About Us

Welcome to Interstellar IP, a platform like no other for simplifying information about patents.

Interstellar IP offers at-a-glance information on patents in the manner that most companies think of them—in patent families. Patent families are multiple patent applications for the same invention or set of inventions that generally draw priority from a first application somewhere in the world. A patent family is represented as a graphical patent family “tree,” drawn with boxes and lines the same way real-world patent attorneys and agents would sketch them on paper. And Interstellar IP unveils how patent applications are examined and mature over the years into issued patents, using timelines, or Gantt charts, that are intuitive to most people. File histories of examination documents, which record the back & forth between applicants and patent offices, are readily available for download as PDFs, grouped the way that patent offices would typically mail them. Within an easy click are the latest government publications or patents, as well as other handy tools.

Founded in California, USA by deep technologists in software architecture and patent law, this platform is informed by decades of work within a large law firm environment that serviced thousands of U.S. and international patent applications. Insights once available to very few attorneys, who bill hundreds of (and sometimes over a thousand) dollars per hour, are now available for free to the world in Interstellar IP.

At Interstellar IP, we prioritize real-world functionality and user experience above all else. Our platform provides a professional yet accessible environment for exploring patent data, eliminating complexities associated with traditional search methods. Data is taken from public government databases.

We appreciate your feedback. For questions or comments please contact interstellarip@gmail.com