1. A method of analyzing a patent document, said method comprising: providing a patent document, wherein said patent document includes text data; providing element name data for said patent document comprising a plurality of element names in said text data of said patent document and a plurality of element numbers associated with said plurality of element names, wherein said step of providing element name data comprises: providing a non-element database; identifying a first element number within said text data; and identifying a preceding identifier to the left of said first element number, wherein said preceding identifier is within said non-element database, wherein said first element name is comprised of one or more words between said first element number and said preceding identifier; displaying said plurality of element names in a first display area; selecting a first identifier associated with said first element name from said plurality of element names displayed in said first display area; and displaying on a first display a corresponding text portion of said text data that includes said first element name and said first element number, wherein said corresponding text portion is comprised of at least one sentence that includes said first element name, and wherein said corresponding text portion is displayed in a second display area separate from said first display area.
1. A method of analyzing a patent document, said method comprising: providing a patent document, wherein said patent document includes text data; providing element name data for said patent document comprising a plurality of element names in said text data of said patent document and a plurality of element numbers associated with said plurality of element names, wherein said step of providing element name data comprises: providing a non-element database; identifying a first element number within said text data; and identifying a preceding identifier to the left of said first element number, wherein said preceding identifier is within said non-element database, wherein said first element name is comprised of one or more words between said first element number and said preceding identifier; displaying said plurality of element names in a first display area; selecting a first identifier associated with said first element name from said plurality of element names displayed in said first display area; and displaying on a first display a corresponding text portion of said text data that includes said first element name and said first element number, wherein said corresponding text portion is comprised of at least one sentence that includes said first element name, and wherein said corresponding text portion is displayed in a second display area separate from said first display area. 5. The method of analyzing a patent document of claim 1 , including the step of displaying a separator when said corresponding text portion is comprised of a plurality of sentences, wherein said separator is positioned between two of said plurality of sentences.