7. A computer program and a computer for preparing a patent application in conjunction with a word processing program as set forth in claim 6 further including: said first element of said first element memory is further defined by including a first secondary adjective ( 122 , 222 ), said second element of said second element memory is further defined by including a second secondary adjective ( 126 , 226 ), said first element processor is further defined by automatically inserting ( 140 , 240 ) said first reference numeral following said common noun in response to said scanning processor detecting said common noun preceded by said first primary adjective and said first secondary adjective ( 142 , 242 ), said second element processor is further defined by automatically inserting ( 144 , 244 ) the second reference numeral following said common noun in response to said scanning processor detecting said common noun preceded by said second primary adjective and said second secondary adjective ( 146 , 246 ), a third element memory for storing ( 130 , 230 ) a third element manually designated by the common noun preceded by a third combination of adjectives including one of the primary adjectives identifying one of the first and second elements combined with the secondary adjective identifying the other one of the first and second elements and for storing ( 132 , 232 ) a third reference numeral, and a third element processor for automatically inserting ( 148 , 248 ) said third reference numeral following said common noun in response to said scanning processor detecting said common noun preceded by said third combination of adjectives ( 150 , 250 ).
6. A computer program and a computer for preparing a patent application in conjunction with a word processing program comprising: an application memory for storing at least one section of the patent application and manually highlighted elements in the patent application having a common noun, a first element memory for storing ( 22 ) a first element designated by the common noun preceded by a first primary adjective and for storing ( 24 ) a first reference numeral, a second element memory for storing ( 26 ) a second element designated by the common noun preceded by a second primary adjective and for storing ( 28 ) a second reference numeral, a scanning processor for scanning ( 38 ) said application memory for each occurrence of said common noun, a first element processor for automatically inserting ( 40 ) said first reference numeral following said common noun in response to said scanning processor detecting said occurrence of said common noun preceded by said first primary adjective ( 42 ), a second element processor for automatically inserting ( 44 ) said second reference numeral following said common noun in response to said scanning processor detecting said occurrence of said common noun preceded by said second primary adjective ( 46 ), and characterized by a common noun processor for automatically inserting ( 72 ) said first and second reference numerals following said common noun in response to said scanning processor detecting said occurrence of said common noun unmodified by an adjective ( 74 ).