Christian Josef Girtz

US Patent:

20130282735, Oct 24, 2013

Filed:

Mar 4, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/783920

Inventors:

Christian J. Girtz - Minneapolis MN, US

Assignee:

PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. - Minneapolis MN

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707748

Abstract:

A computerized reference analysis tool utilizes a prior art reference collection process to create a relatively smaller set of relevant references, together with a computerized reference ranking engine that ranks the set of harvested references for relevance with respect to the entirety of a claim set for a patent or patent application. The results of the computerized reference analysis tool harvesting and ranking this smaller set of prior art references can be presented to a user as an aggregated relevance listing, together with a visually or graphically displayed representation of the relevance ranking of the prior art references relative to individual claims and/or to individual claim elements.

US Patent:

20170046393, Feb 16, 2017

Filed:

Aug 16, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/238265

Inventors:

- Minneapolis MN, US
Christian Girtz - Minneapolis MN, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06Q 50/18

Abstract:

A computerized reference analysis tool utilizes a prior art reference collection process to create a relatively smaller set of relevant references, together with a computerized reference ranking engine that ranks the set of harvested references for relevance with respect to the entirety of a claim set for a patent or patent application. The results of the computerized reference analysis tool harvesting and ranking this smaller set of prior art references can be presented to a user as an aggregated relevance listing, together with a visually or graphically displayed representation of the relevance ranking of the prior art references relative to individual claims and/or to individual claim elements.