US 2014/0279585 A1Published application

Server and Process for Producing an IP Application Exchange Data Set

AssigneePractice Insight Pty Ltd

InventorThomas Haines

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Abstract

A process for producing an IP application exchange data set for a given party in relation to a jurisdiction using a database containing records of destination IP applications and records of source IP applications. Each destination IP application is associated with a source IP and each record identifies the party that filed the IP application and jurisdiction in which the IP application was filed. A data set generation module generates an IP application exchange data set for a given party in relation to a jurisdiction. The case exchange data set contains two lists of parties. The first list consists of parties that have filed at least one destination IP application in the jurisdiction for which the associated source IP application was filed by the given party. The second list consists of parties that have filed at least one source IP application in the jurisdiction for which an associated destination IP application was filed by the given party. The data set generation module is adapted to produce the total number of IP applications filed by each party in the first and second lists. An output module is provided to send the case exchange data set to a recipient via a data communications network.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A server connectable to a data communications network comprising:

a database containing records of destination Intellectual Property (IP) applications and records of source IP applications,
each destination IP application being associated with a source IP application such that they belong to the same IP family,
each record in the database identifying the attorney/law firm that filed the IP application and the jurisdiction in which the IP application was filed,
the jurisdiction in which the destination IP application was filed is different from the jurisdiction in which the associated source IP application was filed,
a data set generation module to generate an IP application exchange data set for a given attorney/law firm in relation to a first jurisdiction, the IP application exchange data set containing
a first list of attorneys/law firms that have filed at least one destination IP application in the first jurisdiction for which a respective associated source IP application was filed in a second jurisdiction by the given attorney/law firm,
a second list of attorneys/law firms that have filed at least one source IP application in the first jurisdiction for which a respective associated destination IP application was filed in the second jurisdiction by the given attorney/law firm,
the respective total number of destination IP applications filed in the first jurisdiction by each attorney/law firm in the first lists for which a respective associated source IP application was filed in the second jurisdiction by the given attorney/law firm, and
the respective total number of destination IP applications filed in the second jurisdiction by the given attorney/law firm for which a respective associated source IP application was filed in the first jurisdiction by a respective party in the second list,
wherein the given attorney/law firm is distinct from the attorney/law firms in the first and second lists, and
an output module to sent the IP application exchange data set to a recipient using the data communications network.

8 more elements

A process for producing an Intellectual Property (IP) application exchange data set for a given attorney/law firm in relation to a first jurisdiction comprising the steps of

accessing, by a server, a database containing records of destination IP applications and records of source IP applications,
each destination IP application being associated with a source IP application such that they belong to the same IP family,
each record in the database identifying the attorney/law firm that filed the IP application and the jurisdiction in which the IP application was filed,
the jurisdiction in which the destination IP application was filed is different from the jurisdiction in which the associated source IP application was filed, and
generating, by the server, a first list of attorneys/law firms that have filed at least one destination IP application in the first jurisdiction for which an associated source IP application was filed in a second jurisdiction by the given attorney/law firm,
generating, by the server, a second list of attorneys/law firms that have filed at least one source IP application in the first jurisdiction for which an associated destination IP application was filed in a second jurisdiction by the given attorney/law firm,
wherein the given attorney/law firm is distinct from the attorneys/law firms in the first and second lists, and
calculating, by the server,
the respective total number of IP applications filed in the first jurisdiction by each attorney/law firm in the first lists for which an associated source IP application was filed in the second jurisdiction by the given attorney/law firm, and
the respective total number of destination IP applications filed in the second jurisdiction by the given attorney/law firm for which an associated source IP application was filed in the first jurisdiction by a respective attorney/law firm in the second list.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/293,510Filed 2 Jun 2014
Priority: AU 201023596522 Oct 2010
Published: 18 Sep 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06Q 50/184
Legal services: intellectual property management
G06F 16/93
Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types: document management systems
G06Q 10/06
Administration; Management: resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation…
G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management