Ankar

What it does

Ankar is an AI platform for R&D and patent teams working with internal institutional knowledge and external technical information. Its Explore capabilities connect internal knowledge with scientific literature, patents, competitive activity and adjacent fields to support portfolio mapping, landscape monitoring, technology scouting and whitespace analysis. Teams can use the platform to investigate opportunities and constraints before deciding which directions to pursue.

For invention and experimentation, Ankar supports concept generation, reformulation, result synthesis, knowledge capture, design acceleration and experiment design. Its Protect capabilities include invention disclosure, patent drafting, prosecution, freedom-to-operate analysis, invalidity and infringement detection. The intended users include researchers, inventors, R&D and innovation teams, and IP professionals across fields such as life sciences, semiconductors, materials and industrials. Ankar is offered as a platform implemented with the customer: the company describes onboarding, workflow configuration and integrations tailored to each deployment. Access is initiated by booking a demo; confirm account provisioning and the systems to connect during implementation.

What it can do

• Portfolio mapping and landscape monitoring
• Technology scouting and whitespace analysis
• Concept generation and reformulation
• Result synthesis and knowledge capture
• Experiment design and stage-gate preparation
• Patent drafting, invention disclosure and freedom-to-operate analysis

Before you choose

• Ankar describes a partnership-led implementation, including workflow configuration and onboarding; this is not presented as a self-service product.
• Integrations are scoped and built for each deployment; the official page does not name supported repositories, lab notebooks or IP management products.
• Pricing is not published in the official documentation; contact the company through its demo process for commercial terms.

Listed under

• Legal
• Enterprise
• Innovation
• Intellectual property
• Ip professionals
• Patents
• R&d

Get started

The company offers a demo as the product entry point.

1. Book a demo with Ankar.
2. Discuss the team's R&D, innovation or IP workflows and organizational requirements.
3. Work with Ankar on deployment configuration, user onboarding and any needed system connections.

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