Search Prior Art — Development skill for Claude Code
Conduct comprehensive prior art search using 7-step methodology across 100M+ patents via BigQuery.
How to install Search Prior Art
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/robthepcguy-claude-patent-creator-search-prior-art/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/robthepcguy-claude-patent-creator-search-prior-art && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator/HEAD/commands/search-prior-art.md -o ~/.claude/skills/robthepcguy-claude-patent-creator-search-prior-art/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Search Prior Art does
description: Conduct comprehensive prior art search using 7-step methodology across 100M+ patents via BigQuery allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write
Search for Prior Art
Professional patent prior art search with patentability assessment.
What This Command Does
Executes a systematic 7-step prior art search methodology:
- Invention Definition (2-3 min) - Extract key features
- Keyword Strategy (2-3 min) - Build search terms
- Broad Search (3-5 min) - Cast wide net
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