Patent Watch

AI for detecting patent infringements

1.8Score#749 of 999 agents#4 of 4 in Patent agent

Why it ranks #749

Patent Watch, an AI patent agent from YC F25, ranks #749 of 999 AI agents and #4 of 4 in Patent agent, with a score of 1.8 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 0 × 30% 0.0
Scale 3 × 30% 0.9
Momentum 0 × 25% 0.0
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 1.8

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
0
No public claims of customers or revenue yet.
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
3
6 people.
- +3
  6 people on its YC page5 to 9 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
0
Nothing new in the last 6 months.
Not found: launch YC post in the last 6 months (+3), open roles on YC (+2), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2), a batch in the last year (it is YC Fall 2025) (+1)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 15% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 26% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 3% likely
- Level 0 from the model's reading of its pages; the evidence review found, with quotes, that its AI acts in the work, so the level is 2
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About Patent Watch

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.