Method for syntactic and semantic analysis of patent text and drawings

A method for processing patent text in a computer, the method comprising the steps of:

• identifying boundaries of a plurality of parts of the patent text;
• analyzing at least one of the plurality of parts of the patent text, including the substeps of:
• recognizing patent text drawing references;
• loading drawing data from one or more computer drawing files info memory of a computer, wherein the one or more computer drawing files and said patent text correspond to a specific invention;
• extracting alphanumeric drawing data from the drawing data;
• and
• comparing the patent text drawing references with the alphanumeric drawing data;
• and
• reporting results to a user.

A method as claimed in 9, wherein the step of identifying boundaries comprises the steps of:

• searching for section headers;
• examining text for section keywords;
• measuring total line length;
• and
• matching the section keywords and the total line length to standard headers.

A method for analyzing patent text in a computer, the method comprising the step of verifying a rule has been correctly followed, wherein the rule is selected from the group consisting of:

• figure references included within parenthesis in an abstract section;
• no predetermined objectionable terminology in the abstract section;
• units of measure in metric units;
• sections properly ordered;
• page breaks precede a claims section and the abstract section;
• plural/singular agreement with a figure number in a header for a detailed description section and a header for a brief description section and a count of figures;
• a title agreement of the patent text and in the abstract section;
• the figures in numeric order in the brief description section and in the detailed description section;
• singular and plural abbreviations according to a use standard;
• each claim a single sentence;
• claims in sequential order;
• colons, semicolons, and placement of "and" proper in claim text;
• independent and dependent claim ordering per a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Manual for Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP);
• order, wording, spelling, and section header formats per section header standards;
• figure references agreement in the detailed description section and the brief description section;
• strict antecedent basis for reference claim elements;
• non-ambiguous antecedent basis for the reference claim elements;
• antecedent claim elements referenced in the detailed description section;
• the patent text drawing references in agreement with drawing data extracted from one or more drawing files from a computer;
• or
• the abstract section not exceeding a predetermined word count.

A method for processing patent text in a computer, the method comprising the steps of:

• recognizing patent text drawing references;
• receiving drawing data from one or more computer drawing files, wherein the one or more computer drawing files and said patent text correspond to a specific invention;
• extracting alphanumeric drawing data from the drawing data;
• comparing the patent text drawing references with the alphanumeric drawing data;
• and
• reporting results to a user.

A method for processing patent text in a computer, the method comprising the steps of:

• identifying boundaries of a plurality of parts of the patent text;
• loading at least one of the plurality of parts of the patent text into a working memory of a computer;
• analyzing the at least one of the plurality of parts of the patent text including systematically parsing characters of the patent text into tokens to determine correctness and punctuation of the patent text;
• and
• reporting results to a user.

A method for processing patent text in a computer, the method comprising the steps of:

• identifying boundaries of a plurality of parts of the patent text including the substeps of:
• searching for section headers;
• examining text for section keywords;
• measuring total line length;
• and
• matching the section keywords and the total line length to standard headers;
• loading at least one of the plurality of parts of the patent text into a working memory of a computer;
• analyzing the at least one of the plurality of parts of the patent text including;
• and
• reporting results to a user.

A method for processing patent text in a computer, the method comprising the steps of:

• identifying boundaries of a plurality of parts of the patent text;
• loading at least one of the plurality of parts of the patent text into a working memory of a computer;
• analyzing the at least one of the plurality of parts of the patent text including the substeps of:
• locating antecedent basis for each reference element;
• and
• verifying non-ambiguous antecedent basis for each claim element;
• and
• reporting results to a user.