Weeks and five figures per question.
An outside search or freedom-to-operate review takes weeks and a five-figure bill. Most product decisions cannot wait that long, so they are made without one.
[ AI for Intellectual Property ]Patent intelligence
Patent intelligence
driving decisions
Patent Mechanics is software for IP professionals and product teams. Describe an invention or a product in plain language. It searches patent publications from 160 jurisdictions and returns prior-art, invalidity and freedom-to-operate answers, with claim charts cited to the source documents.
USGlobalExport
We're launching a Wi-Fi pellet smoker. Customers pair it with our phone app, which shows when the grill is online through our cloud service and lets them set the temperature, start a cook and get alerts from anywhere. Run a freedom-to-operate check.smoker-app-spec.pdf
Read brief + specSearched in-force + pending · 160 jurisdictionsScreened claimsChecked status + expiry
1 patent needs attention · the remaining candidates were reviewed and cleared.| Patent | Assignee | Status | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| US 10,218,833 B2 | Traeger Pellet Grills | In force · est. 2035 | High |
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02[ The problem ]
Patent questions are slow, expensive and business critical.
Every product launch, filing decision and licensing negotiation turns on the same questions: is this new, is that patent valid, can anyone stop us. Today each answer means a search vendor, outside counsel, or both.
Keyword search misses art in other words.
Patents describe the same idea in different terms. A "gas spring" in your disclosure is a "gas strut" in the reference. Keyword tools rank those documents far down or miss them.
General chatbots invent citations.
An answer that cannot be traced to a claim, a passage and a date is unusable in a patent decision. General-purpose AI tools do not work from the full patent record.
03[ The product ]
A chat interface that answers like a patent analyst.
Ask in your own words and follow up in the same conversation. Every answer shows its work.
- Citations
- Every claim cited to patent, passage and date
- Claim charts
- Element by element: ✓ present · ? unclear · ✗ absent
- Legal status
- In force, pending or lapsed, with estimated expiry
- Assignee
- Current assignee from recorded ownership transfers
- Access
- Web app, REST API and MCP server
USGlobalExport
We're launching a Wi-Fi pellet smoker. Customers pair it with our phone app, which shows when the grill is online through our cloud service and lets them set the temperature, start a cook and get alerts from anywhere. Run a freedom-to-operate check.smoker-app-spec.pdf
Read brief + specSearched in-force + pending · 160 jurisdictionsScreened claimsChecked status + expiry
1 patent needs attention · the remaining candidates were reviewed and cleared.| Patent | Assignee | Status | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| US 10,218,833 B2 | Traeger Pellet Grills | In force · est. 2035 | High |
| Element | Claim language (abridged) | Product |
|---|---|---|
| 1[a] | Cloud service reports that the grill is connected | ? |
| 1[b] | Mobile app shows the grill is available | ✓ |
| 1[c] | App sends instructions to the grill | ✓ |
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04[ Who it's for ]
Built for the people who make patent decisions.
01
Patent attorneys and agents
Run a first-pass prior-art or invalidity search in minutes, then spend billable time on judgment instead of document review.
02
In-house IP counsel
Triage invention disclosures, answer product teams faster, and send outside counsel a focused question instead of an open-ended search.
03
R&D and product leaders
Check what is already patented before committing engineering time, and see launch risk while a design can still change.
04
Startups and independent inventors
Understand where an invention is new and what a competitor holds, without a five-figure search budget.
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Live in public beta.
Start a free 7-day trial with your work email: an invention, a patent you are worried about, or a product you are about to launch. Prefer a walkthrough? Talk to us.