Abstract: A reference-management tool facilitates managing prior art references relating to one or more patent applications, which may be represented by matters. Interfaces can be presented to users to enable the users to group matters into clans, to associate references with matters, to automatically generate information disclosure statements (IDSs) and to track citations of references.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 26, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 28, 2015
Assignee:
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Inventors:
Marion Lukawski, Benjamin S. Fernandez, Thomas Anthony Gelbmann, Jr., Karen J. Hull, Victor Petersen Jonas, Andrew James Koch, Matthew John Mathieson, Mark Robert Raabe, JoRae M. Stockdale, Johnathan Andrew Tinnen, William K. Weimer
Abstract: A reference-management tool facilitates managing prior art references relating to one or more patent applications, which may be represented by matters. Interfaces can be presented to users to enable the users to group matters into clans, to associate references with matters, to automatically generate information disclosure statements (IDSs) and to track citations of references.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 26, 2012
Publication date:
October 31, 2013
Applicant:
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Inventors:
Marion Lukawski, Benjamin S. Fernandez, Thomas Anthony Gelbmann, JR., Karen J. Hull, Victor Petersen Jonas, Andrew James Koch, Matthew John Mathieson, Mark Robert Raabe, JoRae M. Stockdale, Johnathan Andrew Tinnen, William K. Weimer