ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,111, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Black Hills IP Holdings LLC (Minneapolis).
"Patent mapping" was invented by Steven W. Lundberg (Edina, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and computer implemented method are provided. The method comprises maintaining a database of patent portfolios and a database of patents, with each patent stored in the database of patents being associated with one or more patent portfolios stored in the database of patent portfolios. The method includes receiving a search query associated with a first patent portfolio; searching the first portfolio as a function of the search query; generating a s...