Contributions to Modeling Patent Claims When Representing Patent Knowledge

Abstract

This paper discusses the modeling of patent claims in ontology based representation of patent information. Our contributions relate to the internal structure of the claims and the use of the all-element rule for patent coverage. Starting from the general template for the structure of the claim, we present contributions to (1) visualization of claims, (2) storing claim information in a web semantics framework, and (3) evaluating claim coverage using Description Logic.