---
title: "Prepare a patent search brief from the inventor's disclosure"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/prepare-a-patent-search-brief-from-the-inventor-s-disclosure-without-sta/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A23-B15-2-US"
practice_area: "Intellectual Property — Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Prepare a patent search brief from the inventor's disclosure

> Index the disclosure by product, how it is made, how it is used, and the features the inventor says are new. Quote the page. State no conclusion that the invention is patentable.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/prepare-a-patent-search-brief-from-the-inventor-s-disclosure-without-sta/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Intellectual Property — Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs](https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Index the disclosure by product, how it is made, how it is used, and the features the inventor says are new. Quote the page. State no conclusion that the invention is patentable. |
| What the lawyer must review | 35 U.S.C. § 102 states the novelty conditions. You read the subsection that fits each reference before you treat the reference as prior art. Section 112(a) is the written-description, enablement and best-mode requirement for a specification, and § 112(b) requires claims that particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter. The search brief organises the disclosure so you can search. It does not say the invention meets § 102 or § 112. Opinion 512 keeps that judgment with you. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare a patent search brief from the inventor's disclosure without stating that the invention is patentable](https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/prepare-a-patent-search-brief-from-the-inventor-s-disclosure-without-sta.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Index the disclosure by product, how it is made, how it is used, and the features the inventor says are new. Quote the page. State no conclusion that the invention is patentable.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Section 101 and § 103 were not the sources for this brief. Open them before you advise on eligibility or obviousness.
- A feature the inventor calls new is recorded as the inventor's words. It is not a novelty finding.

## Sources

- [35 U.S.C. § 102 (conditions for patentability; novelty)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/102) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [35 U.S.C. § 112 (specification)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/112) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Invention disclosure and confidentiality record (before a patent filing)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/invention-disclosure-and-confidentiality-record.md) | Form | Yellow | A form inventors complete before a patent application: the problem and solution, how it works and variations, contributors and their employers, AI tools used, prior art known, every disclosure made… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*