Independent patent research · Software & technology
Prior-art searches, invalidity research and technical intelligence for intellectual property professionals. Structured findings, traceable sources, and reports built for professional review.
Focused on software, AI/ML, data processing, distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
FIXED FEES FROM $1,200 · DELIVERY FROM 7 BUSINESS DAYS · PRICING
Source-linked findings
Every observation points to a document, passage or figure.
Element-by-element mapping
Evidence organised against each claim limitation.
Documented search scope
What was searched, how, and what was out of scope.
Fixed fees from $1,200
Written quote, fixed price and delivery date before work starts.
Services
We help IP professionals investigate technical evidence and turn it into documentation they can use — in litigation, prosecution and portfolio strategy.
Investigate technical disclosures relevant to challenged patent claims, with structured comparisons and source-linked evidence.
from $3,12010 BUSINESS DAYS
Explore Invalidity ResearchIdentify existing patent and non-patent disclosures relevant to a proposed invention or technical concept.
from $1,2007 BUSINESS DAYS
Explore Prior-Art SearchesExamine patent activity, technical developments and relevant organisations within a defined technology field.
from $6,00015 BUSINESS DAYS
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Request a Research QuoteWhy Anteclaim
We read disclosures as technical systems — architecture, data flow, terminology and implementation detail — so we recognise the same idea when it is described in different words.
Findings connect to identifiable sources: the document, the passage or figure, and the date that matters. Your team can check any point without repeating the search.
Reports are structured for review and follow-up, not a dump of search hits. The matrix and register are designed to be extended into your own work.
Before work starts you know what will be searched, what you will receive, what the limitations are and what it will cost.
Sample work
Every report follows the same structure, designed so that counsel can check each observation against its source in seconds.
How it works
A short, predictable engagement process with a fixed-fee quotation before any work begins.
Send a public patent number, a technical field or a short project description. We clarify the question and the relevant scope.
You receive a written quote: deliverables, scope, delivery date and a fixed fee. Nothing starts until you accept.
We search patent and non-patent sources, examine the strongest references, map the evidence and run our pre-delivery checks.
Your structured report arrives on the agreed date: 7 to 15 business days depending on the service, faster with rush delivery.
The practice
Anteclaim is an independent research practice based in Switzerland, focused on patents in software and computing. Our work starts from the technology: how a system is built, what the claims actually require, and where the same idea appeared before.
We combine technical reading with systematic search and documentation, and we use software tooling to search and organise large bodies of material efficiently. What you receive is a finished research deliverable, with every finding traceable to its source.
Anteclaim provides technical research, not legal advice. Conclusions on validity, infringement or patentability remain with qualified legal professionals.
About AnteclaimA report whose contents are agreed before work starts. Depending on the engagement it may include a research summary, a reference register, element-by-element evidence mapping with pinpoint citations, the search record and a statement of limitations.
Fixed fees: prior-art and patentability searches from $1,200, invalidity searches from $3,120 (one independent claim), patent landscapes from $6,000. Your written quote confirms the exact scope and price before any work begins, and quoting is free with no obligation.
Standard delivery is 7 business days for prior-art searches, 10 for invalidity searches and 15 for landscapes, counted from scope confirmation. Rush delivery in half the time is available for +50%.
Yes, where it is publicly accessible — academic papers and proceedings, technical standards, documentation and archived web and software material. The sources searched are listed in each report.
Please keep initial inquiries to public information. If an engagement needs confidential material, we agree in writing how it will be exchanged, stored and processed — including which tools may process it — before you send it. Inquiry contents are not passed to AI services.
No. Anteclaim is a technical research provider, not a law firm. We report technical evidence and its relationship to the claims; legal conclusions on validity, infringement or patentability remain with qualified professionals.
Yes. Scope, depth, sources and deliverable format can all be adjusted, subject to agreement in the quotation.
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Describe your research objective and we’ll discuss a suitable scope, deliverables and quotation.
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