LexisNexis Patent Optimizer—A Better Way to Prosecute and Litigate Patents

PatentOptimizer helps you develop internally consistent, concise, and well-tailored patent applications, as well as analyze and dissect online issued patents.
It’s a revolutionary, automated way to construct and deconstruct patents. Created by patent attorneys for patent attorneys, the LexisNexis PatentOptimizer service streamlines the patent analysis process and serves as a critical quality control check.

Check Claims

• Identify terms or phrases exclusive to the claims or description
• Check antecedent basis effortlessly
• Automatically research specific claim elements in the prior art and capture/associate prior art reference data into an auto-generated claim hierarchy

Check Terms

• Uncover, retrieve, and validate cases that have defined key terms in your document
• Identify prior art usage in other patents
• Find narrower, broader, or related alternate terms
• Detect and report terms from user provided dictionaries. Auto-generate glossaries

Check References

• View a comprehensive post-issuance activity report for cited patents (with Microsoft® Excel® export capabilities)
• Retrieve related case dockets from LexisNexis® CourtLink®
• Order pertinent file wrappers from REEDFAX®
• Export patent references into IDS forms (including EFS-Web form)
•  Link to relevant entries in the USPTO PAIR system

Check Parts

• Check the accuracy and consistency of your reference figures and related numbers/labels
• Correct inconsistencies with flexible document-editing capabilities
• Insert part numbers into parts appearing in the abstract, claims or description—automatically
• Utilize short hand notations for reciting parts while drafting