For the patent teams protecting what’s next

Trusted by Fortune 500 and AmLaw100 firms for the high-stakes work of protecting innovation

Trusted by over 1,000+ IP professionals

See how innovation flows through Ankar

By eliminating back-and-forth and aligning teams in real time, we accelerate innovation and secure your competitive edge

Idea generation

Uncover whitespace, evolve ideas toward novelty, and assess patentability with certainty.

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Drafting

Draft invention disclosures and full patent applications with precision and structure.

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Prosecution

Guide responses, amendments, and litigation-related strategy with evidence-backed reasoning.

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Protection

Monitor products, detect infringement signals, and surface competitive patent insights.

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Leading teams are already seeing measurable impact

As the pace of innovation accelerates, teams need infrastructure that supports the entire journey, from identifying new opportunities to protecting the ideas that matter most.

Ankar helps innovation and patent teams move faster together, reducing friction across every stage of the innovation lifecycle.

3x faster

From idea to first filing. Accelerating the path from invention disclosure to patent application.

60% more efficient

Drafting and prosecution workflows. Reducing the time spent on drafting patent applications and responding to office actions.

$3m+

Annual value created. Estimated savings achieved by a single AmLaw 100 firm.

Engineered to meet the highest standards of data protection and security

Our platform achieved full certification before our first customer. We believe that in IP, trust isn’t optional. It’s foundational.

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ISO27001

No training on your data

No training on your data

End to end data encryption

End to end data encryption

Why Now

Before there were unicorns and decacorns, before tech titans and venture rounds and runways, there were guilds. If you wanted to make glass in Venice or mill cloth in England, you joined the club and kept your secrets close. Innovation was heredity, locked inside closely held groups.

Then came the patent. In 1790, the United States issued Patent No. 1, giving a Philadelphia potash maker the right to his fertilizer recipe. The process was bureaucratic, inefficient, and - almost immediately -transformational.

What followed was a street brawl between invention and infrastructure. Bell beat Gray by hours. IBM started patenting before it built. Patents became war chests, tollbooths, leverage.

Then software arrived, followed more recently by advancements in AI. Volume increased. Pace increased. What had been designed to protect physical machines was now being asked to evaluate algorithms, tokens and proteins, across an ever-expanding frontier of innovation.

But the challenge is no longer just protecting invention after it happens.

Ankar believes the next era of innovation infrastructure must serve both sides of the equation: generating innovation and protecting it.

Ankar's Patent Expert Panel

  • Portrait of Robert Hulse, Head of Patent Prosecution at Fenwick and West.

    Robert (Bob) Hulse

    Head of Patent Prosecution, Fenwick and West

  • Portrait of Dan Enebo, former Chief IP Counsel at Cargill.

    Dan Enebo

    Former Chief IP Counsel at Cargill

  • Portrait of Helene Laville Fiorucci, former Lead Patent Counsel at Solvay.

    Helene Laville Fiorucci

    Former Lead Patent Counsel at Solvay

  • Portrait of Stephan Nößner, Patent Counsel Lead at Bosch.

    Stephan Nößner

    Patent Counsel Lead, Bosch

  • Portrait of Carlo Cotrone, former Chief IP Counsel at Techtronic Industries.

    Carlo Cotrone

    Former Chief IP Counsel at Techtronic Industries

  • Portrait of Bart Jansen, former Patent Attorney at AAK, Corbion, Zacco.

    Bart Jansen

    Former Patent Attorney at AAK, Corbion, Zacco

  • Portrait of Kimiya Shams, General Counsel at Devialet.

    Kimiya Shams

    General Counsel, Devialet

  • Portrait of Robert Hulse, Head of Patent Prosecution at Fenwick and West.

    Robert (Bob) Hulse

    Head of Patent Prosecution, Fenwick and West

  • Portrait of Dan Enebo, former Chief IP Counsel at Cargill.

    Dan Enebo

    Former Chief IP Counsel at Cargill

  • Portrait of Helene Laville Fiorucci, former Lead Patent Counsel at Solvay.

    Helene Laville Fiorucci

    Former Lead Patent Counsel at Solvay

  • Portrait of Stephan Nößner, Patent Counsel Lead at Bosch.

    Stephan Nößner

    Patent Counsel Lead, Bosch

  • Portrait of Carlo Cotrone, former Chief IP Counsel at Techtronic Industries.

    Carlo Cotrone

    Former Chief IP Counsel at Techtronic Industries

  • Portrait of Bart Jansen, former Patent Attorney at AAK, Corbion, Zacco.

    Bart Jansen

    Former Patent Attorney at AAK, Corbion, Zacco

  • Portrait of Kimiya Shams, General Counsel at Devialet.

    Kimiya Shams

    General Counsel, Devialet

  • Portrait of Robert Hulse, Head of Patent Prosecution at Fenwick and West.

    Robert (Bob) Hulse

    Head of Patent Prosecution, Fenwick and West

  • Portrait of Dan Enebo, former Chief IP Counsel at Cargill.

    Dan Enebo

    Former Chief IP Counsel at Cargill

  • Portrait of Helene Laville Fiorucci, former Lead Patent Counsel at Solvay.

    Helene Laville Fiorucci

    Former Lead Patent Counsel at Solvay

  • Portrait of Stephan Nößner, Patent Counsel Lead at Bosch.

    Stephan Nößner

    Patent Counsel Lead, Bosch

  • Portrait of Carlo Cotrone, former Chief IP Counsel at Techtronic Industries.

    Carlo Cotrone

    Former Chief IP Counsel at Techtronic Industries

  • Portrait of Bart Jansen, former Patent Attorney at AAK, Corbion, Zacco.

    Bart Jansen

    Former Patent Attorney at AAK, Corbion, Zacco

  • Portrait of Kimiya Shams, General Counsel at Devialet.

    Kimiya Shams

    General Counsel, Devialet

  • Portrait of Robert Hulse, Head of Patent Prosecution at Fenwick and West.

    Robert (Bob) Hulse

    Head of Patent Prosecution, Fenwick and West

  • Portrait of Dan Enebo, former Chief IP Counsel at Cargill.

    Dan Enebo

    Former Chief IP Counsel at Cargill

  • Portrait of Helene Laville Fiorucci, former Lead Patent Counsel at Solvay.

    Helene Laville Fiorucci

    Former Lead Patent Counsel at Solvay

  • Portrait of Stephan Nößner, Patent Counsel Lead at Bosch.

    Stephan Nößner

    Patent Counsel Lead, Bosch

  • Portrait of Carlo Cotrone, former Chief IP Counsel at Techtronic Industries.

    Carlo Cotrone

    Former Chief IP Counsel at Techtronic Industries

  • Portrait of Bart Jansen, former Patent Attorney at AAK, Corbion, Zacco.

    Bart Jansen

    Former Patent Attorney at AAK, Corbion, Zacco

  • Portrait of Kimiya Shams, General Counsel at Devialet.

    Kimiya Shams

    General Counsel, Devialet

We’ve Got the Answers You’re Looking For

By eliminating back-and-forth and aligning teams in real time, we accelerate innovation and secure your competitive edge

What is Ankar AI and who is it for?

Ankar is a platform designed for patent professionals. Our suite of tools supports the entire patent lifecycle - from drafting and prosecution, to intelligence and infringement detection. Some customers use a single tool, while others integrate multiple modules to streamline their entire workflow.

I am a patent law firm, does Ankar work for me?

I am an in-house IP team, does Ankar work for me?

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