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title: "AI Patent Search Tool"
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# AI Patent Search Tool

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ai-patent-search-tool-ocds-h6vhtk-06c352). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Intellectual Property Office: "AI Patent Search Tool". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Intellectual Property Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/intellectual-property-office-gov-ea34)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Patent and copyright consultancy services, Programming services of application software
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ai-patent-search-tool-ocds-h6vhtk-06c352#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06c352`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ai-patent-search-tool-ocds-h6vhtk-06c352#tl-md)

## Description
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is undertaking preliminary market engagement in relation to a potential future procurement for an AI-assisted patent search solution.
The IPO is seeking to understand the capabilities available within the market to support patent examiners in identifying potentially relevant prior art documents from publicly available patent and technical information sources. The requirement is intended to explore solutions capable of using semantic, conceptual, AI-assisted or other advanced search techniques to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of patent searching, whilst maintaining examiner oversight and decision-making.
The engagement will seek supplier feedback on available technologies, service models, security approaches, commercial models, routes to market and procurement considerations. Particular emphasis will be placed on the handling of confidential patent application information and the protection of customer data within AI-enabled solutions.
This engagement is for information-gathering purposes only and does not form part of any formal procurement process. Any future procurement opportunity will be advertised separately.
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## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72212000, 79120000

- **Contract Period:** 02/11/2026 to 02/11/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F063478-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-07T09:17:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:45:03.454Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06c352