Prior Art Search

Search patents and literature for prior art relevant to: $ARGUMENTS

Adapted from /research-lit for patent-specific searching.

Constants

• MAX_PATENT_RESULTS = 20 — Maximum patent documents to analyze in detail
• MAX_PAPER_RESULTS = 15 — Maximum academic papers to analyze in detail
• SEARCH_YEARS = 10 — How many years back to search
• PATENT_DATABASES = "google-patents, espacenet" — Patent databases to search

Inputs

Read the invention description from:

1. $ARGUMENTS if it contains technical details
2. patent/INVENTION_BRIEF.md if it exists
3. INVENTION_BRIEF.md if it exists at project root