# AI-Powered Prior Art Search

Skip the external search firm invoice—and the wait.

Find invalidating prior art across 60M+ patents, NPL, and product documentation—in minutes, not weeks. Search by specific limitations or images to build your §102 or §103 position faster.

## Search 60M+ patent publications without leaving your workspace
Patent applications and publications across major jurisdictions—built to iterate fast and narrow down on key references.

- US and international patents
- Applications and publications
- Multi-modal support with images and claims

## Find the NPL your opponents will miss
Research papers, standards, clinical trials, and more across the entire public internet.

- Academic papers and journals
- Technical standards
- US clinical trials
- Archived web

## Surface product evidence others can't find
Current and archival product listings, specs, manuals, videos, and teardowns.

- Product specs and manuals  
- Teardowns and technical docs  
- Archived web

## Search firm quality. In-house speed and control.
Outside prior art search firms cost thousands and take days to weeks. &AI prior art search gives the control to the expert, allowing fast iterations and key results delivered at a fraction of the cost.

- Explore patents, NPL, and product documentation faster
- Results delivered with robust, clear analysis
- An interface built for quick iteration and exploration

## Find relevant art even when the wording is different
Traditional searches depend on exact keywords and classification codes. &AI searches the underlying technical concept, ranks related references, and points to the supporting passage or figure so an attorney can verify each result.

- Start from a patent, claim limitation, plain-English description, or figure
- Review ranked references with pinpoint citations
- Refine the search iteratively as you learn

## Frequently asked questions

**Does this replace a prior art search firm?**  
Yes. Teams use &AI to run comprehensive prior art searches in-house—often in a single afternoon. You get faster iteration, broader source coverage (patents, NPL, products, archived web), and results you can immediately chart or export.

**What sources do you search?**  
Patents, non-patent literature, products, clinical trials, and archival web materials.

**Can I search using images or figures from a patent?**  
Yes. Select a figure from a patent and &AI will find similar prior art across patents—useful for mechanical or design-focused claims.

**What patent offices are included?**  
US, EP, JP, WO, KR, CN, GB, DE.

**What NPL sources do you include?**  
Anything available on the internet, including archived web pages via the Wayback Machine.

**How long does a typical search take?**  
Most users find strong candidate references within 30–60 minutes. Compare that to 1–3 weeks from an outside search firm.

**How much does this cost compared to a search firm?**  
Outside firms typically charge $5K–$15K per search. With &AI, search is iterative and depends on the size of the patent, the number of results requested, and other factors. Searches typically cost around a few hundred dollars worth of credits ($100-$300).

**What is prior art search?**  
Prior art search is the process of finding earlier patents, publications, products, or public disclosures that may anticipate or render obvious a patent’s claims. &AI runs prior art searches across 60M+ patents, non-patent literature, products, and archived web in minutes—then lets you chart the references you find.

**Is AI prior art search accurate enough for invalidity work?**  
Yes, when the attorney stays in control. &AI returns results with citations to the exact passage or figure in each source, so you can verify relevance before relying on it. The AI accelerates discovery and ranking; the litigator decides what is material.

**How is AI prior art search different from Google Patents or keyword search?**  
Traditional keyword search requires you to guess the exact words used in a reference. &AI searches by claim limitations, concepts, and even patent figures or images across patents, NPL, products, and archived web—so it surfaces relevant prior art that exact-match keyword tools and Google Patents miss.

**Can &AI find prior art for an IPR or invalidity defense?**  
Yes. &AI helps you find §102 and §103 references for IPR petitions and district-court invalidity, then map each limitation with pinpoint citations you review and approve before export.

**Can I search for prior art by patent number, claim, or image?**  
Yes. Start from a patent number, paste claim language, select specific limitations, or pick a figure from a patent, and &AI returns ranked references with the passages or images that map to each element.

**What is the difference between §102 and §103 prior art?**  
Section 102 (anticipation) requires a single reference that discloses every claim limitation. Section 103 (obviousness) combines multiple references with a motivation to combine. &AI supports both—single-reference charts and multi-reference §103 combinations.

**Invalidity Analysis**  
Build robust arguments for §101, §102, §103, and §112.

**Claim Charts**  
Generate litigation-ready claim charts in minutes.

**Infringement Detection**  
Find evidence of use faster with product search and analysis.

## Scale your patent expertise
&AI is a platform for patent litigators to craft trial-ready work product—fast enough for pitches, strong enough for court.