Top 10 Product Enhancements of 2025

2025 was a busy year for the Patent Bots product development team. With so many improvements to the tools, it wasn’t easy to narrow it down. Nonetheless the team compiled a list of their 10 favorite product enhancements and additions from the year. 

Check out the video below for a recap and demo of each feature in this top 10 - from the ones that were among the most requested by customers to the ones users may not have known they needed but now absolutely can’t live without.

• Custom shortcuts for drafting 
• Zero data retention for Gen AI functions
• Expanded flow chart generation for method claims 
• Improved OA Response Shell generation
• Automated creation of declaration and assignment and other Word forms
• Exportable patent family trees
• Gen AI Assistant to explore a patent prosecution history or family 
• Ability to download and format patent text as a DOCX file
• Interactive patent lists and quality dashboards
• Patent Speed Rankings

Then try them for yourself -- along with all the other Patent Bots tools and features we couldn’t fit into this session -- with a free, two-week trial. 

Patent Bots in Action: PatentPlex Gen AI Assistant

PatentPlex from Patent Bots is your one-stop shop for information about U.S. patents. The tool includes patent family trees, patent timelines, our patent analyzer, IFW access, and more.

In this product highlight, we’re sharing how you can easily explore a patent with the Gen AI assistant. There are two versions of this agent that let you ask questions about patents.

Prosecution History - Ask questions about a specific patent’s prosecution history. Ask for a summary of the patent or claims. Request information about the differences between claims. Determine if the specification discloses specific subject matter.

Patent Family - Ask questions about the claims across an entire family. Get a summary of the differences in claims across the patents in the family. Quickly find which patent in a large family claims specific subject matter.

Check out the video below to see how this feature works and the ease it brings to your analysis. Then try it for yourself with a free two-week trial of Patent Bots.

Size Matters: How Firm Size Relates to Patent Quality

In an ideal world, every patent law firm, from a small practice drafting 50 patents a year to a large firm drafting thousands a year, would deliver patents for their clients that contain no errors. In reality though, patent drafting is complex and tedious work, and errors inevitably occur.

So how do you ensure the highest quality patent applications? When it comes to quality work and the prevalence of errors, does the size of the firm matter? 

In this webinar, we share the data from a study of proofreading errors and firm size - and the unexpected results.

Regardless of firm size, proofreading remains a critical element of the patent application process, and Patent Bots’ tools for proofreading and drafting automation help minimize critical errors. Try them today with your own applications with a free, two-week trial.

Patent Bots in Action: PatentLink Quality Lists

PatentLink is one of Patent Bot’s newest tools. With just a few clicks, PatentLink lets you build interactive lists of patents, which you can use to:

• Track current patent applications
• Analyze patents for due diligence or litigation 
• Monitor the activity of competitors and their patent portfolio
• Get insight into the work of outside counsel with a quality dashboard 

In this product highlight, we’re taking a closer look at the patent quality metrics that PatentLink quality lists provide.

Prosecution Duration - How many office actions, RCEs, and appeals there are, as well as days pendency. This enables you to take action if the duration is stretching longer than expected. 

Claim Count - The number of independent claims and total number claims. You can then take action if this deviates from the expected 3 and 20.

Claim Length - The length of the first independent claim at each step of prosecution. If a claim gets much longer with likely much narrower scope, you want to know about it.

Claim Errors - A summary of key proofreading errors (numbering, antecedent basis, and word support) so you can stay ahead of potential quality issues. 

Check out the video below to see just how easy it is to customize your own list and leverage this interactive patent quality data. Then try it for yourself with a free, two-week trial of Patent Bots.

New Feature: Generate Declaration and Assignment Forms and More

OA Admin, part of Prep & Pros Pro, allows you to automatically generate documents, including office action responses and reporting letters. We’re excited to share that this tool has been expanded to include a third type of document - Word Forms. 

Word Forms automates the creation of declaration and assignment forms, as well as other documents that are routinely required. This feature saves valuable time for support staff while also reducing the risk of errors. Simply upload your preferred templates, then use Patent Bots to fill in the tagged fields and core information. For declaration and assignment forms, the tool can even repeat the signature block for each inventor. Below, the information that Patent Bots fills is highlighted in yellow.

In addition to declaration and assignment documents, you can complete any other form that uses a Word format, including:

• Response to notice of missing parts
• Transmittal letter
• Cover sheet
• Request for certificate of correction

Even better, we don’t plan to stop here. The team is already hard at work on the next time-saving document generation feature, which will include the ability to complete USPTO PDF forms, such as a request for continued examination. 

In the meantime, why not see for yourself just how efficient OA Admin and Word Forms can be? Try it today with a free, two-week trial of Patent Bots. 

Patent Bots in Action: Reference Label Drafting

Prep & Pros Pro is a suite of solutions for patent proofreading, patent drafting, OA shell generation, reporting letter generation, IDS form filling, and more. 

In this feature highlight, we’re taking a closer look at reference label drafting within Prep & Pros Pro -- a smart automation that saves you time and reduces errors related to reference labels. 

As you draft the patent application, Patent Bots automatically extracts the text related to the reference labels and dynamically builds a list, helping you remain consistent. To further streamline the drafting process, you can utilize the reference label shortcut, which allows you to simply enter the reference label number rather than typing the text over and over again.

Check out the video below to see reference label drafting in action. Then try it for yourself with a free two-week trial of Patent Bots.

Webinar: AI-Enabled Solutions for Corporate Patent Teams

In-house patent teams are increasingly challenged to do more with less. Budget constraints, growing portfolios, and intensifying competition require smart approaches for patent prosecution and portfolio management. 

In this webinar, the Patent Bots team shares how AI-enabled tools can help corporate patent teams:

• Monitor quality, competitors, and more with interactive patent lists.
• Supercharge the review and analysis of any US patent.
• Validate outside counsel’s work with AI-enabled drafting and proofreading.
• Gain insight into law firms’ quality and speed to identify outside counsel who match their needs.

Together these tools help corporate patent teams work more efficiently, focus their time on high-value activities, and anticipate potential patent quality issues. Try them today with a free, two-week trial of Patent Bots.