What’s New

This page tracks GoVeda product updates. New releases are added here as features ship.

October 2, 2026

Corrected Expiry Dates for Chinese Design Patents — Fixed an issue where Chinese design patents filed on or after 2021-06-01 showed an estimated expiry date 10 years after filing instead of 15 years.

Clearer Connection Authorization — Connection authorization pages explain how application identity is supplied and show the return destination before permissions.

Scout Monitoring Retired — Scout monitoring has been retired, including Scout creation, scheduled monitoring, and update views.

October 1, 2026

Fewer Chat Interruptions During Maintenance — Fixed an issue where a chat reply could fail to start during maintenance.

September 29, 2026

Updated AI Assistant in Report Chats — Agent conversations, including FTO and landscape report chats, use an updated AI model.

Fewer Interruptions During Maintenance — Fixed an issue where some requests could briefly fail during maintenance.

Fewer Interruptions During Maintenance — Fixed an issue where patent tools could briefly fail during maintenance.

September 28, 2026

Fewer Connection Errors During Maintenance — Fixed an issue where connecting an AI assistant to GoVeda could briefly fail during maintenance.

September 25, 2026

Clearer AI Summary Messages — When an automated safety check prevents an AI summary for a patent, the patent page explains why instead of showing a generic error.

Fewer Errors During Maintenance — Fixed an issue where opening patents or managing API keys could briefly fail during maintenance.

Credits Only for Returned Patent Content — Patent reading tools, including batch_get_patents, charge credits only for patents whose content is returned. A publication number that returns no content is not charged.

Clearer Results When Searching Within a Patent — search_patent_content says when part of a patent’s text could not be searched, instead of reporting no match.

Patent Reads by Exact Publication Number — Fixed an issue where reading a patent by its exact publication number could fail while patent number lookup was temporarily unavailable.

September 24, 2026

Clearer Patent Citations — A cited reference written in a patent office’s own number format is matched to its publication, and a reference that cannot be matched is marked instead of linked. A reference that matches several publications is labeled with its possible matches, and patent numbers written with thousands separators, such as US 11,234,567 B2, are accepted.

Read a Patent’s Complete Text in One Step — AI assistants connected to GoVeda can read a patent’s complete abstract, claims, and description in a single call with get_patent_full_text, instead of reading it page by page. Figures are not included.

Broader Patent Number Recognition — Patent tools match cited references written in a patent office’s own number format to their publication and mark references that cannot be matched instead of linking them. Patent numbers written with thousands separators, such as US 11,234,567 B2, are accepted.

September 22, 2026

More Accurate Patent Reference Lookup — Look up patent publication numbers, application numbers, and PCT references more accurately, with candidate publications to choose from when a reference is ambiguous.

Automatic Browser Verification Recovery — Patent reading now takes you to browser verification automatically when needed and returns you to the original page afterward. If verification is still needed, a clear retry action helps you continue.

Consistent Credits Through Retries and Interruptions — Credit charges and refunds now remain consistent with your usage history when requests are retried or interrupted.

September 19, 2026

Consistent Batch Patent Content Limits — batch_get_patents now accepts the same max_chars range as get_patent (up to 64,000 characters per patent), and an out-of-range parameter is rejected with the actual allowed value instead of a generic message.

September 17, 2026

Clearer Patent Reading Limits — When patent reading reaches a limit, a dismissible notice explains what happened and lets guests sign in or retry from the patent page. PDF downloads have their own allowance separate from patent reading, and signed-in readers keep a separate, larger allowance.

PDF Downloads After Browser Verification — A patent PDF you requested now continues automatically once a browser verification check completes, and the verification window closes when you leave the page.

Not Found for Malformed Patent Links — A malformed patent link now shows a not-found page instead of triggering a sign-in error.

Patent Result Links That Always Work — Patent result cards now include a usable link to the patent page whenever automatic navigation cannot open it.

More Forgiving Patent Tool Inputs — Patent search and party tools accept safe empty filters and explain how to recover from unsupported inputs, party lookup accepts name as a compatibility alias while recommending query, patent content requests tolerate repeated fixed-record selections without losing the requested sections, and a missing required parameter is named precisely in the response.

More Reliable Long-Running Tasks — Reports and other long-running tasks now finish reliably while GoVeda is being updated, instead of failing and starting over later.

September 12, 2026

Smoother Subscription Checkout — Free-trial users can now subscribe at a valid paid tier, and annual plans clearly show that credits refresh monthly.

More Reliable Billing and Subscription Cancellation — Billing history and payment settings remain accessible when account details have not synchronized, and account deletion reliably cancels ongoing subscriptions.

September 11, 2026

Clearer Next Steps in Patent Tools — Long or paginated patent results now explain how to continue, invalid parameters identify accepted inputs, and unresolved publication references return candidates for review instead of guessing.

More Reliable Agent Connections — Existing patent tools and authorizations keep working with newer client connections, and idle connections recover without repeating completed operations.

September 9, 2026

Clearer MCP Connection Approval — Connection approval now clearly names the connecting AI application and GoVeda Patent. Repeated approval submissions complete safely without interrupting setup.

Connections That Recover After Inactivity — An idle GoVeda MCP connection now resumes automatically instead of requiring you to reconnect.

Review Agent Connections Before Approving — Review which AI application is requesting access, what it can do, and where you will return before you approve it. You can later revoke that connection without affecting others.

Resolve Patent References Without Guesswork — If a publication reference cannot be confirmed, patent tools keep the original reference and return candidates through discover_patent_references for you to review before retrieval.

Focused Patent Reads — Retrieve basic publication details or the current legal status without loading unrelated patent content.

More Reliable Agent Connections — Previously connected patent assistants remain recognized when GoVeda updates or recovers from an interruption. Older unused connections can be retired without interrupting active ones.

Compatible Patent Tool Inputs — Older clients can continue using previously accepted search and section inputs. Empty section selections return title-only results, and outdated patent-status filters receive clear replacement guidance.

September 6, 2026

Clearer Patent Status and Dates — Search results and patent details now use consistent legal statuses, with clearer active-patent filtering and dates that distinguish grant publication from earliest priority.

Consistent Patent Status, Dates, and Citation Sources — Patent tools now use consistent legal statuses, clearer grant publication and earliest priority dates, and citations that identify their source family member. Review the API compatibility guidance for renamed fields, section choices, and unknown-status handling.

Promotion Codes at Checkout — Apply an eligible promotion code when starting a Subscription and review the discount before paying.

Business Billing Details — Provide company tax details during purchases and manage billing information from Billing & Invoices.

Product Updates on Your Terms — Choose whether to receive occasional product updates and manage that preference in account settings. Preference changes respond promptly, and the offer stays open until you make a choice or explicitly dismiss it.

Every Analyzed Patent in Your Novelty Report — Reports now show every analyzed patent while keeping relevant prior art clearly identified.

Complete Novelty Report Directories — Page through every accessible analyzed patent in a report, including those outside the relevant-prior-art selection. Report tools distinguish content that requires unlocking from analyses that are not present.

More Reliable Long-Running Workflows — Account, search, and AI workflows recover more reliably from temporary connection interruptions.

More Reliable Patent Tool Workflows — Long-running workflows recover more reliably from temporary connection interruptions. Agent tools provide retry guidance when credit checks are temporarily unavailable.

Distinct Publications Stay Separate — Patent pages no longer attach another application’s legal status or dates when unrelated publications share a document number.

Patent Facts for the Right Publication — Patent responses keep unrelated publications separate when document numbers overlap, so the requested patent retains its own legal status and dates.

Contact Us Without a Company — You can now send a Contact Us message without entering a company name.

August 25, 2026

Flexible Plans and Separate API Credit — Choose monthly or annual OpenPatent Pro plans, add credits when needed, and manage API Credit independently with automatic volume pricing.

Reliable Subscription Changes — Paid access and credits now activate reliably when billing updates arrive late or out of order, scheduled interval changes apply correctly at renewal, and cancelled or unpaid subscriptions no longer regain plan credits.

A Clearer View of GoVeda — The redesigned home page brings together GoVeda’s products, worked agent examples, published report samples, multilingual search, customer logos, and security commitments.

Solutions for IP Teams and Patent Offices — Dedicated solution pages now explain private and sovereign deployment options, examination support, data handling, and representative deliverables for in-house teams and patent offices.

More Ways to Evaluate Bespoke Intelligence — Explore and download representative landscape and patentability reports, then request intelligence tailored to your market or research question.

Accounts Ready from Your AI Assistant — Signing in through an AI assistant now creates a complete GoVeda account with verified profile information, without requiring a prior website visit.

More Resilient Patent Tools — Batch patent requests preserve successful results when one lookup has a temporary problem, search filters accept a single country, classification, or owner, and invalid inputs return clearer guidance.

Search Back Navigation That Remembers Your Place — Browser Back now returns to the previous page of search results instead of leaving the result set behind.

Clearer Credit Responses — Credit-related errors now report the correct remaining balance, distinguish an ended plan period from a used-up balance, and suggest the matching next step.

More Reliable Report Downloads — Report PDFs recover correctly when generation is retried, regional language settings render with the appropriate text, and completed reports no longer retain stale timeout messages.

August 17, 2026

Semantic Search, About 60% Faster — Semantic search now returns results about 60% faster after shortening its end-to-end request path; search quality and result depth are unchanged.

Zero Data Retention for API Workflows — API users can opt in to Zero Data Retention for supported search and report workflows. See the API Data Retention policy for coverage, retention windows, and how existing data is handled.

Patent Content on Demand — get_patent and batch_get_patents can now return only the requested sections. Single-patent reads can continue through long or paginated sections, while batch reads preserve successful results when an individual patent or section fails.

Search Inside a Patent — The new search_patent_content tool finds keywords and phrases across a patent’s abstract, claims, and description, with real paragraph references and paginated results.

Traceable Patent Citations — Patent citation tools now trace each result to the family member, citation source, category, and related claims that produced it, with consistent identifiers and explicit family scope.

More Responsive, More Faithful Patent Translation — Long patent translations now stay connected and complete reliably instead of stalling partway, while complete claim blocks and source-language meaning are preserved more faithfully.

Landscape Reports from Documents — Start a patent landscape report from an uploaded document; GoVeda reads the file, proposes an analysis scope, and names the report for its technology area.

More Reliable Agent Workflows — Prior-art searches now complete with correctly ranked results, status checks stay responsive while analysis continues, and patent, search, and report results continue to render across updates.

Stronger Technical Analysis — Patent Chat and patent report workflows now provide more reliable technical analysis across supported user and API workflows.

Clearer Patent Legal Events — Patent legal status and estimated expiry now follow the latest grant document. API and MCP clients can use legal_events; legal_status remains available as a deprecated transition alias.

Clearer AI Training Disclosure — The Privacy Policy now states plainly that inputs, uploads, searches, and reports are never used to train or fine-tune AI models.

August 4, 2026

Connected Agent Workflows — Agent tools now work with your GoVeda account and report workflows, accept your own prior art, clearly flag unsupported search fields, and let you choose whether Agent-created searches and reports appear in your web history.

Clearer Privacy & API Disclosures — Updated disclosures explain more precisely how data is retained, when external processing may occur, and how GoVeda services are hosted.

July 28, 2026

Single-Call Semantic Search — A new POST /api/search/v2 returns semantic search results in one request instead of submit-then-poll

July 23, 2026

One-Card FTO Intake — Start an FTO report from a single form card instead of a multi-turn Q&A, then follow live generation progress without leaving the chat

Smoother Report Chat — A live thinking reveal, a clear pre-generation scope summary for landscape reports, progress that survives page reloads, and analysis-angle notices that appear only when the analysis was actually redirected

Better Patent Reading — Old scanned patents render as clean text instead of raw scan artifacts, paragraph numbers can be selected and copied, the language switcher correctly marks the true original document, and family legal-status badges are localized with clearer colors for inactive patents

Pick Up Where You Left Off — Going back from a patent returns you to where you were reading in a report, new searches appear in the history sidebar immediately, and long-running items no longer linger as placeholders after finishing

Your Language Sticks — Your language choice is no longer reset when arriving from bookmarks or search results, and marketing page titles, pagination controls, FTO expiry notes, and navigation terms now all follow your language

Date Filters That Just Work — Search, count, and prior-art date filters now accept plain numeric dates like 20200101 instead of silently returning no results

Polish & Reliability — Long unbroken names and queries wrap instead of overflowing, buttons show the pointer cursor again, out-of-range result pages land on the last valid page, emoji no longer count toward minimum description length, patent summaries return a clear error for invalid patent numbers right away, the refreshed logo reaches sign-in and emails, and the site no longer crashes when a browser blocks local storage

Sturdier Patent Tools for Agents — Report summaries always include flagged prior-art titles and scores, batch and report lookups name exactly which publication numbers weren’t found, and invalid search filters return readable error messages

July 10, 2026

Smarter Report Intake — FTO and Landscape reports now review your description upfront, pre-fill details you already provided, and ask targeted clarifying questions before generation starts

Clearer Query Guidance — Too-short or unclear report queries now explain exactly what’s needed — in the header search, report forms, and non-English queries alike — instead of returning a generic error

Widget Actions That Work Everywhere — Patent, search, and report cards inside ChatGPT and Claude now open reliably on GoVeda, search cards gained a View-on-GoVeda link, and in-card credit actions work as expected

Connect GoVeda from ClickUp — ClickUp’s MCP connector can now link directly to GoVeda’s patent tools

Instant Free Trials — Free trials in AI-assistant integrations now activate automatically on first use, with no separate activation step

Cleaner Patent Citations — Non-patent literature lists no longer include placeholder entries mixed in with real references

Smarter Family Ordering — Patent family members are now listed with the most examiner-relevant jurisdictions and latest publications first, instead of arbitrary order

Patent Page Navigation — A new back button returns you to where you came from — a citation list, patent family, or search — alongside a redesigned quick-access chat shortcut

Consistent Report Names — The sidebar and Search Activities list now show one consistent name per report, and FTO reports are named after your product

Account & Privacy Controls — Password management is back in account settings, and cookie preferences can be reopened anytime from the site footer

June 29, 2026

More Accurate Search — An upgraded search model delivers more relevant, higher-precision patent results

Faster Search — Patent search now runs up to 60% faster

MCP Widgets in ChatGPT & Claude — Patent, search, and report results now render as rich, interactive cards directly inside ChatGPT (Apps SDK) and Claude when you connect GoVeda’s MCP server

Patent Citations — Explore forward and backward citations — including non-patent literature — for any patent, page by page

Read Patents in Your Language — Auto-translate a patent’s full text — title, abstract, claims, and description — into your language, with a redesigned language switcher and clear machine-translation provenance

Multilingual Reports — Novelty, FTO, and Landscape reports are now fully localized across 7 languages, from cover to disclaimers

Faster Report Downloads — A rebuilt PDF export engine produces report PDFs dramatically faster and renders Chinese, Japanese, and Korean reliably

Smarter Company Search — Enter a company name in any language or format and GoVeda resolves it to the right entity; results now also show original (filing-date) assignees and let you filter by them

Patent Data APIs — New API and MCP endpoints return patent translations and ownership-transfer history

May 1, 2026

FTO Report — Run structured Freedom-to-Operate analysis to identify potentially relevant active patents before product launch, market entry, or commercialization decisions

Patent Landscape — Map competitors, filing trends, and whitespace across a technology area with an automated multi-chapter report driven by scenario decomposition and semantic search

Base Metadata Filters — Narrow patent results using essential metadata filters, improving precision across search, analysis, and API-driven workflows

Scout — Discover emerging patent signals, relevant assignees, and technology opportunities with a guided scouting experience built for early-stage IP research

April 27, 2026

Patent Search by Company — Find every patent owned by a company, with optional corporate-hierarchy expansion to cover subsidiaries

Expanded Search Filters — New filter dimensions: company-level assignee, patent status (alive/dead), and expiration date

Classification & Party Lookup in MCP — New lookup_classifications tool finds the right CPC/IPC codes by keyword or symbol; new lookup_party tool resolves a free-text company name to its standardized assignee form for filtering

Unified MCP Filter Parameter — semantic_patent_search and prior_art_search now accept a single search_conditions parameter with full AND/OR logic, mirroring the API’s filter structure

April 1, 2026

MCP Server — Connect any MCP-compatible AI assistant to GoVeda’s patent tools to run patent workflows end-to-end without switching context

Lower API Credit Cost — Patent retrieval via API now costs 1 credit per call, down from 3.6 credits

Archive Activities & Chats — Archive past searches, reports, and conversations — clean workspace, full history preserved

Chat Edit — Edit any sent message to refine your query and regenerate the response

Multilingual Sidebar Labels — Sidebar labels display record names in your search or report language

Shorter Search Query — Minimum search query length is now 1 character — ideal for patent number lookups

March 23, 2026

Patent Chat — Chat with any patent to understand its claims and technical details faster

Multilingual Search & Reports — Submit searches and report descriptions in any language; results are returned in English

Improved Search Navigation — Move between patents in the Patent Details view without returning to the results list

Upgrade Billing Update — Upgrade pricing is now based on remaining credits instead of time

Send Report to Email — Have completed reports delivered to your inbox automatically

Share — Share search results, patent details, and reports with others via a link

March 10, 2026

Login & Signup — A cleaner, faster sign-in and registration experience

Pricing Page — A dedicated page to compare plans and understand pricing

Pricing & Subscription — Introduced a credit-based pricing model with tiered plans and subscription billing

Billing & Invoices — View your payment history and download invoices from your account

Report Download — Download your novelty analysis reports

Report Table of Contents — Navigate reports more easily with an auto-generated table of contents

Report Access Control — Full reports are available to paid subscribers. Free-tier and anonymous users see a preview.

Activity History — Your searches and reports are saved and accessible across sessions

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