55. The method of claim 54 wherein said query document is a concept query, patent or claim.
54. A method of analyzing patent documents comprising the steps of: providing a dataset containing a plurality of patent documents; identifying within each patent document a portion of said document containing a set of claims; generating a first representation of each set of claims within said plurality of patent documents; and determining a first utility measure of at least one claim within at least one set of claims based upon similarity of said at least one claim with a query document.