Who are we?
InQuartik is a patent intelligence company that doesn’t simply deliver patent data—it makes the data understandable, too.
InQuartik brings companies and law firms of all sizes into a new era, one where IP professionals can work smarter and live better.
Join us in our journey—you’ll never look back.
Our story
Dedicated to simplifying patent work.
Since the first patent law was enacted in Venice in 1474, most patent-related activities—from patent searching, patent filing, maintenance, and transaction, to litigation—have failed due to poor data quality or decisions not based on data analytics.
More often than not, patent professionals are limited by an abundance of grunt work such as collecting and organizing patent data by searching through piles of file wrappers or conducting patent analysis with endless spreadsheets.
InQuartik—formed by data scientists, passionate programmers, and patent experts—strives to change the patent work of the past. We are determined to provide actionable patent solutions to help get rid of the old habits of endless and tedious patent searching and processing—and deliver instant, insightful, and integrated patent analytics services to our clients.
What sets us apart?
AI and high-quality patent data help us to explore the patent world.
Combining artificial intelligence algorithms and big data analytics with high-quality patent and non-patent databases, we integrated millions of data into insightful patent solutions.
Together with our partners, we have accumulated insights and case practice in multiple emerging industries and areas. We have practiced in fields such as telecommunications, semiconductors, AIoT, and life sciences with the help of our comprehensive patent data analytics and experienced patent experts.
Additionally, we have developed our own proprietary initiatives: Patent lifecycle management and Patent Portfolio Management, along with the development of our unique, sophisticated tools: Patent Quality and Value Rankings and the PatentMatrix Dashboards—to provide far-sighted and irreplaceable value to our clients.
Core AI technologies and quality data
- Image recognition and image-based search technology
- Proprietary algorithms for Patent Quality and Value Rankings
- Natural language processing
- Comprehensive patent and non-patent-literature databases
- Curated patent data and proprietary data processing
Practice areas and accumulative insights
- Patent Litigation
- Patent Transaction (buying and selling, licensing, and pledging)
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Patent Analytics
- Patent Portfolio Management
- Patent Lifecycle Management
- Standard Essential Patents
- IC, Foundries, and Packaging
- Artificial Intelligence and IoT
- Electric Vehicles and Unmanned Vehicles
- Life sciences
By patent experts, for patent experts.
Together with our associates Wispro, MiiCs, and ScienBiziP, we form a team of more than 600 experienced attorneys, IP experts, and dealers. Over the past 35 years, we have handled more than 440,000 worldwide patent applications, transacted more than 100,000 patents, and joined more than 1,000 patent litigation cases. This extensive knowledge and experience enabled our founder Y.P. Jou—IAM awardee—to discover the key to building the world’s best patent analytics solutions.
InQuartik in numbers
72000+
Registered users
70+
Use countries and territories
100+
Global patent and non-patent databases
79m+
Global patent bibliographic data
6.5m
Global patents stored and processed
27m+
US prosecution and PTAB documents
with our associates
600+
Global IP professionals
5
Global locations and offices
1000+
Patent litigation and invalidation experiences
100000+
Patents transacted, licensed, or pledged
…and still growing.
Worldwide locations and InQuartikers
60+ InQuartikers in our international team
In memory of Y.P. Jou
InQuartik’s founder and helmsman
Y.P. Jou — winner of the 2019 IAM Asia IP Individual, the 15th IAM Market Maker in 2018, and the former general counsel of the Hon Hai group — was an innovator, thinker, and a pioneer of the IP world.
When he founded InQuartik back in 2014, he dreamed of transforming the IP world for the better. Under his leadership, InQuartik strived to simplify patent work for patent professionals and empowered worldwide users with reliable solutions — all with his complete dedication and endless support.
It is with deep regret that we lost this man in August 2021. He established InQuartik from scratch, but Y.P. Jou was not only the founder of InQuartik he was also a friend, a visionary leader, and a dreamer who will go on to inspire the next generation.
His legacy will be upheld by the InQuartik team, as always.
Li-Lung Hsu (Leon)
Chief Executive Officer
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Li-Lung Hsu (Leon)
Chief Executive Officer
Li-Lung Hsu (Leon) joined InQuartik in 2014 and is currently the Chief Executive Officer. Leon is responsible for coordinating data scientists, developers, and designers and bringing InQuartik's vision to SaaS solutions to deliver actionable insights and an excellent user experience to Patentcloud's users.
In 2010, before joining InQuartik, Leon was an intellectual property consultant specializing in patent landscape, freedom-to-operate, portfolio development, and standard-essential patents (SEPs) at WISPRO Technology Consulting Corporation—where he led a team of patent analysts and served enterprises and startups in SaaS, cloud computing, IoT, and information communication industries.
Leon holds a master's degree in intellectual property management from the National Chengchi University and a bachelor's degree in information management from the National Taiwan University.
Thanks to his extensive software and intellectual property background, Leon has been developing his knowledge, skills, and experience in intellectual property and software for over ten years.
“Innovators and entrepreneurs are always asking for actionable insights to make impactful decisions. Here at InQuartik, we are dedicated to our craft—utilizing Patentcloud as a key enabler.”
Leo Tien
Director of the Business Development Division
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Leo Tien
Director of the Business Development Division
Leo Tien is InQuartik's Business Development Director. He strives to create valuable services that leverage Patentcloud's patent data and intelligence with a global network of partners.
Leo specializes in developing business strategies that maximize win-win outcomes. Leo is capable of proposing compelling plans with feasible tactics based on the nature and individual needs of a partner. As a collaboration enabler, he makes sure that InQuartik is the best complementary teammate to the partner.
Before joining InQuartik, Leo acquired over twelve years of work experience in marketing and business development for various industries, including eCommerce, high technology, express transportation, and consumer electronics.
Leo holds two master's degrees— an MBA from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, and a Masters of Integrated Marketing Communications from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. Leo received his undergraduate degree from the Power Mechanical Engineering Department of National Tsing-Hua University.
“InQuartik is a strong believer in collaborative efforts. Join our partner program, and together we can make a difference in the world of patents.”
Our History
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2014
Company founded
2015
Algorithms for the Patent Quality and Value Rankings developed
Smart Search technologies developed
Patentcloud’s Patent Search launched
2016
Semantic Search and Image Search technologies developed
Patentcloud’s Patent Search Premium launched
2017
Query Expansion technologies developed
Patentcloud’s Design Search and Quality Insights launched
2018
Provision of both high-quality core data collection and US file wrapper collection
2019
Patentcloud’s Patent Vault and Due Diligence launched
Entered into new markets (US, China, Israel, and India)
2020
Patentcloud’s SEP launched
Prior Art Analytics technologies developed
Partnership Program launched—alliance with our first partner formed in Singapore
