We automate patent infringement detection. Our software interprets patents, identifies competing products, and generates claim charts showing who’s infringing and how.
Patent Watch is a Y Combinator company in the Fall 2025 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: AI for detecting patent infringements. The founders listed are Alexander Stroe (Founder/CEO), Andreas Stroe (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, September 21, 2025).
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We automate patent infringement detection. Our software interprets patents, identifies competing products, and generates claim charts showing who’s infringing and how. Teams use us to: - Find licensing and litigation targets - Send cease-and-desist letters - Find counter litigation - Sell IP in wind-downs - Accelerate M&A diligence We also run AI invalidity and prior-art searches to help your patents hold up in court. Companies spend up to $50k to file and maintain a single patent over its lifetime, but once it's granted, they let it collect dust. With Patent Watch, you can start turning your patent portfolio into revenue in 10 minutes.
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