan amendments made to the patent matter during prosecution;
- assemble the most recent pending claims, based on the scanned amendments, to create a test claim set of the claims;
- compare the test claim set to the claims of the issued patent as published;
- and
- identify any differences between the compared sets of claims and communicate the differences to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.