Patlytics Named 2026 LegalTech Startup of the Year for Bringing Verifiable AI to the Entire Patent Lifecycle

NEW YORK, November 12, 2026. Patlytics, the AI-native platform for the entire patent lifecycle, today announced that it has been named "LegalTech Startup of the Year" in the 7th annual LegalTech Breakthrough Awards. The program, run by independent market intelligence organization LegalTech Breakthrough, recognizes legal technology companies, products, and services from around the world.

Patlytics puts the full patent lifecycle in one connected platform, so a team can take a matter from invention disclosure to prosecution, litigation, or portfolio review without moving work between tools. Today, ~90% of Chambers Band 1/2 IP-ranked firms use Patlytics, and one Am Law 100 practice group used it to complete a 120-patent project in 20 hours instead of 100.

Every output links back to its source, with 99%+ verbatim text excerpt accuracy and ~99% citation matching, so attorneys can verify each finding before it goes into a filing, a claim chart, or client advice. Drafting and prosecution work follows each team's own templates and style, and attorneys accept or reject each suggested edit line by line. Patlytics is SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001 certified.

"Patlytics is moving fast and earning enterprise trust in the most demanding corner of legal technology. For decades, patent work has been manual and expensive, even though it is crucial to advance global innovation. Patent work is the hardest domain in law to automate. One wrong citation is a malpractice risk, not an inconvenience," said Bryan Vaughn, Managing Director, LegalTech Breakthrough. "Instead of stitching together point solutions, Patlytics provides a purpose-built platform across the patent lifecycle with practitioner oversight at every step. This is fundamentally changing how IP outcomes are delivered in a market where trust and precision are everything. With Patlytics, you can reduce cycle times, increase margins, and deliver winning IP outcomes. Congratulations on being our 'LegalTech Startup of the Year!'"

"Patent work has to survive opposing counsel and the patent office line by line, so practitioners adopt AI when it gives them a stronger starting point they can verify. Our in-house IP attorneys and engineers build every module and Skill in Patlytics to that standard. This recognition is a credit to them and to the firms and IP departments that hold us to it every day," said Paul Lee, Co-founder and CEO of Patlytics.

The award caps a year of growth for Patlytics. In April, the company raised a $40M Series B led by SignalFire. In August, it launched Patlytics Agent, an AI reasoning layer for patent work powered by 200+ patent-specific Skills, each a repeatable workflow built by its in-house IP attorneys to conform to real IP practice. Since then, Patlytics has opened MCP connections into Anthropic's Claude for Legal and OpenAI's ChatGPT, where it was among the partner plugins featured at the Astra for Law launch in September. This week, it joined the iManage Technology Partner Program, adding to partnerships with Anthropic, OpenAI, Relativity, and NetDocuments.

Patent teams can book a demo at patlytics.ai/demo.

About Patlytics

Patlytics is the AI-native, end-to-end platform for the entire patent lifecycle: invention disclosure, search, drafting, prosecution, FTO, infringement, invalidity, claim charting, SEP analysis, and portfolio strategy. Its recently launched Agent is the first-to-market AI reasoning layer for patent work, powered by 200+ patent-specific Skills developed by an in-house bench of IP attorneys averaging 14+ years in practice. Purpose-built for IP and validated by IP, every output is citation-backed and verifiable, with attorney oversight and control at every stage. Patlytics is trusted by the world's most innovative companies and 55% of the Am Law 100 and ~90% of Chambers Band 1/2 IP-ranked firms, including Quinn Emanuel, Cleary, Polsinelli, Foley & Lardner, Canon, Rivian, Repligen, Asahi Kasei, and TaylorMade. The company has raised $65M, including a $40M Series B led by SignalFire. Learn more at patlytics.ai.

About LegalTech Breakthrough

Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the LegalTech Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in legal technologies, services, companies and products. The LegalTech Breakthrough Awards program provides a forum for public recognition around the achievements of LegalTech companies and solutions in categories including Artificial Intelligence, Access to Justice, Case Management, Contract Management, Court Technology, Data and Analytics, eDiscovery, Legal Operations, Legal Research, Practice Management, RegTech and more. For more information visit LegalTechBreakthrough.com

Media Contacts

Ken Huang | VP of Marketing, Patlytics
ken.huang@patlytics.com

Bryan Vaughn | LegalTech Breakthrough Awards
949.529.4120
Bryan@LegalTechBreakthrough.com