1. A computer-implemented method of determining a potential point of novelty of a patent, the method comprising: electronically retrieving at least one independent claim of the patent as issued; electronically retrieving at least one independent claim of the patent as published; and automatically comparing the at least one issued claim to the at least one published claim to identify at least one unique keyword present in the at least one issued claim but not present in the at least one published claim and flagging the at least one unique keyword to a user.