Patent Document ID: 9104648
Application ID: 12633917

Base Claim:
1. A system for displaying patent claims, the system comprising: at least one input device in communication with a computer and at least one output device, and information input via the at least one input device to the at least one computer and viewing information on the at least one output device, and wherein the at least one computer is capable of storing, modifying, outputting, and retrieving information in communication with the at least one input device and at least one output device; and software installed and capable of running on the at least one computer for automatically: importing patent claims based upon the user inputted information; parsing the imported patent claims hierarchically, wherein each independent claim is parsed into its invention sub-elements, wherein an invention sub-element is a parsed patent invention element or a step of the independent patent invention claim, and wherein the hierarchically parsed patent claims comprises hierarchical elements and sub-elements; generating a hierarchical claims diagram comprising a graphical claim structure and a textual claim content associated with each patent claim, and outputting the hierarchical claims diagram, wherein, for each patent claim, the graphical claim structure fully includes the textual claim content, wherein the hierarchical claims diagram shows the parsed claims in an interactive format that is operable to dynamically expand and compress both the graphical claim structure and the fully included textual claim content, according to the hierarchy of the imported patent claims; wherein the graphical claim structure comprises multiple geometric outlines, wherein the textual claim content of each hierarchical element and each sub-element is fully included in each of the geometric outlines of the graphical claim structure, wherein coloration and shading are used for the multiple geometric outlines to differentiate the included textual claim content hierarchically, wherein at least one of the multiple geometric outlines further has a visual emphasis, and wherein the visual emphasis indicates whether there are additional levels of the hierarchy of the patent claims directly connected to the at least one of the multiple geometric outlines that has a visual emphasis, and wherein the multiple geometric outlines are connected with lines according the hierarchy of the patent claims.

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Claim 13:
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the visual emphasis further includes numerical indicators of the number of dependent claims and the number of sub-elements if there are any.