Patent intelligence for IP practice

Protect the ideas that move your business forward

Kudra helps patent practitioners investigate prior art, analyze potential novelty, develop claim strategy, and begin patent drafts with AI patent agents grounded in evidence, not generic answers.

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Searches across

UPTO database ArxiV Research blogs Technical standards Public technical sources

Use cases

A patent intelligence workflow built around the invention

Kudra's AI agents search and iterate across global patent databases, scientific literature, research papers, technical standards, and public technical sources, then map the evidence against the invention.

Prior-art research

Investigate the evidence around the invention, not one narrow query

Kudra starts from the substance of the invention and investigates patent and non-patent sources, accounting for terminology variation as the search develops.

Example

An incomplete disclosure describes a computer-implemented method using non-standard terminology. Kudra derives the technical concepts, expands the terminology, searches patent and literature sources, and returns evidence organized against the invention — with the reasoning behind each search preserved.

Example workflows

New disclosure intake search Freedom-to-operate scoping Competitor filing review Non-patent literature sweep Terminology variant expansion Search history documentation

Kudra research agents searching patent offices, journals, and standards from the invention

Patentability & novelty analysis

Organize the evidence around the invention

Review the relationship between the invention and the discovered evidence to identify potential novelty concerns and areas that may deserve closer professional review.

Example

Kudra maps each discovered reference to the specific technical features of the invention, flags where features appear to be disclosed, and organizes the reasoning so you can evaluate legal significance rather than rebuild the comparison by hand.

Example workflows

Pre-filing patentability opinion Feature-by-feature art comparison Novelty risk triage Office action art review Invalidity evidence review Client go/no-go memo

Kudra mapping prior-art references feature by feature against the invention

Claim strategy

Explore claim directions before drafting begins

Turn the research into structured thinking about what may distinguish the invention and where claim strategy could develop.

Move from a pile of references toward a more useful strategic starting point — with the evidence behind each direction still attached.

Example workflows

Independent claim scoping Dependent claim build-out Design-around exploration Continuation strategy review Claim chart preparation Pre-drafting strategy memo

Kudra mapping prior art and distinguishing features into claim directions with linked evidence

Patent drafting

Carry the investigation into a complete draft

Use the accumulated research and claim direction as the foundation for a complete patent draft instead of starting from a blank document.

Generated drafts must be reviewed, corrected, and adapted by a qualified practitioner before professional use.

Example workflows

Provisional application draft Full utility application draft Specification build from disclosure Figure description drafting Claim-spec consistency check Office action response draft

Kudra assembling a patent draft from research, invention objectives, and claim direction

How it works

From invention disclosure to patent draft

Start with the invention

Provide the technical context, invention disclosure, or matter information needed to frame the investigation. Kudra starts from the substance of the invention — not just a short list of keywords.

Substance, not keywords

Invention disclosure · Technical context · Drawings · Matter notes · Related filings

Search across technical evidence

Kudra's agents investigate patent and non-patent sources, including scientific literature, research papers, technical standards, and public technical material.

Patent and non-patent sources

The goal is broader evidence discovery across the places relevant technical information may appear.

Iterate as the investigation develops

Patent research rarely follows a single perfect query. Kudra explores related terminology, technical concepts, and evidence patterns as the investigation evolves.

No rebuilding searches from scratch

Terminology variants Technical concepts Adjacent art Evidence patterns Classification codes Citation trails

Map evidence to the invention

Review the relationship between the invention and the discovered evidence, feature by feature, with each finding linked to its source.

Evidence-oriented review

Use the resulting context to investigate potential novelty issues and identify areas that may deserve closer professional review.

Develop claim directions

Turn the research into structured thinking about what may distinguish the invention and where claim strategy could develop.

From references to strategy

Move from a pile of references toward a more useful strategic starting point.

Begin the patent draft

Use the accumulated research and claim direction as the foundation for a complete patent draft.

Practitioner-reviewed work product

Accelerate the path from technical disclosure to a draft you review, correct, and finalize.

The agent workflow

One supervisor.
Specialist agents per stage.

Kudra's supervisor frames the investigation, breaks it into tasks, coordinates specialist agents across patent and technical sources, checks their outputs, and hands the reasoning back to you for professional review.

Kudra Supervisor

Frames the investigation from the disclosure, delegates search and analysis tasks, tracks what has been covered, and maintains context from first search through draft.

Prior-Art Search Agent

Search patents and literature

Searches global patent databases, scientific literature, research papers, technical standards, and public technical sources.

Patent databases Scientific literature Technical standards Classification search

Disclosure Agent

Understand the invention

Reads invention disclosures, technical documents, figures, and specifications to frame the investigation around the substance of the invention.

Technical concept extraction Figures and drawings Terminology mapping Source-linked evidence

Evidence Mapping Agent

Compare the art to the invention

Maps discovered references against the technical features of the invention and organizes the reasoning behind the comparison.

Feature-by-feature mapping Novelty considerations Overlap detection Reference ranking

Claim Strategy Agent

Explore claim directions

Turns the evidence into structured thinking about what may distinguish the invention and where claim scope could develop.

Distinguishing features Claim scope options Dependent claim ideas Strategy rationale

Verification Agent

Check before you rely on it

Cross-checks references against their sources and surfaces conflicting evidence, low-confidence findings, and gaps in coverage.

Source verification Conflicting evidence Confidence flags Coverage gaps

Drafting Agent

Move from research to draft

Carries the research and claim direction into a complete patent draft for practitioner review and correction.

Specification Claim sets Figure descriptions Consistency checks Export to your document format

Custom Agent

Built around your practice

Create specialized agents around your technical fields, search conventions, drafting style, and internal knowledge.

Prior-Art Search Agent Searches global patent databases, scientific literature, research papers, technical standards, and public technical sources.

Evidence sources

Search where relevant technical information actually appears

Kudra investigates patent and non-patent sources together, so the investigation is not limited to one database or one search formulation.

01 Global patent databases

02 Published applications

03 Granted patents

04 Scientific literature

05 Research papers

06 Conference proceedings

07 Technical standards

08 Product & technical documentation

09 Public technical sources

10 Your matter files

Invention disclosures · specifications · claim sets · figures · scientific papers · standards documents · office actions · technical reports · and more

Professional control

AI-assisted does not mean judgment-free.

Kudra is designed to support the practitioner — not replace the practitioner. Use it to expand and organize the investigation, then apply your own expertise to verify sources, evaluate legal significance, refine claims, and make the final professional decisions.

Expand and organize the investigation Surface potentially relevant evidence Explore terminology variations Build context around novelty Organize the reasoning Prepare a drafting starting point You verify the sources You evaluate legal significance You make the final call

Confidentiality

Built for confidential IP work

Invention disclosures can contain commercially sensitive technical information. That makes confidentiality a first-order requirement — not a footnote. Every practice should evaluate Kudra’s data-handling, security, retention, access, and deletion policies against its own client obligations.

Inventions are not used for model training
Designed to avoid permanently storing invention data
Encryption at rest and in transit
Granular roles and permissions
Full audit trail
Multi-region architecture
SOC 2 Type II certified
On-premise and private deployment options

No model training

Your inventions are not used to train models

Encryption

AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2+ in transit

Retention

Architecture designed to avoid permanently storing sensitive invention data

Audit trail

Track searches, sources reviewed, agent actions, and document access across a matter

SOC 2 Type II

Independently audited security controls

On-premise deployment

Run Kudra in your own environment or a private cloud tenant

Who it’s for

Built for practitioners with more matters than hours

If your practice depends on turning complex technical disclosures into defensible patent work, Kudra is built for the workflow between the first disclosure and the final application.

Designed for

Independent patent agents and solo patent attorneys
Small IP boutiques and patent-prosecution teams
Practitioners handling software and AI inventions
Electronics and computer-implemented invention specialists
Firms under pressure to improve fixed-fee economics
Practices increasing capacity without lowering review standards
Teams adopting AI inside confidential IP workflows

We’ll walk a real patent-intelligence workflow, from invention disclosure through evidence review and draft generation.

Request a practitioner walkthrough

No generic AI demo. We’ll use a matter-shaped example from your practice.

Patent practitioners reviewing technical evidence

Practitioner walkthrough · 45 minutes

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FAQ

Your frequently asked questions

Will this replace my professional judgment?

No. Kudra is designed to assist research, evidence organization, claim-strategy exploration, and drafting. Professional review and decision-making remain essential.

Is this just another AI writing tool?

No. The workflow begins with investigation and evidence mapping.

Drafting is one stage of the process, not the entire product.

Can it find every relevant reference?

No system should make that promise. Kudra is designed to expand and iterate the investigation across multiple source types. Practitioners still need to review, verify, and apply their judgment to the results.

Can I use it with confidential invention disclosures?

Kudra is built around a privacy-first approach, including the stated policy that inventions are not used for model training and an architecture designed to avoid permanently storing sensitive invention data.

Review the full security and data-handling terms before using it for client matters.

Will it produce a final patent application without review?

Kudra can generate a complete patent draft, but generated work must be reviewed, corrected, and adapted by a qualified practitioner before it is used professionally.

The draft is a starting point built on the accumulated research — not a filing-ready document.

What does Kudra search?

Kudra’s agents investigate global patent databases alongside non-patent technical evidence: scientific literature, research papers, technical standards, and public technical sources.

The investigation iterates as it develops, exploring related terminology and technical concepts rather than relying on one search formulation.

Findings are mapped back to the invention so you can evaluate what the evidence means.

How do we get started?

Start with one matter-shaped example.

We’ll frame the invention, run the investigation across patent and technical sources, review the evidence against the invention, and show what the claim direction and draft look like in Kudra.