PatentPlus

What PatentPlus does

PatentPlus is a Berlin-based B2B SaaS company that operates an AI-powered marketplace and search platform connecting research organizations holding patented technologies with corporate innovation scouting and technology transfer teams. The company was founded in August 2020 by Florian Mysliwetz, Marius Almstedt, and Simeon Graupe, and is legally organized as PatentPlus IO UG (haftungsbeschränkt), a German private limited liability entity.

The platform comprises three integrated products: Company Search, which uses semantic AI-matching over 3.9M+ global companies with product and solution data to identify suppliers, partners, and customers; Patent Search, which analyzes worldwide patents and inventors with Freedom to Operate pre-checks; and Transfer Hub, a separate-domain marketplace where research organizations list patents and spin-offs for inbound industry interest. The underlying technology stack uses AI agents that generate optimized queries, retrieve matches, and produce curated shortlists and decision-maker contacts — operating over proprietary, web-scraped product data rather than conventional industry codes or job titles.

The business model is enterprise SaaS subscription, sold via a sales-led motion that requires booking a Calendly demo for access. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, indicating custom contract negotiations with each account. The customer base spans pharmaceuticals (Takeda, Chiesi), electronics (TDK), chemicals (Gelita), automotive (Eberspächer, Hatz), and German/European research institutes (FZJ, HZB, SPRIND). The company participates in the Techstars accelerator and has received European Social Fund support, with a reported headcount of 1-10.

Name

PatentPlus

Legal name

PatentPlus IO UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Website

https://patentplus.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

PatentPlus is a Berlin-based AI-powered B2B marketplace that connects research organizations holding patented technologies with corporate innovation scouting and technology transfer teams, offering semantic company search, patent analysis, and a technology transfer hub.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intellectual Property Management Software

NAICS

Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) (533), Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Patent Owners & Lessors (6794), Wholesale-Computers & Peripheral Equipment & Software (5045)

akta.pro primary industry

IP Search, Watch & Competitive Intelligence (BPAHAMAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

IP Due Diligence & Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) Analysis (BPAHAMAG), IP Licensing, Transactions & Technology Transfer (BPAHAMAF), IP Management, Patents & Trademark Software (BPAEAPAN)

Keywords

• Patent marketplace
• IP licensing platform
• Technology transfer software
• Patent search SaaS
• Innovation scouting platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Subscription-based access to AI-powered search tools (Company Search, Patent Search, Transfer Hub). Access is granted via login after booking a demo, indicating enterprise subscription model.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

PatentPlus operates a B2B SaaS marketplace for patented technologies, connecting companies and research institutions that hold IP with potential licensees. The platform provides AI-powered Company Search, Patent Search, and a Transfer Hub to facilitate discovery, evaluation, and execution of technology-transfer and patent-licensing transactions.

Product overview

PatentPlus offers an AI Operating System for Innovation, New Business, and Technology Transfer teams, consisting of three integrated core products. Company Search enables innovation teams to scout 3.9M+ global companies using AI-powered semantic matching. Patent Search provides patent analysis and FTO pre-checks across worldwide patents. Transfer Hub allows research organizations to showcase patents and spin-offs to industry partners, generating inbound opportunities. Together, these products cover the full innovation pipeline from partner discovery through technology commercialization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Company Search: AI-powered company search tool for scouting innovative suppliers, startups, partners, and potential customers across 3.9M+ companies worldwide.
• Patent Search
• Transfer Hub

Products and services

• Company Search AI-powered search module that helps users identify and profile companies holding patented technologies, supporting licensing, partnership, and competitive-intelligence use cases for enterprise IP and R&D teams.
• Patent Search AI-powered patent search and analysis tool that enables enterprise users to discover, filter, and evaluate patents relevant to their technology and innovation strategy.
• Transfer Hub Technology-transfer workflow module that connects patent holders with prospective licensees and supports the outreach, negotiation, and execution of IP-transfer transactions on the PatentPlus marketplace.

Quantifiable outcome

• Find the right solution or industry partner in minutes, not months
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• PatSnap: AI-powered IP and innovation intelligence platform offering patent search, landscape analysis, and competitor/technology scouting across global patents — directly comparable to PatentPlus's Patent Search and Company Search products.
• Orbit Intelligence (Questel): Patent analytics and IP search platform used by corporates for FTO, prior art, and inventor/competitor analysis — overlaps with PatentPlus's Patent Search and innovation scouting use cases for enterprise IP teams.
• IPRally: AI-based patent search and classification platform purpose-built for prior art and FTO — competes head-to-head with PatentPlus's AI-driven patent analysis positioning.
• Aistemos: IP strategy and analytics platform (Cipher) that maps patents to competitive and technology intelligence for enterprise IP and R&D teams — closely comparable to PatentPlus's scouting and technology transfer workflows.
• Relecura: Patent analytics and technology landscaping platform used by corporates and research organizations for scouting and IP strategy — overlapping with PatentPlus's innovation scouting use case.

Broad incumbents

• Derwent Innovation (Clarivate): Established patent search, analytics and IP workflow suite from Clarivate serving large pharma and technology companies — a broad incumbent with overlapping patent analytics and FTO capabilities against which PatentPlus competes.
• CB Insights: Market intelligence platform covering companies, technologies and emerging trends for corporate strategy and innovation teams — competes in the broader company/technology scouting category against PatentPlus's Company Search.
• Crunchbase: Company and funding intelligence database used for startup and partner discovery by innovation and corporate development teams — overlaps with PatentPlus's Company Search as a starting point for supplier/partner scouting.

Emerging players

• Lens.org: Free global patent and scholarly knowledge platform with analytics overlays — competes on the patent search and analytics dimension, particularly for public research and academic users.
• Inteum: Technology transfer management software used by universities to manage invention disclosures, patents, and licensing — overlaps with PatentPlus's Transfer Hub product for research organization customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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