Purpose-built AI for patent workflows, where technical precision and confidentiality matter most
Patent work is among the most technical and time-intensive in legal practice. Drafting a full patent application, responding to an office action, or building a claim chart requires deep subject matter expertise, precise language, and hours of careful work. For IP firms managing high volumes across multiple clients, jurisdictions, and technology areas, that pressure compounds quickly.
AI is changing what’s possible in legal work. CoCounsel Legal, Westlaw, and Practical Law have transformed how attorneys research, analyze, and draft. But patent practice has specific demands that broader legal AI tools weren’t necessarily built to meet. The highly technical terminology, precise claim language, complex prosecution histories, and strict confidentiality requirements associated with pre-publication IP call for a purpose-built approach to patent practice.
That is why Thomson Reuters is partnering with Solve Intelligence. Thomson Reuters brings trusted legal technology leadership, deep relationships with the world’s leading law firms, and a proven commitment to secure, professional-grade AI. Solve Intelligence brings dedicated patent AI trusted by more than 700 IP firms and corporations globally. Together, they give patent professionals specialized support for their work that has not been available through a single partner before.
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| Why patent work requires a purpose-built solution |
| What Thomson Reuters and Solve Intelligence deliver together |
| A proven platform, now available through Thomson Reuters |
Why patent work requires a purpose-built solution
Patent drafting and prosecution are not tasks that fit neatly into a general legal AI workflow. A patent application requires carefully drafted claims that define exactly what is legally protected and language that will hold up under examination, litigation, and challenge.
Claim charts add another layer of complexity. Whether mapping a patent’s claims against a competitor’s product, building a freedom-to-operate analysis, or preparing an invalidity argument, the work is labor-intensive and time-sensitive. Doing it manually can take days.
IP teams also handle some of the most sensitive pre-publication data in any firm. Before an invention is filed, it exists only in the hands of the attorney and their client. Any AI solution working with that data must meet the highest standards of confidentiality and security. For firms that already rely on Thomson Reuters for CoCounsel Legal, Westlaw, and Practical Law, Solve Intelligence extends that trusted relationship into the most specialized area of their practice.
What Thomson Reuters and Solve Intelligence deliver together
Solve Intelligence was built by a team of patent attorneys, AI PhDs, and software developers with one goal in mind. They set out to make patent work faster, more accurate, and scalable without compromising quality or confidentiality. The platform complements CoCounsel Legal with dedicated patent drafting, prosecution, and claim chart workflows. Firms using Solve Intelligence can:
- Draft full or partial patent applications across all application types, with templates and styles adapted by client, jurisdiction, and technology field
- Respond to office actions collaboratively, including claim amendments and citation generation
- Generate any claim chart, including invalidity, standard-essential patent (SEP), freedom-to-operate, infringement mapping, and portfolio analyses, in a fraction of the manual time
Patent professionals remain in control throughout the process. Solve works as a Word-compatible document editor that can be tailored to firm-specific workflows and drafting styles, allowing IP teams to incorporate AI into existing practices. Solve Intelligence is available through Thomson Reuters and aligns with our trusted security and compliance standards.
Security is central to the platform and has been integrated into the foundation of this partnership. Solve Intelligence is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, operates on a zero-data-retention basis with its model providers, processes and stores data in the user’s local geography, and does not use customer data to train underlying AI models. Customer data remains sandboxed within each user’s environment, with no monitoring by Solve Intelligence or third parties.
A proven platform, now available through Thomson Reuters
Solve Intelligence is already trusted by more than 700 IP firms and corporations across six continents, including DLA Piper, Siemens, Ashurst, Perkins Coie, and Amgen. Customers report measurable improvements across patent workflows, including 60 to 90 percent gains in efficiency and quality, 60 to 80 percent time savings for full non-provisional patent applications, and drafting and review completed up to three times faster. An independent survey of 130 of the world’s largest law firms by SKILLS.law ranked Solve Intelligence the number one AI platform for patents.
Beyond the technology, 35% of Solve’s team are patent attorneys, agents, and litigators from all practice areas and major patent jurisdictions. Firms using Solve Intelligence receive practitioner-led implementation support from Solve’s multidisciplinary team and implementation specialists, who help develop templates and workflows tailored to their clients, jurisdictions, and technology areas.
The next phase of legal AI will be shaped by solutions designed for the unique demands of specialized practice areas. Together, Thomson Reuters and Solve Intelligence are helping bring that approach to patent professionals.
Ready to see what purpose-built patent AI can do for your firm? Contact our team to learn how Thomson Reuters and Solve Intelligence can help your IP practice streamline patent workflows and increase capacity.
