Patent Document ID: 8612853
Application ID: 11940618

Base Claim:
1. A method of preparing a patent application having a description section and a claims section and an abstract section by using a computer program comprising the steps of: manually highlighting elements in the patent application having a common noun; recognizing ( 22 ) a first element designated by the common noun preceded by a first primary adjective, associating ( 24 ) a first reference numeral with the common noun preceded by the first primary adjective to reference the first element, recognizing ( 26 ) a second element designated by the common noun preceded by a second primary adjective, associating ( 28 ) a second reference numeral with the common noun preceded by the second primary adjective to reference the second element, scanning ( 38 ) at least one section of the patent application for each occurrence of the common noun, automatically inserting ( 40 ) the first reference numeral following the common noun in response to each recitation of the common noun preceded by the first primary adjective ( 42 ) to reference the first element throughout said least one section of the patent application, automatically inserting ( 44 ) the second reference numeral following the common noun in response to each recitation of the common noun preceded by the second primary adjective ( 46 ) to reference the second element throughout said at least one section the patent application, and characterized by automatically inserting ( 72 ) the first and second reference numerals following the common noun in response to each recitation of the common noun unmodified by an adjective ( 74 ) to reference the first and second elements throughout said at least one section the patent application.

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Claim 2:
2. A method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising the steps of: recognizing ( 122 , 222 ) the first element designated by adding a first secondary adjective to the common noun preceded by the first primary adjective, recognizing ( 126 , 226 ) the second element designated by adding a second secondary adjective to the common noun preceded by the second primary adjective, automatically inserting ( 140 , 240 ) the first reference numeral following the common noun in response to each recitation of the common noun modified by the first primary adjective and the first secondary adjective ( 142 , 242 ) to reference the first element throughout said at least one section the patent application, and automatically inserting ( 144 , 244 ) the second reference numeral following the common noun in response to each recitation of the common noun modified by the second primary adjective and the second secondary adjective to reference second element throughout said at least one section the patent application ( 146 , 246 ).