Citation Mapping Techniques in Intellectual Property Analysis

Automatic generation of patent citation landscapes for comprehensive analysis of patent family connections and citations to identify problematic patents and analyze portfolio value. The system identifies related patents in a family, and searches and aggregates backward citations for analysis.

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Wireless worldwide patent search and analytics tool that can be used for the search of undiscovered and undiscovered patents. The tool analyzes the claims under consideration (query claim of query patent), the text of the art, the link structure of the citation network, and the patent classification.

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Automatically finding relevant documents for a given set of documents by analyzing citation information. The method involves recursively processing citation information of the queried documents to find citing documents, then processing citation information of the citing documents to find further cited documents. Relevance scores are computed for the cited documents based on how they are cited by the citing documents. Relevant documents are determined based on direct citation relevance from the original query documents, and indirect citation relevance from the recursive search.

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Automated methods for evaluating intangible assets like patents that leverage business context to provide a more pragmatic evaluation. The method uses data on patent citations, applicant company values, and inter-company relationships. It retrieves evaluation indices for cited patent applicants and then modifies the original patent's evaluation index based on those. This accounts for business value and relationships in assessing a patent's worth.

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Patent management system with tools for analyzing patents and patent applications. The system provides analytics and visualization features to help make decisions at each stage of a patient's life. Tools include prosecution analytics to evaluate success rates based on factors like claim length, rejection type, and prior art ownership; reference management to analyze cited references; docketing management to track deadlines; claim mapping to view claim history; portfolio analytics to monitor patent growth; and annuity management to analyze maintenance fees. The system aims to provide decision support for patent prosecution, maintenance, and management using data analysis and visualization.

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Reference management tool for tracking prior art references associated with patent applications. The tool allows users to associate patent applications (matters) into user-defined groups called clans. It automatically associates references between clans to find similar subject matter. The tool also generates Information Disclosure Statements (IDSs) and allows review and notification.

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Automatically rating the importance of patents in a portfolio by comparing their similarity to third-party websites and literature. The method involves determining the degree of overlap between a patent specification/claims and external sources, such as competitor websites or product manuals. This overlap score is used to rate the patent's importance in the portfolio. Comparing importance scores across patents helps inform annuity payment decisions.

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Patent mapping, ranking, and rating system for analyzing patents quickly by categorizing patents and claims into concepts, ranking the concepts, and visualizing the relationships between concepts and claims. The system allows users to map patents and claims to concepts, track ranking data for concepts, and generate interactive charts to analyze the patent portfolio.

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A patent management system for analyzing prior art, identifying common references cited against multiple entities, mapping the references, and displaying the prior art overlap to a user. The system uses databases to store cited references, identifies sets cited against target and other entities, maps the sets for overlap, and presents the shared references to the user. It can also identify reference owners and competitors.

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Cross-referencing important intellectual property relationships to help patent practitioners efficiently understand and manage claims in patent applications. The system provides a structured way to track and display claims, their amendment status, examination status, and prior art. It allows searching and filtering claims based on scope to find ones of interest. This helps practitioners advise clients, draft claims, and avoid prosecution costs by having a concise and organized view of claims.

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