RE: [PIUG List] Beyond Keywords: Concept searching for patents

Hi Jeremy,

You don't specify how your technology works, but this sounds similar to LSI
and clustering. If you are using something based around singular value
decomposition and/or some variation of K-means clustering, we, and several
other companies are already working on this or have solutions commercially
available. If you are working on something more novel, perhaps this is a
new tool that could benefit the IP community -- I'd be happy to talk to you
about it.

Sincerely,
James Ryley, Ph.D.
www.SumoBrain.com / www.FreePatentsOnline.com

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mail [mailto:jeremy.trash_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 3:35 PM
> To: PIUG Discussion List @ Listbox
> Subject: [PIUG List] Beyond Keywords: Concept searching for patents
>
> Please comment on whether you think this is useful, who might
> want it, or why it's a waste of time.
>
> A friend and I researching a new way to search for patents at UT
> Austin. We call the new method "Concept Searching."
>
> Currently people are forced to search on terms that are tied to form.
> By the nature of the English language, it is very easy to create many
> different descriptions for products that perform the same essential
> functions. Our algorithm can parse plain text into (partial, but
> useful) conceptual models as well as the implicit customer needs from
> the patent description. This enables two or more products that may
> appear to be different based on architecture or layout, to be
> functionally compared to determine true novelty or uniqueness.
> Conceptual models are universal, machine readable, and have a
> one-to-one correspondence with products.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeremy Guillory
> jeremy.guillory_at_gmail.com
>
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