Anaqua is a leading global intellectual property management platform for corporations and law firms, offering end-to-end IP lifecycle management across patents, trademarks, inventions, and licensing. Three product lines: AQX (enterprise IP management for corporates), PATTSY WAVE (IP docketing and prosecution for law firms), and Lecorpio (innovation management). Founded 2004 in Boston. 750+ employees. 22K+ LinkedIn followers. PE-backed: Nordic Capital acquired controlling interest from Astorg (Feb 2025) — PE-to-PE handoff focused on driving further growth. Previous investors: Astorg (majority), Meritech Capital. Acquisitions include Quantify IP (2021, portfolio cost budgeting), RightHub. AQX platform includes AI-powered analytics, invention disclosure management, automated docketing, patent/trademark prosecution workflows, cost management, portfolio analytics, and integration with Clarivate and patent office systems. 3,500+ corporate and law firm clients globally. ISO 27001 certified (since 2017). SOC 2 Type 2 assessed. GDPR DPA available. Case studies: Novo Nordisk (120% increase in daily use, 40% cost savings), Legrand (remote implementation during COVID), GSK (enterprise visibility). G2 4.1/5 (89 reviews across products). Reddit sentiment mixed: ‘corporate centric, expensive’ per r/Patents; praised by in-house teams. Competes with Clarivate/CPA Global (enterprise), FoundationIP, PatSnap, AppColl. No public pricing — enterprise-tier. PATTSY WAVE v8 launched May 2024. Agentic AI workflows announced for 2026.
Company Info
- Founded: 2004
- HQ: United States
- Sector: COMPUTER_SOFTWARE
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Workflows
Based on practitioner evidence, Anaqua Inc is used in these workflows:
What practitioners struggle with
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IP enforcement team needs to capture 200+ infringing product listings across Amazon, eBay, and social media before the seller takes them down — manual screenshots don't scale, lose metadata, and can't be batch-exported for cease-and-desist letters or court filings
In-house IP team managing 5,000+ patents across 40 countries tracks renewal deadlines, annuity payments, and maintenance fees in spreadsheets — a missed deadline in one jurisdiction means losing patent protection permanently, and the cost of defensive re-filing (if even possible) dwarfs the renewal fee
IP law firm prosecution team handling 500+ active patent applications across USPTO, EPO, JPO, and CNIPA uses a different docketing system than the client's in-house team — deadlines get double-entered or missed in translation, office action responses are tracked in email threads, and neither side has real-time visibility into prosecution status
Where it fits in your workflow
Before Anaqua Inc
Invention disclosure submitted by R&D team → IP committee reviews for patentability → patent application drafted and filed → prosecution across multiple patent offices (USPTO, EPO, JPO, CNIPA) → renewals/annuities due across global portfolio
After Anaqua Inc
After prosecution → patent granted → renewal/annuity management (ongoing for 20+ years) → licensing and monetisation → portfolio analytics for strategic decisions (abandon, maintain, license, litigate). For law firms: docketing feeds client reporting and billing.
Integrations & hand-offs
Anaqua AQX/PATTSY WAVE → patent offices (USPTO, EPO, JPO, CNIPA filings); → Clarivate (trademark lifecycle integration); → billing systems (matter management and financial system integrations); → client portals (prosecution status visibility). Outsourced docketing services feed into PATTSY WAVE.
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