Knock-out Search
Fast, focused search to kill weak ideas before investing in a full application.
Prior Art Search
Uncover every reference before it uncovers you.
Hashi delivers PhD-led, AI-augmented prior art searches that surface the closest patent and non-patent references — so your drafting, prosecution, and litigation strategies rest on evidence, not assumptions.
Business problems
Where teams get stuck.
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Keyword-only searches that miss synonymous claim language and lose novelty arguments at examination.
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Non-patent literature — journals, standards, GitHub, product manuals — overlooked and later surfaced by opponents.
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Foreign-language references (JP, KR, CN, DE) ignored, leaving critical prior art undiscovered.
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Offshore vendors returning long hit-lists without technical interpretation or relevance ranking.
Our solution
Expert-led search, AI-scale retrieval, defensible evidence.
Every Hashi prior art search is scoped and executed by a domain-expert analyst — a PhD, engineer, or registered agent — supported by our AI retrieval stack. We combine semantic search, citation graphs, and classification-aware queries across patent databases, journals, standards, and grey literature to surface the closest references, ranked and interpreted for your decision.
- PhD- and engineer-led search teams organised by technology domain.
- AI-augmented semantic + citation retrieval across 140M+ records.
- Non-patent literature: journals, conference proceedings, standards, product manuals, GitHub, arXiv.
- Native-language searchers for JP, KR, CN, DE, and FR references.
- Two-tier peer review with signed analyst attribution on every report.
- Delivered in editable Excel, PDF, or via API into your IP management platform.
Offerings
What we deliver in this practice.
Novelty Search
Assessment of patentability against the closest prior art before drafting.
Patentability Search
Novelty plus inventive-step analysis with claim-scope recommendations.
Full Prior Art Search
Comprehensive search establishing the closest art across patent and NPL sources.
Invalidity Search
Litigation-grade discovery for IPRs, EPO oppositions, and defensive assertions.
State-of-the-Art Search
Technology-domain mapping for R&D planning and white-space identification.
Non-Patent Literature
Dedicated NPL sweep across journals, standards, product manuals, and code.
Foreign-Language Search
Native-language coverage of Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and European art.
Combination Search
Multi-reference obviousness analysis for §103 / inventive-step challenges.
Methodology
A defined operating model, engineered for defensibility.
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Scope
Kickoff to align on invention, claim elements, jurisdictions, cut-off dates, and evidentiary bar.
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Strategise
Query design across CPC/IPC codes, semantic vectors, and citation graphs.
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Retrieve
AI-augmented sweeps across patent, NPL, standards, and product literature.
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Analyse
Domain-expert review, claim-charting, and relevance scoring of every hit.
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Peer review
Two-tier QC by an independent senior analyst before release.
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Deliver
Report plus a live walkthrough with the analyst who ran the search.
Deliverables
Every engagement ships evidence, not opinions.
- Executive summary with novelty / patentability recommendation.
- Ranked results table with relevance scores and analyst commentary.
- Claim charts mapping the closest references to each claim element.
- Search strategy log: queries, databases, classification codes, cut-off dates.
- Non-patent literature dossier with source PDFs.
- Editable Excel, PDF, and API-ready JSON deliverables.
Benefits
Outcomes our clients rely on.
Defensibility
Signed, auditable reports that stand up in prosecution and litigation.
Speed
AI-augmented retrieval compresses cycle times by up to 70% versus manual search.
Coverage
Semantic + classification-aware search catches references keyword search misses.
Global reach
Native-language coverage of JP, KR, CN, DE, and FR references.
Industries served
Domain fluency, from silicon to small molecules.
- Pharmaceuticals
- Biotechnology
- Medical Devices
- Semiconductors
- Electronics
- Telecommunications
- Software
- AI / ML
- Automotive
- Chemicals
- Energy
- Aerospace
FAQ
Questions our clients ask most often.
When should I commission a prior art search?+
Before drafting a new application, before entering national phase, before high-cost R&D commitments, and before any licensing or litigation position. Early searches save filing spend; pre-litigation searches strengthen leverage.
How is prior art search different from a novelty or invalidity search?+
Prior art search is the broadest inquiry — surfacing all closest references. Novelty search focuses on §102 / Article 54 novelty. Invalidity search targets a specific granted claim set to build a §103 / inventive-step challenge. Hashi runs all three; the scope defines the depth.
What is your typical turnaround?+
72 hours for standard prior art and novelty searches; 5–10 business days for full invalidity and combination searches. Expedited 24-hour delivery is available for most search types.
Do you cover non-patent literature?+
Yes — always. Every Hashi prior art search includes journals, conference proceedings, standards, product manuals, GitHub, arXiv, and industry whitepapers. NPL is often decisive in invalidity and inventive-step arguments.
Which jurisdictions and databases do you cover?+
All major PTOs — US, EP, JP, CN, KR, IN, DE, GB, FR, AU, CA — plus 30+ additional jurisdictions. Databases include Derwent, PatBase, Orbit, IEEE, PubMed, STN, Espacenet, and Google Patents, supplemented by domain-specific NPL sources.
Do you sign NDAs and handle privileged work?+
Yes. Hashi routinely operates under NDA, common-interest, and attorney-client privilege. We are SOC 2 and ISO 27001 aligned with private-tenancy AI options.
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