PatentFig AI Overview
PatentFig AI is an AI-native patent drawing tool designed to automate and streamline the creation of patent-compliant technical drawings. It leverages artificial intelligence to generate various types of patent figures from text descriptions and reference images, catering to the specific requirements of major patent offices worldwide.
Main Purpose and Target User Group
- Main Purpose: To significantly reduce the time and effort involved in preparing patent figures by automating their generation and ensuring compliance with international patent office standards.
- Target User Group: Individual inventors, patent professionals, patent law firms, and organizations with high-volume patent filing needs.
Function Details and Operations
- AI-Powered Figure Generation
- Generates patent-compliant technical drawings from text descriptions and uploaded reference images.
- Supports various figure types: line art, 3D renderings, flowcharts, and block diagrams.
- Automatically adds reference numerals and leader lines according to patent office conventions.
- Multi-Modal Input: Accepts reference photos, sketches, CAD screenshots, or plain text descriptions as input.
- Chat-to-Modify: Allows users to edit generated figures using natural language commands (e.g., “make the arrow thicker,” “add a cross-section view”).
- Version Control: Automatically tracks every generation as a new version (V1, V2...) and sub-versions for edits (V1.1, V1.2), enabling comparison and reversion.
- Professional Export
- Exports figures in PDF, PNG, SVG, or TIFF formats.
- Adheres to exact patent office specifications.
- Supports batch export of all views within a figure set.
- Project Management: Organizes figures by patent application, tracking all figure sets, versions, and compliance status within a single project.
- Multi-Office Support: Provides formatting workflows compliant with USPTO, CNIPA, EPO, JPO, KIPO, and PCT/WIPO, allowing for multiple office-compliant outputs from a single set of source figures.
User Benefits
- Time Savings: Automates the drawing process, significantly reducing the time spent on figure preparation.
- Cost Reduction: Lowers the need for manual drafting and potential revisions.
- Enhanced Compliance: Ensures figures meet the strict requirements of various patent offices, minimizing rejections.
- Increased Efficiency: Streamlines the entire patent figure creation workflow from input to export.
- Flexibility: Supports diverse input methods and figure types.
- Control and Iteration: Offers version control and easy modification through natural language.
Compatibility and Integration
- Supported Patent Offices: USPTO, CNIPA, EPO, JPO, KIPO, and PCT/WIPO.
- Export Formats: PDF, PNG, SVG, TIFF.
Access and Activation Method
- Access: Web-based platform.
- Activation Method: Users can sign up for various plans, including a free trial.
- Pricing Tiers
- Free: 20 credits/month, basic workflow, for evaluation.
- Basic: $50/month (or $40/month annually), 500 credits/month, for individual inventors and light project volume.
- Pro: $100/month (or $80/month annually), 1500 credits/month, for patent professionals and firm-level throughput.
- Enterprise: $200/month (or $160/month annually), 4000 credits/month, for organizations with high-volume figure pipelines.
- Credit System: Operations like generation and regeneration consume credits.
