Can askFinz search patents by what an invention does?

Yes. Filings are searchable by function and description rather than by title wording alone, so a prior-art search can start from plain language instead of guessing the exact phrasing an examiner used.

Does it cover multiple patent offices?

Yes. The index reads granted patents and published applications from patent offices directly, so a result links back to the office's own publication rather than a secondary summary.

Is this a substitute for a patent attorney or a formal freedom-to-operate opinion?

No. askFinz surfaces the prior art and the filings for you to read — it doesn't file anything or give a legal opinion on patentability or infringement.

Use case · For R&D and IP teams

AI for patent search that reads by what it does.

Search a prior-art question in plain language instead of guessing an examiner's phrasing. Pull filings from multiple offices into one notebook, read them beside the academic literature behind the same idea, and keep a documented trail for the filing decision.

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Workflows

askFinz · R&D and IP teams

01Search by function, not phrasing

02See the landscape

03Read patents beside the papers

04Keep the record of the search

research·search·storage

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What you can do

Four moves, one workspace.

01
Search by function, not phrasing
Describe what an invention does and find matching filings across offices, even when they use different terminology than you would.
02
See the landscape
Pull filings from multiple offices into one notebook, so who's filing where and how a field has moved becomes visible rather than assumed.
03
Read patents beside the papers
Prior art and the academic literature behind it turn up in the same search, so a prior-art pass and a lit review draw from one index.
04
Keep the record of the search
File the invention notes and the filings you've checked to storage, so the next filing decision starts from a documented prior-art trail.

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Research

Available

Studies that cite their sources.

Available

A search engine for humans, agents and LLMs.

Storage

Available

Your files, organised.

Example workflows

What it looks like end to end.

Flow 01

Prior-art sweep

Before drafting a filing, describe the invention in plain language and pull every matching publication across offices into one notebook — each hit linked back to the office's own record — so the freshness call is documented, not assumed.

Flow 02

Field landscape

Track how filings in a technology area have moved over recent years, who the frequent filers are, and where the papers and the patents disagree on what's actually novel.

Questions

Frequently asked.

Can askFinz search patents by what an invention does?: Yes. Filings are searchable by function and description rather than by title wording alone, so a prior-art search can start from plain language instead of guessing the exact phrasing an examiner used.
Does it cover multiple patent offices?: Yes. The index reads granted patents and published applications from patent offices directly, so a result links back to the office's own publication rather than a secondary summary.
Is this a substitute for a patent attorney or a formal freedom-to-operate opinion?: No. askFinz surfaces the prior art and the filings for you to read — it doesn't file anything or give a legal opinion on patentability or infringement.

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