Recipe: Patent to Report
Extract all data from a patent document and assemble it into one structured report.
Steps
Step 1: One-Call Snapshot
flowleap --json summary <patent-number> # biblio + legal status + family + term
flowleap --json timeline <patent-number> # chronological prosecution events
Step 2: Gather Full Text
flowleap --json ops abstract <patent-number>
flowleap --json ops claims <patent-number>
flowleap --json ops description <patent-number>
Step 3: Figures
flowleap figures <patent-number> # figure metadata
flowleap figures <patent-number> --out figure.png --page 3 # save one page
Step 4: Find Related Patents
flowleap --json patent search --query "<key terms from abstract>" --limit 10
Output
A Markdown dossier for the patent with one section per heading below. Done when every section is present (or explicitly marked "not available"):
- Bibliography — title, applicant/inventor, filing and publication dates, classification
- Abstract
- Claims — independent and dependent
- Description summary — condensed from the full description
- Figures — figure list, with saved pages referenced
- Family — members by jurisdiction
- Legal status — active/expired/abandoned and estimated remaining term
- Prosecution timeline — register + INPADOC legal events
- Related art — patents surfaced from the abstract key terms