Solution
For IP counsel, patent search teams, and R&D leaders: prior art search that matches on meaning, with an evidence chain built to survive litigation.
The problem
Prior art sits across disconnected databases, jurisdictions, and languages — more than any team can read, however skilled.
Boolean queries match words, and drafters choose their words precisely so they won't. The art you need hides behind synonyms.
Freedom-to-operate work queues behind manual claim charting while product decisions wait on the answer.
The product, not a promise
How it works
Load global patent repositories, scientific literature, and technical disclosures across jurisdictions.
Interpret technical concepts and claim language semantically, past synonyms and obfuscated phrasing.
Score and order prior art by relevance, highlighting the claim limitations that matter.
Map product features against patent claims for freedom-to-operate analysis.
Alert on new filings and status changes by assignee or technology domain.
Who it's for
Patent searcher
Chief IP counsel
Litigation & IT
Patent work breaks when global filing volume outruns human search capacity. Millions of documents sit across disconnected databases and languages, and Boolean keyword queries miss the art hidden behind synonyms or deliberately obscure drafting. A missed reference becomes an invalid patent or an infringement suit.
The workbench ingests global patent repositories, scientific literature, and technical disclosures, then searches them semantically. It matches on what a claim means, not which words it uses, so relevant art surfaces even when the terminology diverges across jurisdictions or decades. Results come back ranked by relevance with the critical claim limitations highlighted, and anything linguistically ambiguous is flagged for attorney review rather than silently scored.
Freedom-to-operate work gets the same treatment: product features are mapped against patent claims in structured claim charts, so FTO opinions stop gating R&D timelines. Automated alerts track new filings and status changes by named competitors or targeted technology domains, and filing-trend maps expose saturated areas and white space for new research investment. Portfolio managers can finally align maintenance spend with business value instead of renewing by default.
An FTO opinion or invalidity position is only as strong as its evidence chain. Every search the workbench runs is logged — parameters, sources covered, results returned — producing a defensible record of what was searched and when. Every extracted claim element and every ranked reference links back to the original document, so counsel verifies in seconds instead of re-running the search. This is document-to-decision work where the decision may be tested in litigation; the audit trail is built for that standard, and the final call on every matter stays with a human expert.
Objections, answered
Every ranked reference links to the original document with the relevant claim limitations highlighted, so counsel verifies in seconds. Linguistically ambiguous matches are flagged for attorney review rather than silently scored, and the final relevance call is always human.
Yes. You define the domains, the named assignees to watch, and the chart structure; the workbench runs your setup on every matter, so work product is consistent across the team.
The record is built for that standard: every search is logged with its parameters, sources covered, and results returned, producing a defensible account of what was searched and when. Data stays inside your deployment, on a platform certified to ISO 27001 and SOC 2.
Weeks. The workbench connects to global patent and non-patent literature out of the box, so setup is defining your domains and watchlists — searches run from the first session.
Watch semantic search surface the art your keyword queries missed — ranked, highlighted, and cited — in a live session.
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