About

The Problem

Filing a patent starts with a simple question: has someone already done this? But answering it typically costs $5,000–$15,000 in attorney fees and takes weeks. Most inventors skip this step entirely — and either waste money filing on prior art or miss the window to protect a genuinely novel idea.

What PatentNexus Does

PatentNexus is an AI patent intelligence chat. Describe your invention in plain language, and the AI searches 166 million worldwide patents, analyzes novelty, identifies prior art, and suggests claim language — all through a conversation. No jargon required, no $15,000 attorney bill upfront.

Built By

PatentNexus was built by Zach Hammad, a software engineer based in Virginia. Zach currently works at Visionary Solutions, building computer vision, knowledge graph, and network automation systems. Previously, he worked on submarine simulation at NAVSEA, drone data engineering at PECO, and R&D at CertainTeed.

Other Projects

• —Repotoire — Code quality and repository analysis CLI, built in Rust

PatentNexus is built with Rust, ClickHouse, and Claude — designed to make patent intelligence accessible to anyone with an idea worth protecting.

Contact

Questions, feedback, or partnership inquiries: hello@patentnexus.net