18. A computer-implemented method of ranking a harvested collection of references, the harvested collection of references comprising a plurality of digital representations of patent references as a collection of references, each having a specification, a claim-set, and figures, the method comprising: receiving an at-issue reference for application against the harvested collection of references, the at-issue reference comprising a patent reference having a claim-set including one or more dependent claims and one or more independent claims, wherein the harvested collection of references is generated at least by creating a root and branch tree structure storing a collection of non-harvested references as root references and branch references based on citations of the respective references, determining a primary reference and storing the primary reference in the harvested collection of references; receiving a depth value defining the multigenerational citation levels in a root and branch tree structure to be searched; receiving a direction value defining the direction from the primary reference to be searched; interfacing with the root and branch tree structure; iteratively traversing from the primary reference along the root and branch tree structure according to the direction value and the depth value to discover at least one traversed reference; and storing the traversed reference in the harvested collection of references; parsing the claim-set of the at-issue reference to form an expanded form wherein each dependent claim includes a repetition of all of the verbiage of the underlying dependent and independent claims into individual elements; determining a frequency of each individual element in the expanded form of the claim-set as the occurrence of the element compared to the total number of words in the expanded form of the claim-set; accessing, by a computerized reference analysis system, the harvested collection of references; filtering, by a computerized reference analysis system, the harvested collection of references according to a filtering criteria; weighting, by a computerized reference analysis system, the filtered, harvested collection of references according to a weighting criteria, the weighting criteria based at least in part on application of the frequency of each individual element in the expanded form of the claim-set to each of the patent references in the harvested collection of references; and creating, by the computerized reference analysis system, a filtered, ranked, and harvested silo.
18. A computer-implemented method of ranking a harvested collection of references, the harvested collection of references comprising a plurality of digital representations of patent references as a collection of references, each having a specification, a claim-set, and figures, the method comprising: receiving an at-issue reference for application against the harvested collection of references, the at-issue reference comprising a patent reference having a claim-set including one or more dependent claims and one or more independent claims, wherein the harvested collection of references is generated at least by creating a root and branch tree structure storing a collection of non-harvested references as root references and branch references based on citations of the respective references, determining a primary reference and storing the primary reference in the harvested collection of references; receiving a depth value defining the multigenerational citation levels in a root and branch tree structure to be searched; receiving a direction value defining the direction from the primary reference to be searched; interfacing with the root and branch tree structure; iteratively traversing from the primary reference along the root and branch tree structure according to the direction value and the depth value to discover at least one traversed reference; and storing the traversed reference in the harvested collection of references; parsing the claim-set of the at-issue reference to form an expanded form wherein each dependent claim includes a repetition of all of the verbiage of the underlying dependent and independent claims into individual elements; determining a frequency of each individual element in the expanded form of the claim-set as the occurrence of the element compared to the total number of words in the expanded form of the claim-set; accessing, by a computerized reference analysis system, the harvested collection of references; filtering, by a computerized reference analysis system, the harvested collection of references according to a filtering criteria; weighting, by a computerized reference analysis system, the filtered, harvested collection of references according to a weighting criteria, the weighting criteria based at least in part on application of the frequency of each individual element in the expanded form of the claim-set to each of the patent references in the harvested collection of references; and creating, by the computerized reference analysis system, a filtered, ranked, and harvested silo. 20. The computer-implemented method of ranking a harvested collection of references of claim 18 , wherein application of the frequency of each individual element in the expanded form of the claim-set to each of the patent references in the harvested collection of references comprises applying higher frequency elements at a different rate than lower frequency elements.