ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Computer Patent Annuities Limited (CPA), announced the launch of CPA Claimkey -- a ground-breaking software tool, enabling instantaneous access to claims information. Created as a response to existing IP practitioners' needs, CPA Claimkey is the latest addition to CPA's IP support services, which focus on freeing up the IP professionals' time, so that it can be better spent on higher value work. By using CPA Claimkey, patent attorneys will be exposed to important strategic information, which will help to avoid inconsistencies or defects in claims or arguments that litigators may uncover. The tool itself is accessed via an ASP (web-based) platform and operates as an intelligent database. CPA Claimkey loads pending and issued US patent prosecution histories, as well as prior art references into a recorded, structured database. CPA Claimkey is the only comprehensive claims-specific, fully searchable tool in the marketplace that enables the user to know, within seconds, how many patent claims he or she has pending or issued on a particular technology or product. It also shows the status of each claim and how many have been allowed, rejected more than once or limited by amendments. Steve Lundberg, Managing Partner of Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner and Kluth, who have been trialing the product comments: "We have been extremely impressed with CPA Claimkey -- within minutes you can click your way through numerous claim sets, amendments and arguments which enable you to identify key issues or deficits that require remedial action." He continues: "With that kind of instant access, not only does CPA Claimkey save time, it also enables you to access many times more information than is currently possible with traditional law firm or corporate resources." CPA Claimkey is a critically important tool that patent practitioners can use to prevent them from being unwitting accomplices in the issuance of patents having poorly researched or misinformed claims.