Patent analyzing system

摘要

A patent analyzing system for efficiently reviewing and analyzing a patent document (e.g. patent application, published patent document or patent). The patent analyzing system includes identifying the element names within a patent document and modifying patent drawing sheets to include element names and figure descriptions.

主权项

1. A method of analyzing a patent document, said method comprising:
providing a patent document, wherein said patent document includes text data; providing element name data for said patent document comprising a plurality of element names in said text data of said patent document and a plurality of element numbers associated with said plurality of element names, wherein said step of providing element name data comprises:
providing a non-element database;identifying a first element number within said text data; andidentifying a preceding identifier to the left of said first element number, wherein said preceding identifier is within said non-element database, wherein said first element name is comprised of one or more words between said first element number and said preceding identifier; displaying said plurality of element names in a first display area; selecting a first identifier associated with said first element name from said plurality of element names displayed in said first display area; and displaying on a first display a corresponding text portion of said text data that includes said first element name and said first element number, wherein said corresponding text portion is comprised of at least one sentence that includes said first element name, and wherein said corresponding text portion is displayed in a second display area separate from said first display area.