Nexscope Patent Description (Translated)

This skill guides you on how to retrieve translated patent description (specification) text via the Nexscope data service. It supports translation into Chinese, English, or Japanese, and can look up patents by patent ID or publication number.

Core Concepts

A patent description (also called "specification") is the full technical text of a patent document. This tool fetches the translated version of that text from the Nexscope patent database, supporting three target languages: Chinese (cn), English (en), and Japanese (jp).

When a patent's description is unavailable, the tool can optionally substitute it with a description from a patent family member (a related patent filed in another jurisdiction covering the same invention).

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
patentId	string	Conditionally	Patent ID. At least one of patentId or patentNumber must be provided. If both are given, patentId takes priority. This Skill sends one patent ID per call; the gateway accepts up to 100 comma-separated IDs.
patentNumber	string	Conditionally	Publication (announcement) number. At least one of patentId or patentNumber must be provided. This Skill sends one publication number per call; the gateway accepts up to 100 comma-separated numbers.
lang	string	No	Target translation language. Supported values: en (English, default), cn (Chinese), jp (Japanese).
replaceByRelated	integer	No	Whether to substitute with a patent family member's description when the original is unavailable. 1 = yes, 0 = no (default).

Key Rules

1. At least one identifier required: Either patentId or patentNumber must be provided. If the user gives a publication number like "US10123456B2", use patentNumber. If they give a numeric patent ID, use patentId.
2. Priority: When both identifiers are supplied, patentId takes precedence.
3. Single patent per request: This Skill sends one patent per call to control credits. For multiple patents, obtain explicit consent before separate calls; the gateway accepts up to 100 per request.
4. Default language: If the user does not specify a language, default to en (English).

Skill single-patent policy: This endpoint consumes credits. If you need to check multiple patents, you must obtain explicit user consent and make separate requests. This Skill uses one patent per call; the gateway supports up to 100 English comma-separated identifiers.

Invocation

• API Endpoint: POST /zhihuiya/descriptionDataTranslated (full parameters/response/error codes in references/api.md)
• Python Script: python scripts/patent_description_data_translation.py '<JSON params>' [--inline]
• Cost Constraints: This tool consumes credits. The same parameter combination defaults to a single call per session. The script includes a 24-hour local cache. Do not automatically retry with different keywords, pagination, or modified parameters on failure or empty results; inform the user that additional costs will be incurred before continuing to search. Skill single-patent policy: This endpoint consumes credits. This Skill uses one patent per call to control credits. For multiple patents, obtain explicit user consent before separate calls; the gateway supports up to 100 per request.

Output Strategy (default script behavior):

• Always write the full response to <cwd>/nexscope/<YYYY-MM-DD>/<session>/data/nexscope-zhihuiya-description-data-translated-<timestamp>.json (<cwd> is the working directory at script execution time, which in Claude Code is the current project directory; <session> is taken from the SESSION_ID environment variable, auto-grouped by user task; writing to /tmp is forbidden -- error if the current directory is not writable)
• Response body <= 8 KB: print the full JSON to stdout after writing to disk
• Response body > 8 KB: print only a summary to stdout after writing to disk (top-level fields, common counts like total/costToken, length of the largest list field + first 3 samples)
• Add --inline to force full output to stdout (still writes to disk)

Data Reading Tip: Check the summary first to determine if it is sufficient; when specific fields are needed, prefer using jq or ConvertFrom-Json to extract from the saved JSON file on demand to avoid loading the entire JSON into context.

Authentication

Set NEXSCOPE_API_KEY. Visit https://www.nexscope.ai/help/skills-external-access?co-from=skillNS to manage credits.

Usage Examples

1. Get English translation of a patent description by publication number

patentNumber: "US10123456B2"
lang: "en"

2. Get Chinese translation of a patent description by patent ID

patentId: "abc123def"
lang: "cn"

3. Japanese translation of a specific patent

patentNumber: "JP2021012345A"
lang: "jp"

Display Rules

1. Present the translated text clearly: Show the patent description text directly. For long descriptions, present a summary or the first section and inform the user the full text is available.
2. Identify substitutions: When pnRelated is present in the response, clearly inform the user that the description was sourced from a family member patent and show the related publication number.
3. Single patent results: Results contain a single patent's data per call.
4. Error handling: When a query fails, explain the reason based on the response and suggest checking the patent ID or publication number for correctness.
5. No fabrication: Never invent or paraphrase patent text. Only display what the API returns.

User Expression & Scenario Quick Reference

Applicable -- Patent description/specification translation queries:

User Says	Scenario
"Translate this patent description to English"	Single patent translation
"I need the Chinese version of patent US10123456"	Specific language translation
"What does patent CN112345678A describe?"	Patent description lookup
"Show me the Japanese translation of this patent's full text"	Japanese translation
"The description is missing, can you try a family member?"	Family member fallback

Not applicable -- Needs beyond patent description translation:

• Patent search or discovery (finding patents by keyword/topic)
• Patent claim analysis or claim chart generation
• Patent legal status or prosecution history
• Patent citation or reference analysis
• Patent portfolio analytics or statistics