Patent
Patent prior-art and landscape intelligence skill — not generic patent help.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
I can help you search for relevant prior art in the patent systems. There are several patent databases I could search in, including Google Patents, the official USPTO database, and various European patent databases. Tell me what your invention is about. Have you filed a patent application already? I'd need significant more details about what your specific technology does and how it works to conduct an effective comprehensive search. Should I search broadly across the whole field or focus narrowly on specific technology areas?
FREEDOM-TO-OPERATE SEARCH REPORT: INTAKE CONFIRMATION: Freedom-to-operate (FTO) use case confirmed as primary search objective. Technology scope: Automated feature extraction in tabular datasets with heterogeneous data types. SEARCH RESULTS RANKED BY INFRINGEMENT RISK (closest first): 1. US Patent 10,234,567 (issued 2022): Title 'Adaptive feature selection for structured data.' Patent claims include automated column evaluation, data type inference logic, null-value handling strategies. RISK ASSESSMENT: Moderate infringement risk. Published claims don't explicitly mention ensemble methods (your claimed technical improvement). Geographic protection: US, EU, Japan. Patent family size: 8 related filings worldwide. 2. US Patent 9,876,543 (issued 2019): Title 'Semi-supervised learning for tabular data.' Broader patent scope with some overlap on feature engineering automation. RISK ASSESSMENT: Low infringement risk. Predates your potential filing date but claims are significantly vaguer, narrower technical scope. LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS: 47 related patents identified in CPC class G06N-3/08. Novelty window appears narrow—specific to heterogeneous data type handling. Competitive patent density: moderate. FTO VERDICT: Clear to file and commercialize. Patent landscape analysis supports your novelty claim. Recommend narrowing specific claims around multi-type dataset handling to avoid potential overlap with patents 1 and 2. FILING STRATEGY: Recommend filing utility patent first. Consider design patent on workflow user interface if commercializing to end users. Geographic filing priority: US, EU, JP based on your target market presence. (Illustrative example only. Not legal advice. Consult a patent attorney before filing decisions.)
About this skill
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Patent
Patent prior-art and landscape intelligence skill — not generic patent help. Commits to one of five sub-use-cases via forcing intake (novelty search / freedom-to-operate / competitive landscape / acquisition diligence / litigation prior-art) before any search runs. Searches Google Patents, Espacenet, USPTO, and optionally Lens.org for citation-graph signals. Output is an editable Word document (.docx) with verdict, ranked closest art (claim-text extracted), CPC-class-aware landscape, family-resolved hits, geographic coverage, FTO flags where applicable, strategy recommendations, and full audit log. Use when the user asks for patent searching or analysis (e.g., 'prior art search for [invention]', 'freedom to operate analysis for [product]'). Produces search signal, not legal advice — always recommends consulting a patent attorney before filing or licensing decisions. Trademark, copyright, and trade-secret questions are out of scope.
What you get
- Public GitHub repo (alirezarezvani/claude-skills)
- the patent skill folder with SKILL.md. Part of a 337-skill / 30-agent / 70-command install.
Customize your output
- Fork the repo and adapt the skill's instructions and references to your workflow.
Example output
Activates automatically when your request matches Patent; chains with the other skills, agents, and commands in the collection.
Best for
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SKILL.md preview
---
name: patent
description: Use when a user asks for a patent prior-art search, freedom-to-operate analysis, competitive patent landscape, acquisition patent diligence, or litigation prior-art research.
version: 1.0.0
category: Research & Data / Research
author: AgentVolt
license: proprietary
tags:
- research-data
- research
---
# Patent
Commits to one of five sub-use-cases via forcing intake before any search runs, then searches Google Patents, Espacenet, and USPTO to produce an editable, attorney-reviewed report.
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