Claim Analysis
Deep analysis of patent claim scope. Decomposes claim structure, maps element relationships, and assesses the breadth and strength of patent protection.
Purpose
Provide detailed claim-level analysis for a set of target patents. Determines protection scope, identifies claim vulnerabilities, and maps the relationship between independent and dependent claims.
Budget
| Metric |
Target |
| Patent families analyzed |
30 |
| Claim parses |
30 |
| Web searches completed |
20 |
State Ledger
| Metric |
Target |
Current |
% |
| Patent families analyzed |
30 |
0 |
0% |
| Claim parses completed |
30 |
0 |
0% |
| Web searches completed |
20 |
0 |
0% |
| Independent claims parsed |
— |
0 |
— |
| Claim elements extracted |
— |
0 |
— |
HARD-GATE: Cannot exit iteration loop until 80% of claim parses (24) and patent families (24) budget met.
Available Tactics
| Tactic |
When to Use |
| claim-decomposition |
Primary tactic — parse all claims and extract elements |
| patent-family-tracing |
Find family members with different claim scope |
| classification-navigation |
Understand technical context of claim elements |
Available SOPs
| SOP |
Role in This Strategy |
| claim-parsing |
Core SOP — parse claim syntax and extract elements |
| patent-query-formulation |
Find related patents for scope comparison |
| citation-network-analysis |
Identify patents that cite or are cited by target |
| legal-status-assessment |
Confirm target patents are active |
| quality-scoring |
Assess claim quality (breadth, specificity, support) |
| patent-synthesis |
Produce claim analysis report |
Execution Guidance
- Target identification — Identify patents for deep claim analysis
- Legal status check — Confirm targets are active with
legal-status-assessment
- Claim retrieval — Fetch full claim text via web searches
- Claim parsing — Use
claim-decomposition tactic for full structural analysis
- Element extraction — Extract all claim elements and map relationships
- Scope assessment — Determine breadth of independent claims
- Vulnerability analysis — Identify potential design-arounds and invalidity arguments
- Family comparison — Check claim scope variations across jurisdictions
- Synthesis — Produce detailed claim analysis report
Output Format
# Claim Analysis Report: [Patent Number(s)]
## Patent Overview
[Title, assignee, filing date, status]
## Claim Structure
### Independent Claims
| Claim # | Type | Element Count | Scope Assessment |
|---------|------|---------------|------------------|
### Claim Tree
[Dependency hierarchy visualization]
## Element-by-Element Analysis
### Claim 1
| Element | Technical Feature | Breadth | Potential Design-Around |
|---------|-------------------|---------|------------------------|
## Scope Assessment
- Broadest claim: [claim #, scope description]
- Narrowest claim: [claim #, scope description]
- Key limitations: [elements that narrow scope]
## Vulnerability Analysis
- Prior art risks: [elements with known prior art]
- Enablement concerns: [overly broad elements]
- Design-around paths: [alternative implementations]
## Cross-Jurisdiction Comparison
[Claim scope differences across patent family members]
Available Tactics
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| Tactic |
When to use |
| classification-navigation |
IPC/CPC hierarchy drill-down and lateral expansion for patent discovery |
| knowledge-acquisition-claim-decomposition |
Independent/dependent claim parsing, element extraction, and feature mapping to technical domains |
| patent-family-tracing |
Forward/backward patent citation and priority tracing until saturation |
Available SOPs
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| SOP |
When to use |
| citation-network-analysis |
Build and analyze patent citation networks — main path analysis, PageRank, cluster detection |
| claim-parsing |
Patent claim syntax parsing — independent/dependent relationships and element extraction |
| legal-status-assessment |
Determine patent legal status — active, expired, pending, lapsed, or revoked |
| patent-query-formulation |
Construct keyword + IPC/CPC + assignee combination search strategies for patent databases |
| patent-synthesis |
Produce final structured patent intelligence report from all analysis results |
| quality-scoring |
Multi-dimensional patent quality assessment — forward citations, family size, claim count, geographic breadth |
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