patpubrender 0.1.0

Parse USPTO patent XML into a structured document and render Markdown.

patpubrender

A Python extension for patpubrender: parse USPTO patent grant and application XML into a document object, and render Markdown. The implementation is Rust, compiled to a native extension.

pip install patpubrender

Usage

import patpubrender

xml = open("US12345678.xml").read()

# render
md = patpubrender.parse_to_markdown(xml)
md = patpubrender.parse_to_markdown(xml, template="{{title}}\n\n{{claims}}")

# document object
doc = patpubrender.parse(xml)
doc.publication_number     # str | None
doc.title                  # str | None
doc.inventors              # list[str]
doc.claims[0].number       # int
doc.claims[0].text         # str
doc.abstract_text          # str | None
doc.to_markdown()          # str

patpubrender.detect_format(xml)   # "UsptoGrantV47"

Unrecognized or malformed input raises ValueError.

Templates

to_markdown and parse_to_markdown take an optional template: text with {{frontmatter}}, {{title}}, {{abstract}}, {{description}}, and {{claims}} placeholders. Each expands to a complete block, heading included. The template fixes order and surrounding text.

License

Apache 2.0.