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    ContractsAI-Powered Patent Search Tool Market Engagement
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    AI-Powered Patent Search Tool Market Engagement

    The IPO seeks market feedback on AI-assisted patent search solutions to help examiners identify prior art more efficiently while maintaining data security and examiner oversight.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· WalesPublished 3 Jul 2026· 3 months agoviaFind a Tender

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    • Sector
      IT & Software
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      Wales

    Lifecycle

    Closed

    No longer open. Published 3 months ago.

    3 July 2026
    Closed — no tender deadline was published

    Brief

    The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is conducting a market engagement exercise to explore AI-assisted patent search solutions that can help patent examiners identify relevant prior art documents more efficiently. We are seeking supplier feedback on available technologies that use semantic search, conceptual analysis, artificial intelligence, or other advanced techniques to improve patent search effectiveness while preserving examiner oversight and decision-making authority. This engagement focuses on understanding current market capabilities across multiple areas: available technologies and features, service delivery models, security and data protection approaches, commercial terms, implementation pathways, and procurement considerations. Data security is a critical priority, with particular attention to how solutions handle confidential patent application information and protect customer data within AI-enabled systems. Please note: This is a preliminary information-gathering exercise only and does not constitute a formal procurement process. Any future procurement opportunity will be advertised separately. Interested suppliers should submit feedback via the engagement portal.

    Track record

    5 awards · 5 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In it software, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE has awarded 5 contracts to 5 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. Equal Experts UK Ltd1× · 20%
    2. Salus Digital Security Limited1× · 20%
    3. ICOTECH GROUP LTD1× · 20%
    4. HOME OFFICE1× · 20%
    5. Hitat1× · 20%

    Across it software, the most active winners are SOFTCAT PLC, PHOENIX SOFTWARE LTD, INSIGHT DIRECT UK LIMITED — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06c352

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