patent-prior-art

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patent_prior_art

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Real patent prior-art search for the examiner panel. Generates patent-search queries from an invention topic/claims, queries a keyless patent search (Google Patents query endpoint; ddgs site:patents.google.com fallback), and LLM-filters genuine on-topic prior art. Produces a prior-art-of-record reference list that patent_reviewer consumes via --prior-art, so §102/§103 rejections are grounded in named real references instead of fabricated-from-memory citations. Complements literature_surfacer (which covers academic non-patent literature).

patent_prior_art

Grounds the USPTO examiner panel in REAL patent prior art. Adapted from the ScienceSkills prior-art search pattern (code_prior_art query-gen + relevance filter; novelty_check keyless web search).

Outputs: prior_art.json (full records), prior_art_refs.json (flat list of relevant publication numbers — feed to patent_reviewer --prior-art), and prior_art.md.

Usage: run.sh --topic "..." [--claims FILE] [--max 20] [--llm claude] [--no-llm] --output DIR