abigail

What abigail does

ABIGAIL, founded in 2024, is a private, founder-led software company serving solo patent practitioners, boutique IP firms, in-house IP teams, foreign patent attorneys, and pro se inventors. Its platform covers patent application drafting, prior-art research, USPTO Office Action analysis and response generation, USPTO forms, drawing corrections, examiner intelligence, and deadline management. The primary commercial workflow is a claim-by-claim Office Action response built from source documents.

The core architecture is a 10-expert tiered analysis pipeline with specialized handling for 101, 102, 103, 112, double patenting, restriction requirements, new matter, drawings, and appeals. Its Glass Box approach uses an LLM to propose outputs and a deterministic validator to accept only outputs grounded in the Office Action, cited prior art, application specification, and MPEP. Supporting tools include Claims Visualizer, Prior Art Comparator, Run All automation, PAIR docket synchronization, and OpenClaw REST API access. Abi 1.0 was released in January 2026, while PatentBench contains more than 7,200 test cases from 604 Office Actions.

ABIGAIL monetizes usage through non-expiring credits, with a $99 Office Action DOCX export, token-based AI and API charges, fixed fees for other forms, and volume bonuses. Distribution combines a self-serve web product with $25 in new-user credits, ChatGPT and Claude plugins, a developer API, and direct enterprise sales. Revenue, paid-customer count, funding, and actual headcount are not disclosed, limiting valuation and scale assessment.

Name

abigail

Legal name

Salt Holdings, LLC

Website

https://abigail.app

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ABIGAIL develops an AI-native patent prosecution platform for solo practitioners, IP firms, and in-house teams, covering Office Action analysis, prior-art mapping, response drafting, forms, and docket synchronization through USPTO workflows.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Patent Prosecution Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (51321)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Safety, Alignment & Content Moderation (Guardrails, Red Teaming) (HDAAACAI), Audit, Explainability & Accountability Tooling (traceability, reporting) (HDAAAKAL)

Keywords

• Patent prosecution software
• Office action responses
• AI patent tools
• Prior art analysis
• USPTO form automation

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Pay-per-use credit system: Users purchase credit packages and deduct token costs in real-time. AI analysis is token-based while document exports (DOCX) have fixed prices. Credits never expire. Volume bonuses on larger packages.
2. Document export fees: Fixed-price document exports: OA Response DOCX at $99, IDS Form at $9, Form PDF at $5, Drawing at $5. These are credit-gated with HTTP 402 on insufficient balance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ABIGAIL develops AI-native software for patent prosecution, centered on a 10-expert tiered analysis pipeline that drafts complete USPTO Office Action responses with element-level prior art mapping and Glass Box AI anti-hallucination verification. The platform is sold as pay-per-use credits at $99 per response export, with token-based billing for API usage, and serves solo patent practitioners, IP law firms, in-house corporate IP teams, foreign attorneys, and pro se inventors. Supporting capabilities include examiner intelligence, docketing with USPTO PAIR sync, 18 USPTO form templates with AI auto-fill, drawing objection analysis, and an OpenClaw REST API for developer integration.

Product overview

ABIGAIL is a unified AI-native patent prosecution platform built around a 10-expert tiered analysis pipeline. The core product is the AI Office Action Response Generator ($99/response) which combines Claims Visualizer, Prior Art Comparator, Glass Box AI Transparency, and the Run All Pipeline to produce complete USPTO responses. Supporting modules include Abigail Academy (22 free training courses), OpenClaw REST API (developer access), Full Docketing with PAIR Sync, Examiner Intelligence database, 18 USPTO Form Templates with AI auto-fill, Drawing Objection Support, Portfolio Analytics Dashboard, Knowledge Library with vector search, and Mobile Voice Mode. Platform outputs are 37 CFR compliant DOCX files. Specialty IP support includes Sequence Listings and Chemical Formulas. All features run on the proprietary Abi 1.0 AI model with Glass Box anti-hallucination architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AI Office Action Response Generator Purpose-built AI system for drafting complete USPTO Office Action responses, using a 10-expert tiered analysis pipeline with element-level prior art mapping, Glass Box AI transparency, and 37 CFR compliant DOCX export. Sold at $99 per Office Action Response export on a pay-per-use credit basis to patent practitioners, IP law firms, in-house IP teams, foreign attorneys, and pro se inventors.
• OpenClaw REST API REST API at api.abigail.app providing programmatic access to AI-powered patent prosecution: application metadata lookup, response deadline calculation, Office Action analysis, response document drafting, examiner intelligence retrieval, and DOCX download. Authentication via API key with credit-based token billing; free endpoints for lookup/deadlines/status polling/download and token-based endpoints for analyze, draft-roa, and examiner lookup. Targets AI agent developers, law firm engineering teams, and solo practitioners automating repetitive prosecution tasks.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30 minutes per OA response (down from 5+ hours)
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• OpenClawcoreTechnology or IntegrationOpenClaw is ABIGAIL's REST API platform. Provides programmatic access to AI-powered patent prosecution: application lookup, OA analysis, response drafting, examiner intelligence. Supports AI agent developers and law firm engineering teams integrating patent workflows.
• USPTO PAIRcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with USPTO Patent Image Retrieval (PAIR) system for automatic syncing of prosecution history, file histories, deadlines, and Office Actions. Powers the Excel docket import and nightly monitoring features.
• ChatGPTcoreTechnology or IntegrationABIGAIL available as ChatGPT plugin. Allows users to look up US patent applications, analyze Office Actions, and get prosecution strategy recommendations within ChatGPT conversations. Setup takes under 2 minutes.
• ClaudecoreTechnology or IntegrationABIGAIL available as Claude plugin. Same functionality as ChatGPT plugin - patent application lookup, OA analysis, prosecution strategy recommendations accessible within Claude conversations.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Anaqua: Established IP management software platform serving corporate IP departments and law firms with patent portfolio management, docketing, and analytics. Directly comparable as it operates in the same patent prosecution workflow stack ABIGAIL targets, though it offers broad IP management rather than AI-native OA response generation.
• Clarivate (CPA Global / IPfolio / PatentAdvisor): Major IP services and analytics provider with patent prosecution tools, prior art search, and examiner intelligence (PatentAdvisor) used by IP professionals globally. Comparable to ABIGAIL in the patent prosecution workflow space, particularly as a competitor for examiner intelligence and prosecution analytics.
• LexisNexis (PatentAdvisor): Patent analytics and examiner intelligence platform used by patent attorneys to evaluate examiner behavior and prosecution strategy. Overlaps with ABIGAIL's Examiner Intelligence module and targets the same patent practitioner customer base.
• Patsnap: Global patent analytics and intelligence platform with prior art search, patent landscaping, and prosecution analytics. Comparable as a broad patent technology vendor serving similar patent practitioner and corporate IP team customers with overlapping analytics features.
• Questel (Orbit Intelligence): International IP services and patent analytics provider with patent search, prosecution analytics, and translation services. Comparable as an established patent workflow vendor with international reach serving similar patent attorney and corporate IP customers.

Direct peers

• IPRally: AI-powered patent search and analysis platform using proprietary machine learning models for prior art search and patent classification. Directly comparable as an AI-native patent technology vendor competing for the same patent attorney audience seeking AI-driven prosecution tools.
• PatentPal: AI patent drafting tool that automates specification and claim generation for patent applications. Direct competitor in the AI patent prosecution space, focused on application drafting rather than Office Action response but addressing the same patent attorney workflow.
• Specifio: Automated patent application drafting platform using NLP to generate patent specifications and claims. Comparable as an AI-native patent drafting tool serving solo practitioners and small firms, overlapping with ABIGAIL's patent application drafting functionality.
• ClaimMaster: Patent application drafting and prosecution tool for Microsoft Word with automation features for claim amendment, IDS generation, and Office Action response support. Comparable as a patent prosecution productivity tool used by patent attorneys, though not AI-native.

Emerging players

• Rowan Patents / AI-driven patent tools: Emerging patent prosecution tools leveraging AI for patent application drafting and prosecution workflow automation. Comparable as a smaller, emerging AI patent tool addressing the same solo practitioner and boutique firm customer segments ABIGAIL targets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/AbigailLegal
• GitHubgithub.com/Abigail-AI-Patent-Assistant
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/abigail-app

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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