PatSnap and Intellegens announce strategic partnership bringing real-time IP intelligence into ai-driven formulation design. * Jun 25, 2026 This paid press release is brought to you from our partnership with EZ Newswire. The Post and Courier news staff was not involved in its creation. The partnership integrates Patsnap's proprietary global patent dataset with Intellegens' Alchemite Suite, giving R&D teams access to patentability and freedom-to-operate checks during experimental design. LONDON, United Kingdom, June 25, 2026 (EZ Newswire) - Patsnap, the global leader in AI-native innovation intelligence for IP and R&D, and Intellegens, a pioneer in advanced machine learning for R&D, today announced a strategic partnership connecting Patsnap's global patent dataset with Intellegens' Alchemite(TM) Suite. The partnership is designed to give R&D teams in chemicals, materials, and FMCG access to patent insight earlier in the development process, at the point of experimental design rather than after testing is complete. Formulation development and IP review have traditionally operated as separate functions. Scientists optimize a candidate material or chemical formulation and then submit it for patent clearance, a sequence that can result in weeks of experimental work being forfeited or redirected when a conflict is identified. Alchemite uses machine learning to predict optimal formulations from sparse experimental data, compressing development cycles by 50% to 80% by directing R&D teams toward the most promising candidates. That compression matters: according to Patsnap's 2026 R&D Benchmark Report, based on responses from 200+ R&D professionals, more than a third of organizations (37%) spend between 25% and 40% of their entire R&D budget on projects that never reach market, and when projects are terminated late in development or testing, 45% of respondents estimate the wasted investment at $1 million or more per project. Through the partnership, Intellegens' AI agent, Alchemite Insight, can now validate candidates against Patsnap's database of more than 170 million global patent records for novelty and freedom-to-operate before bench work begins. Where a conflict exists, the system can surface alternative ingredients or process parameters that maintain the performance target while staying clear of protected intellectual property. The integration runs through Patsnap's Open Platform, which allows AI systems and agents to call its IP intelligence programmatically. This is what allows IP validation to sit natively inside Alchemite's design loop rather than as a separate, manual step. "Patsnap's R&D customers have consistently flagged the gap between formulation work and IP review as a drag on their go-to-market timelines. This partnership puts IP intelligence where it can influence decisions at the design stage, not after the fact," said Ray Chohan, co-founder of Patsnap. "By embedding Patsnap's IP intelligence directly into the Alchemite experimental design process, we remove the friction between invention and legal validation," said Ben Pellegrini, CEO of Intellegens. "Scientists don't just get a high-performing formula; they get the confidence that it is a viable, legally clear asset from day one." About Patsnap Founded in Singapore in 2007, Patsnap is a leading global innovation intelligence company. Leveraging domain-specific AI agents and robust analytics tools, Patsnap empowers IP and R&D teams to unlock insights, accelerate discoveries and protect breakthroughs. Trusted by nearly 20,000 enterprises, law firms and research institutions in over 50 countries including one-third of the world's largest R&D spenders, Patsnap transforms how organizations innovate and make critical decisions. Learn more at www.patsnap.com. About Intellegens Intellegens provides unique machine learning software, Alchemite(TM), designed to solve complex problems with sparse or noisy data. It accelerates the development of novel materials, chemicals, and processes across industries ranging from aerospace to pharmaceuticals. For more information, visit intellegens.com. Media Contact Kate White

Patsnap, a global innovation intelligence company, has expanded its Hiro AI platform with conversational search capabilities for patent intelligence. The feature allows IP and R&D teams to ask questions in natural language and receive structured competitive insights without needing complex search skills. Hiro draws on Patsnap's proprietary dataset of over 208 million patents, 215 million non-patent literature records and 1.6 billion legal data points across 174 jurisdictions. Users can ask questions like "How does our portfolio compare to Company X?" and receive actionable answers automatically. Early testing showed significant efficiency gains, with 12-stage patent intelligence workflows completed in a single session—work that traditionally takes days or weeks. The platform serves nearly 20,000 enterprises, law firms and research institutions globally, including one-third of the world's largest R&D spenders.

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