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App. No. 14/323,501

METHODS FOR EVALUATING TERM SUPPORT IN PATENT-RELATED DOCUMENTS

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14/323,501
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method of evaluating a term in a patent-related document includes receiving a selected term, generating one or more variant suggestions related to the selected term, displaying the one or more variant suggestions, receiving one or more selected variant suggestions from the one or more variant suggestions, and associating the one or more selected variant suggestions with the selected term. In another embodiment, a method of evaluating a term in a patent-related document includes displaying a list of terms appearing in a first patent-related document and a second patent-related document, displaying a graphical representation of whether or not individual terms in the list of terms appear in the first patent-related document or the second patent-related document, and receiving a selected term from the list of terms. The method further includes displaying one or more variant suggestions related to the selected term.

Claims (50)

1 . A computer-implemented method of evaluating a term in a patent-related document, the computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a selected term, wherein the selected term is present in the patent-related document;

generating one or more variant suggestions related to the selected term;

displaying the one or more variant suggestions;

receiving one or more selected variant suggestions from the one or more variant suggestions; and

associating the one or more selected variant suggestions with the selected term.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising, prior to generating one or more variant suggestions, displaying a variant search option to search for structurally similar variant suggestions, conceptually similar variant suggestions, or both.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising receiving a selected variant search option, wherein:

displaying structurally similar variant suggestions if the variant search option selected is to search for structurally similar variant suggestions;

displaying conceptually similar variant suggestions if the variant search option selected is to search for conceptually similar variant suggestions; and

displaying structurally similar variant suggestions and conceptually similar variant suggestions if the variant search option selected is to search for both structurally similar variants and conceptually similar variants.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a graphical representation of an association between the selected term and the one or more selected variant suggestions.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a user equivalents table comprising the selected term and the one or more selected variant suggestions.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the selected term is a claim term, and the claim term does not have literal support within a detailed description section of the patent-related document.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the selected term does not have literal support within a compared patent-related document that is compared with the patent-related document.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the selected term is a part name within the patent-related document.

9 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising navigating a cursor to instances of the one or more selected variant suggestions in a text of the patent-related document.

10 . A computer-implemented method of evaluating a term in a patent-related document

displaying a list of terms appearing in the patent-related document;

displaying a graphical representation of a literal support status for each term within the list of terms, wherein the literal support status indicates literal support is or is not present within one or more patent-related documents;

receiving, by a computing device, a selected term from the list of terms appearing in the patent-related document;

generating one or more variant suggestions related to the selected term;

displaying the one or more variant suggestions;

receiving one or more selected variant suggestions from the one or more variant suggestions;

associating the one or more selected variant suggestions with the selected term; and

displaying a graphical representation of an association between the selected term and the one or more selected variant suggestions, wherein the association is indicative of non-literal support for the selected term.

11 . The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , further comprising, prior to generating one or more variant suggestions, displaying a variant search option to search for structurally similar variant suggestions, conceptually similar variant suggestions, or both.

12 . The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving a selected variant search option, wherein:

displaying structurally similar variant suggestions if the variant search option selected is to search for structurally similar variant suggestions;

displaying conceptually similar variant suggestions if the variant search option selected is to search for conceptually similar variant suggestions; and

displaying structurally similar variant suggestions and conceptually similar variant suggestions if the variant search option selected is to search for both structurally similar variants and conceptually similar variants.

13 . The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein each term in the list of terms appearing in the patent-related document is a claim term, and the literal support status indicates whether literal support is or is not present within a detailed description second of the patent-related document.

14 . The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , further comprising displaying a user equivalents table comprising the selected term and the one or more selected variant suggestions.

15 . The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , further comprising navigating a cursor to instances of the one or more selected variant suggestions in a text of the patent-related document.

16 . A computer-implemented method of evaluating a term in a patent-related document

displaying a list of terms appearing in a first patent-related document and a second patent-related document;

displaying a graphical representation of whether or not individual terms in the list of terms appear in the first patent-related document or the second patent-related document;

receiving, by a computing device, a selected term from the list of terms, wherein the selected term does not appear within the first patent-related document or the second patent-related document;

displaying one or more variant suggestions related to the selected term;

receiving one or more selected variant suggestions from the one or more variant suggestions;

associating the one or more selected variant suggestions with the selected term; and

displaying a graphical representation of an association between the selected term and the one or more selected variant suggestions, wherein the association is indicative of non-literal support for the selected term.

17 . The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , further comprising, prior to generating one or more variant suggestions, displaying a variant search option to search for structurally similar variant suggestions, conceptually similar variant suggestions, or both.

18 . The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , further comprising receiving a selected variant search option, wherein:

displaying structurally similar variant suggestions if the variant search option selected is to search for structurally similar variant suggestions;

displaying conceptually similar variant suggestions if the variant search option selected is to search for conceptually similar variant suggestions; and

displaying structurally similar variant suggestions and conceptually similar variant suggestions if the variant search option selected is to search for both structurally similar variants and conceptually similar variants.

19 . The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein displaying a graphical representation of whether or not individual terms in the list of terms appear in the first patent-related document or the second patent-related document further comprises:

displaying a first graphical representation if individual terms are present in a claims section of the first patent-related document or the second patent-related document, displaying a second graphical representation if individual terms are present in a detailed description section of the first patent-related document or the second patent-related document, and displaying a third graphical representation if individual terms are present in both the claims section and the detailed description section of the first patent-related document or the first patent-related document.

20 . The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein the list of terms further comprises individual terms appearing in one or more additional patent-related documents.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2019
From: ELIAS, BRIAN; MORRISE, MATTHEW; DALEY, RAY
To: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.
Reel/Frame 048385/0447 →