摘要 |
<p>A method, system, and article are provided for extending the functionality of a report generated in response to submission of a query to a database supporting management of patent related documents. Due dates for documents submission are tracked by the management tool. A graphical user interface is provided as an overlay to the query submission to facilitate entry of the filters for fields to be joined in the query, and to support placement of a further constraint on the joined fields. In response to the query, a report is generated. Organization of the report limits association of one constraint data item per filtered data item per row in the report.</p> |