20. The computer program storage device of claim 18 further comprising computing a distance between a subject matter described in said initial document and subject matter described in said set of intellectual property documents, wherein numeric vectors are used to determine closeness of a technical concept disclosed in an industry intellectual property document to a technical concept disclosed in said initial document.
18. A computer program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for use with at least one initial document describing a technical concept suitable for licensing potential and a set of intellectual property documents having a statistical similarity to said initial document, the method comprising: partitioning said set of intellectual property documents into a plurality of document categories; classifying said set of intellectual property documents by at least one of an industry classification and an assignee classification; constructing a contingency table that includes a listing of said industry classification and said assignee classification for one or more document categories; using said contingency table to find significantly-related industries via said industry classification; and using said contingency table to find significantly-related assignees via said assignee classification.