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]

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