# patent-audit

> Claude/Codex skill by [@gfodor](https://omgskills.com/library/gfodor/index.md) · 365 stars · Updated 2026-08-12

Audit a draft U.S. utility patent application before it is filed, against a 316-item checklist grounded in 35 U.S.C., 37 CFR, the MPEP, and current USPTO practice. Runs a deterministic pre-pass over the draft, gates on patentability, inventorship and deadlines, then fans out parallel review agents over the specification, claims, drawings and filing packet, adversarially verifies every fatal finding, and reports ranked defects with honest coverage accounting. Use when asked to audit, review, check, or pre-flight a patent application, provisional, specification, or claim set before filing.

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/gfodor/legal-skills /tmp/legal-skills && ln -s /tmp/legal-skills/patent-audit ~/.claude/skills/patent-audit
```

## From README

Pre-filing patent application audit Audit a draft utility patent application against 316 checklist items and return a ranked defect list with coverage accounting. Not legal advice. The checklist is grounded in 35 U.S.C., 37 CFR, the MPEP, and current USPTO materials. Fee amounts, form names and filing mechanics must be re-verified against current PTO practice, and §101 case law moves. Say so in the report; the template already does.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/skills/gfodor/legal-skills/patent-audit/
- GitHub: https://github.com/gfodor/legal-skills
- Author: [@gfodor](https://omgskills.com/library/gfodor/index.md)

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