Find out if it’s new before you spend on it.
Describe the idea, or point your assistant at the spec. Lightbringer searches public patents for prior art, the close matches, and saves them next to your invention. A preliminary look, not a legal opinion.
Free to start. Nothing is saved until you approve it. How your data is handled · Start in the web app
- Reading your invention record
- Searching public patents for close matches
- Noting what overlaps and what doesn’t
Two publications come close. Neither covers how you schedule cooling from the charge level.
- CloseA 2021 battery cooling patent. Overlaps on sensors, not the schedule.
- CloseA 2023 application. Different trigger, saved for reference.
- OpenYour scheduling method. Not found in these results.
A preliminary look, not a legal opinion.
Used by more than 200 deep tech companies across the US and EU.
Close matches, saved next to your invention.
Otherwise you find out at the patent office, after the money is spent.
Public patents, searched
Close matches from public patent publications, with sources.
What overlaps, what doesn’t
A plain note on each match, saved with the invention.
A better decision
File, refine, keep it secret, or drop it, with the reasoning on record.
A formal view when it counts
A patent attorney’s view on whether it’s new, through Managed IP.
From first chat to filed patent.
Start free in the assistant you already use. Add attorneys only when something is worth filing.
Connect Claude or ChatGPT and capture what you’re building.
Capture new inventions, decide what to protect, and keep the IP strategy current.
Our attorneys draft and file from the record you built.
Nothing is saved, shared, or filed without your approval.
How TERASi protects its mm-wave radio technology.
“Lightbringer saved me time and made the process much easier, especially knowing that everything is quality-checked by both a human and AI.”
James Campion, co-founder and CEO, TERASi
Read the TERASi storyA formal answer, from an attorney.
When the decision matters, a Lightbringer patent attorney reviews the matches and gives you a formal view, starting from your record. They make the legal calls.
Managed IP plans include the platform.
Questions
Search public patent databases for close matches, then read what each one claims. Lightbringer does the first pass from your assistant and saves the matches next to your invention. For a formal view, ask a patent attorney.
It’s a preliminary look, not a legal opinion. A full patentability or novelty assessment is legal work, which our attorneys do through Managed IP.
That’s useful to know early. You may refine the invention, keep it as a trade secret, or decide not to file, and the reasoning is saved either way.
Lightbringer is built for unfiled inventions. Sign-in is per organisation, nothing is saved until you approve it, and nothing is filed without a person. Claude and ChatGPT keep their own data settings, so check yours before you share details you haven’t filed.
Check before you spend.
Connect Lightbringer to Claude or ChatGPT and run a first novelty check today. Free to start.