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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2005
Applicants:

Antonio Sanfilippo, Richland, WA (US);

Augustin J. Calapristi, West Richland, WA (US);

Vernon L. Crow, Richland, WA (US);

Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Kennewick, WA (US);

Alan E. Turner, Kennewick, WA (US);

Inventors:

Antonio Sanfilippo, Richland, WA (US);

Augustin J. Calapristi, West Richland, WA (US);

Vernon L. Crow, Richland, WA (US);

Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Kennewick, WA (US);

Alan E. Turner, Kennewick, WA (US);

Assignee:

Battelle Memorial Research, Richland, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Document clustering methods, document cluster label disambiguation methods, document clustering apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are described. In one aspect, a document clustering method includes providing a document set comprising a plurality of documents, providing a cluster comprising a subset of the documents of the document set, using a plurality of terms of the documents, providing a cluster label indicative of subject matter content of the documents of the cluster, wherein the cluster label comprises a plurality of word senses, and selecting one of the word senses of the cluster label.


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