Patents by Inventor Steven W. Lundberg

Steven W. Lundberg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11086886
    Abstract: A user-interface system is provided for a patent management system having access to at least one patent matter database and at least one reference database. The user interface system comprises a first user interface element allowing selection of data stored in the at least one patent matter database, a second user interface element allowing selection of data stored in the at least one reference database, a third user interface element for linking at least one reference stored in the at least one reference database with at least one patent in the patent matter database, a fourth user interface element allowing the selection for storage of further references into the at least one reference database, and a fifth user interface element allowing analysis of at least one of the linked references.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Steven W. Lundberg
  • Patent number: 11080807
    Abstract: The present inventive subject matter provides systems, methods, software, and data structures for patent mapping, storage, and searching. Some such embodiments include mapping patent documents, claims, and claim limitations. Some further embodiments provide for searching a universe of patent documents by patent document, claim, limitation, class, element, or concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Lucid Patent LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Lundberg, Janal M. Kalis, Pradeep Sinha
  • Patent number: 11048709
    Abstract: A system and computer implemented method are provided. The method comprises maintaining a database of patent portfolios and a database of patents, with each patent stored in the database of patents being associated with one or more patent portfolios stored in the database of patent portfolios. The method includes receiving a search query associated with a first patent portfolio; searching the first portfolio as a function of the search query; generating a seed set of search results including one or more patent claims associated with the search query, the patent claims including terms from the search query; automatically generating an expanded set of search results including one or more patent claims further associated with the search query or associated with the patent claims in the seed set of search results; and mapping the one or more patent claims to a patent concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Steven W. Lundberg
  • Publication number: 20210192408
    Abstract: An automated docketing system receives documents from a plurality of sources, identifies the type of document, annotates the document, and automatically processes the document based on pre-established automated procedures for the respective annotations. The automated procedures may be universal procedures that are supplemented by customer-specific procedures that are unique to a given customer. In the case of a patent docketing system, the annotations may specify, for example, a response due date, whether an Official Action is final or non-final, whether drawing corrections are needed, and the like. The annotations are then used to inform the docketing database as to what actions to take when loading the document. Other automated procedures may automatically generate reporting letters, reminders, and the like and automatically identify and attach the docket items associated with the communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Steven W. Lundberg, Thomas G. Marlow, Christopher James Kinniburgh, Elliott M. Higgins
  • Publication number: 20210173858
    Abstract: An apparatus and computer implemented method that include obtaining, into a computer, text of a patent, automatically finding and extracting, using the computer, a set of claim text from the patent text, identifying, using the computer, text of independent claims from the set of claim text, displaying in a first row on a computer monitor the text of the independent claims, automatically determining a plurality of preliminary scope-concept phrases from the text of the independent claims, displaying in a second row on the computer monitor the text of the plurality of preliminary scope-concept phrases, eliciting and receiving user input to specify a first one of the plurality of preliminary scope-concepts phrases, and highlighting each occurrence of the specified first one of the plurality of preliminary scope-concept phrases in a plurality of the independent claims displayed in the first row. A scope concept builder tool is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Steven W. Lundberg
  • Publication number: 20210152509
    Abstract: Disclosed here are methods of creating a manifest record for an outgoing electronic communication and associated systems. The method can include identifying at least one document to be sent with the outgoing electronic communication, receiving a message comprising unstructured text to be inserted into the outgoing electronic communication, generating a manifest record for attachment to the outgoing electronic communication, attaching the at least one document and the manifest record to the outgoing electronic communication, and sending the outgoing electronic communication with the document and the manifest record attached. The manifest record can be creating using an official record of the matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Steven W. Lundberg, Thomas G. Marlow, Christopher James Kinniburgh
  • Publication number: 20210152504
    Abstract: Various aspects disclosed relate to a method of creating a manifest record for an outgoing electronic communication. The method includes identifying at least one document to be sent with the outgoing electronic communication, receiving a message comprising unstructured text to be inserted into the outgoing electronic communication, generating a manifest record for attachment to the outgoing electronic communication, attaching the at least one document and the manifest record to the outgoing electronic communication, and sending the outgoing electronic communication with the document and the manifest record attached. The manifest record includes structured data specifying the document type and the message type, wherein generating the manifest record includes assigning the message type associated with the message and the document type associated with the at least one document to the manifest record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Steven W. Lundberg, Thomas G. Marlow, Christopher James Kinniburgh
  • Publication number: 20210149969
    Abstract: System and method permit patent mapping. A method may comprise maintaining a database of patent portfolios and a database of patents with each patent stored in the database of patents associated with one or more patent portfolios stored in the database of patent portfolios. A target subject matter to be mapped is identified and a search query associated with the target subject matter is received. Search results are generated to define a first patent portfolio in the database with the search results including one or more patent claims associated with the search query. The one or more patent claims are mapped to a patent concept.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: Steven W. Lundberg
  • Publication number: 20210117433
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically proofing the patent specification of a granted patent issued on a patent application. The method comprises the steps of scanning amendments made to the patent application during prosecution; assembling the most recent claims, based on the scanned amendments, to create a test claim set of the claims; comparing the test claim set to the claims of the issued patent as published; and identifying any differences between the compared sets of claims and communicating the differences to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Steven W. Lundberg
  • Publication number: 20210073932
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a system and method to provide cross-referencing of important IP relationships. The system comprising software executing on a computing platform for displaying relationships between various domains of IP information selected from the group of claims, prosecution history, products, concepts or art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Steven W. Lundberg, Janal M. Kalis
  • Patent number: 10922344
    Abstract: Methods and systems for importing docketing data are provided. The method includes retrieving, from a storage device, a first data structure that includes docketing information for a plurality of matters from a source docketing system; searching a publicly available database to retrieve information associated with the first matter; verifying that data in at least one field of the first matter matches data in a corresponding field of the retrieved information; automatically detecting existence of an error in the first matter based on a combination of two or more fields of the first matter; and storing the first matter in a target docketing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Lundberg, Thomas G. Marlow
  • Patent number: 10909188
    Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically detecting docketing data anomalies are provided. The method includes storing in a docketing system docketing information for a plurality of matters, each of the plurality of matters including a plurality of activities and a plurality of documents. Retrieving a first document from the plurality of documents associated with a first matter of the plurality of matters. Determining a document type of the first document. Extracting one or more features from the first document and the plurality of activities associated with the first matter. Training a machine learning model, based on the extracted features and the document type of the first document, to determine one or more expected docketing activities for a new document determined to match the document type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Lundberg, Thomas G. Marlow
  • Publication number: 20210027405
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are systems and methods for performing patent analytics. In one or more embodiments, a method for performing patent analytics can include receiving an identification of a target patent, analyzing the target patent to determine a corpus of prior art references cited against the target patent, classifying a plurality of the references in the corpus of prior art references as abandoned or active, generating a value rating for the target patent based in part on the classifying, or storing the value rating in association with the target patent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Steven W. Lundberg, Lars Olof Hugo Svensson, Peter W. Rebuffoni, Tyler L. Nasiedlak, Jill Darcy Young, Piers A. Blewett, Joseph R. Williams
  • Patent number: 10885078
    Abstract: An apparatus and computer implemented method that include obtaining, into a computer, text of a patent, automatically finding and extracting, using the computer, a set of claim text from the patent text, identifying, using the computer, text of independent claims from the set of claim text, displaying in a first row on a computer monitor the text of the independent claims, automatically determining a plurality of preliminary scope-concept phrases from the text of the independent claims, displaying in a second row on the computer monitor the text of the plurality of preliminary scope-concept phrases, eliciting and receiving user input to specify a first one of the plurality of preliminary scope-concepts phrases, and highlighting each occurrence of the specified first one of the plurality of preliminary scope-concept phrases in a plurality of the independent claims displayed in the first row. A scope concept builder tool is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Steven W. Lundberg
  • Publication number: 20200394735
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing patent matters are provided. The method comprises receiving docketing information to select a matter for docketing. The method includes accessing at least one previously docketed docketing activity data for the matter; and identifying at least one next most probable docketing activity based on the at least one previously docketed docketing activity data for the matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventor: Steven W. Lundberg
  • Patent number: 10860657
    Abstract: System and method permit patent mapping. A method may comprise maintaining a database of patent portfolios and a database of patents with each patent stored in the database of patents associated with one or more patent portfolios stored in the database of patent portfolios. A target subject matter to be mapped is identified and a search query associated with the target subject matter is received. Search results are generated to define a first patent portfolio in the database with the search results including one or more patent claims associated with the search query. The one or more patent claims are mapped to a patent concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Steven W. Lundberg
  • Patent number: 10810693
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a system and method to provide cross-referencing of important IP relationships. The system comprising software executing on a computing platform for displaying relationships between various domains of IP information selected from the group of claims, prosecution history, products, concepts or art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Lundberg, Janal M. Kalis
  • Patent number: 10803073
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically proofing the patent specification of a granted patent issued on a patent application. The method comprises the steps of scanning amendments made to the patent application during prosecution; assembling the most recent claims, based on the scanned amendments, to create a test claim set of the claims; comparing the test claim set to the claims of the issued patent as published; and identifying any differences between the compared sets of claims and communicating the differences to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Steven W. Lundberg
  • Publication number: 20200278978
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for analyzing patents and prior art in a patent management system. In an example embodiment, a computer-implemented method of determining a potential point of novelty for an identified patent comprises retrieving at least one independent claim of the patent in the claim form as issued; retrieving at least one independent claim of the patent in the claim form as published; and automatically comparing the issued claim to the published claim by identifying unique keywords present in the issued claim but not present in the published claim and flagging the unique keywords to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: Steven W. Lundberg
  • Publication number: 20200279222
    Abstract: System and method permit patent mapping. A method may comprise maintaining a database of patent portfolios and a database of patents with each patent stored in the database of patents associated with one or more patent portfolios stored in the database of patent portfolios. A search query may be received associated with a first patent portfolio and the first portfolio may be searched as a function of the search query. Search results may be generate which include one or more patent claims associated with the search query. The one or more patent claims may be mapped to a patent concept.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Steven W. Lundberg, Thomas G. Marlow