What problem does it solve?
It helps you assess whether an invention is likely to be novel and non-obvious over prior art, reducing the risk of pursuing patent claims that may fail novelty (102) or inventive step (103/54–56).
Core Features & Use Cases
- Claim-element extraction: Converts an invention description into preliminary independent method and system claim elements to define what must be proven.
- Anticipation (novelty) matrix: Tests each claim element against prior art references from
patent/PRIOR_ART_REPORT.md to determine whether any single reference discloses all elements.
- Obviousness (inventive step) evaluation: Checks whether combinations of 2–3 references could render the claims obvious by analyzing missing elements and the motivation to combine.
- Cross-model examiner verification: Uses a Codex MCP reviewer model to rigorously critique anticipation, obviousness, claim scope, and potential amendments.
- Jurisdiction-specific outputs: Produces novelty/inventive-step pass/fail style guidance for US, CN, and EP frameworks and writes a structured result to
patent/NOVELTY_ASSESSMENT.md.
Quick Start
Use the skill with your invention description (or a brief path) after running or placing patent/PRIOR_ART_REPORT.md, and optionally patent/INVENTION_BRIEF.md, to generate patent/NOVELTY_ASSESSMENT.md.