PatCheck

Overview of Key Features

PatCheck supports the structured collection, organization, and assessment of patent information.
The software presents relevant patent data in an understandable way and enables systematic analysis and prioritization of patents in everyday work.

Freedom-to-Operate Analysis: Guided and AI-Supported

  • AI-supported identification of independent claims and automatic generation of an initial feature list
  • Guided process to assess which features of the independent patent claims are realized in one’s own product
  • Support for the systematic comparison of claim features and product features to identify potential limitations to freedom-to-operate
  • Indications of when further examination by qualified experts may be required

Structured Management of Patents

  • Management of patent-portfolios in projects and folders
  • Flexible organization to match existing workflows—topic-, project-, or product-oriented
  • Centralized collection of all researched documents in a structured overview in one location
  • Consistent presentation of all recorded patents

Visualization of a Patent’s Simplified Legal Status

  • Legal status at a glance, without the need to evaluate additional sources
  • Color-coded indication of status (protected, pending, not protected)

Overview of the International Protection Scope of an Invention

  • Display of the countries in which the same invention is filed or protected
  • Support for internationally oriented patent portfolio assessments

Notes and Documentation Function

  • Adding technical or organizational notes to individual patents
  • Automatic display of notes for all associated documents belonging to the same invention

Import of Patents from Public Patent Databases

  • Saving patents from public patent databases such as Espacenet, Google Patents, USPTO PPUBS, etc.
  • With the installed PatCheck Extension, patents can be saved directly from search results while researching: Espacenet, Google Patents, WIPO Patentscope, and USPTO PPUBS

Filtering Options and PDF Export of Individual Patents

  • PDF export of individual patents, including an additional summary page with key information on global protection status
  • Filtering options for quickly narrowing down relevant patents by:
    • Countries where the invention is filed or protected
    • Protection status (protected, pending, not protected, review required)
    • Start and end year of protection
    • Applicant
    • Title
    • Patent number (number search)
  • Enables focused evaluation of patents that are particularly relevant for technical or organizational assessment

Monitoring of Protection Status

  • Ability to activate protection status monitoring for each patent
  • Notification when the protection status of a patent changes
  • Information when a new patent belonging to the same invention (family member) is added
  • Supports continuous monitoring of relevant patents without the need for manual checking of individual documents

Summary

PatCheck provides a structured and intuitive working environment for handling patents.
Its focus lies on clarity, documentation, risk assessment, and the efficient organization of patent-related information.

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