Abstract: Disclosed are a method, machine-readable code, and a database for use in identifying, among a group of professionals, one or more professionals having expertise with a given problem or specialty of interest. In the method, a search query related to the given problem is used to identify a summary statement taken from a library of citation-rich documents. The identified statement is linked to a patent-class tag associated with the statement in a citation-rich document, and the identified tag is linked to one or more members of a group of professionals whose own writings contain that citation tag.

Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed for detecting multiple target analytes in a sample using microparticles having molecular tags attached by cleavable linkages. Generally, an assay mixture is formed comprising a sample and a reagent comprising multiple such microparticles under conditions that permit stable complexes to form between binding moieties on the surfaces of the microparticles and the analytes. In one aspect of the invention, the a second binding composition is added so that complexes form among the microparticle-bound binding moieties, the analytes, and second binding moieties of the second binding composition. Such second binding moieties have cleavage-inducing moieties attached that upon activation cause the cleavage of the cleavable linkages and the release of molecular tags. Released molecular tags are separated and the presence and/or amount of the target analytes are determined based on the analysis of the released and separated molecular tags.

Abstract: Disclosed are a computer-readable code, system and method for retrieving one or more records stored in electronic form in a library of records. The program that executes the method accesses a database table to identify, from user-generated information, one or more phrases likely to be contained in or associated with a record of interest, and from these phrase(s), identifies one or more phrase-related tags. The program uses the one or more tags so identified to find, independent of user input, test tags associated with those already identified, and to present to the user the number of records associated with the test tags, allowing the user to find records based on the inclusion of known tags and associated phrases.

Abstract: Disclosed are a computer-readable code, system and method for use in accessing information derivable from a collection of citation-rich documents, such as scientific articles, works of scholarship, appellate cases, legal documents, and the like. The system includes a database containing phrases that represent summary holdings, statements, or conclusions contained in said documents, and for each such phrase, a tag representing the citation associated with that statement in a document. The method involves searching the database to identify one or more phrases that correspond to a user-input statement of interest, accessing the database to link each of the one or more phrases so identified to an associated citation tag in the database, and presenting to the user, information related to the linked citation tag(s).

Abstract: Disclosed are a computer-readable code, system and method for retrieving one or more selected texts from a library of documents. The system processes a user-input search query representing the content of the text to be retrieved, and accesses a word index for the documents to identify those texts in the database having the highest word-match scores with the search query. The weights of words in the query may be adjusted to optimize the search.

Abstract: Disclosed are a computer-readable code, system and method for assisting in the preparation of a target document. The system stores a plurality of template documents which are each parsed into passages, typically paragraphs. The individual passages from the several template documents form a database of model passages from which a new document can be constructed. To retrieve a particular passage, the user describes the content of interest, or represents the content as a string of words and/or word groups. The system uses a word-records file to identify one or more descriptive passages having the highest match score with the user description. From these highest-matching passages, the user selects one or more descriptive passages for use in document construction.

Abstract: Disclosed are a computer-readable code, system and method for generating candidate novel concepts in one or more selected fields. The system operates to generate strings of terms composed of combinations of word and optionally, word-group terms that are descriptive of concept elements in such field(s), and uses a genetic algorithm to find one or more high fitness strings, based on the application of a fitness metric which quantifies, e.g., the number occurrence of pairs of terms in texts in a selected library of texts. The highest- score string or strings are then applied in a database search to identify one or more pairs of primary and secondary texts whose terms overlap with those of a high fitness string.

Abstract: Disclosed are a computer-readable code, system and method for combining texts to form novel combinations of texts related to a desired target concept, where the concept is represented in the form of a natural-language text or a list of descriptive word and/or word-group terms. The system operates to find primary and secondary groups of texts having highest term match scores with a first and second subset of terms in the concept, respectively. It then generates pairs of texts containing a text from each of the primary and secondary groups of database texts, and selects for presentation to the user, those pairs of texts having highest overlap scores as determined from one or more of (i) term overlap, (ii) term coverage, (iii) feature-specific cross-correlation, (iv) attribute-specific correlation, and (v) citation score of one or both texts in the pair.

Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed for detecting multiple target analytes in a sample using microparticles having molecular tags attached by cleavable linkages. Generally, an assay mixture is formed comprising a sample and a reagent comprising multiple such microparticles under conditions that permit stable complexes to form between binding moieties on the surfaces of the microparticles and the analytes. In one aspect of the invention, the a second binding composition is added so that complexes form among the microparticle-bound binding moieties, the analytes, and second binding moieties of the second binding composition. Such second binding moieties have cleavage-inducing moieties attached that upon activation cause the cleavage of the cleavable linkages and the release of molecular tags. Released molecular tags are separated and the presence and/or amount of the target analytes are determined based on the analysis of the released and separated molecular tags.