Targeting European Leadership in Patent AI, DeepIP Acquires PatentMaker

AI patent drafting platform DeepIP has acquired PatentMaker, a patent workflow tool built by and for European IP practitioners, in a move the companies say positions them as the leading AI platform for patent drafting and prosecution in Europe.

The deal brings together two complementary operations. DeepIP, founded in 2024 by François-Xavier Leduc and Edouard d’Archimbaud, has grown rapidly since launch — raising more than $40 million in under nine months and counting more than 400 law firms and corporate IP teams across 25 jurisdictions among its users.

The company says more than 25,000 patent applications have been drafted on its platform, and it counts more than half of the top 50 North American IP law firms as clients.

PatentMaker was created by Dr. Matthias Hofmann, a German and European patent attorney and equity partner at Boehmert & Boehmert, one of Europe’s leading IP firms. He built the tool out of practical necessity — to streamline the routine but time-consuming tasks that consume patent practitioners’ days.

It has since gained adoption among nearly half of Germany’s top IP law firms, as well as corporate IP teams at Infineon Technologies and Siemens AG.

The combined platform is designed to cover the full patent lifecycle — from invention capture and prior art search through drafting, filing, prosecution, and post-grant work — within a single environment. The pitch is faster turnaround, higher-quality output, and collaboration across teams and jurisdictions.

With the acquisition, DeepIP is opening a German office within Boehmert & Boehmert’s Munich premises. Hofmann joins DeepIP as cofounder responsible for Germany, while PatentMaker Managing Director Celia Wei leads German operations for DeepIP.

DeepIP’s existing European headquarters remains in Paris, with its North American base in New York.