Online Patent Family Tree Generator
Create a visual timeline of your patent family in seconds.
Patent Family Timeline Visualization
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How It Works
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Enter Patent Application Number
We retrieve real-time patent office data and immediately create a patent family tree for you.
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Enjoy Beautiful Patent Family Illustration
We create a visual timeline of your patent family in seconds.
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Adjust the Patent Family Tree
Customize the width, height, and other settings to fit your needs.
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Drill Deeper into the Patent Family
Click on any family member to see more details such as abstract, dates, titles, links, and more.
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Save, Organize, and Re-Run
Log in to save your queries and organize your patent family trees in your dashboard through custom folders.
Best-In-Class Features
- Live Patent Register Data:
Actual facts about your patent document.
- Actual timeline:
Timeline of the patent familiy members shows the actual dates.
- Color Coded Patent Family Members
We color code the family members to show the status of the patent document: application, publication, grant.
- Interactive Patent Family Members:
Click on any family member to see more details such as abstrct, dates, titles, links, and more!
- Interactive priority chains:
Click on any priority chain to see the connection of the patent family members.
- Save and Organize Queries:
Log in to save your queries and organize your patent family trees in your dashboard through custom folders.
- Complete history of relevant patent family members:
Everything that happened from day one to today.
- Customize Patent Family Tree
Adjust width, height, and other settings to customize your patent family tree.
- Light and Dark:
Switch between light and dark mode to match the patent family tree to your preference.
- Simple reload:
Reload the patent family tree with a simple click from the dashboard.
Frequently asked questions
Our database includes over 150 million patent documents from over 100 patent offices worldwide.
The patent family tree generator includes all patent documents related to the priority application, including divisionals, continuations, and national phase entries.
The patent family tree generator only includes data that was made public by the patent office.
References to unpublished patent applications are included in the family tree, but the full text of the application is not available. For example, a U.S. provisional application (not published) will be included in the family tree, but the full text of the provisional application will not be available.
Yes. The patent family tree generator includes all PCT applications related to the priority application.
The patent family tree generator includes all types of patent family relationships, including priority claims, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, and national phase entries.
A patent family includes all patent documents related to the priority application, including divisionals, continuations, and national phase entries. The patent family tree generator visualizes the relationships between these documents.
You can click on any patent document in the family tree to view detailed information about the document, including the title, abstract, claims, legal status, and more.
Yes. Once you are logged in to your account, all patent family trees that you generate will be saved to your dashboard for future reference.
Yes. You can create folders and assign patent family trees to specific projects or clients. This allows you to organize your searches and easily access them later.
Make sure that your window is scrolled to the top during generation. The connection lines are drawn from the top of the patent document boxes, so if the window is scrolled down, the lines may appear offset.
The patent family tree generator uses the most up-to-date data available from the patent office. The data is updated regularly to ensure accuracy.
The free version of the patent family tree generator uses caching to speed up the generation process. If you want the most up-to-date data, consider upgrading to a paid plan.