Claims Drafting: The Core Patent Skill

Draft patent claims based on: $ARGUMENTS

This is the most critical skill in the patent pipeline. Claims define the legal scope of protection -- everything else (specification, figures, abstract) exists to support and enable the claims.

Constants

• REVIEWER_MODEL = gpt-5.5 — External examiner for claim quality review
• MAX_CLAIM_REVISION_ROUNDS = 3 — Maximum revision iterations
• CLAIM_STYLE = "auto" — US (Jepson or open), EP (two-part mandatory), CN (two-part), auto (detect from jurisdiction)
• MIN_INDEPENDENT_CLAIMS = 2 — Typically method + system. For utility model (实用新型): apparatus/device only, NO method claims.
• MAX_TOTAL_CLAIMS = 20 — Practical limit (USPTO includes 20 in base fee)
• PATENT_TYPE = "invention" — invention (发明专利) or utility_model (实用新型, apparatus claims only)

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