Patent ID: 11947605
Assignee: nan
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 2:
3. A patent search tool system comprising:
a. a computer;
b. a memory that stores processor-executed software modules; and
c. one or more processors in communication with the memory and configured to:
i. execute instructions stored on the memory; and
ii. produce a patent quality score utilizing the factors: similar text segments, abstract score, sibling score, classification score, and random walk score;
wherein the patent search tool identifies relevant prior art by utilizing a computer, wherein said computer evaluates limitations of a claim under construction, text of prior art, a link structure of a citation network and a patent classification; and
wherein the patent search tool constructs a network that consists of art nodes and classification nodes; and
wherein each art node is linked to all art nodes that it cites and all classification nodes it belongs to; and
wherein a patent classification is utilized by said computer to analyze the nodes between the predicted classifications of a patent application in comparison to actual classes of the prior art reference; and
wherein a link structure is evaluated by said computer to determine how likely it is to find references based on the nodes of classification within said citation network of cited patents and in turn, said computer analyzes the random walk distance between said patent application claims and the prior art.