1. A method for use with at least one initial document describing a technical concept suitable for licensing, the method comprising: retrieving a set of intellectual property documents from a data warehouse, each intellectual property document having a statistical similarity to said initial document; partitioning said set of intellectual property documents into a plurality of document categories; classifying said set of intellectual property documents by an industry parameter; constructing a contingency table that includes a listing of industry classifications for each of said document categories, and identifying documents within a particular one of said document categories that have different industry classifications so as to identify at least one potential licensee of said technical concept described in said initial document.