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Patent Scanner
Structured distinctiveness analysis that prepares inventors for a productive patent-attorney consultation.
8.0Overall rating
Installation
🤖 Install via AI
Copy the prompt below and send it to your AI assistant (e.g. Claude Code) — it will follow the instructions and install automatically.
Install the "Patent Scanner" skill by following the instructions at https://skill123.me/install/patent-scanner.
⌨️ Command line install
Run in your terminal — downloads and installs to ~/.claude/skills/.
curl -fsSL https://skill123.me/install/patent-scanner.sh | bash
📦 Download ZIP
Download the zip and extract it into your skills directory (e.g. ~/.claude/skills/), then restart your session.
⬇ Download v1.0.0 · 8 KBAbout this skill
Overview
A consultation-prep tool rather than a lawyer replacement — honest about scope, and methodologically the most interesting IP skill found.
Source
- Repo: https://github.com/Obviously-Not/patent-skills
- Stars: 18 ★ · License: MIT
- Imported from GitHub · 2026-09-19
Score breakdown
Trigger
8.0
Defined use-cases plus explicit "Important Limitations" section that curbs over-triggering.
Structure
8.5
Methodology → input requirements → analysis framework → scoring, in a disciplined single document.
Workflow
8.0
Requires a written concept description before analysis — gates low-quality invocations.
Content
8.5
John Branch’s attorney methodology (abstraction principle, lossy-abstraction-as-feature) is rare, real IP insight.
Engineering
7.0
Single prompt file; the sibling repo offers scanner/validator tooling this entry does not bundle.
Security
8.0
Prominent not-legal-advice positioning and attorney-consultation framing throughout.
A consultation-prep tool rather than a lawyer replacement — honest about scope, and methodologically the most interesting IP skill found.