PATENT SEARCH AND DISPLAY METHODS AND SYSTEMS

摘要

Methods of patent searching, displaying patent search results, and analyzing patent data are disclosed. Search methods permit a user to indirectly search the drawings of patents in a group of patents, by querying lists of part names extracted from patent descriptions.

主权项

1. A method for searching a group of patent references, one or more of the patent references having associated a) one or more drawings, and b) a specification, in which a) and b) contain corresponding part identifiers, which are each associated with a part name in the specification, the method comprising:
displaying on one or more screens a form with one or more text entry query fields; in response to a user query event, performing with a processor a query, using text in at least one of the text entry query fields, of lists of part names, the lists being stored on a computer readable medium, each list being associated with a respective patent reference of the group; and displaying on the one or more screens a results list of one or more patent references found in the query.