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ps-A-A1-60acaf1b00 | The following patent abstract describes a multilayer printed board invention (IPC class H): 'A multilayer printed board comprising a plurality of capacitive coupling layers each consisting of a dielectric layer and a power supply layer and a ground layer facing each other while sandwiching the dielectric layer, first v... | A | A | A1 | oracle | A strong white-space angle is a dynamically tunable version of the capacitive coupling layer in which the dielectric is a variable-permittivity material (e.g., barium strontium titanate) whose capacitance can be adjusted in real time by an applied DC bias, enabling active power-delivery impedance matching across freque... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
A multilayer printed board comprising a plurality of capacitive coupling layers ( 6 ) each consisting of a dielectric layer ( 4 ) and a power supply layer ( 3 ) and a ground layer ( 5 ) facing each other while sandwiching the dielectric layer ( 4 ), first vias ( 7 ) connecting between... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit when the proposed angle introduces a concrete structural or functional element absent from the abstract and articulates why it falls outside the claim scope implied by the disclosure. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A2-5d75d40644 | You are a patent attorney conducting an invention-disclosure interview for the multilayer printed board described in this abstract: 'A multilayer printed board comprising a plurality of capacitive coupling layers each consisting of a dielectric layer and a power supply layer and a ground layer facing each other while s... | A | A | A2 | oracle | (1) 'What dielectric materials and permittivity values have been tested or contemplated for the dielectric layer, and is a specific permittivity range required to achieve the intended capacitive coupling performance?' (2) 'Are the first and second vias limited to a particular geometry, pitch, fill material, or plating ... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
A multilayer printed board comprising a plurality of capacitive coupling layers ( 6 ) each consisting of a dielectric layer ( 4 ) and a power supply layer ( 3 ) and a ground layer ( 5 ) facing each other while sandwiching the dielectric layer ( 4 ), first vias ( 7 ) connecting between... | bigpatent | anchored | Credit responses whose three questions together probe dielectric material scope, via structural limitations, and layer-count boundaries—the three claim elements most likely to drive breadth disputes during prosecution. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-16bc0806bf | The following abstract implies an independent claim directed to a multilayer printed board with capacitive coupling layers, first vias coupling power-supply layers, and second vias coupling ground layers: 'A multilayer printed board comprising a plurality of capacitive coupling layers each consisting of a dielectric la... | A | A | A3 | oracle | A multilayer substrate comprising: a plurality of capacitive coupling structures, each comprising a first conductive plane, a second conductive plane, and a dielectric material disposed between the first conductive plane and the second conductive plane; a plurality of first conductive interconnects, each electrically c... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
A multilayer printed board comprising a plurality of capacitive coupling layers ( 6 ) each consisting of a dielectric layer ( 4 ) and a power supply layer ( 3 ) and a ground layer ( 5 ) facing each other while sandwiching the dielectric layer ( 4 ), first vias ( 7 ) connecting between... | bigpatent | anchored | Reward claim language that removes 'printed board' product-type restriction, generalizes 'power supply layer'/'ground layer' to functional conductive-plane terms, and drops unnecessary structural qualifiers while remaining supported by the abstract. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A4-5ffcd40d38 | Given the multilayer printed board invention described in this abstract—'A multilayer printed board comprising a plurality of capacitive coupling layers each consisting of a dielectric layer and a power supply layer and a ground layer facing each other while sandwiching the dielectric layer, first vias connecting betwe... | A | A | A4 | oracle | File a continuation targeting method-of-manufacturing claims directed to the lamination sequence for forming the capacitive coupling layers and the via-drilling process that creates electrically isolated first- and second-via networks; file a second continuation claiming a method of designing a multilayer printed board... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
A multilayer printed board comprising a plurality of capacitive coupling layers ( 6 ) each consisting of a dielectric layer ( 4 ) and a power supply layer ( 3 ) and a ground layer ( 5 ) facing each other while sandwiching the dielectric layer ( 4 ), first vias ( 7 ) connecting between... | bigpatent | anchored | Full credit requires identifying at least two distinct claim-family types (e.g., product + method, or manufacturing method + design method) and articulating why prosecution strategy favors separate applications over dependent claims. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-9573220c84 | The abstract below describes a multilayer printed board with embedded capacitive coupling layers: 'A multilayer printed board comprising a plurality of capacitive coupling layers each consisting of a dielectric layer and a power supply layer and a ground layer facing each other while sandwiching the dielectric layer, f... | A | A | A3 | oracle | The multilayer printed board of claim 1, wherein each dielectric layer is an embedded laminate layer co-laminated directly between and bonded to its adjacent power supply layer and ground layer, the embedded laminate layer having a thickness of 100 micrometers or less, and wherein no discrete capacitor component is int... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
A multilayer printed board comprising a plurality of capacitive coupling layers ( 6 ) each consisting of a dielectric layer ( 4 ) and a power supply layer ( 3 ) and a ground layer ( 5 ) facing each other while sandwiching the dielectric layer ( 4 ), first vias ( 7 ) connecting between... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit when the dependent claim adds at least one structural limiter (e.g., embedded co-lamination, absence of discrete components, or dielectric thickness ceiling) that is both supported by the abstract and expressly excludes surface-mount capacitor architectures. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A1-eaf08f191d | Based on the disclosed high-voltage ceramic insulator with shrink-fitted metal caps and machined enlarged shank ends (diameter ≥ 1.05× the shank diameter), identify a novel patent white-space angle that extends the core inventive concept into an adjacent technology area not explicitly covered by this disclosure. Provid... | A | A | A1 | oracle | A compelling white-space angle is applying the enlarged-end interference-fit geometry to composite polymer-core insulators (fiber-reinforced polymer rods with silicone rubber sheds), where the controlled diameter-ratio interface directly addresses end-fitting pullout failures on HVDC and UHV AC transmission lines. A me... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The invention relates to a high voltage insulator of ceramic material, which includes a longitudinal shank having molded sheds and to whose ends of the shank metal caps are shrink-fitted. The ends of the longitudinal shank are enlarged so that the diameter of the enlarged ends is at l... | bigpatent | anchored | Verify the proposed angle escapes the ceramic-material limitation, names a concrete claim category (method/apparatus/material), and ties the novelty to a real commercial failure mode outside the original disclosure. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A2-f2994b1a8e | You are conducting a Socratic invention-disclosure interview with the inventor of this high-voltage ceramic insulator. Formulate the single most critical follow-up question you would ask to uncover patentable subject matter beyond what the abstract discloses, and explain in one sentence why that question is the highest... | A | A | A2 | oracle | The highest-leverage question is: 'What specific machining process—grinding, turning, or honing—is applied to the cylindrical surface and end face of the enlarged ends, and is there a measured surface roughness or dimensional tolerance range that correlates causally with cap retention force or electrical corona perform... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The invention relates to a high voltage insulator of ceramic material, which includes a longitudinal shank having molded sheds and to whose ends of the shank metal caps are shrink-fitted. The ends of the longitudinal shank are enlarged so that the diameter of the enlarged ends is at l... | bigpatent | anchored | Assess whether the question targets a claim-eligible, commercially significant disclosure gap (process parameters or performance nexus) rather than a purely administrative or aesthetic detail. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-e05626f311 | Rewrite the primary apparatus claim for the disclosed ceramic insulator in a broadened form that captures the essential inventive concept—the enlarged-end interference-fit interface—while removing the ceramic-material limitation so the claim reads on equivalent insulators made from any dielectric material. | A | A | A3 | oracle | Broadened claim: 'An electrical insulator comprising: an elongated dielectric core body having a central shank region and two opposed enlarged end regions, each enlarged end region having a radial dimension at least 1.05 times the radial dimension of the central shank region; a plurality of weather sheds formed on the ... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The invention relates to a high voltage insulator of ceramic material, which includes a longitudinal shank having molded sheds and to whose ends of the shank metal caps are shrink-fitted. The ends of the longitudinal shank are enlarged so that the diameter of the enlarged ends is at l... | bigpatent | anchored | Confirm the rewrite omits 'ceramic' and 'shrink-fitted' as limiting terms while preserving the 1.05× radial-dimension ratio and the machined-surface structural limitation as the claim's inventive core. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A4-7658d8b37c | Propose a continuation and divisional filing strategy that extracts maximum patent protection from this ceramic insulator disclosure across at least two distinct claim categories, identifying which subject matter belongs in each filing and which class of competitors each filing is designed to block. | A | A | A4 | oracle | File a continuation directed to a method claim covering: (1) enlarging shank ends to ≥ 1.05× the shank diameter, (2) machining the cylindrical and end-face surfaces to a specified dimensional tolerance, and (3) shrink- or press-fitting the metal caps—this method claim is independently infringed by manufacturers regardl... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The invention relates to a high voltage insulator of ceramic material, which includes a longitudinal shank having molded sheds and to whose ends of the shank metal caps are shrink-fitted. The ends of the longitudinal shank are enlarged so that the diameter of the enlarged ends is at l... | bigpatent | anchored | Confirm the strategy identifies at least one method claim and one non-apparatus filing, and articulates distinct infringing party profiles for each (e.g., OEM vs. contract machinist). | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-c81966e4ac | Rewrite the primary apparatus claim for this ceramic insulator in a narrowed form suitable for expedited allowance by adding at least two dependent-claim-level structural or quantitative limitations that distinguish the invention from prior-art ceramic insulators with end fittings. | A | A | A3 | oracle | Narrowed claim: 'A high-voltage insulator comprising: a longitudinal shank of ceramic material bearing a plurality of molded weather sheds; two opposed end portions each having an enlarged diameter in the range of 1.05 to 1.25 times the diameter of the longitudinal shank; wherein the cylindrical surface and planar end ... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The invention relates to a high voltage insulator of ceramic material, which includes a longitudinal shank having molded sheds and to whose ends of the shank metal caps are shrink-fitted. The ends of the longitudinal shank are enlarged so that the diameter of the enlarged ends is at l... | bigpatent | anchored | Verify the narrowed claim introduces at least two quantitative limitations (diameter range, surface roughness, and/or pullout force) absent from the original abstract while remaining supported by the as-filed disclosure. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A1-8b35675894 | Based on the communications cable patent abstract, identify one unexploited white-space patent angle — an inventive concept not directly disclosed — that could support a standalone independent patent application distinct from the core support-separator itself. | A | A | A1 | oracle | A strong white-space angle is an active thermal-management variant in which the hollow center portion of the support-separator serves as a conduit for cooling fluid or phase-change material, enabling heat dissipation along high-density cable runs without consuming additional clearance channels. This thermal-channel arc... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The present invention includes a high performance communications cable that includes core support-separators which define clearance channels to maintain spacing between transmission media or transmission media pairs. The core support-separator can be either interior to a cable jacket ... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit if the proposed angle is genuinely absent from the abstract yet structurally enabled by disclosed hardware (hollow center, skin layer, or flap-tops); penalize if the proposal merely paraphrases or recombines disclosed elements without identifying a new utility. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A2-9cdba4d2e8 | You are conducting an invention-disclosure interview with the engineer who designed this communications cable. Generate the three most critical Socratic follow-up questions you would ask to sharpen claim scope and surface patentable distinctions over prior-art cable separators. | A | A | A2 | oracle | Ask: (1) What material or materials form the core support-separator and exterior skin layer, and do any choices yield unexpected performance advantages — such as dielectric constant, coefficient of friction, or flammability rating — over prior-art spacers? (2) How precisely do the flap-tops achieve sealing — mechanical... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The present invention includes a high performance communications cable that includes core support-separators which define clearance channels to maintain spacing between transmission media or transmission media pairs. The core support-separator can be either interior to a cable jacket ... | bigpatent | anchored | Full credit requires questions that directly target claim-scope risks tied to disclosed elements (material identity, sealing mechanism, hollow-center utility); deduct for generic cable-industry boilerplate not anchored to the abstract's specific structural features. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-f5e56d8e1b | The communications cable abstract discloses 'flap-tops along the radial edge that are available for partial or complete sealing of the clearance channels during manufacturing operations.' Draft a broadened independent patent claim capturing this sealing feature at the highest supportable level of generality, without im... | A | A | A3 | oracle | A communications cable comprising: a longitudinally extending separator body defining a plurality of clearance channels, each clearance channel configured to receive at least one transmission medium; and a plurality of sealing elements formed integrally with the separator body, each sealing element movable between an o... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The present invention includes a high performance communications cable that includes core support-separators which define clearance channels to maintain spacing between transmission media or transmission media pairs. The core support-separator can be either interior to a cable jacket ... | bigpatent | anchored | Penalize claims that recite 'flap-top' as a structural term, require the cable jacket, or confine sealing to manufacturing operations; reward functional language broad enough to cover any integral closure element regardless of geometry or actuation mechanism. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-cff4e9e76d | Draft a narrowed dependent claim that restricts the invention to the jacketless cable embodiment with an exterior skin layer, crafted to affirmatively distinguish prior-art separators that require a surrounding cable jacket for mechanical protection. | A | A | A3 | oracle | The communications cable of claim 1, wherein the separator body is free of an enclosing cable jacket and further comprises a continuous outer skin layer of polymeric material co-extruded with or applied to the exterior surface of the separator body, the outer skin layer providing mechanical abrasion resistance sufficie... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The present invention includes a high performance communications cable that includes core support-separators which define clearance channels to maintain spacing between transmission media or transmission media pairs. The core support-separator can be either interior to a cable jacket ... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit if the claim positively recites jacket-free construction as an affirmative limitation and functionally characterizes the skin layer's protective role; deduct if the claim merely omits the jacket without positively defining the skin-layer alternative. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A4-71114a6dc6 | Outline a continuation and divisional filing strategy for the communications cable patent family that maximizes portfolio coverage across the distinct inventive concepts embedded in the abstract. | A | A | A4 | oracle | File the parent on the broadest cable-architecture claims covering the separator, clearance channels, and mixed metal-conductor/optical-fiber transmission media. Immediately file a divisional targeting manufacturing-method claims — specifically the inline flap-top sealing process during cable assembly — which constitut... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The present invention includes a high performance communications cable that includes core support-separators which define clearance channels to maintain spacing between transmission media or transmission media pairs. The core support-separator can be either interior to a cable jacket ... | bigpatent | anchored | Full credit requires mapping at least two distinct inventive concepts (structural apparatus, manufacturing method, jacketless variant) to the correct continuation or divisional vehicle; penalize strategies that group method and apparatus claims in the same child application or ignore the jacketless embodiment. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A1-3afb30f930 | The described multi-wavelength pyrometric device fits a mathematical correlation to emitted radiation spectra and statistically averages a suite of two-wavelength temperature values derived from the Planck Radiation Equation. Identify one non-obvious white-space patent angle that would extend this technology into a com... | A | A | A1 | oracle | A strong white-space angle is an adaptive emissivity-correction layer that employs a trained machine-learning model—fed real-time spectral residuals between the fitted correlation and measured intensities—to dynamically infer wavelength-dependent emissivity and adjust the Planck-based temperature calculation accordingl... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
The present invention relates to a totally novel device and process useful for the measurement of the temperature of a radiating body. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device that enhances the resolution and repeatability of the measured temperature of the radiati... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit if the proposed angle is technically coherent, non-trivially distinct from the disclosed spectral-fitting + Planck averaging approach, and includes a claim-worthy mechanism rather than merely naming a new application field. | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A2-abf2495bf0 | You are a patent attorney conducting an invention-disclosure interview with the inventors of the described multi-wavelength pyrometric device. Generate three targeted Socratic questions designed to uncover additional claim-worthy subject matter not explicitly articulated in the abstract. | A | A | A2 | oracle | Q1: What specific mathematical function families—polynomial, exponential, Wien-approximation, or others—did you evaluate for fitting the spectral output to wavelength, and did particular function types yield superior accuracy or computational efficiency for specific temperature regimes? Q2: How does the device handle r... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
The present invention relates to a totally novel device and process useful for the measurement of the temperature of a radiating body. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device that enhances the resolution and repeatability of the measured temperature of the radiati... | bigpatent | anchored | Credit responses whose questions probe emissivity handling, wavelength-pair selection logic, and mathematical-function choice—those three axes most likely yield patentably distinct dependent claims or continuation subject matter. | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A3-97c91d9c01 | The core independent claim of the described invention recites five structural elements: an optical input system, a wavelength dispersion device, a radiation transducer, means for generating a mathematical correlation function, and means for generating a temperature value using the Planck Radiation Equation. Rewrite thi... | A | A | A3 | oracle | A system for measuring the temperature of a radiating body, comprising: a radiation collector configured to receive emitted radiation from the radiating body across a plurality of wavelengths; a detector array configured to generate intensity signals corresponding to the received radiation at the plurality of wavelengt... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
The present invention relates to a totally novel device and process useful for the measurement of the temperature of a radiating body. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device that enhances the resolution and repeatability of the measured temperature of the radiati... | bigpatent | anchored | Penalize responses that retain means-plus-function language or that re-import structural specifics (e.g., 'wavelength dispersion device') not necessary to distinguish over the prior art; reward functional claiming at the appropriate level of abstraction. | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A4-20d5427a45 | The application for the described multi-wavelength pyrometric device contains at least two independently patentable inventions: (1) the hardware device comprising optical, dispersion, and transduction components, and (2) the software/mathematical technique for enhancing temperature measurement resolution and repeatabil... | A | A | A4 | oracle | File a divisional application before allowance of the parent to separately pursue method claims directed to the steps of acquiring spectral intensity data, fitting a mathematical correlation, generating a suite of two-wavelength temperature values via the Planck equation, and computing a statistically averaged final te... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
The present invention relates to a totally novel device and process useful for the measurement of the temperature of a radiating body. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device that enhances the resolution and repeatability of the measured temperature of the radiati... | bigpatent | anchored | Full credit requires identifying the device/method split as the divisional trigger, proposing at least one continuation vehicle targeting downstream or dependent claim refinements, and explaining why each filing is strategically distinct. | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A3-4a7f5df390 | The broadest independent claim of the described invention covers any mathematical correlation fitted to emitted radiation spectra combined with any form of the Planck Radiation Equation to derive a temperature. Draft a narrowed dependent claim that limits this broad claim to a specific, commercially valuable embodiment... | A | A | A3 | oracle | The system of claim 1, wherein the processor fits a least-squares regression to spectral radiance intensity values measured at no fewer than ten discrete wavelengths within the range of 500 nm to 1000 nm; wherein the processor computes a two-color temperature for each unique wavelength pair selected from the fitted cur... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
The present invention relates to a totally novel device and process useful for the measurement of the temperature of a radiating body. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device that enhances the resolution and repeatability of the measured temperature of the radiati... | bigpatent | anchored | Award credit for claims that specify a wavelength range, minimum wavelength-sample count, an explicit outlier-rejection criterion, and a temperature operating range—all four elements are needed to satisfy § 112 and distinguish commodity two-color pyrometers. | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A1-0e868e364e | Given the following patent abstract describing arc-heated gas flow drilling: 'By using a controlled arc-heated gas flow, material may be milled away from a substrate. By controlling the size of a gas flow aperture as well as other variables such as gas flow and arc current, small holes can be drilled into the substrate... | A | A | A1 | oracle | The highest-value white-space angle is closed-loop dimensional feedback control: adding real-time in-situ sensing of hole diameter and depth (e.g., optical interferometry or acoustic emission monitoring) to dynamically regulate arc current and aperture size during drilling. The abstract only discloses open-loop paramet... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
By using a controlled arc-heated gas flow, material may be milled away from a substrate. By controlling the size of a gas flow aperture as well as other variables such as gas flow and arc current, small holes can be drilled into the substrate. Typically, these holes would have a diame... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit if the proposed angle is technically adjacent to arc-plasma drilling, clearly not disclosed in the abstract, and the differentiation rationale identifies both a novelty hook and a non-obviousness argument over the open-loop baseline. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A2-ab04a10ec6 | You are conducting an invention-disclosure interview with the inventor of the arc-heated gas flow micro-drilling technology described in this abstract: 'By using a controlled arc-heated gas flow, material may be milled away from a substrate. By controlling the size of a gas flow aperture as well as other variables such... | A | A | A2 | oracle | The four key questions are: (1) What is the geometry and material of the aperture — is it adjustable in real time, and does aperture shape (circular vs. non-circular) affect hole taper angle or sidewall quality in a way that creates a structural feature distinguishable from laser-drilled holes? (2) What gas species is ... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
By using a controlled arc-heated gas flow, material may be milled away from a substrate. By controlling the size of a gas flow aperture as well as other variables such as gas flow and arc current, small holes can be drilled into the substrate. Typically, these holes would have a diame... | bigpatent | anchored | Score based on whether the questions target legally differentiating structural or process-parameter details that would support independent claims over laser and EDM prior art, not background, commercial, or manufacturing-cost questions. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-1364454838 | Based on the following patent abstract for arc-heated gas flow micro-drilling — 'By using a controlled arc-heated gas flow, material may be milled away from a substrate. By controlling the size of a gas flow aperture as well as other variables such as gas flow and arc current, small holes can be drilled into the substr... | A | A | A3 | oracle | A method of material removal from a substrate comprising: establishing an electrical arc between at least two electrodes; directing a gas flow through the electrical arc to generate a heated plasma gas vortex; controlling at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of gas flow aperture size, gas flow rate... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
By using a controlled arc-heated gas flow, material may be milled away from a substrate. By controlling the size of a gas flow aperture as well as other variables such as gas flow and arc current, small holes can be drilled into the substrate. Typically, these holes would have a diame... | bigpatent | anchored | Full credit requires a claim that omits the 0.025–0.125 mm diameter range, is unrestricted as to substrate type, encompasses both electrode configurations, and includes the plasma-vortex-plus-parameter-control combination as the structural limitation over laser and plasma surface-treatment art. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A4-dda26a1c92 | The patent application covering the arc-heated gas flow drilling technology in this abstract has been allowed with claims directed primarily to the external-arc embodiment (anode and cathode above the work): 'By using a controlled arc-heated gas flow, material may be milled away from a substrate. By controlling the siz... | A | A | A4 | oracle | The assignee should pursue three filings: (1) a divisional directed solely to the work-as-anode embodiment, which presents a distinct inventive concept — the substrate itself serves as the arc electrode and arc-attachment heating drives ablation — satisfying the restriction-practice basis for a separate application; (2... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
By using a controlled arc-heated gas flow, material may be milled away from a substrate. By controlling the size of a gas flow aperture as well as other variables such as gas flow and arc current, small holes can be drilled into the substrate. Typically, these holes would have a diame... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit if the response correctly identifies the two-electrode-configuration split as a restriction/divisional trigger, proposes an apparatus continuation to prevent design-arounds, and recognizes the CIP route for the PCB microvia application with new structural limitations. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-4dd08997f3 | An Examiner has rejected the broadest method claims of the application directed to arc-heated gas flow drilling under 35 U.S.C. § 102 over a prior-art reference disclosing plasma-arc surface treatment of substrates using a gas vortex but lacking any aperture-size control or hole-formation intent. The application abstra... | A | A | A3 | oracle | A method of drilling micro-holes in a multi-layer printed circuit board comprising: generating an electrical arc between an anode and a cathode positioned above the printed circuit board; directing a gas flow through the arc to form a heated plasma gas vortex; passing the heated plasma gas vortex through an aperture to... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
By using a controlled arc-heated gas flow, material may be milled away from a substrate. By controlling the size of a gas flow aperture as well as other variables such as gas flow and arc current, small holes can be drilled into the substrate. Typically, these holes would have a diame... | bigpatent | anchored | Full credit requires the narrowed claim to add both the aperture-size-to-hole-diameter control relationship and the PCB substrate limitation, making the claim clearly novel over the plasma surface-treatment reference while retaining the commercial microvia diameter range. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A1-9cde6966e3 | Based on the primary-side power controller abstract—which discloses a dual-frequency switching scheme driven by comparison of a feedback voltage (representing secondary-side voltage via inductance coupling) against an over-shot reference voltage—propose ONE novel patent angle or white-space opportunity that is not taug... | A | A | A1 | oracle | A white-space opportunity lies in dynamically adjusting the over-shot reference voltage itself based on real-time load-transient detection derived purely from primary-side timing signals (e.g., demagnetization pulse width), creating an adaptive threshold rather than a fixed one. This adaptive-threshold architecture is ... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
Power controllers and related primary-side control methods are disclosed. A disclosed power controller has a comparator and an ON-triggering controller. The comparator compares a feedback voltage with an over-shot reference voltage. Based on an inductance-coupling effect, the feedback... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit only if the proposed angle is structurally distinct from the disclosed fixed-reference dual-frequency mechanism and is plausibly enabled without secondary-side sensing hardware. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A2-75e7159b03 | You are conducting a patent invention-disclosure interview with the engineer who built this primary-side power controller. Draft THREE targeted Socratic questions designed to surface patentable dependent-claim territory that the abstract leaves unexplored, focusing on circuit-level implementation details and edge-case ... | A | A | A2 | oracle | (1) 'What circuit element or timing mechanism determines the exact moment the ON-triggering controller recognizes that the feedback voltage has crossed the over-shot reference—does it use a latch, a blanking interval, or continuous comparison, and what prevents false triggering during switch-on transients?' (2) 'Is the... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
Power controllers and related primary-side control methods are disclosed. A disclosed power controller has a comparator and an ON-triggering controller. The comparator compares a feedback voltage with an over-shot reference voltage. Based on an inductance-coupling effect, the feedback... | bigpatent | anchored | Credit requires that each question targets a genuinely unresolved circuit implementation detail that could independently support a dependent claim; deduct if any question merely paraphrases the abstract. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-9d0e557caf | The following independent claim is implied by the abstract: 'A power controller comprising: a comparator configured to compare a feedback voltage with an over-shot reference voltage, the feedback voltage representing a secondary-side voltage via an inductance-coupling effect; and an ON-triggering controller coupled to ... | A | A | A3 | oracle | A power controller comprising: a primary-side sensing circuit configured to generate a feedback signal representative of an output condition of a power conversion stage without direct secondary-side measurement; a comparator configured to compare the feedback signal to a threshold value; and a switch driver coupled to ... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
Power controllers and related primary-side control methods are disclosed. A disclosed power controller has a comparator and an ON-triggering controller. The comparator compares a feedback voltage with an over-shot reference voltage. Based on an inductance-coupling effect, the feedback... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit if the rewrite removes 'over-shot reference voltage' and 'inductance-coupling' as structural limitations while preserving the essential dual-frequency, primary-side-sensing concept; penalize if the broadening introduces non-enabled subject matter. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A4-7bd7e6076a | Given only the inventive disclosure in the abstract—a primary-side power controller using inductance-coupling-based feedback and a dual-frequency ON-triggering scheme governed by an over-shot reference voltage—outline a continuation and divisional filing strategy that maximizes patent portfolio coverage. Identify at le... | A | A | A4 | oracle | A continuation application should pursue independent method claims directed to the primary-side control steps (sampling the feedback voltage, comparing against the over-shot reference, and selectively switching between frequencies), decoupled from apparatus claims so that OEM firmware or controller IC implementers cann... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
Power controllers and related primary-side control methods are disclosed. A disclosed power controller has a comparator and an ON-triggering controller. The comparator compares a feedback voltage with an over-shot reference voltage. Based on an inductance-coupling effect, the feedback... | bigpatent | anchored | Full credit requires identification of the apparatus/method split and the sensing-subsystem divisional as distinct inventive concepts, with a coherent strategic rationale tying each filing to a separate infringer profile. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-fac8b5650e | In ongoing litigation, an accused infringer argues that the following asserted claim is anticipated by prior art disclosing a generic dual-mode PWM controller that uses output-side (secondary-side) voltage sensing to switch between two operating frequencies: 'A power controller comprising a comparator that compares a f... | A | A | A3 | oracle | A power controller comprising: a comparator configured to compare a feedback voltage with an over-shot reference voltage, wherein the feedback voltage is generated exclusively from primary-side winding measurements via an inductance-coupling effect that represents a secondary-side output voltage without any direct seco... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
Power controllers and related primary-side control methods are disclosed. A disclosed power controller has a comparator and an ON-triggering controller. The comparator compares a feedback voltage with an over-shot reference voltage. Based on an inductance-coupling effect, the feedback... | bigpatent | anchored | The narrowing must affirmatively claim primary-side-only sensing via inductance coupling as the structural distinction; answers that merely add 'over-shot' to the reference label without the sensing-architecture limitation receive only partial credit. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A1-203954a5f3 | Based on the directed-graph timing-constraint conflict detection method described in the oracle context, identify one novel patent angle or white-space opportunity that the disclosed invention does not expressly address but that a competitor could plausibly implement using the same core directed-cycle insight. | A | A | A1 | oracle | A clear white-space opportunity lies in extending the directed-cycle framework to multi-die or chiplet designs, where timing constraints span heterogeneous physical partitions and a single timing constraint file cannot capture cross-domain slack budgets; the present disclosure is silent on inter-partition constraint re... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for detecting timing constraint conflicts, the method comprising: receiving a timing constraint file; taking all test points in the timing constraint file as nodes, determining directed edges between the nodes and weights of the d... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit if the proposed angle is technically grounded, not already claimed in the abstract, and identifies a concrete structural or functional gap the current disclosure leaves open. | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A2-6dacfdefff | Acting as a patent attorney conducting an invention-disclosure interview for the directed-graph timing-constraint conflict detector described in the oracle context, formulate the three most critical Socratic questions you would ask the inventors to surface claim-worthy technical details not yet explicit in the abstract... | A | A | A2 | oracle | First: 'What specific cycle-enumeration algorithm is used—e.g., Johnson's algorithm, Tarjan's SCC, or a proprietary heuristic—and does it guarantee detection of all directed cycles regardless of graph size or density?' Second: 'How are edge weights derived from timing constraints—are they slack values, absolute delay d... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for detecting timing constraint conflicts, the method comprising: receiving a timing constraint file; taking all test points in the timing constraint file as nodes, determining directed edges between the nodes and weights of the d... | bigpatent | anchored | Full credit requires three distinct, technically specific questions that probe algorithm completeness, weight semantics, and incremental-update capability—generic procedural questions should be penalized. | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A3-84d6adddda | Rewrite the independent method claim implied by the oracle context in broadened form so that it captures the inventive concept at its highest defensible generality, removing all ASIC-specific terminology, directed-graph construction details, and implementation-specific weight formulas while preserving the essential inv... | A | A | A3 | oracle | A method for detecting constraint conflicts among design elements, comprising: receiving a set of constraints associated with a plurality of design elements; constructing a relational graph in which the design elements are represented as nodes and the constraints are represented as directed edges each having an associa... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for detecting timing constraint conflicts, the method comprising: receiving a timing constraint file; taking all test points in the timing constraint file as nodes, determining directed edges between the nodes and weights of the d... | bigpatent | anchored | Penalize any answer that retains domain-specific terms such as 'ASIC,' 'test point,' or 'timing constraint file,' or that omits any of the four essential method steps present in the abstract. | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A3-538862cd79 | Rewrite the independent method claim implied by the oracle context as a narrowed dependent claim that distinguishes the invention from prior-art graph-cycle methods by reciting at least two specific technical limitations expressly supported by the abstract. | A | A | A3 | oracle | The method of claim 1, wherein constructing the directed graph comprises designating each test point recited in the timing constraint file as a node, deriving a directed edge between two nodes from each timing constraint that references both corresponding test points, and assigning to each directed edge a weight derive... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for detecting timing constraint conflicts, the method comprising: receiving a timing constraint file; taking all test points in the timing constraint file as nodes, determining directed edges between the nodes and weights of the d... | bigpatent | anchored | Full credit requires that both added limitations—test-point-to-node mapping and arithmetic-sum conflict condition—appear verbatim or by fair paraphrase in the abstract, with no unsupported new matter introduced. | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A4-a109629cf0 | Given the single method-and-apparatus disclosure in the oracle context, propose a continuation and a divisional filing strategy that maximizes patent portfolio breadth, identifying the distinct inventive subject matter each child application should pursue and the procedural trigger that would justify the divisional. | A | A | A4 | oracle | A continuation application should pursue system and apparatus claims directed to the architectural components—graph-construction engine, cycle-search engine, and conflict-determination engine—as structurally distinct claim elements that the parent method claims do not expressly recite, thereby extending coverage to EDA... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for detecting timing constraint conflicts, the method comprising: receiving a timing constraint file; taking all test points in the timing constraint file as nodes, determining directed edges between the nodes and weights of the d... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit only if the answer distinguishes method-versus-apparatus as the continuation rationale and correctly identifies a restriction requirement as the procedural trigger for the divisional, with a technically coherent incremental-update improvement for the CIP angle. | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A1-8de662bc9b | Based on the abstract describing a public-key cryptosystem that generates an extended key pair and performs a pre-decryption ciphertext legitimacy check to resist adaptive chosen-ciphertext attacks, identify one novel patent angle or white-space opportunity that the inventors appear to have overlooked and that could in... | A | A | A1 | oracle | A strong white-space opportunity lies in applying the pre-decryption ciphertext legitimacy check inside a hardware-rooted trusted execution environment (TEE) or hardware security module (HSM), where the verification logic runs in an attested enclave rather than in application-layer software. This angle distinguishes ov... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The present scheme improves the security of encrypted data or information by using of a practical public-key cryptosystem that is able to resist adaptive attacks. The disclosed scheme does not leak any information about the secret of the used key. Therefor the scheme generates an exte... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit if the model identifies a structurally distinct technical layer (hardware, protocol, network, or application-level extension) not present in the abstract and explains why it constitutes patentable subject matter separate from the disclosed scheme. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A2-ecfbc9cd8f | You are conducting an invention disclosure interview with the engineer who built the system described in the abstract. Draft three Socratic questions you would ask to determine whether the ciphertext verification step is independently patentable from the extended key-generation method. | A | A | A2 | oracle | Ask: (1) 'Does the ciphertext verification algorithm require the auxiliary structure of your extended key pair to function, or would it operate correctly if paired with a conventional RSA or ECC key pair—and if independent, precisely what inputs does the verifier consume?' (2) 'Is there any prior art or commercial prod... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The present scheme improves the security of encrypted data or information by using of a practical public-key cryptosystem that is able to resist adaptive attacks. The disclosed scheme does not leak any information about the secret of the used key. Therefor the scheme generates an exte... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit if the model's three questions each probe a distinct patentability dimension—claim independence, prior-art novelty, and inventive-step scope—rather than asking variations of the same structural question. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-bbf3693306 | The abstract implies an independent claim roughly directed to: 'A method comprising: generating an extended private key and a public key; encrypting a plaintext message to a ciphertext using the public key; verifying legitimacy of the ciphertext before decryption; and decrypting the ciphertext with the extended private... | A | A | A3 | oracle | A method for adaptive-attack-resistant decryption comprising: establishing a cryptographic key pair comprising a public key and a structurally extended private key configured to resist adaptive chosen-ciphertext attacks; receiving an encrypted data object produced using the public key; performing a validity assessment ... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The present scheme improves the security of encrypted data or information by using of a practical public-key cryptosystem that is able to resist adaptive attacks. The disclosed scheme does not leak any information about the secret of the used key. Therefor the scheme generates an exte... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit if the rewrite removes algorithm-specific terms (e.g., specific math primitives), generalizes 'ciphertext t' and 'message m' to functional descriptors, retains the pre-decryption gating as the claim's distinguishing limitation, and would survive a 112(b) indefiniteness challenge. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A4-23ddbdb734 | Given that the disclosed system covers (i) extended key-pair generation, (ii) public-key encryption of a plaintext, and (iii) mandatory pre-decryption ciphertext verification that rejects illegitimate inputs, outline a continuation and divisional filing strategy that extracts at least three distinct claim families from... | A | A | A4 | oracle | File a first divisional directed exclusively to the extended key-generation method as a standalone contribution, asserting structural claims on the algorithm that produces the extended private/public pair independently of any encryption or decryption workflow. File a second divisional claiming the ciphertext legitimacy... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The present scheme improves the security of encrypted data or information by using of a practical public-key cryptosystem that is able to resist adaptive attacks. The disclosed scheme does not leak any information about the secret of the used key. Therefor the scheme generates an exte... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit if the model identifies at least three structurally distinct claim families, correctly categorizes each as continuation versus divisional under 35 U.S.C. § 121, and articulates the strategic value of each family against a different class of potential infringer. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-85aef307b8 | An examiner has rejected the broadest independent method claim drawn from the abstract by citing prior art that discloses a generic pre-decryption integrity check on ciphertext in a conventional RSA system. Rewrite the independent method claim in narrowed, species-level language that distinguishes over that prior art w... | A | A | A3 | oracle | A computer-implemented method comprising: generating an extended private key and a corresponding extended public key by augmenting a base asymmetric key pair with one or more auxiliary validation parameters that are mathematically bound to the base key pair and are not derivable from the public key alone; encrypting a ... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
The present scheme improves the security of encrypted data or information by using of a practical public-key cryptosystem that is able to resist adaptive attacks. The disclosed scheme does not leak any information about the secret of the used key. Therefor the scheme generates an exte... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit if the narrowed claim introduces at least one structural limitation absent from the cited RSA art (e.g., auxiliary validation parameters mathematically bound to the key pair, prohibition on partial decryption output), uses language that would survive a § 112(b) challenge, and does not unnecessarily li... | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A1-c9a109ca23 | Based on the active matrix display device described in the abstract—featuring a matrix of pixel electrodes, TFT switching elements with crystallized semiconductor layers, an emissive display medium, and a monolithically integrated driver circuit—identify one commercially significant white-space patent angle that the di... | A | A | A1 | oracle | A strong white-space angle targets the crystallization process itself: a method claim directed to selectively laser-annealing amorphous silicon in two distinct energy-density zones on the same substrate—one optimized for pixel-TFT off-state leakage and one for driver-TFT carrier mobility—where the scan parameters (puls... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
An active matrix display device comprises a substrate having an insulating surface, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix form over the substrate, and a plurality of switching elements operationally connected to the pixel electrodes. Each of the switching elements furth... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full marks if the proposed angle is structurally or procedurally distinct from the abstract's device claim, tied to a real manufacturing or performance gap (crystallization method, flexible substrate, dual-gate geometry, pixel-circuit topology, encapsulation, etc.), and articulated with enough claim-level specifi... | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A2-27521f3e6a | You are conducting a Socratic invention-disclosure interview with the engineer who designed the active matrix display device described in the abstract. Draft the single most important clarifying question you would ask to uncover claim-broadening or blocking-claim opportunities beyond what the abstract already discloses... | A | A | A2 | oracle | The most important question is: 'What specific technique—excimer laser annealing, solid-phase crystallization, metal-induced lateral crystallization, or another method—was used to form the crystallized semiconductor layer, and does device performance (carrier mobility, threshold-voltage uniformity, off-state leakage) v... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
An active matrix display device comprises a substrate having an insulating surface, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix form over the substrate, and a plurality of switching elements operationally connected to the pixel electrodes. Each of the switching elements furth... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full marks if the drafted question specifically targets an undisclosed material, process parameter, or structural detail (e.g., semiconductor material identity, crystallization method, gate-insulator composition, driver-circuit topology) and the explanation correctly identifies why that gap is strategically signi... | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A3-3b5c67d713 | Rewrite the following base claim derived from the abstract into a BROADENED independent Claim 1 suitable for filing in a U.S. utility patent application, maximizing enforceable protection while remaining fully supported by the abstract's disclosure: 'An active matrix display device comprising: a substrate having an ins... | A | A | A3 | oracle | An active matrix display device comprising: a substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix over the substrate; a plurality of switching elements electrically connected to the pixel electrodes; a display medium comprising an electroluminescent material disposed at each pixel electrode and configured t... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
An active matrix display device comprises a substrate having an insulating surface, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix form over the substrate, and a plurality of switching elements operationally connected to the pixel electrodes. Each of the switching elements furth... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full marks if the rewritten claim removes at least three unnecessary structural limitations from the original (notably 'crystallized,' the substrate surface qualifier, and adjacency language) without introducing new matter, and the accompanying rationale correctly identifies each broadening move and its strategic... | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A4-5cde8deda4 | Based on the active matrix display device abstract, outline a continuation and divisional filing strategy that would maximize portfolio depth for the patent owner. Identify at least two distinct inventive aspects that warrant separate applications and explain the prosecution or assertion advantage each filing provides. | A | A | A4 | oracle | A two-track strategy is optimal: (1) file a continuation directed solely to the TFT structure (crystallized semiconductor layer / gate insulating film / gate electrode stack) as a stand-alone component claim divorced from the full display-system context, enabling assertion against TFT manufacturers who supply component... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
An active matrix display device comprises a substrate having an insulating surface, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix form over the substrate, and a plurality of switching elements operationally connected to the pixel electrodes. Each of the switching elements furth... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full marks if the strategy identifies at least two structurally distinct claim families (e.g., TFT component, integration method, display-medium arrangement, substrate process), correctly explains the prosecution or assertion advantage of separating them, and proposes no claim lacking written-description support ... | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A3-cb7c746b14 | Rewrite the display-medium element of the abstract's device claim into a NARROWED dependent claim that would be most difficult for a competitor to design around while still providing commercially meaningful protection for an OLED active matrix display product. The narrowed claim must add at least two specific limitatio... | A | A | A3 | oracle | The display device of claim 1, wherein the display medium comprises an organic electroluminescent stack including at least a hole-transport layer, an emission layer, and an electron-transport layer sequentially disposed between the pixel electrode and a counter electrode, and wherein the pixel electrode comprises a tra... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class G):
An active matrix display device comprises a substrate having an insulating surface, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix form over the substrate, and a plurality of switching elements operationally connected to the pixel electrodes. Each of the switching elements furth... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full marks if the narrowed claim is correctly formatted as a dependent claim, adds at least two concrete OLED-specific material or structural limitations (e.g., organic layer stack, electrode material, encapsulant, color filter), and the rationale explains why each added limitation still captures the commercially... | {"ipc_class": "g"} |
ps-A-A1-00c029e60e | Based on the abstract describing mechanisms for managing access to systems, products, or data based on a user's physical location, identify one novel patent-angle or white-space opportunity that is not explicitly covered by the abstract but is enabled by the same core inventive concept and would represent a non-obvious... | A | A | A1 | oracle | A strong white-space angle is proactive, predictive location-based access management: rather than reacting to a confirmed location event, the system anticipates an imminent jurisdictional or geographic boundary crossing using trajectory and velocity data and pre-stages access revocation or credential issuance before th... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for managing access to data based on information associated with a physical location of a user. These mechanisms and methods for managing access to systems, products, or data based on information associated with... | bigpatent | anchored | Credit answers that identify a genuinely non-obvious extension (e.g., predictive/proactive enforcement, multi-party location attestation, or location-conditioned data residency) rather than mere paraphrasing of the abstract's disclosed benefits. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A2-89b0634227 | You are the inventor of this location-based data access management system meeting with your patent attorney. The attorney asks: 'What is the specific technical mechanism by which the system determines the user's physical location, and how does that determined location causally trigger the access control decision—step b... | A | A | A2 | oracle | A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by at least one processor, location data generated by a location-sensing module associated with a user device, the location data identifying a physical location of the user; comparing the physical location against a policy database associating geographic zones with a... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for managing access to data based on information associated with a physical location of a user. These mechanisms and methods for managing access to systems, products, or data based on information associated with... | bigpatent | anchored | Award full credit only if the claim recites a causal chain from location-sensing through policy lookup to access decision; penalize claims that omit the policy-mapping step or that conflate network-address geolocation with physical-location determination. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-8b4e11dc4f | The following dependent claim was drafted from the abstract: 'The method of claim 1, wherein managing access comprises revoking a software license when the user's GPS-determined coordinates fall outside a pre-approved geographic boundary stored in a relational database.' Rewrite this as a broadened independent claim th... | A | A | A3 | oracle | A method comprising: receiving information associated with a physical location of a user; and controlling, by at least one processor, access to at least one of a system, a product, or a data resource based on the received physical location information. | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for managing access to data based on information associated with a physical location of a user. These mechanisms and methods for managing access to systems, products, or data based on information associated with... | bigpatent | anchored | Credit claims that drop GPS and relational-database limitations while retaining the physical-location-to-access-control nexus; penalize claims that retain any single preferred-embodiment technology (GPS, relational DB, license revocation) as a required element. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A4-30854e2aee | The parent application covers 'mechanisms and methods for managing access to systems, products, or data based on information associated with a physical location of a user,' with a specification disclosing embodiments directed to (i) licensing cost reduction, (ii) increased security, and (iii) location-triggered marketi... | A | A | A4 | oracle | A continuation application should pursue claims targeting the marketing-opportunity embodiments—serving location-conditioned promotional offers contingent on an access-grant event—which are disclosed in the parent's specification but unclaimed, preserving priority while opening a distinct assertion vehicle. Separately,... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for managing access to data based on information associated with a physical location of a user. These mechanisms and methods for managing access to systems, products, or data based on information associated with... | bigpatent | anchored | Full credit requires identifying at least two distinct filing vehicles tied to specific unclaimed disclosed embodiments, with correct procedural characterization of continuation (same disclosure, new claims) versus divisional (restriction-based or proactive split). | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-A-A3-74c9adfff2 | The following broad independent claim is under rejection over prior art disclosing a generic IP-geolocation-based content filtering system: 'A system for managing access to data based on a physical location of a user.' Rewrite the claim in narrowed form to distinguish over the IP-geolocation prior art while preserving ... | A | A | A3 | oracle | A system comprising: one or more processors configured to: receive a signal identifying a verified physical location of a user, the verified physical location determined by at least one of GPS triangulation, cellular network positioning, or Wi-Fi positioning of a user device; map the verified physical location to a loc... | [] | BIGPATENT abstract (IPC class H):
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for managing access to data based on information associated with a physical location of a user. These mechanisms and methods for managing access to systems, products, or data based on information associated with... | bigpatent | anchored | Credit claims that expressly distinguish physical-location sensing (GPS/cell/Wi-Fi) from IP-geolocation and that add the policy-mapping limitation; penalize any narrowing that unnecessarily locks in a single sensing technology or omits the 'distinct from network-address' disclaimer needed to clear the prior art. | {"ipc_class": "h"} |
ps-B-B1-c438e677bb | You are a patent searcher preparing an invalidity search for EP2640036A1 claim 70699_1. Draft exactly five prior-art retrieval queries for the claim below, each targeting a distinct patentably-material limitation and suitable for submission to Espacenet or Google Patents as a full-text keyword query.
CLAIM: The method... | B | B | B1 | oracle | ["device cooperation service information registration combined device function operation definition file", "predetermined device function list retrieval multi-device operation composition detection", "cross-device combined function operation definition file lookup service repository download", "device capability list a... | [] | EPO claim 70699_1 (application EP2640036A1):
CLAIM: The method of claim 6 further comprising receiving a list of functions of each of the plurality of devices from a predetermined device from among the plurality of devices wherein the determining comprises determining whether at least one operation defined by combinin... | patentmatch | anchored | Ideal queries must separately target the five claim pivots: function-list receipt from a predetermined device, combining functions of two devices, operation-definition-file lookup, the service-repository/download pattern mirrored in EP1705576, and transmit-back-to-predetermined-device; penalize generic IoT discovery qu... | {"cited_document_id": "EP1705576", "claim_id": "70699_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2640036A1"} |
ps-B-B3-de31cfff36 | Rank the following prior-art snippets P1–P4 from most to least relevant to invalidating the claim below under novelty and/or obviousness. Return your answer as a JSON array of snippet IDs in descending relevance order.
CLAIM: The method of claim 6 further comprising receiving a list of functions of each of the plurali... | B | B | B3 | oracle | ["P2","P3","P1","P4"] | [] | EPO claim 70699_1 (application EP2640036A1):
CLAIM: The method of claim 6 further comprising receiving a list of functions of each of the plurality of devices from a predetermined device from among the plurality of devices wherein the determining comprises determining whether at least one operation defined by combinin... | patentmatch | anchored | P2 is the cited X reference (EP1705576) and must rank first because it discloses device-cooperation-service-information registration, service-repository access, and application download that map onto all three claim elements; P3 ranks second for covering function-combining, a definition-file analog, and transmit-back; ... | {"cited_document_id": "EP1705576", "claim_id": "70699_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2640036A1"} |
ps-B-B1-449e321e29 | As outside patent counsel building a prior-art search strategy, generate five distinct retrieval queries focused specifically on the limitation 'determining whether at least one operation defined by combining a function of the predetermined device and a function of another device from among the plurality of devices is ... | B | B | B1 | oracle | ["combined device function operation definition file lookup match", "cross-device combined operation composition definition file detection", "multi-device function combination operation specification file check", "cooperative device operation definition combined capability cross-reference", "device function pair operat... | [] | EPO claim 70699_1 (application EP2640036A1):
CLAIM: The method of claim 6 further comprising receiving a list of functions of each of the plurality of devices from a predetermined device from among the plurality of devices wherein the determining comprises determining whether at least one operation defined by combinin... | patentmatch | anchored | All five queries must capture both the combining-of-functions aspect and the definition-file-inclusion check; accept synonyms such as operation specification, workflow definition, or service composition file; deduct for queries targeting only function discovery or only file parsing without the combining interplay. | {"cited_document_id": "EP1705576", "claim_id": "70699_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2640036A1"} |
ps-B-B3-9807612cd8 | You are an IPR petitioner's expert. Rank snippets P1–P5 below from most to least relevant to anticipating or rendering obvious the following claim from EP2640036A1. Return a JSON array of the snippet IDs in descending relevance order.
CLAIM: The method of claim 6 further comprising receiving a list of functions of eac... | B | B | B3 | oracle | ["P3","P1","P2","P4","P5"] | [] | EPO claim 70699_1 (application EP2640036A1):
CLAIM: The method of claim 6 further comprising receiving a list of functions of each of the plurality of devices from a predetermined device from among the plurality of devices wherein the determining comprises determining whether at least one operation defined by combinin... | patentmatch | anchored | P3 is the cited X reference (EP1705576) and leads; P1 ranks second because it explicitly discloses function-manifest collection, combined-function-pair lookup in a rule file, and transmit-back to the initiating device, covering all three claim elements with strong language; P2 ranks third covering operation-definition-... | {"cited_document_id": "EP1705576", "claim_id": "70699_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2640036A1"} |
ps-B-B3-1edde493c4 | Rank the following prior-art snippets P1–P4 from most to least relevant to invalidating the claim below from EP2640036A1 under EPC Article 54 (novelty) or Article 56 (inventive step). Return a JSON array of snippet IDs in descending relevance order.
CLAIM: The method of claim 6 further comprising receiving a list of f... | B | B | B3 | oracle | ["P1","P2","P3","P4"] | [] | EPO claim 70699_1 (application EP2640036A1):
CLAIM: The method of claim 6 further comprising receiving a list of functions of each of the plurality of devices from a predetermined device from among the plurality of devices wherein the determining comprises determining whether at least one operation defined by combinin... | patentmatch | anchored | P1 is the cited X reference (EP1705576) and must lead as it discloses device-cooperation-service-information registration, service-repository download, and cross-device cooperation mapping to all three claim elements; P2 ranks second for covering combining-against-operation-specification-file and pushing the descriptor... | {"cited_document_id": "EP1705576", "claim_id": "70699_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2640036A1"} |
ps-B-B1-b195d93a67 | You are a USPTO patent examiner conducting a novelty search for claim 127788_1 of EP3073749A1. The claim reads: 'The display apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the communication circuitry transmits to the server image data obtained by capturing the content being reproduced or audio data obtained by re... | B | B | B1 | oracle | ["display apparatus communication circuitry transmitting image data server content reproduction", "television set-top box capturing screen content upload remote server recognition", "display device audio recording content playing transmission remote server", "smart TV image capture currently displayed content server co... | [] | EPO claim 127788_1 (application EP3073749A1):
CLAIM: The display apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the communication circuitry transmits to the server image data obtained by capturing the content being reproduced or audio data obtained by recording the content for a certain time.
CITED PRIOR ART X ... | patentmatch | anchored | Award full credit if all 5 queries collectively cover image capture, audio capture, server transmission, and the display-apparatus context; at least one query should target EP2482565-style vocabulary (thumbnail image data, remote controller, pointing signal) because that document is the oracle X reference. | {"cited_document_id": "EP2482565", "claim_id": "127788_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP3073749A1"} |
ps-B-B1-d8ee8fc5a6 | For EP3073749A1 claim 127788_1, which recites that 'communication circuitry transmits to the server image data obtained by capturing the content being reproduced or audio data obtained by recording the content for a certain time,' generate exactly 5 prior-art retrieval queries targeting specifically the audio-capture-t... | B | B | B1 | oracle | ["display apparatus audio recording currently playing content transmit server H04N21", "television microphone capture broadcast audio upload cloud recognition server", "set-top box audio fingerprint content identification remote server communication", "display device record audio content certain time duration server tr... | [] | EPO claim 127788_1 (application EP3073749A1):
CLAIM: The display apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the communication circuitry transmits to the server image data obtained by capturing the content being reproduced or audio data obtained by recording the content for a certain time.
CITED PRIOR ART X ... | patentmatch | anchored | Full credit requires at least 3 of 5 queries to address time-bounded audio recording from actively reproduced content plus server transmission; penalize queries that conflate 'recording content' with 'recording a broadcast stream to local storage' or that omit the server-transmission element entirely. | {"cited_document_id": "EP2482565", "claim_id": "127788_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP3073749A1"} |
ps-B-B3-836b4ea94c | You are assessing validity of EP3073749A1 claim 127788_1: 'The display apparatus wherein the communication circuitry transmits to the server image data obtained by capturing the content being reproduced or audio data obtained by recording the content for a certain time.' Rank the following four prior-art snippets from ... | B | B | B3 | oracle | ["P1","P4","P2","P3"] | [] | EPO claim 127788_1 (application EP3073749A1):
CLAIM: The display apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the communication circuitry transmits to the server image data obtained by capturing the content being reproduced or audio data obtained by recording the content for a certain time.
CITED PRIOR ART X ... | patentmatch | anchored | P1 (EP2482565) is the examiner-cited novelty-destroying reference and must rank first as the oracle X; P4 squarely matches the image-capture-then-server-upload branch; P2 matches the audio-capture-then-server-transmission branch; P3 generates thumbnails but deliberately excludes server transmission and must rank last. | {"cited_document_id": "EP2482565", "claim_id": "127788_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP3073749A1"} |
ps-B-B3-1ecda80091 | Rank the five prior-art snippets below from most to least relevant to invalidating EP3073749A1 claim 127788_1, which recites a display apparatus whose communication circuitry transmits to a server either image data captured from reproduced content or audio data recorded from that content for a certain time. Output only... | B | B | B3 | oracle | ["P1","P4","P2","P3","P5"] | [] | EPO claim 127788_1 (application EP3073749A1):
CLAIM: The display apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the communication circuitry transmits to the server image data obtained by capturing the content being reproduced or audio data obtained by recording the content for a certain time.
CITED PRIOR ART X ... | patentmatch | anchored | P1 (EP2482565) is the oracle X reference and must appear first regardless of snippet framing; P4 transmits image-derived data to a remote server matching the image branch; P2 matches the audio-capture branch with server transmission; P3 captures image but lacks server transmission; P5 is entirely off-topic (no capture-... | {"cited_document_id": "EP2482565", "claim_id": "127788_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP3073749A1"} |
ps-B-B3-24c7f52966 | Given the five prior-art snippets below, produce a relevance ranking for invalidating EP3073749A1 claim 127788_1, which reads: 'The display apparatus wherein the communication circuitry transmits to the server image data obtained by capturing the content being reproduced or audio data obtained by recording the content ... | B | B | B3 | oracle | ["P1","P2","P3","P4","P5"] | [] | EPO claim 127788_1 (application EP3073749A1):
CLAIM: The display apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the communication circuitry transmits to the server image data obtained by capturing the content being reproduced or audio data obtained by recording the content for a certain time.
CITED PRIOR ART X ... | patentmatch | anchored | P1 (EP2482565) is the oracle X (novelty-destroying) reference and must rank first; P2 explicitly discloses image capture from displayed content transmitted to a server, directly matching the image branch; P3 matches the audio-capture-then-server-transmission branch; P4 involves the display but explicitly excludes image... | {"cited_document_id": "EP2482565", "claim_id": "127788_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP3073749A1"} |
ps-B-B1-037d0ae81f | You are a patent attorney preparing an invalidity search for the claim below from EP2858144A1. Generate exactly 5 prior-art retrieval queries suitable for Espacenet or Google Patents, targeting the structural limitations of the claim. CLAIM: 'A rechargeable battery wherein the connection member (333) is configured to d... | B | B | B1 | oracle | ["rechargeable battery connection member direct contact terminal flange current collector", "secondary battery electrode current collector direct contact terminal flange connection member", "battery terminal flange current collector connection tab direct mechanical electrical contact", "lithium ion battery connection m... | [] | EPO claim 119884_1 (application EP2858144A1):
CLAIM: The rechargeable battery of claim 10 or 11 wherein the connection member 333 is configured to directly contact the terminal flange 331 b and the current collector 334.
CITED PRIOR ART X (EP2306485):
A positive lead 116 and a negative lead 117 extend from the positi... | patentmatch | anchored | Award full credit when all five queries collectively capture the three-element conjunction — rechargeable battery context, direct contact between a connection element and a terminal flange, and direct contact between that element and a current collector — and penalize any query set that drops the direct-contact limitat... | {"cited_document_id": "EP2306485", "claim_id": "119884_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2858144A1"} |
ps-B-B3-b0dd8b6fa6 | Perform a novelty (Art. 54 EPC) relevance ranking. The claim at issue is: 'A rechargeable battery wherein the connection member (333) is configured to directly contact the terminal flange (331b) and the current collector (334).' Rank the four prior-art passages below from most to least relevant to this claim and return... | B | B | B3 | oracle | ["P1","P2","P3","P4"] | [] | EPO claim 119884_1 (application EP2858144A1):
CLAIM: The rechargeable battery of claim 10 or 11 wherein the connection member 333 is configured to directly contact the terminal flange 331 b and the current collector 334.
CITED PRIOR ART X (EP2306485):
A positive lead 116 and a negative lead 117 extend from the positi... | patentmatch | anchored | P1 is the EPO-cited X document (EP2306485) and must rank first; P2 earns second place because it engages both the terminal assembly and the current collector tab relationship even while disclaiming direct contact; P3 is demoted because it addresses current collector material chemistry rather than connection geometry; P... | {"cited_document_id": "EP2306485", "claim_id": "119884_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2858144A1"} |
ps-B-B1-bacd4b18f1 | Draft five keyword-based prior-art search queries for the claim below, targeting IPC subclass H01M (electrochemical cells). Each query must emphasize a distinct combination of claim features. CLAIM: 'A rechargeable battery wherein the connection member (333) is configured to directly contact the terminal flange (331b) ... | B | B | B1 | oracle | ["H01M secondary battery connection member direct contact terminal flange", "rechargeable battery current collector connection member direct contact terminal H01M", "battery terminal flange direct electrical contact connection member current collector", "H01M secondary cell connection tab terminal flange current collec... | [] | EPO claim 119884_1 (application EP2858144A1):
CLAIM: The rechargeable battery of claim 10 or 11 wherein the connection member 333 is configured to directly contact the terminal flange 331 b and the current collector 334.
CITED PRIOR ART X (EP2306485):
A positive lead 116 and a negative lead 117 extend from the positi... | patentmatch | anchored | Credit queries that each anchor to H01M or an equivalent battery-class term, preserve the direct-contact limitation, and vary the foregrounded feature (terminal flange, current collector, connection member, or the simultaneous dual-contact requirement); penalize queries that generically describe battery electrodes with... | {"cited_document_id": "EP2306485", "claim_id": "119884_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2858144A1"} |
ps-B-B3-325e1c47ba | You are an EPO examiner assessing novelty for claim 119884_1 of EP2858144A1: 'A rechargeable battery wherein the connection member (333) is configured to directly contact the terminal flange (331b) and the current collector (334).' Rank the five prior-art passages below from most novelty-threatening to least and return... | B | B | B3 | oracle | ["P1","P3","P2","P5","P4"] | [] | EPO claim 119884_1 (application EP2858144A1):
CLAIM: The rechargeable battery of claim 10 or 11 wherein the connection member 333 is configured to directly contact the terminal flange 331 b and the current collector 334.
CITED PRIOR ART X (EP2306485):
A positive lead 116 and a negative lead 117 extend from the positi... | patentmatch | anchored | P1 must lead as the EPO-cited X document; P3 ranks second because it discloses a current collector tab in direct mechanical contact with a terminal pin flange inside the cell, closely paralleling the claimed connection member geometry; P2 references terminal flanges and direct contact but only at the inter-cell module ... | {"cited_document_id": "EP2306485", "claim_id": "119884_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2858144A1"} |
ps-B-B3-87ec5fb593 | Assess novelty relevance under Art. 54 EPC for the following rechargeable battery claim: 'A rechargeable battery wherein the connection member (333) is configured to directly contact the terminal flange (331b) and the current collector (334).' Four prior-art passages are provided. Rank them from most relevant to least ... | B | B | B3 | oracle | ["P1","P3","P2","P4"] | [] | EPO claim 119884_1 (application EP2858144A1):
CLAIM: The rechargeable battery of claim 10 or 11 wherein the connection member 333 is configured to directly contact the terminal flange 331 b and the current collector 334.
CITED PRIOR ART X (EP2306485):
A positive lead 116 and a negative lead 117 extend from the positi... | patentmatch | anchored | P1 is the oracle X (EP2306485) and must lead the ranking; P3 ranks second because it explicitly discloses a direct metallurgical bond between a current collector tab and a terminal post, making it the strongest distractor; P2 is a near-miss that affirmatively disclaims the direct-contact limitation and should rank thir... | {"cited_document_id": "EP2306485", "claim_id": "119884_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2858144A1"} |
ps-B-B1-19ec63ad48 | Claim 66666_1 of EP2814251A1 reads: 'The settopbox of claim 16 wherein the computer executable instructions comprise middleware of the settopbox.' The dependent-claim chain places this claim in a 3D video display system context involving HDMI signaling. Produce exactly 5 prior-art retrieval queries — suitable for Espac... | B | B | B1 | oracle | ["set-top box middleware computer executable instructions video format switching", "settopbox software middleware 3D SidebySide video switching HDMI", "interactive television middleware set-top box 2D to 3D video conversion", "HDMI InfoFrame GCP general control packet middleware set-top box", "set-top box middleware vi... | [] | EPO claim 66666_1 (application EP2814251A1):
CLAIM: The settopbox of claim 16 wherein the computer executable instructions comprise middleware of the settopbox.
CITED PRIOR ART X (EP2393302):
First a transmission sequence of video data that is transmitted in the video display system when switching from 2D video to Si... | patentmatch | anchored | Award full credit if queries collectively cover: (1) middleware/software in STB, (2) 2D-to-3D or SidebySide video switching, (3) HDMI control signaling (GCP/InfoFrame), (4) set-top box platform specificity, and (5) video display system negotiation; penalize generic queries that omit the 3D or middleware specificity. | {"cited_document_id": "EP2393302", "claim_id": "66666_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2814251A1"} |
ps-B-B3-4c040c43d1 | Claim 66666_1 of EP2814251A1 reads: 'The settopbox of claim 16 wherein the computer executable instructions comprise middleware of the settopbox.' Rank the following four prior-art snippets from most to least relevant for an invalidity analysis of this claim. Return your answer as a JSON array of snippet IDs, most rele... | B | B | B3 | oracle | ["P1","P3","P2","P4"] | [] | EPO claim 66666_1 (application EP2814251A1):
CLAIM: The settopbox of claim 16 wherein the computer executable instructions comprise middleware of the settopbox.
CITED PRIOR ART X (EP2393302):
First a transmission sequence of video data that is transmitted in the video display system when switching from 2D video to Si... | patentmatch | anchored | P1 is the examiner-cited X reference (2D-to-SidebySide switching via GCP/InfoFrame, directly on point for middleware-driven video format control in an STB); P3 is a strong A reference on 3D HDMI negotiation; P2 covers STB middleware generally but omits 3D video switching; P4 addresses only power management and is least... | {"cited_document_id": "EP2393302", "claim_id": "66666_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2814251A1"} |
ps-B-B1-9fe0512a6d | EP2814251A1 claim 66666_1 depends on claim 16 and further requires that 'the computer executable instructions comprise middleware of the settopbox.' The application's technical field concerns 3D video display systems communicating over HDMI. Write exactly 5 search queries optimized for retrieving prior-art patents or s... | B | B | B1 | oracle | ["set-top box middleware 3D video switching SidebySide HDMI control packet", "computer executable instructions settopbox 2D SidebySide video conversion middleware", "HDMI General Control Packet AVI InfoFrame 3D middleware set-top box", "middleware set-top box video display system format negotiation 3D SidebySide", "DVB... | [] | EPO claim 66666_1 (application EP2814251A1):
CLAIM: The settopbox of claim 16 wherein the computer executable instructions comprise middleware of the settopbox.
CITED PRIOR ART X (EP2393302):
First a transmission sequence of video data that is transmitted in the video display system when switching from 2D video to Si... | patentmatch | anchored | Reward queries naming HDMI signaling elements (GCP, InfoFrame), the STB middleware software layer, and 2D-to-3D or SidebySide video mode switching; full credit requires at least one query targeting a standards document (HDMI spec, ETSI, DVB) as non-patent literature. | {"cited_document_id": "EP2393302", "claim_id": "66666_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2814251A1"} |
ps-B-B3-43d0a5aea3 | For an invalidity challenge to claim 66666_1 of EP2814251A1 ('The settopbox of claim 16 wherein the computer executable instructions comprise middleware of the settopbox'), rank the five prior-art snippets below from most to least relevant. Return a JSON array of snippet IDs.
P1 [EP2393302]: 'A transmission sequence o... | B | B | B3 | oracle | ["P1","P3","P5","P2","P4"] | [] | EPO claim 66666_1 (application EP2814251A1):
CLAIM: The settopbox of claim 16 wherein the computer executable instructions comprise middleware of the settopbox.
CITED PRIOR ART X (EP2393302):
First a transmission sequence of video data that is transmitted in the video display system when switching from 2D video to Si... | patentmatch | anchored | P1 is the cited X (2D-to-SidebySide switching via GCP/InfoFrame directly anticipates middleware-driven video format control in an STB); P3 is an A-level STB middleware reference; P5 is an A-level HDMI middleware reference; P2 covers STB middleware lacking 3D/HDMI context; P4 lacks both STB platform and middleware eleme... | {"cited_document_id": "EP2393302", "claim_id": "66666_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2814251A1"} |
ps-B-B1-ab1193c013 | You are conducting a prior-art search to invalidate claim 66666_1 of EP2814251A1: 'The settopbox of claim 16 wherein the computer executable instructions comprise middleware of the settopbox.' The broader claim context reveals the settopbox operates in a 3D video display system using HDMI-based signaling — including GC... | B | B | B1 | oracle | ["set-top box middleware 2D to SidebySide 3D video switching software implementation", "HDMI AVI InfoFrame GCP 3D video format switching settopbox firmware middleware", "interactive TV middleware 3D video format negotiation HDMI 1.4 set-top box", "middleware computer executable instructions settopbox video display 3D c... | [] | EPO claim 66666_1 (application EP2814251A1):
CLAIM: The settopbox of claim 16 wherein the computer executable instructions comprise middleware of the settopbox.
CITED PRIOR ART X (EP2393302):
First a transmission sequence of video data that is transmitted in the video display system when switching from 2D video to Si... | patentmatch | anchored | Full-credit responses must address: STB middleware/software layer; HDMI control signaling (GCP/InfoFrame or equivalent); 2D-to-SidebySide or 3D video mode switching; and at least one query targeting standards documents (HDMI spec, ETSI, DVB) as non-patent literature sources. | {"cited_document_id": "EP2393302", "claim_id": "66666_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2814251A1"} |
ps-B-B1-a3d3c69e97 | You are a patent searcher preparing an invalidity search for the following dependent claim from EPO application EP2966559A1: 'The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying one of the pages PA PB PC in the display unit 210 and highlighting the page indicator PIA PIB PIC corresponding to the page PA PB PC displayed... | B | B | B1 | oracle | ["displaying pages highlighting corresponding page indicator navigation interface", "active page indicator highlight mobile display unit pages", "page navigation visual indicator highlighting current displayed page", "page indicator changes appearance based on currently displayed page", "multi-page display highlight ac... | [] | EPO claim 111641_1 (application EP2966559A1):
CLAIM: The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying one of the pages PA PB PC in the display unit 210 and highlighting the page indicator PIA PIB PIC corresponding to the page PA PB PC displayed in the display unit210.
CITED PRIOR ART X (EP2065796):
As can best be ... | patentmatch | anchored | Score highest if queries jointly capture both the 'displaying pages' element and the 'indicator highlighting' element and target relevant IPC/CPC classes such as G06F3/04 or H04M1/72; penalize queries that are generic 'page navigation' searches omitting the highlighting-of-corresponding-indicator concept. | {"cited_document_id": "EP2065796", "claim_id": "111641_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2966559A1"} |
ps-B-B3-07b8b2ce41 | Rank the following five prior-art snippets from most to least relevant for invalidating the claim: 'The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying one of the pages PA PB PC in the display unit 210 and highlighting the page indicator PIA PIB PIC corresponding to the page PA PB PC displayed in the display unit 210.'... | B | B | B3 | oracle | ["P1","P3","P2","P5","P4"] | [] | EPO claim 111641_1 (application EP2966559A1):
CLAIM: The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying one of the pages PA PB PC in the display unit 210 and highlighting the page indicator PIA PIB PIC corresponding to the page PA PB PC displayed in the display unit210.
CITED PRIOR ART X (EP2065796):
As can best be ... | patentmatch | anchored | P1 (cited X reference EP2065796) must rank first as it discloses highlighting of the active stacked ring element alongside dot indicators tracking which ring is current; P3 must rank second because carousel dot indicators that change appearance for the active panel map directly onto the page-indicator highlighting limi... | {"cited_document_id": "EP2065796", "claim_id": "111641_1", "label_letter": "X", "patent_application_id": "EP2966559A1"} |
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Patent-Strategist Bench v0.1
A 200-question, seven-shape benchmark for patent-prosecution reasoning, anchored to three public sources (USPTO MPEP, HPI-Naumann PatentMatch, BIGPATENT) with oracle context attached to every row. Built to evaluate whether a small open LLM can perform the day-to-day reasoning tasks of a patent practitioner.
Companion artifact to two methodology articles:
- Patent-Strategist v1 baseline on Spark — establishes the first tri-mode (closed-book / retrieval / oracle) baseline numbers on this bench using
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8BQ5_K_M. - Fine-tune data-prep decisions on Spark — documents the corpus-contamination, BOS/EOS-bookend, and catastrophic-forgetting axes that the next paired-prediction drop has to clear.
Quick stats
| Shape | Family | Source | n | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A |
Claim drafting + validity | BIGPATENT | 50 | Identify a "white-space" angle adjacent to a granted claim |
B |
Prior-art ranking | PatentMatch | 40 | Pick the cited document most relevant to a target claim |
C |
C-family landscape | BIGPATENT | 20 | Reason about an IPC-class subset for FTO / cross-licensing |
D-mcq |
MPEP-grounded MCQ | MPEP | 40 | 4-choice with a single correct letter on a precise MPEP section |
D-irac |
MPEP-grounded IRAC | MPEP | 10 | Free-text IRAC analysis (Issue/Rule/Application/Conclusion) |
D-oa |
Office-action argument | MPEP | 10 | Draft a written argument rebutting an examiner rejection |
E |
Patent strategy free-text | BIGPATENT | 30 | Open-ended strategic question on a granted abstract |
| Total | 200 |
Every row carries an oracle_context field — the controlling MPEP subsection,
the canonical PatentMatch pair, or the BIGPATENT abstract — so the bench can be
run in three modes:
| Mode | What the model sees | Question it answers |
|---|---|---|
| closed-book | question only |
What does the model already know? |
| retrieval | question + top-k retrieved chunks (BGE-small / MPEP+PatentMatch) |
Is the retriever good enough? |
| oracle | question + oracle_context |
Is the model's reasoning bottleneck the retriever or the model itself? |
Baseline numbers — DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B Q5_K_M (llama.cpp, temp 0.6)
On the 90 deterministic-scoring rows (B + D-mcq + D-irac), aggregated across the 60 MPEP-grounded shapes for the D-mcq sub-ladder:
| Mode | Overall mean | D-mcq |
|---|---|---|
| closed-book | 0.397 | 0.625 |
| retrieval (BGE-small + FAISS over MPEP + PatentMatch) | 0.489 | 0.850 |
| oracle | 0.541 | 0.950 |
The closed-to-retrieval gap (+0.225) is 2.25× the retrieval-to-oracle gap (+0.100) — meaning fine-tuning the model closes a bigger lift than improving the retriever for an 8B reasoning model on patent prosecution. This was the headline finding of the baseline article.
A, C, D-oa, E rows are scored by LLM judge (Claude) against the rubric
notes carried in each row; baselines on those will be added to v0.2.
Schema
qid str # stable id (e.g., ps-D-D1-9e74cd9b0a)
question str # the prompt
family str # A / B / C / D / E
shape str # A / B / C / D-mcq / D-irac / D-oa / E
use_case str # A1, A2, B1, ... — finer-grained slot
scoring_mode str # 'oracle' for all v0.1 rows
gold_label str # exact gold answer / letter / free-text
options List[str] # 4-tuple A/B/C/D for D-mcq; empty otherwise
oracle_context str # MPEP subsection / PatentMatch pair / BIGPATENT abstract
source str # 'mpep' / 'patentmatch' / 'bigpatent'
source_status str # 'anchored' (sourced directly) — all v0.1 rows
rubric_notes str # reviewer rubric used when scoring (LLM-judge for A/C/D-oa/E)
source_metadata str (JSON) # source-specific subkeys (ipc_class / chapter / url / claim_id …)
source_metadata is JSON-serialized to keep the table schema flat. Parse with
json.loads(row["source_metadata"]) — fields vary by source:
bigpatent(shapes A, C, E):ipc_classmpep(shapes D-*):chapter,section_id,urlpatentmatch(shape B):cited_document_id,claim_id,patent_application_id,label_letter
How to use
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("Orionfold/patent-strategist-bench-v0.1", split="train")
print(ds) # 200 rows
# Filter to MPEP-grounded MCQs only:
mcq = ds.filter(lambda r: r["shape"] == "D-mcq")
print(mcq[0]["question"])
print(mcq[0]["options"])
print("gold:", mcq[0]["gold_label"])
Pair with fieldkit for ready-to-use
scorers — fieldkit.eval.score_prediction(shape, predicted, gold_label, oracle_context=...) dispatches to the right scorer per shape:
from fieldkit.eval import score_prediction
for row in mcq:
predicted_letter = my_model(row["question"], row["options"])
score = score_prediction("D-mcq", predicted_letter, row["gold_label"])
Sources & licensing
| Source | License | What we used |
|---|---|---|
| USPTO MPEP | Public domain (U.S. government work) | 2,047 MPEP subsections → 4,437 RAG chunks → D-* row seeds |
| HPI-Naumann PatentMatch (huggingface.co/datasets/pakuvis/PatentMatch) | CC-BY-4.0 | 25,340 EPO claim↔prior-art pairs → B row seeds |
| BIGPATENT (huggingface.co/datasets/big_patent) | CC-BY-4.0 | 1.3M U.S. patent abstracts → A, C, E row seeds |
This bench is released under CC-BY-4.0 matching the most-restrictive source
license. Questions and rubric notes were synthesized with Anthropic Claude
Sonnet 4.6 against the source materials (synthesis is a transformative use;
attribution to upstream sources preserved per-row in source_metadata).
Limitations
- Single language: English-only. EPO claims in PatentMatch were already English-translated; non-English patent corpora are not represented.
- Time bound: MPEP citations are current to the 2026-05 mirror; later MPEP revisions may move section numbers.
- Single annotator (Claude Sonnet 4.6): the rubric notes attached to each
row are synthesized, not human-reviewed. v0.2 will land human-reviewer flags
on the
D-mcqblock. - Small n per shape: 10 rows is a sketch, not statistical evidence. The bench is sized for tight feedback loops in fine-tuning experiments; if you need confidence intervals, sample with replacement or supplement with your own seeds.
Citation
@dataset{patent_strategist_bench_2026,
title = {Patent-Strategist Bench v0.1: a 200-question seven-shape benchmark for patent-prosecution reasoning},
author = {Sehgal, Manav and Orionfold},
year = {2026},
month = {5},
url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/Orionfold/patent-strategist-bench-v0.1},
note = {Companion to "Patent-Strategist v1 baseline on Spark", ainative.business/field-notes/patent-strategist-v1-baseline-on-spark/}
}
Roadmap
- v0.2 — add A-shape and D-oa LLM-judge baselines; flag double-reviewed rows on the D-mcq block
- v0.3 — add 50 rows for the C-family-landscape and E-shape strategic blocks from Google Patents BigQuery (Family C2 cross-licensing question type)
- v1.0 — paired closed-book / retrieval / oracle and fine-tuned predictions shipped alongside the bench. Specific base model pending; see the methodology articles for the constraints the next attempt has to clear.
Provenance
This bench is the W2 milestone of the open patent-strategist project. The
seed-generation, scoring, and three-mode baseline harness live as open Python
in the source repo: github.com/manavsehgal/ai-field-notes
under scripts/seed_patent_bench.py, scripts/run_rag_baseline.py, and
fieldkit/src/fieldkit/eval/__init__.py.
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