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Patlytics
End-to-end AI platform for patent work, covering drafting, prior art search, infringement and invalidity analysis, and claim charts. Patlytics raised a $40 million Series B in April 2026, led by SignalFire.
IP litigators and corporate IP teams who need infringement, invalidity, and claim chart work done across dozens of claims.
Small firms that mainly draft applications, or buyers who want a published per-seat price.
Verdict
Patlytics is an AI platform for the full patent lifecycle, founded in New York City by Paul Lee and Arthur Jen. Law firms and corporate IP teams use it for prior art searches, infringement and invalidity analysis, claim charts, and drafting, with output built to be checked and edited by attorneys. It stands out on litigation work, where claim charts and invalidity analysis take up large amounts of attorney time, and Patlytics is built to cut the cycle time on that work.
Score Breakdown
How Patlytics scores in the categories that matter to its buyers.
Pricing
Patlytics sells enterprise subscriptions to law firms and corporate IP teams after a demo.
Licenses are scoped to the firm or IP department and the workflows in use, such as litigation analysis, prosecution, and drafting.
The Field at a Glance
How Patlytics compares with other AI patent & IP vendors we reviewed, by Overall Score and relative typical engagement cost.
Patlytics scores 7.4 in AI patent & IP, under IPRally (7.6) and Solve Intelligence (7.6), and level with DeepIP (7.4). Relative cost lands upper for this subcategory.
Use-case matrix
| Use case | Fit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Infringement analysis | Strong | Core Patlytics motion. |
| Invalidity & prior art | Strong | Deep search and charting. |
| Claim charts | Strong | Across dozens of claims. |
| Patent drafting | Mixed | Newer than analysis tools. |
| Small-firm budgets | Mixed | Enterprise contracts. |
| Contract review | Poor | Patlytics does not cover contract review. |
Review Excerpts
Excerpts from company materials and public coverage of Patlytics, plus representative buyer views drawn from public information. Paid reviews and pay-for-play sites were excluded.
“Using Patlytics, Rivian's Legal team turns raw inputs into organized, review-ready drafts. The platform outlines, aligns terminology, and generates structured sections that attorneys can edit and refine.”
“When the stakes are high, you need an edge. Patlytics accelerates critical patent workflows with impressive depth.”
“Enterprise contracts put it out of reach for a small firm, so a boutique would compare per-seat drafting tools.”
Representative buyer view
Where customer reviews couldn't be found, our analysts attempted to give a voice to buyer sentiment, drawing on real information from review sites, forums, and product documentation.
Based on: Patlytics’ website
Company Facts
- Founded
- 2023 (CB Insights)
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United States (CB Insights)
- Total funding raised
- $58.5M (CB Insights)
- Key investors
- Liquid 2 Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Myriad Venture Partners, N47, SignalFire (CB Insights)
- Website
- patlytics.ai
Key Leadership
Paul Lee
Co-founder and CEO
Methodology
This page is an independent evaluation of Patlytics for buyers comparing options in AI patent & IP. AI Industry Reviews accepts no sponsorships, advertising, or pay-for-placement fees. Patlytics did not pay for this review.
What we scored
The headline number is an Overall Score on a 0-10 scale. Eight criteria sit under it in two groups.
- Buyer outcomes (for AI patent & IP)
- Infringement & invalidity analysis
- Claim charts
- Patent drafting
- Small-firm affordability
- Company & commercial
- Innovation & product leadership
- Project management & communication
- Pricing
- Contract fairness
Pricing measures whether the price looks fair for the value delivered, including packaging and renewal friction that show up in real buying cycles.
Score Composition
| Input | Weight | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews | 40% | A proprietary read of what practitioners say about likes, complaints, and day-to-day use, including public review sites, forums, and private chat rooms. Paid reviews and pay-for-play sites are out of scope. |
| Product | 35% | Hands-on look at screens and workflows. |
| Pricing | 15% | Whether the price looks fair for what you get. |
| Docs & training | 10% | Docs, tutorials, and training material. |
How we balanced the evidence
The Overall Score is the simple average of the eight criteria. Recommendation language follows that score and the use-case matrix above.
Scope
Patlytics is graded here as AI patent & IP. Criteria scores can move as more review volume and product checks are added.