Systems and methods for generating intellectual property

Abstract

A document drafting system generates a document having a required sequence, including one or more screens to receive text input; an electronic agent to review the text input, to apply one or more diagnostic rules to the text input and to generate zero or more diagnostic messages; a visualization system coupled to one screen to graphically display one or more relationships between one or more text portions in the document; and a document generator to assemble the text input into the document according to the sequence.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A document drafting system to generate a document having a required sequence, comprising: 
 one or more screens to receive text input;    an electronic agent to review the text input, to apply one or more diagnostic rules to the text input and to generate zero or more diagnostic messages;    a visualization system coupled to one screen to graphically display one or more relationships between one or more text portions in the document; and    a document generator to assemble the text input into the document according to the sequence.    
     
     
         2 . The document drafting system of    claim 1   , wherein the document is comprised of one or more sections, further comprising a window to display help associated with the section.  
     
     
         3 . The document drafting system of    claim 1   , wherein the document is comprised of one or more sections, further comprising a window to display an example associated with the section.  
     
     
         4 . The document drafting system of    claim 1   , wherein the electronic agent detects antecedent basis errors.  
     
     
         5 . The document drafting system of    claim 1   , wherein the electronic agent detects connectivity errors.  
     
     
         6 . The document drafting system of    claim 1   , wherein the visualization system graphically display relationships between claim elements.  
     
     
         7 . The document drafting system of    claim 1   , further comprising a document transmitter to electronically send the document.  
     
     
         8 . The document drafting system of    claim 7   , wherein the document is electronically filed with a national patent office.  
     
     
         9 . An intellectual property (IP) system, comprising: 
 a plurality of workstations serving users each having a predetermined IP interest;    an IP portal coupled to the user workstations and adapted to respond to the users' interests, the IP portal serving a patent drafting system to generate a patent application having a required sequence, including: 
 one or more screens to receive text input;  
 an electronic patent agent to review the text input, to apply one or more diagnostic rules to the text input and to generate zero or more diagnostic messages;  
 a claim visualizer to graphically display one or more relationships between one or more claim elements in the patent application; and  
 a patent application generator to assemble the patent application according to the sequence; and  
   a network of IP specialists adapted to electronically receive the patent application and to provide value added services to the patent application.    
     
     
         10 . The IP system of    claim 1   , wherein the IP portal is a server coupled to the Internet.