US 12,135,724 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 Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/364,566.
Application 17/364,566 is a continuation of application No. 15/912,553, filed on Mar. 5, 2018, granted, now 11,086,886.
Application 15/912,553 is a continuation of application No. 13/309,060, filed on Dec. 1, 2011, granted, now 9,940,363.
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 2022/0058201 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/25 (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 (2023.01); G06Q 50/18 (2012.01)
CPC G06F 16/24578 (2019.01) [G06F 16/2455 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (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 system to display an interactive user interface, the system comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations to:
scrape patent data from a transaction log of at least one patent matter database, the patent data including event dates for a patent matter;
calculate a response date for the patent matter using the event dates;
generate a docket entry in a docket for the patent matter in a patent management system that includes the event dates and the calculated response date;
download at least one document associated with the patent matter from the at least one patent matter database;
associate the at least one document with the docket entry;
identify at least one reference document cited in the at least one document;
download the at least one reference document from at least one reference database;
store the at least one reference document in the patent management system;
associate the at least one reference document with the patent matter in reference storage of the docket for the patent matter;
scrape reference data from the at least one patent matter database, the reference data relating to references owned by or cited against at least one entity selected by a user;
generate a prior art overlap graphic for the at least one reference document using a first priority date automatically determined for the at least one reference document and a second priority date automatically determined for the patent matter;
generate a prior art overlap graphic for the references owned by or cited against the at least one entity selected by the user by mapping against each other the references owned by and cited against the at least one entity selected by the user; and
generate, for output to a display device, a docket user interface that includes a display of the docket that includes the docket entry, the prior art overlap graphic for the at least one reference document, the prior art overlap graphic for the references owned by or cited against the at least one entity selected by the user, and a link to the at least one document.