Run prior art searches with a Google Patents API

import createClient from 'microlink.io'

const microlink = createClient({
  apiKey: process.env.MICROLINK_API_KEY
})

const { results } = await microlink.search('predicated load prefetching', {
  type: 'patents'
})

const filings = results.map(patent => ({
  number: patent.publication.number,
  title: patent.title,
  assignee: patent.assignee,
  inventor: patent.inventor,
  priority: patent.priority.date,
  granted: patent.grant?.date ?? null,
  pdf: patent.pdf?.url
}))

import createClient from 'microlink.io'

const microlink = createClient({
  apiKey: process.env.MICROLINK_API_KEY
})

const phrasings = [
  'predicated load prefetching',
  'prefetch on conditional load instruction',
  'speculative memory prefetch predicate'
]

const pages = await Promise.all(
  phrasings.map(query => microlink.search(query, { type: 'patents' }))
)

const byNumber = new Map()
for (const { results } of pages) {
  for (const patent of results) byNumber.set(patent.publication.number, patent)
}

const timeline = Array.from(byNumber.values()).sort(
  (a, b) => Date.parse(a.priority.date) - Date.parse(b.priority.date)
)

import createClient from 'microlink.io'

const microlink = createClient({
  apiKey: process.env.MICROLINK_API_KEY
})

const closest = timeline.slice(0, 3)

const fullText = await Promise.all(
  closest.map(async patent => ({
    number: patent.publication.number,
    assignee: patent.assignee,
    markdown: await patent.markdown()
  }))
)