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Use when the user has a patent publication number, patent URL, or patent-search result and wants the PDF fetched into the configured patent inbox.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/ZimoLiao/scholaraio/blob/HEAD/.claude/skills/patent-fetch/SKILL.md

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patent-fetch — 专利 PDF 下载

优先通过 USPTO PPUBS 官方导出接口下载美国专利 PDF，并在必要时回退到 Google Patents 页面抓取，自动保存到 configured patent inbox（fresh 默认 data/spool/inbox-patent/），供后续 pipeline ingest 入库。旧版 data/inbox-patent/ 先用 scholaraio migrate upgrade --migration-id <id> --confirm 迁移。

常与 patent-search 配合使用：先用 patent-search 发现专利，再用 patent-fetch 或 --fetch 参数下载 PDF。

功能

  • 专利 ID 直输：只需输入专利公开号（如 US20240176406A1），优先走 USPTO 官方导出
  • 完整 URL 支持：也支持直接传入完整的专利页面链接
  • 官方下载优先：美国专利优先走 PPUBS 导出，避免 Google 页面抓取不稳定
  • 自动去重：如果目标文件已存在，跳过下载
  • 仅用于发现下载：不入库，下载后需手动执行 scholaraio pipeline ingest 走专利入库流程

用法

通过专利 ID 下载

scholaraio patent-fetch US20240176406A1

通过完整 URL 下载

scholaraio patent-fetch "https://patents.google.com/patent/US20240176406A1"

与 patent-search 联动

# 方式一：搜索后根据提示手动下载
scholaraio patent-search "neural network" --count 5
# 输出中每条结果会显示：下载: scholaraio patent-fetch <公开号>

# 方式二：搜索时自动下载所有结果 PDF
scholaraio patent-search "neural network" --count 5 --fetch

输出示例

已下载: /path/to/data/spool/inbox-patent/US20240176406A1.pdf (1679017 bytes)
已保存到: /path/to/data/spool/inbox-patent/US20240176406A1.pdf

如果文件已存在：

文件已存在: /path/to/data/spool/inbox-patent/US20240176406A1.pdf
已保存到: /path/to/data/spool/inbox-patent/US20240176406A1.pdf

如果页面没有 PDF 链接：

未在该页面找到 PDF 下载链接

推荐工作流

手动下载流程

# 1. 搜索专利
scholaraio patent-search "quantum computing" --count 10

# 2. 根据公开号下载目标专利 PDF
scholaraio patent-fetch US20230123456A1

# 3. 走正常专利入库流程（自动按公开号去重、标记 patent 类型）
scholaraio pipeline ingest

# 4. 本地检索
scholaraio search "voltage overshoot"

自动下载流程

# 1. 搜索并自动下载前 5 条结果的 PDF
scholaraio patent-search "quantum computing" --count 5 --fetch

# 2. 直接入库
scholaraio pipeline ingest

故障排除

页面请求超时或下载失败

  • 美国专利默认优先走 USPTO PPUBS 官方导出，通常不需要额外代理
  • 若已回退到 Google Patents，某些网络环境下可能需要配置 HTTP 代理

未在该页面找到 PDF 下载链接

  • 该专利可能尚未上传 PDF（如非常新的 WO 专利）
  • 尝试在浏览器中打开页面确认是否有 PDF 下载入口
  • 部分非美国专利或特殊文档类型可能需要换源（如 EPO）

下载失败

  • 检查 configured patent inbox（fresh 默认 data/spool/inbox-patent/）是否有写入权限
  • 确认磁盘空间充足

相关功能

  • scholaraio patent-search — USPTO 专利搜索（发现专利公开号，支持 --fetch 自动下载）
  • scholaraio pipeline ingest — 将 inbox-patent 中的 PDF 入库
  • scholaraio search / scholaraio vsearch — 本地知识库检索