AI patent drafting platform DeepIP has acquired PatentMaker, a patent workflow tool built by and for European IP practitioners, in a move the companies say positions them as the leading AI platform for patent drafting and prosecution in Europe. The deal brings together two complementary operations. DeepIP, founded in 2024 by Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Leduc and Edouard [\u2026]<\/p>\n
AI patent drafting platform DeepIP has acquired PatentMaker, a patent workflow tool built by and for European IP practitioners, in a move the companies say positions them as the leading AI platform for patent drafting and prosecution in Europe.<\/p>\n
The deal brings together two complementary operations. DeepIP, founded in 2024 by Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Leduc and Edouard d\u2019Archimbaud, has grown rapidly since launch \u2014 raising more than $40 million in under nine months and counting more than 400 law firms and corporate IP teams across 25 jurisdictions among its users.<\/p>\n
The company says more than 25,000 patent applications have been drafted on its platform, and it counts more than half of the top 50 North American IP law firms as clients.<\/p>\n
PatentMaker was created by Dr. Matthias Hofmann, a German and European patent attorney and equity partner at Boehmert & Boehmert, one of Europe\u2019s leading IP firms. He built the tool out of practical necessity \u2014 to streamline the routine but time-consuming tasks that consume patent practitioners\u2019 days.<\/p>\n
It has since gained adoption among nearly half of Germany\u2019s top IP law firms, as well as corporate IP teams at Infineon Technologies and Siemens AG.<\/p>\n
The combined platform is designed to cover the full patent lifecycle \u2014 from invention capture and prior art search through drafting, filing, prosecution, and post-grant work \u2014 within a single environment. The pitch is faster turnaround, higher-quality output, and collaboration across teams and jurisdictions.<\/p>\n
With the acquisition, DeepIP is opening a German office within Boehmert & Boehmert\u2019s Munich premises. Hofmann joins DeepIP as cofounder responsible for Germany, while PatentMaker Managing Director Celia Wei leads German operations for DeepIP.<\/p>\n
DeepIP\u2019s existing European headquarters remains in Paris, with its North American base in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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