1. A system for displaying patent claims, the system comprising: at least one input device in communication with at least one computer and at least one output device, wherein the at least one computer is capable of storing, modifying, outputting, and retrieving information in communication with the at least one input device and the at least one output device; and software installed and capable of running on the at least one computer for automatically: importing patent claims based upon a patent number or a patent application number; parsing the imported patent claims hierarchically, wherein each independent claim is parsed into its invention sub-elements, wherein an invention sub-element is a parsed patent invention element or a step of the independent patent invention claim, and wherein the hierarchically parsed patent claims comprises hierarchical elements and sub-elements; generating a hierarchical claims diagram comprising a hierarchical arrangement of textual claim content associated with each patent claim, and outputting the hierarchical claims diagram, wherein an initial output of the hierarchal claims diagram displays the textual claim content of each independent claim, wherein the invention sub-elements associated with each independent claim are hierarchically displayed, wherein the initial output of the hierarchal claims diagram does not display the textual claim content associated with each dependent claim; upon activation of an expansion mechanism next to a selected independent claim, the hierarchical claims diagram hierarchically displaying the textual claim content associated with all parsed dependent claims for the selected independent claim; wherein dependent claims which include further dependent claims include second-tier expansion mechanisms, wherein the second-tier expansion mechanisms are automatically activated upon activation of the expansion mechanism next to the selected independent claim such that the textual claim content for all dependent claims which are dependent upon the selected independent claim is displayed in the hierarchical claims diagram; wherein at least one of the hierarchical elements and/or sub-elements has a visual emphasis, and wherein the visual emphasis indicates whether there are additional levels of the hierarchy of the patent claims directly connected to the at least one of the hierarchical elements and/or sub-elements with the visual emphasis.