Patent ID: 8600900

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of rating a patent continuation case by comparing the patent continuation case with a priority or parent patent case of the patent continuation case, the method comprising: receiving, using a processor, user input directly identifying a patent continuation case to be rated, or input identifying a patent priority or parent case indirectly identifying a patent continuation case to be rated; and automatically comparing, using the processor, the identified patent continuation case with a priority or parent patent case of the patent continuation case using one or more of the following comparison elements selected from a group comprising: the number of words in at least one independent claim of the patent continuation case compared to the number of words in at least one independent claim in the priority or parent patent case, any keyword commonality or uniqueness between the patent continuation case and the priority or parent patent case, the number of identified keywords in the patent continuation case compared to the number of the same keywords in priority or parent patent case, and identifying any common or unique claim limitations or elements of the patent continuation case compared to the priority or parent patent case.