recipe-claim-draftinglisted

# Recipe: Claim Drafting Draft claims that are novel over the closest art and formally sound. ## Step 1: Find the Closest Art First Claims drafted blind get rejected. Anchor on the art before writing: ```bash flowleap patent build-query "<invention description>" --focus precise --allow-external-processing flowleap --json patent search --query "<generated CQL>" --limit 20 flowleap --json uspto search --query "<generated CQL>" --limit 20 # ODP Lucene syntax ``` Pull the claims of the 3-5 closest hits and study their language: ```bash flowleap --json ops claims <closest-patent> flowleap --json ops abstract <closest-patent> ``` ## Step 2: Element Inventory of the Invention Write a one-paragraph invention summary, save it, and decompose it: ```bash flowleap analyze-claim --file invention-summary.txt --focus full ``` Sort the elements: which are old (in the closest art), which are the point of novelty. The independent claim needs the old elements for operability plus at least one novel element for allowance. ## Step 3: Draft the Claim Set - **Independent claim**: preamble (technical field) + transition (`comprising`) + minimum element set that is both operable and novel - **Dependent claims**: one fallback feature each, ordered by commercial value — these are the amendment reservoir for prosecution - Draft method + apparatus (and CRM where relevant) parallel sets ## Step 4: Check Formal Drafting Rules ```bash # EPO clarity/support requirements flowleap --json le