Systems, methods and user interfaces in a patent management system
A system and method are provided for automatically proofing the patent specification of a granted patent issued on a patent application. The method comprises the steps of scanning amendments made to the patent application during prosecution; assembling the most recent claims, based on the scanned amendments, to create a test claim set of the claims; comparing the test claim set to the claims of the issued patent as published; and identifying any differences between the compared sets of claims and communicating the differences to a user.
1. A method comprising:
receiving data from an external patent database, wherein the data includes office action activity and responses for a plurality of patent matters;
analyzing the office action activity and responses for a patent matter of the plurality of patent matters to identify a response as an allowance instance, wherein the allowance instance is identified as an allowance of at least one claim for the patent matter that includes at least one amendment;
identifying a patent examiner associated with the allowance instance;
generating a prosecution profile for the patent examiner including patent prosecution analytics, wherein the patent prosecution analytics includes the at least one claim and the at least one amendment;
analyzing the patent prosecution analytics for the prosecution profile to determine prosecution metrics for the prosecution profile;
generating a set of claim amendments for a prosecution patent matter with non-allowed claims, using the prosecution metrics; and
applying the set of claim amendments to the non-allowed claims of the prosecution patent matter to identify claim amendment differences.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the office action activity and responses further comprises identifying a response as a non-allowance instance and wherein the non-allowance instance is identified as an allowance of none of the claims for the patent matter by the patent examiner.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
identifying a set of non-allowed claims for the non-allowance instance, wherein analyzing the patent prosecution analytics includes evaluating the set of non-allowed claims from the non-allowance instance.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the patent prosecution analytics includes an allowance rate based on the set of allowed claims and the set of non-allowed claims.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a ground of rejection for the non-allowance instance from the office action activity, wherein analyzing the patent prosecution analytics includes evaluating the ground of rejection.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a set of keywords in the at least one amendment;
performing a keyword analysis based on occurrences of the keywords; and
updating the prosecution metrics based on the keyword analytics.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising filtering a set of allowed claims including the at least one claim based on a date to create a filtered claims view, wherein the filtered claims view includes the at least one amendment.
8. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
receive data from an external patent database, wherein the data includes office action activity and responses for a plurality of patent matters;
analyze the office action activity and responses for a patent matter of the plurality of patent matters to identify a response as an allowance instance, wherein the allowance instance is identified as an allowance of at least one claim for the patent matter that includes at least one amendment;
identify a patent examiner associated with the allowance instance;
generate a prosecution profile for the patent examiner including patent prosecution analytics, wherein the patent prosecution analytics includes the at least one claim and the at least one amendment;
analyze the patent prosecution analytics for the prosecution profile to determine prosecution metrics for the prosecution profile;
generate a set of claim amendments for a prosecution patent matter with non-allowed claims, using the prosecution metrics; and
apply the set of claim amendments to the non-allowed claims of the prosecution patent matter to identify claim amendment differences.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein analyzing the office action activity and responses further comprises instructions to identify a response as a non-allowance instance and wherein the non-allowance instance is identified as an allowance of none of the claims for the patent matter by the patent examiner.
10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising instructions to:
identify a set of non-allowed claims for the non-allowance instance, wherein analyzing the patent prosecution analytics includes evaluating the set of non-allowed claims from the non-allowance instance.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the patent prosecution analytics includes an allowance rate based on the set of allowed claims and the set of non-allowed claims.
12. The system of claim 8 , further comprising instructions to:
identify a ground of rejection for the non-allowance instance from the office action activity, wherein analyzing the patent prosecution analytics includes evaluating the ground of rejection.
13. The system of claim 8 , further comprising instructions to:
identify a set of keywords in the at least one amendment;
perform a keyword analysis based on occurrences of the keywords; and
update the prosecution metrics based on the keyword analytics.
14. The system of claim 8 , further comprising instructions to filter a set of allowed claims including the at least one claim based on a date to create a filtered claims view, wherein the filtered claims view includes the at least one amendment.
15. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
receive data from an external patent database, wherein the data includes office action activity and responses for a plurality of patent matters;
analyze the office action activity and responses for a patent matter of the plurality of patent matters to identify a response as an allowance instance, wherein the allowance instance is identified as an allowance of at least one claim for the patent matter that includes at least one amendment;
identify a patent examiner associated with the allowance instance;
generate a prosecution profile for the patent examiner including patent prosecution analytics, wherein the patent prosecution analytics includes the at least one claim and the at least one amendment;
analyze the patent prosecution analytics for the prosecution profile to determine prosecution metrics for the prosecution profile;
generate a set of claim amendments for a prosecution patent matter with non-allowed claims, using the prosecution metrics; and
apply the set of claim amendments to the non-allowed claims of the prosecution patent matter to identify claim amendment differences.
16. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein analyzing the office action activity and responses further comprises instructions to identify a response as a non-allowance instance and wherein the non-allowance instance is identified as an allowance of none of the claims for the patent matter by the patent examiner.
17. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising instructions to:
identify a set of non-allowed claims for the non-allowance instance, wherein analyzing the patent prosecution analytics includes evaluating the set of non-allowed claims from the non-allowance instance.
18. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the patent prosecution analytics includes an allowance rate based on the set of allowed claims and the set of non-allowed claims.
19. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising instructions to:
identify a ground of rejection for the non-allowance instance from the office action activity, wherein analyzing the patent prosecution analytics includes evaluating the ground of rejection.
20. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising instructions to:
identify a set of keywords in the at least one amendment;
perform a keyword analysis based on occurrences of the keywords; and
update the prosecution metrics based on the keyword analytics.