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My roommate and I invented a smart study lamp, and we need to know how to do a preliminary patent search on Google Patents before talking to a lawyer.

ChatGPTgpt-61 query11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
My roommate and I invented a smart study lamp, and we need to know how to do a preliminary patent search on Google Patents before talking to a lawyer.
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
Google Patents search help advanced search patent classifications CPC USPTO prior art search guide inventorsGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (1)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReason100%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
Google Patents search help advanced search patent classifications CPC USPTO prior art search guide inventors Google ↗
  1. Google Patents — Official search page · patents.google.com
  2. Searching · support.google.com
  3. Google Patents Advanced Search · patents.google.com
  4. Multi-Step U.S. Patent Search Strategy · uspto.gov
  5. 904-How to Search · uspto.gov
  6. Open Espacenet · worldwide.espacenet.com
  7. Open Patent Public Search · ppubs.uspto.gov

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Google Patents search help advanced search patent classifications CPC USPTO prior art search guide inventors
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