About Patentext

Built to modernize how companies protect their IP

Patentext was created by patent practitioners and engineers to help technical teams move from scattered invention activity to a faster, more strategic patent pipeline.

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Why we built Patentext

After years spent drafting applications, reviewing invention disclosures, evaluating portfolios, and working directly with technical teams, we kept seeing the same thing. Companies were doing valuable technical work, but the process for protecting that work was slower, more expensive, and more frustrating than it needed to be.

Patent work often started too late — when the technical context was already scattered across documents, meetings, product decisions, and people's memory. Teams were paying to reconstruct what they already knew and making filing decisions without a clear view of what mattered most to the business.

We built Patentext to change that experience. Today, we give companies a better way to manage patent work as a real business function.

The team behind Patentext

Alexander Flake
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Alexander Flake

CEO & Co-Founder

Alex is a registered patent agent with 10+ years of experience drafting complex applications for startups and global technology companies. After graduating from Harvey Mudd College, he spent several years at Fenwick & West before joining a boutique patent agency focused on deep tech and later launching his own climate tech patent practice. Patentext grew out of the drafting framework Alex built to make high-quality patent work faster, more structured, and more scalable.

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Marcus Virginia
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Marcus Virginia

CTO & Co-Founder

Marcus is a second-time founder and product-minded engineer who has built more than ten full-stack applications from scratch. At Patentext, he transformed Alex's practitioner framework into the technical foundation for an AI-enabled drafting system that can structure complex patent work at scale.

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Alex Wilson
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Alex Wilson

Founding AI Engineer

Alex is an electrical engineer and AI builder with 6+ years of experience developing ML systems for real-world products. After earning his degree from Caltech, he built machine learning solutions at Kuna and BioIntelliSense. At Patentext, he leads the AI infrastructure behind the drafting engine.

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Robert Sachs
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Robert Sachs

Strategic Advisor

Bob is a patent attorney and former Fenwick & West partner with 30+ years of experience. A Yale Law School graduate, he has written more than 300 applications, reviewed thousands more, and evaluated over 3,000 patents as a patent pool evaluator.

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Gisella Tan
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Gisella Tan

Fractional CMO

Gisella is a marketing leader with experience across enterprise, SaaS, and early-stage startups. Her work spans companies including PayPal, Coursera, AARP, and multiple venture-backed startups.

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What is Patentext?

Patentext combines a secure software platform with an AI-enabled patent drafting workflow led by USPTO-registered patent agents. Together, they help companies identify, evaluate, draft, file, and manage patentable work in one connected system.

Our beliefs

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IP should be managed as a strategic function

Patent work should reflect where the business is going. What is the company building? Where is the market moving? Which inventions are most important to protect?

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The best patent work starts before drafting

Strong applications depend on clear invention capture and thoughtful evaluation.

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AI should make practitioners better

Patentext uses AI to accelerate the work, while registered patent professionals remain responsible for drafting quality, filing strategy, and legal judgment.

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Better patent work should be faster and more accessible

The traditional process makes strategic patent protection too expensive and too slow for many growing technical teams. Patentext was built to make high-quality patent work more accessible.

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