公开(公告)号：WO2014107350A3

公开(公告)日：2014-10-16

申请号：PCT/US2013077072

申请日：2013-12-20

Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

Inventor： BROWN CRAIG M ,  PADDON MICHAEL WILLIAM ,  PERRY GUY

IPC: G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F17/30728

Abstract: Methods and systems for indexing patent related prior art citations are disclosed. Electronic documents can be obtained from one or more patent information systems. An OCR process can be performed on some of the electronic documents. Citations within the documents can be identified and compared to a trusted records list. The citations can be associated with one or more predetermined categories. For example, citations can be categorized into groups such as when a reference is cited (e.g., with original filing, pre and post allowance), who provided the reference (e.g., cited by the applicant, or the examiner), and how the reference is characterized (e.g., statutory basis, combination of references). The citations and corresponding categories can be output to a user or made available for subsequent processing.

Abstract translation: 公开了用于索引专利相关的现有技术引用的方法和系统。 电子文件可以从一个或多个专利信息系统获得。 可以对一些电子文档执行OCR过程。 可以识别文档中的引用并将其与受信任的记录列表进行比较。 引用可以与一个或多个预定类别相关联。 例如，引用可以分为几组，例如在引用引用时（例如，原始申请，职前津贴和职位津贴），谁提供参考（例如申请人或审查员引用），以及参考文献 的特征（例如，法定依据，参考文献的组合）。 引用和相应的类别可以输出给用户或可用于后续处理。