/claim-analysis

name: claim-analysis
description: 'Deep claim scope analysis — decompose independent/dependent claims and
  assess protection scope breadth. Budget: 30 patent families, 30 claim parses, 20
  web searches.'
execution: strategy
dependencies:
  tactics:
  - classification-navigation
  - knowledge-acquisition-claim-decomposition
  - patent-family-tracing
  sops:
  - citation-network-analysis
  - claim-parsing
  - legal-status-assessment
  - patent-query-formulation
  - patent-synthesis
  - quality-scoring

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

1. **Target identification** — Identify patents for deep claim analysis 2. **Legal status check** — Confirm targets are active with `legal-status-assessment` 3. **Claim retrieval** — Fetch full claim text via web searches 4. **Claim parsing** — Use `claim-decomposition` tactic for full structural analysis 5. **Element extraction** — Extract all claim elements and map relationships 6. **Scope assessment** — Determine breadth of independent claims 7. **Vulnerability analysis** — Identify potential design-arounds and invalidity arguments 8. **Family comparison** — Check claim scope variations across jurisdictions 9. **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]

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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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