1. A method for use with at least one initial document describing a technical concept suitable for licensing, the method comprising: retrieving a set of intellectual property documents from a data warehouse, each intellectual property document having a statistical similarity to said initial document; partitioning said set of intellectual property documents into a plurality of document categories; classifying said set of intellectual property documents by an industry parameter; constructing a contingency table that includes a listing of industry classifications for each of said document categories, by using computer processing on a computer, and identifying documents within a particular one of said document categories that have different industry classifications so as to identify at least one potential licensee of said technical concept described in said initial document.
1. A method for use with at least one initial document describing a technical concept suitable for licensing, the method comprising: retrieving a set of intellectual property documents from a data warehouse, each intellectual property document having a statistical similarity to said initial document; partitioning said set of intellectual property documents into a plurality of document categories; classifying said set of intellectual property documents by an industry parameter; constructing a contingency table that includes a listing of industry classifications for each of said document categories, by using computer processing on a computer, and identifying documents within a particular one of said document categories that have different industry classifications so as to identify at least one potential licensee of said technical concept described in said initial document. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein said classifying step comprises classifying intellectual property documents by assignee.