Defensive Prior Art Search
Proactively find prior art before you need it. AI searches patent and non-patent literature to build defensive positions, block competitor filings, and prepare for incoming assertions.
Common Challenges
Reactive instead of proactive
Most prior art searches happen after a patent is asserted. By then, you are under time pressure and paying premium rates for rushed searches.
Non-obvious references missed
The most powerful defensive prior art often uses different terminology or comes from adjacent fields. Keyword searches miss these non-obvious references entirely.
Non-patent literature gaps
Academic papers, technical standards, open-source commits, and product documentation contain critical prior art that patent-focused databases do not index.
No systematic defensive process
Without a repeatable process for building defensive prior art portfolios, teams rely on ad hoc efforts that leave gaps in coverage.
Key Features
AI Semantic Prior Art Search
Describe the technology in plain language. AI finds relevant prior art across patent and non-patent literature using semantic understanding, not just keywords.
Non-Patent Literature Coverage
Search across academic publications, technical standards, open-source repositories, archived websites, and product documentation—sources most patent tools ignore.
Claim-by-Element Analysis
Map discovered prior art to specific claim elements of competitor patents you want to defend against. See exactly which elements are covered and where gaps remain.
Obfuscated Reference Modes
Share prior art findings with outside parties without revealing your full search strategy. Obfuscated modes protect your defensive playbook.
Semantic Similarity Discovery
AI identifies references you would never find with keywords—papers from adjacent fields, foreign-language patents, and technical standards that describe the same concepts differently.
Defensive Portfolio Builder
Organize and maintain a curated library of defensive prior art references, indexed by technology area and mapped to potential threat patents.
How It Works
Provide Your Disclosure Material
Drop in your invention disclosures, patent drafts, or technical documents. ArcPrime automatically identifies the risks — you don't need to define defensive targets or specify what to search for.
AI Searches Broadly
Semantic search scans patent databases, academic literature, standards bodies, and the open web for relevant prior art references.
Map & Analyze References
Review discovered references with element-level mapping to target patent claims. Identify the strongest references and coverage gaps.
Build Defensive Portfolio
Curate your strongest references into a defensive prior art portfolio, ready for deployment if an assertion materializes.
5x
More non-patent references found
70%
Faster than manual defensive searches
150+
Patent office databases searched
10M+
Non-patent literature sources indexed