US 9,541,977 B1 · Computer-implemented method and system for automated claim charts with context associations

Abstract

A computer-enabled system, method, and medium is provided to correlate intellectual property analysis, for example, patent claim charts, with respect to the analyzed intellectual property and a target product or other intellectual property. Analysis are stored in a manner that enables searching across multiple analysis, and creating reports over multiple analysis. Units of the analysis are associated with a context, inherited, e.g., from the intellectual property document's assignment to a relative role within the organizational hierarchy; and associated with a context derived from the analysis itself. The analysis and respective documents and/or targets of the analysis can be searched/retrieved/analyzed from the hierarchical analysis, the context analysis, and/or the content of the analysis. This obviates the need to store each analysis as a separate document. The representation of the analysis may be static or dynamic. The target or annotations may be visually represented by an item such as a thumbnail or hyperlink, and the system automatically associates the item with the appropriate application program.

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Dependent claims

A method for automatically generating a patent analysis claim chart, comprising:

providing, in the computer, a claim chart for an independent claim in a patent, the text of the independent claim being subdivided into plural separate claim elements;
automatically generating, in the computer, a visual representation of the claim chart, wherein the visual representation further includes an indication per separate claim element whether or not there is conformance of the separate claim element to a target of a patent non-infringement analysis, a patent invalidity analysis, a patent freedom to operate analysis, a patent product coverage analysis, or a patent infringement analysis, the target being an other product-or-document to which the patent is compared;
and
automatically determining, in the computer:
that the independent claim is not conforming when one of the separate claim elements in the independent claim is indicated as not conforming and another one of the separate claim elements in the independent claim is indicated as conforming,
that the independent claim is not conforming when all of the separate claim elements in the independent claim is indicated as not conforming, and
that the independent claim is conforming when all of the separate claim elements in the claim are indicated as conforming.

4 more elements

A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for execution by at least one computer, the instructions including a method for automatically generating a patent analysis claim chart, the instructions for implementing the steps of:

providing, in the computer, a claim chart for an independent claim in a patent, the text of the independent claim being subdivided into plural separate claim elements;
automatically generating, in the computer, a visual representation of the claim chart, wherein the visual representation further includes an indication per separate claim element whether or not there is conformance of the separate claim element to a target of a patent non-infringement analysis, a patent invalidity analysis, a patent freedom to operate analysis, a patent product coverage analysis, or a patent infringement analysis, the target being an other product-or-document to which the patent is compared;
and
automatically determining, in the computer:
that the independent claim is not conforming when one of the separate claim elements in the independent claim is indicated as not conforming and another one of the separate claim elements in the independent claim is indicated as conforming,
that the independent claim is not conforming when all of the separate claim elements in the independent claim is indicated as not conforming, and
that the independent claim is conforming when all of the separate claim elements in the claim are indicated as conforming.

4 more elements

A computer-implemented system for automatically generating a patent analysis claim chart, comprising:

a display;
a processor, the processor being configured to
provide a claim chart for an independent claim in a patent, the text of the one independent claim being subdivided into plural separate claim elements;
automatically generate, on the display, a visual representation of the claim chart, wherein the visual representation further includes an indication per separate claim element whether or not there is conformance of the separate claim element to a target of a patent non-infringement analysis, a patent invalidity analysis, a patent freedom to operate analysis, a patent product coverage analysis, or a patent infringement analysis, the target being an other product-or-document to which the patent is compared;
and
automatically determine:
that the independent claim is not conforming when one of the separate claim elements in the independent claim is indicated as not conforming and another one of the separate claim elements in the independent claim is indicated as conforming,
that the independent claim is not conforming when all of the separate claim elements in the independent claim is indicated as not conforming, and
that the independent claim is conforming when all of the separate claim elements in the claim are indicated as conforming.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Computer-implemented method and system for automated claim charts with context associations

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Computer-implemented method and system for automated claim charts with context associations

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