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.

2025 Patent Quality Rankings: The Top 10 Companies

Patent Bots is excited to announce our sixth annual Patent Quality Rankings for companies!

As we've done every year since 2020, we used our advanced machine learning software to review a year’s worth of patents issued by the USPTO – more than 314,000 this time around!

We then ranked the 771 companies with 50+ patents issued based on the average number of numbering, antecedent basis, and word support errors detected in their patents. Our rankings are based only on these error types and do not address many other important aspects of patent quality.

Toyoda Gosei Co, Ltd topped the list this year. They were joined by these other organizations to round out the top 10.

Rank	Company	Patents Issued	Score
1	TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.	59	98.9
2	Ofinno, LLC	197	98.8
3	Juniper Networks, Inc.	226	98.5
4	Commvault Systems, Inc.	70	97.6
5	QUALCOMM Incorporated	3270	97.5
6	Rohr, Inc.	59	97.5
7	Zoox, Inc.	204	97.3
8	Daifuku Co., Ltd.	55	97.2
9	SIGMASENSE, LLC.	113	96.9
10	SambaNova Systems, Inc.	50	96.6

For mid-size companies, those with 100 to 249 patents, these companies ranked highest.

Rank	Company	Patents Issued	Score
1	Ofinno, LLC	197	98.8
2	Juniper Networks, Inc.	226	98.5
3	Zoox, Inc.	204	97.3
4	SIGMASENSE, LLC.	113	96.9
5	KT&G CORPORATION	142	95.1
6	Yazaki Corporation	137	94.9
7	SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.	111	94.7
8	YAMAHA HATSUDOKI	126	93.2
9	GOODRICH CORPORATION	145	92.7
10	KUBOTA CORPORATION	172	91.6

And for large organizations, those with 250 patents or more, this group of companies scored highest.

Rank	Company	Patents Issued	Score
1	QUALCOMM Incorporated	3270	97.5
2	UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.	260	91.8
3	InnoLux Corporation	328	91.2
4	Cisco Technology, Inc.	781	90.6
5	Adobe Inc.	358	90.3
6	SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION	563	90
7	KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY	462	89
8	HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.	898	88.9
9	NTT DOCOMO, INC.	285	88.6
10	Western Digital Technologies, Inc.	388	87.7

Want to see how your company ranked?  Check out PatentVerse to learn more.  

Introducing Tools for In-House Counsel

Patent Bots is excited to introduce new packages of solutions designed for corporate IP legal teams. The tools were developed with in-house counsel's needs in mind, with products to support automation, proofreading, and most importantly, proactive insights.

It’s no secret that in-house teams are challenged on many fronts, with expanding portfolios and often fewer resources to oversee them. These solutions were designed to make it easier for in-house teams to be able to work quickly, focus their time on high-value activities, and anticipate potential patent quality issues.

These tailored new packages include Patent Bot’s recently released PatentLink tool, access to the new Patent Speed Rankings, and expanded access to the Patent Quality Rankings. 

PatentLink lets users build interactive lists of patents for easier management and also includes one-click access to other Patent Bots tools so the user can explore patent families, prosecution history, and more. 

The Patent Speed Rankings assess firms with 50+ patents issued based on the number of days from the first office action to issuance. This data, alongside the Patent Quality Rankings is available via the PatentVerse tool and gives companies insight to help them understand the practices of their law firms and how these practices may support company goals, as well as helping them identify outside counsel who match their needs. 

Combined, Patent Bots tools make it easy to see where counsel should prioritize their time, whether that’s overseeing the work of outside counsel to ensure the highest quality, monitoring competitors, or understanding the overall scope of their patent portfolio.

Learn more about Patent Bots' solutions and how they benefit corporate IP teams.