Presentation and Analysis of Patent Information and Other Information

Abstract

Aggregation, analysis, and presentation of financial and IP-related information in a common interface are described.

1 . A method comprising:
 under control of one or more processors configured with computer-executable instructions:   accessing patent information;   accessing financial information comprising stock information of a company;   integrating the patent information and the financial information; and   displaying the patent information and financial information on a common interface.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the integrating comprises aligning patent events and financial events with respect to a timeline. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 enabling a user to select among different times;   updating the patent information and financial information for the selected time; and   displaying the patent information and the financial information, as updated, on the common interface.   
     
     
         4 . A method comprising:
 under control of one or more processors configured with computer-executable instructions:   accessing information associated with at least one of a patent number or a patent application serial number, the information including patent prosecution information and patent assignee information;   accessing financial information using the patent assignee information, the financial information comprising stock information of an assignee; and   presenting the patent prosecution information and the financial information in at least one of a paper document or an electronic document.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising accessing litigation information using the patent assignee information and presenting the litigation information in the paper document or the electronic document. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the paper document comprises a single page. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the electronic document comprises active controls to link to additional information. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the electronic document comprises a common timeline associated with an active control. 
     
     
         9 . A method comprising:
 under control of one or more processors configured with computer-executable instructions:   determining a number of unique words in a patent claim;   determining a metric based at least in part on the number of unique words in the patent claim; and   using the metric as a dimension of a two dimensional shape.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the metric comprises one divided by the number of unique words. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the shape comprises a circle. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the area of the two dimensional shape diminishes with respect to an increase in the number of unique words. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising repeating the method in response to amendment of the patent claim. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising filtering the claim using a semantic filter. 
     
     
         15 . The method  claim 9 , further comprising:
 determining a total number of words in the patent claim; and   plotting a point using the number of unique words and the number of total words.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising plotting a plurality of points for a plurality of claims. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the plurality of claims comprise claims from one or more patents. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising repeating the method in response to amendment of the claim. 
     
     
         19 . A method comprising:
 under control of one or more processors configured with computer-executable instructions:   processing an agency record pertaining to an intellectual property (IP) asset to identify aspects of the record that pertain to scope of the IP asset; and   generating a graphic to visual convey a scope of the IP asset and whether the scope changed as captured by the agency record.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the IP asset comprises a patent, and the graphic visually conveys how the scope of patent claims changed during prosecution. 
     
     
         21 . A method comprising:
 under control of one or more processors configured with computer-executable instructions:   presenting a graphical map of one or more regions of the world;   representing on the graphical map market-related information pertaining to a particular technology or product; and   representing on the graphical map patent-related information pertaining to one or more patents that are associated with the particular technology or product.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the graphical map has multiple regions that are color coded to represent different market-related information. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising first and second graphical maps juxtaposed to one another, and the market-related information is represented on the first graphical map and the patent-related information is represented on the second map.