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US 2023/0274374 A1Published application
Patent family citation landscape tool
AssigneeBlack Hills IP Holdings, LLC
InventorSteven W. Lundberg
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Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed relate to a citation landscape tool and method of producing citation landscape analyses. The present disclosure includes methods of receiving a selection of a patent application, identifying patent family members, and aggregating forwards and backwards citations. The landscape tool can be used to produce landscape analyses for user review.
Claims22
An automated method comprising:
- receiving a selection of a patent application;
- aggregating a first collection of citations of the selected patent application, wherein the first collection of citations comprise backwards citations, forwards citations, or both of the selected patent application;
- aggregating a second collection of citations based on the first collection of citations, wherein the second collection of citations comprise backwards citations, forwards citations, or both of the first collection of citations;
- reducing the second collection of citations to a subset of citations, wherein the subset is selected from the second collection of citations based on a patent relevance determination;
- reiterating aggregation and reduction to produce a revised subset of citations based on one or more predetermined parameters;
- producing a landscape based on the revised subset of citations;
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- presenting the landscape on a user interface for a user.
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