# FlowLeap

> FlowLeap is the AI agent workspace for serious patent work: prior art search, claim drafting, and patent analysis where every answer traces back to a source you can check.

FlowLeap is a desktop app (macOS and Windows) built on a VS Code fork. Its patent AI agent searches USPTO and EPO patent data — including WO (PCT) publications via EPO OPS — plus scientific literature, drafts and analyses claims, and runs freedom-to-operate and landscape studies. It never invents patent numbers or claim text: every cited document comes from a real search, and conclusions link back to the passages that support them.

## Product

- [FlowLeap](https://www.flowleap.co/en): The first patent AI agent workspace
- [Pricing](https://www.flowleap.co/en/pricing): One flat plan after a 7-day trial; no credits and no usage metering
- [Pricing (markdown)](https://www.flowleap.co/pricing.md): The same price list as a plain markdown sheet for agents
- [Download](https://www.flowleap.co/en/download): Get FlowLeap for macOS and Windows
- [About](https://www.flowleap.co/en/about): Who we are and why we build this
- [Contact](https://www.flowleap.co/en/contact): Questions, demos, enterprise
- [Use with your AI agent](https://www.flowleap.co/en/mcp): Set the FlowLeap CLI up in your own agent with one copy-paste prompt, by hand, or over MCP in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and any MCP client
- [Releases](https://www.flowleap.co/en/releases): Desktop release notes and version history for macOS and Windows

## Documentation

- [Docs](https://www.flowleap.co/en/docs): Guides, references, getting started
- [Blog](https://www.flowleap.co/en/blog): Patent analysis and AI-in-IP writing

## Answers

- [Patent Q&A hub](https://www.flowleap.co/answers): Practitioner questions answered with cited, verified sources
- [What are secondary considerations of non-obviousness?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-are-secondary-considerations-of-non-obviousness)
- [What does indefiniteness mean in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-does-indefiniteness-mean-in-patent-law)
- [What does patent pending mean?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-does-patent-pending-mean)
- [What is a continuation-in-part application?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-continuation-in-part-application)
- [What is a divisional patent application?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-divisional-patent-application)
- [What is a European patent and how is it a bundle of national patents?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-european-patent-and-how-is-it-a-bundle-of-national-patents)
- [What is a Jepson claim?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-jepson-claim)
- [What is a Markush claim?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-markush-claim)
- [What is a means-plus-function claim limitation?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-means-plus-function-claim-limitation)
- [What is a notice of allowance in patent prosecution?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-notice-of-allowance-in-patent-prosecution)
- [What is a patent claim?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-patent-claim)
- [What is a patent family?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-patent-family)
- [What is a person of ordinary skill in the art (POSITA)?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-person-of-ordinary-skill-in-the-art-posita)
- [What is a product-by-process claim?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-product-by-process-claim)
- [What is a restriction requirement in a patent application?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-restriction-requirement-in-a-patent-application)
- [What is a statutory disclaimer of patent claims?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-statutory-disclaimer-of-patent-claims)
- [What is a terminal disclaimer in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-a-terminal-disclaimer-in-patent-law)
- [What is an abstract idea in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-an-abstract-idea-in-patent-law)
- [What is an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS)?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-an-information-disclosure-statement-ids)
- [What is an office action in patent prosecution?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-an-office-action-in-patent-prosecution)
- [What is analogous art in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-analogous-art-in-patent-law)
- [What is antecedent basis in a patent claim?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-antecedent-basis-in-a-patent-claim)
- [What is claim construction in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-claim-construction-in-patent-law)
- [What is constructive reduction to practice?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-constructive-reduction-to-practice)
- [What is contributory patent infringement?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-contributory-patent-infringement)
- [What is double patenting in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-double-patenting-in-patent-law)
- [What is freedom to operate in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-freedom-to-operate-in-patent-law)
- [What is induced patent infringement?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-induced-patent-infringement)
- [What is inequitable conduct in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-inequitable-conduct-in-patent-law)
- [What is joint inventorship in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-joint-inventorship-in-patent-law)
- [What is literal patent infringement?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-literal-patent-infringement)
- [What is opposition before the EPO?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-opposition-before-the-epo)
- [What is patent exhaustion (the first-sale doctrine)?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-patent-exhaustion-the-first-sale-doctrine)
- [What is patent infringement?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-patent-infringement)
- [What is patentable subject matter?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-patentable-subject-matter)
- [What is prior art in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-prior-art-in-patent-law)
- [What is prosecution history estoppel?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-prosecution-history-estoppel)
- [What is supplemental examination at the USPTO?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-supplemental-examination-at-the-uspto)
- [What is the Alice/Mayo two-step test for patent eligibility?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-alice-mayo-two-step-test-for-patent-eligibility)
- [What is the all-elements rule in patent infringement?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-all-elements-rule-in-patent-infringement)
- [What is the best mode requirement in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-best-mode-requirement-in-patent-law)
- [What is the broadest reasonable interpretation standard in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-broadest-reasonable-interpretation-standard-in-patent-law)
- [What is the difference between a classic European patent and a Unitary Patent?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-classic-european-patent-and-a-unitary-patent)
- [What is the difference between a continuation and a continuation-in-part application?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-continuation-and-a-continuation-in-part-applica)
- [What is the difference between a continuation and a divisional patent application?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-continuation-and-a-divisional-patent-applicatio)
- [What is the difference between a design patent and a utility patent?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-design-patent-and-a-utility-patent)
- [What is the difference between a final and a non-final office action?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-final-and-a-non-final-office-action)
- [What is the difference between a patent and a copyright?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-patent-and-a-copyright)
- [What is the difference between a patent and a trade secret?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-patent-and-a-trade-secret)
- [What is the difference between a patent and a trademark?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-patent-and-a-trademark)
- [What is the difference between a patent and a utility model?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-patent-and-a-utility-model)
- [What is the difference between a patent assignment and a patent license?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-patent-assignment-and-a-patent-license)
- [What is the difference between a patent attorney and a patent agent?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-patent-attorney-and-a-patent-agent)
- [What is the difference between a patent examiner and a PTAB judge?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-patent-examiner-and-a-ptab-judge)
- [What is the difference between a plant patent and a utility patent?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-plant-patent-and-a-utility-patent)
- [What is the difference between a provisional and a non-provisional patent?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-provisional-and-a-non-provisional-patent)
- [What is the difference between a reissue and a reexamination?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-reissue-and-a-reexamination)
- [What is the difference between a request for continued examination and a continuation application?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-request-for-continued-examination-and-a-continu)
- [What is the difference between a utility patent and a plant variety protection certificate?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-utility-patent-and-a-plant-variety-protection-c)
- [What is the difference between an assignee and a licensee in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-an-assignee-and-a-licensee-in-patent-law)
- [What is the difference between an independent and a dependent patent claim?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-an-independent-and-a-dependent-patent-claim)
- [What is the difference between comprising and consisting of in patent claims?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-comprising-and-consisting-of-in-patent-claims)
- [What is the difference between conception and reduction to practice?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-conception-and-reduction-to-practice)
- [What is the difference between direct and indirect patent infringement?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-direct-and-indirect-patent-infringement)
- [What is the difference between enablement and the written description requirement?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-enablement-and-the-written-description-requiremen)
- [What is the difference between inter partes review and post-grant review?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-inter-partes-review-and-post-grant-review)
- [What is the difference between novelty and non-obviousness in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-novelty-and-non-obviousness-in-patent-law)
- [What is the difference between the EPC and the PCT?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-difference-between-the-epc-and-the-pct)
- [What is the doctrine of equivalents in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-doctrine-of-equivalents-in-patent-law)
- [What is the duty of candor and good faith before the USPTO?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-duty-of-candor-and-good-faith-before-the-uspto)
- [What is the European Patent Convention (EPC)?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-european-patent-convention-epc)
- [What is the experimental use exception to the on-sale bar?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-experimental-use-exception-to-the-on-sale-bar)
- [What is the Graham v. John Deere framework for obviousness?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-graham-v-john-deere-framework-for-obviousness)
- [What is the KSR v. Teleflex standard for obviousness?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-ksr-v-teleflex-standard-for-obviousness)
- [What is the machine-or-transformation test?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-machine-or-transformation-test)
- [What is the on-sale bar in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-on-sale-bar-in-patent-law)
- [What is the Paris Convention priority right?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-paris-convention-priority-right)
- [What is the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-patent-cooperation-treaty-pct)
- [What is the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-patent-prosecution-highway-pph)
- [What is the preamble of a patent claim?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-preamble-of-a-patent-claim)
- [What is the public use bar in patent law?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-public-use-bar-in-patent-law)
- [What is the teaching-suggestion-motivation (TSM) test?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-teaching-suggestion-motivation-tsm-test)
- [What is the Unified Patent Court (UPC)?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-unified-patent-court-upc)
- [What is the Unitary Patent (the European patent with unitary effect)?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-the-unitary-patent-the-european-patent-with-unitary-effect)
- [What is validation of a European patent?](https://www.flowleap.co/answers/what-is-validation-of-a-european-patent)

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