Patent Bots

What Patent Bots does

Patent Bots, Inc. is a privately-held, bootstrapped, and profitable software company founded in February 2018 by Jeff O'Neill, a patent attorney with a Ph.D. in signal processing. The company develops AI-enabled tools for patent prosecution, sold primarily to patent law firms, solo practitioners, and corporate IP departments in the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom. Its product suite spans six core offerings: Prep & Pros Pro (rule-based and Gen AI tools for patent proofreading, drafting, OA shell generation, IDS form filling, and USPTO form generation), PatentPlex (U.S. and European patent family trees, prosecution timelines, and patent analyzer), Examiner Statistics (grant rates, difficulty rankings, appeals data, and interview benefit metrics for every USPTO examiner), Art Unit Predictor (USPTO art unit classification and dangerous-word detection), PatentLink (patent portfolio list building), and PatentVerse (ML-powered patent quality rankings of law firms). A Microsoft Word Add-In distributes the tools directly inside the primary document-editing environment of patent practitioners.

The underlying technology combines proprietary neural-network models trained specifically on patent claim language with generative AI services delivered through AWS Bedrock (Anthropic Claude). Patent Bots holds four issued or pending US patents covering its products and methods, and operates under a SOC 2 Type II certification, GDPR, and CCPA compliance posture with a zero-data-retention policy for all AI processing. The platform is accessible via web and Microsoft Word Add-In, with 327,000+ patents analyzed in its quality-ranking dataset.

The business model is SaaS subscription with a la carte, monthly, annual, and firm-wide pricing tiers, a 14-day free trial, and payment processing through Stripe. Go-to-market blends product-led growth (free trial, Word Add-In self-serve) with enterprise field sales for firm-wide deployments. The company operates as a 100% remote team of 1-10 employees headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, with named customers including Baker Botts, DLA Piper, Greenberg Traurig, Pillsbury, Polsinelli, Edell Shapiro & Finnan, GTC Law Group, and corporate logos such as SAP, Cisco, IBM, and Northrop Grumman accessed through outside counsel.

Name

Patent Bots

Legal name

Patent Bots, Inc.

Website

https://patentbots.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Patent Bots builds AI-enabled patent prosecution tools, including proofreading, drafting automation, examiner statistics, and art unit prediction, sold primarily to U.S., EU, and UK patent law firms and corporate IP departments via SaaS subscriptions and a Microsoft Word Add-In.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Tech Software for Patent Prosecution

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

akta.pro primary industry

IP Management, Patents & Trademark Software (BPAEAPAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

IP & Patent Information Publishing (Patent/Litigation Analytics, Prior Art) (MPAJACAK), IP Search, Watch & Competitive Intelligence (BPAHAMAI)

Keywords

• Patent prosecution software
• Patent proofreading tools
• Patent drafting automation
• USPTO examiner analytics
• Legal tech AI

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Prep & Pros Pro: Monthly and annual subscription plans with a la carte pricing for individual tools and firm-wide subscriptions for entire law firm access. Includes proofreading, drafting automation, OA tools, and utilities.
2. Subscription - Examiner Statistics: Separate subscription tiers for examiner statistics with basic free access and premium appeals statistics available with paid subscription.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Patent Bots provides AI-enabled software tools for patent prosecution, including automated patent proofreading, drafting automation, USPTO examiner statistics, art unit prediction, and patent family tree analysis. The platform serves patent attorneys, law firms, and corporate IP departments through a web portal and a Microsoft Word Add-in, sold primarily on monthly and annual subscription plans with firm-wide options.

Product overview

Patent Bots is a comprehensive platform of AI-enabled tools for patent prosecution, consisting of six core products: Prep & Pros Pro (patent proofreading, drafting automation, and OA tools), PatentPlex (patent family trees, prosecution timelines, and patent analysis), Examiner Statistics (USPTO examiner grant rates and behavior analytics), Art Unit Predictor (USPTO classification prediction), PatentLink (patent portfolio management), and PatentVerse (law firm quality rankings). The platform also includes Gen AI features for proofreading and drafting integrated via Microsoft Word Add-In. Products are offered via a la carte pricing with monthly and annual subscription plans, accessible through both web interface and Word Add-In.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Prep & Pros Pro®: Suite of rule-based and Gen AI tools including patent proofreading, patent drafting, OA shell generation, IDS form filling, and USPTO form generation.
• Patent Plex®
• PatentLink™
• PatentVerse®
• Examiner Statistics
• Art Unit Predictor

Products and services

• Prep & Pros Pro A suite of rule-based and Gen AI tools for patent practitioners covering patent proofreading, patent drafting, OA shell generation, IDS form filling, and USPTO form generation. Reduces risk, improves quality, and increases efficiency in patent preparation and prosecution for law firms and IP departments.
• PatentPlex A patent information platform providing U.S. and European patent data, patent family trees, prosecution timelines, a patent analyzer, image file wrapper access, and claim chart generation. Used by patent practitioners to research patent histories and families.
• Examiner Statistics Provides statistics for each USPTO patent examiner, including grant rates, difficulty rankings, appeals statistics, interview benefit data, recent dispositions, and grant rate timelines. Used to inform patent prosecution strategy for law firms and IP departments.
• Art Unit Predictor Predicts USPTO groups and art units assigned to patent applications and identifies dangerous words in claims. Used by patent practitioners to steer applications to preferred art units before filing.
• PatentLink An interactive patent list builder for portfolio oversight, workload management, competitive intelligence, and related patent analytics workflows. Processes public patent data to enable organized patent portfolio management.
• PatentVerse Quality and speed rankings for patent law firms, showing relationships between law firms and clients with a patent quality score methodology. Used by clients and law firms for benchmarking and competitive intelligence.

Quantifiable outcome

• 86% of issued patents contain at least one detectable error
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability9 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Google Cloud PlatformcoreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary cloud infrastructure provider for hosting parts of Patent Bots infrastructure. Stores names, email addresses, and passwords. Used for PatentLink product data processing and cloud-based proofreading options.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationUsed for hosting, large language model services via AWS Bedrock, and email delivery. Processes generative AI features including patent drafting and analysis. Zero data retention for AI processing.
• AnthropiccoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides Claude large language models through AWS Bedrock for Patent Bots Gen AI features including drafting, proofreading review, and patent analysis.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processor for subscription management and payment processing. Stores customer names, email addresses, business addresses, and payment information.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ClaimMaster: ClaimMaster is a Microsoft Word add-in for patent proofreading and claim analysis, directly comparable to Patent Bots' Prep & Pros Pro proofreading module. Patent Bots explicitly benchmarks its 33x speed advantage against ClaimMaster, confirming head-to-head competition for patent proofreading workflow.
• LexisNexis PatentAdvisor: PatentAdvisor (LexisNexis) provides USPTO examiner statistics, prosecution timelines, and analytics, directly overlapping with Patent Bots' Examiner Statistics, PatentPlex, and PatentLink modules. Both products target patent prosecution strategy decisions based on examiner behavior data.
• Solve Intelligence: Solve Intelligence offers AI-powered patent drafting, prosecution, and office action response tools for patent attorneys. It directly competes with Patent Bots' Gen AI drafting and Prep & Pros Pro suite as an AI-first patent practice platform.

Emerging players

• Specifio: Specifio provides AI-based patent application drafting automation, overlapping with Patent Bots' drafting features. Both target patent attorneys seeking to automate first-draft patent generation.
• Harrity & Harrity: Harrity is a patent law firm that has built and commercialized patent practice automation and AI tools (e.g., Patent Harness). It overlaps with Patent Bots at the intersection of patent prosecution tooling and law firm service delivery.
• Ambercite: Ambercite provides patent analytics, citation mapping, and competitive intelligence for patent portfolios, overlapping with Patent Bots' PatentLink and PatentVerse competitive intelligence features.
• IPRally: IPRally offers AI-based patent prior art search and classification tools, adjacent to Patent Bots' PatentPlex, Examiner Statistics, and Art Unit Predictor capabilities around patent search and classification analytics.

Broad incumbents

• Anaqua: Anaqua is a large IP management platform serving corporate IP departments and law firms with patent and trademark portfolio management. It overlaps with Patent Bots' PatentLink portfolio oversight features but operates as a broader incumbent with full IP lifecycle coverage.
• Clarivate (CPA Global / IPfolio): Clarivate owns CPA Global, IPfolio, and Derwent patent analytics, providing end-to-end IP management and analytics for corporations and law firms. It is a broad incumbent with overlap to Patent Bots' PatentPlex, PatentLink, and Examiner Statistics features.
• Westlaw / Thomson Reuters (Thomson Reuters Legal): Thomson Reuters provides Westlaw and Practical Law plus CoCounsel AI for legal professionals. As a broad incumbent, it is a potential distribution, partnership, or acquisition counterpart for Patent Bots in the legal AI market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubevimeo.com/patentbots
• Facebookfacebook.com/PatentBots-111779847964763

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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