Patents Assigned to GLOBAL PATENT SOLUTIONS, LLC
  • METHOD FOR A CUSTOMIZED AND AUTOMATED FORWARD AND BACKWARD PATENT CITATION SEARCH
    Publication number: 20100174698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for efficiently searching a patent database using patent search software. A target patent or group of patents are identified and utilized through a forward and backward citation search (FNB search) to identify patent references closely related to the patent search subject. The FNB search may be customized by a plurality of user selectable options to manipulate the results of the FNB search, and the results may be output in a variety of formats depending on the preferences of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: GLOBAL PATENT SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Odland, Kathryn P. Odland, Justin Seth Kniep, Angela Christina Stigen, Zheng Rong, Jan Maurice Allen, Jaric Enin Loving