US 11,775,538 B2
Systems, methods and user interfaces in a patent management system
Steven W. Lundberg, Edina, MN (US)
Assigned to Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,864.
Application 17/745,864 is a continuation of application No. 17/037,223, filed on Sep. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,360,988.
Application 17/037,223 is a continuation of application No. 16/274,228, filed on Feb. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,803,073.
Application 16/274,228 is a continuation of application No. 13/309,166, filed on Dec. 1, 2011, granted, now 10,242,066.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/561,502, filed on Nov. 18, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/542,515, filed on Oct. 3, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0004569 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/26 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06F 40/237 (2020.01); G06Q 50/18 (2012.01)
CPC G06F 16/24578 (2019.01) [G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01); G06F 16/252 (2019.01); G06F 16/26 (2019.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 40/237 (2020.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 50/184 (2013.01); G06F 2216/11 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
identifying a patent matter in a non-allowance state, wherein a patent examiner is associated with the patent matter;
analyzing office action activity and responses for a plurality of patent matters associated with the patent examiner to identify a set of responses based on the set of responses including an allowance of at least one claim that includes at least one amendment;
generating a prosecution profile for the patent examiner including patent prosecution analytics, wherein the patent prosecution analytics is based on the set of responses;
generating a set of claim amendments for the patent matter in the non-allowance state using prosecution metrics determined from the patent prosecution analytics for the prosecution profile; and
applying the set of claim amendments to claims of the patent matter in the non-allowance state.