Patent Review

Guide a scientist through structured review of a lawyer-drafted patent. The goal is to catch technical errors, identify coverage gaps, and produce better claims — not to give legal advice. The scientist is the domain expert; this workflow provides the structure.

Work through five phases in order. Surface one issue at a time, get a decision, log it, move on.

Phase 1 — Ingest

Ask the user to paste the patent text or provide a .docx file path.

• Text paste: parse directly
• .docx file: extract text using markitdown (preferred) or python-docx as fallback; if neither is available, ask the user to paste the text manually
• PDF: not supported — ask the user to convert to .docx or paste the text