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Scenario 02 - Prior Art & Novelty Search

Prior Art & Novelty Search

SciBase helps technical ideas, patent drafts, and R&D proposals locate similar evidence across papers, patents, books, and standards. It breaks down "has anyone done this?" into technical elements, similar sources, claim differences, and novelty risks.

Prior Art and novelty search illustration
How It Works

From technical ideas to explainable novelty conclusions

This scenario needs more than a list of similar documents: it needs evidence alignment, difference explanations, and risk stratification to support patents, R&D, and investment decisions.

Input

Technical ideas, claim drafts, product feature descriptions, R&D roadmaps, plus target jurisdictions, domains, and time ranges.

Processing

Decompose technical elements, recall similar evidence across papers, patents, books, and standards, and align claims with pinpointed differences.

Output

Similar-evidence inventory, novelty risk points, explainable deltas, white-space opportunities, and follow-up search recommendations.

Detailed Directions

Scenario Examples

From idea parsing to risk conclusions, every step needs traceable evidence - not just a black-box score.

Structured parsing of technical ideas
Direction 01

Structured parsing of technical ideas

Turn a product idea or claim draft into objects, actions, materials, processes, constraints, and effects - searchable, comparable technical elements.

Similar papers and patents localization
Direction 02

Similar papers and patents localization

Recall similar technical paths across papers, patents, books, and standards, and anchor evidence to specific paragraphs, figures, claims, or citation context.

Claims vs. evidence snippets comparison
Direction 03

Claims vs. evidence snippets comparison

Align claim elements with similar evidence line by line; separate full coverage, partial coverage, near implementations, and uncovered gaps to give reviewers structured rationale.

Risk, whitespace, and opportunity assessment
Direction 04

Risk, whitespace, and opportunity assessment

On top of evidence alignment, output novelty risk, revision directions, under-covered whitespace, and next-round search or expert-review recommendations.

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