Patrix is a Swedish IP management software provider whose flagship product, Patricia, has been handling patent, trademark, and design case management for IP law firms and corporate IP departments for over 20 years. The core problem Patricia addresses: IP practitioners managing hundreds or thousands of active cases across multiple patent offices need a system that automatically tracks deadlines (annuities, renewals, examination dates, opposition periods), manages prosecution workflows, and provides portfolio-wide visibility — without relying on spreadsheets that inevitably miss a critical deadline. Patricia is a fully customizable IP case management system with automated docketing (including Black Hills AI integration for patent office data feeds), annuity/renewal tracking, cost estimation, invoicing, document management, and reporting. Available as Client/Server, web product, or SaaS — one of the few IP management tools offering both on-premise and cloud deployment. Founded in Sweden (Patrix AB), offices in Alexandria, VA. 11-50 employees, ~$5.1M estimated revenue. ‘Created by IP professionals for IP professionals.’ G2 4.4/5 (14 reviews). Competitors: Anaqua (enterprise leader), CPA Global (Clarivate), Dennemeyer, FoundationIP (AppColl), Alt Legal. Pricing: ‘zero upgrade fees, full transparency on costs’ per company claim but specific pricing not published. IP annuity and renewal services also offered (IP services division). One G2 reviewer: ‘After two decades working in IP, Patricia is the best IP docketing software she has used.’ Black Hills AI patent office integration for automated docketing from USPTO, EPO, and other patent offices.
Company Info
- Founded: 2018
- Team size: 11-50 employees
- HQ: United States
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Workflows
Based on practitioner evidence, Patrix is used in these workflows:
What practitioners struggle with
Real frustrations from legal professionals — the problems Patrix addresses (or should address). Sourced from practitioner reviews, Reddit threads, and case studies.
Corporate IP department needs to report to management on the full cost of maintaining its patent portfolio — filing fees, attorney fees, annuity payments, translation costs across 30+ jurisdictions — but the data lives in three different systems (docketing, billing, and the annuity service provider) and nobody can produce a single view of portfolio economics without weeks of manual reconciliation
Where it fits in your workflow
Before Patrix
IP law firm or corporate IP department files patent/trademark/design applications with multiple patent offices worldwide → cases need to be docketed, deadlines tracked, prosecution managed → Patricia becomes the system of record for all IP case data
After Patrix
After cases docketed → Patricia automatically calculates IP law-dependent due dates (annuities, renewals, examination, opposition deadlines) → prosecution teams manage office actions and responses within the system → portfolio reporting for clients and management → annuity payments managed (via Patrix IP Services division or third-party) → renewal decisions informed by portfolio analytics
Integrations & hand-offs
Patricia ↔ Black Hills AI (automated patent office docketing from USPTO, EPO, etc.); → patent offices (EFS-Web, Patent Center, EPO Online Filing — via Black Hills AI integration); → billing systems (built-in cost estimation and invoicing features); → document management (built-in DMS within Patricia). Deployment: Client/Server, Web, or SaaS. Multi-tool reality: IP teams may use Patricia alongside Patent Bots (drafting), PatSnap (analytics), and prior art search tools.
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