You remain responsible
Attorney approval applies to the exact version you reviewed. No DOCX for filing is issued until that version is approved.
From invention disclosure to a German patent application draft for attorney review.
On your infrastructure. With local or hosted AI inference.
Claim 1 · Version 3 · ExampleAI
A clamping device for a forging workpiece with a base body and a clamping arm, wherein the clamping arm pivots on a joint AI and a sensor coil detects the clamping force without contact AI, characterised in that the evaluation unit generates a signal when a deviation occurs AI.
Fictional example showing how AI-generated and attorney-reviewed passages are marked.
3 AI-formulated passages · 0 attorney-reviewed
Three commitments made visible in the workflow.
For patent attorneys, PatentSchmiede makes responsibility in the draft traceable. That includes clear sign-off, information about data processing, and source details for each section.
You choose where AI requests are processed
The installation runs on your firm’s infrastructure. Model A has no external inference endpoint configured, and the supplied local model server, Ollama, refuses models that run in the Ollama cloud. A separately configured hosted fallback can still send data outside if the local model fails. In Model B, prompts and embedding text are sent to the Azure endpoint configured by your firm. Web research in the research record is on by default. Words from the research order go to a public search engine only in a research run for which the attorney explicitly allows web access. Your IT team can switch web research off.
Draft versions and sources stay traceable
The draft shows its version, the model and prompt version used, and the sources it draws on.
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You can see what happens next.
You manage the case file. The copilot checks, asks, and drafts. Versions and decisions remain traceable at each step.
Case file and invention disclosure
You open the case file and record the technical invention as its starting point.
Check completeness
The copilot marks missing information before drafting begins.
Clarify open points
You answer prioritised questions. The answers are linked to the invention disclosure.
Generate the German draft
The copilot writes claims, description, and abstract and checks them for formal requirements.
Compare versions
You compare changes and restore an earlier state as a new version.
Approve a version
You review and approve a specific version.
Export DOCX
After you approve the version, the system creates a DOCX file.
WORKFLOW
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Verification belongs in the draft.
The workflow makes it clear which statements are supported, checked, and approved.
- 01DOCX output follows approval: you review and approve the specific version.
- 02Source checks: the copilot checks whether statements in the draft are supported by the underlying documents.
- 03Formal checks of the claims before output, with a limited number of automatic revisions.
- 04Each section shows the model, prompt version, and sources used.
- 05Every DOCX export is recorded in the audit trail with its version, content hash, and sign-off.
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Two ways to process AI requests.
The application and case files run on your firm's infrastructure. Your firm chooses between local AI processing and its configured Azure endpoint.
Model A: AI on your firm's hardware
- AI model
- Ollama on the firm’s hardware
- Data
- AI requests stay on the firm’s infrastructure
- Data processor (GDPR)
- No external processor for local AI processing
Model B: Azure OpenAI
- AI model
- Azure OpenAI at Microsoft
- Data
- Prompts and embedding text go to the Azure endpoint configured by your firm
- Data processor (GDPR)
- Microsoft processes Azure OpenAI requests under your firm's contract
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What the copilot does not do.
No prior-art search, no novelty opinion, no freedom-to-operate search, and no legal advice. A patent attorney must review every draft.
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Two to three firms wanted for the design-partner phase.
We are looking for firms to test the workflow with real invention disclosures and shape it with us.