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Reliable solutions for discreetly disclosing inventions as prior art online-only
Defensive Publishing
With Proofbox, you can publish technical innovations discreet, compliant, and cost-effectively but without filing a patent application. The IP-related Software-as-a-Service on our platform enables defensive publication, a proven strategy to prevent others from patenting the same invention. Each disclosure is digitally time-stamped and stored in our tamper-proof online archive, ensuring verifiability and validity. This service is ideal for companies, start-ups, and individual inventors who want to safeguard their developments without pursuing full patent protection.
Cost-Efficient Support of Your Freedom-To-Operate
A discreet disclosure in Proofbox's archive establishes prior art for the content of your publication. You support your freedom to operate without running the risk that third parties could claim rights to your idea later on, or that it might spread uncontrollably.
Immediate Establishment of Prior Art
By publishing instantly via our intellectual property related software, valid prior art is created. This ensures from the outset that no one else can obtain exclusive rights to the same idea; for example, through patent applications.
Globally Recognized Internet Disclosure
Proofbox provides internationally recognized disclosure via internet. At the same time, its controlled archiving system and paywall prevent unwanted or uncontrolled dissemination of your idea. All within our unique online-only archive and by our discreet but still compliant disclosure process.
Online-Only Archiving
Proofbox offers a unique, fully digital archive for technical disclosures, completely independent from external databases or public libraries. Each disclosure is accessible exclusively through our platform and is logged daily with tamper-proof integrity. This ensures not only long-term online availability, but also verifiable traceability and resistance to forgery that can stand up in proceedings. Our IP-related SaaS is the ideal solution for innovators who want maximum control over their publications, without relying on third-party institutions, but with the impact of a provable online disclosure.
Paywall-Protected, Yet Publicly Accessible
Our archive is publicly accessible, yet protected by a paywall. Each posted disclosure is indexable. This ensures that content remains discoverable, searchable, and visible to the public, without allowing unrestricted access and monitoring by competitors. It strikes the necessary balance between visibility and protection, ensuring effectiveness as valid prior art.
Verifiability and Long-Term Availability
All publications are process-compliant, securely stored, and verifiably available for the long term. Online availability is contractually guaranteed for at least 7 years. Each document is archived in a tamper-proof manner and meets the requirements for established online disclosures under patent law.
Compliant with International Disclosure Standards
Proofbox is aligned with the disclosure requirements of major international patent offices, including WIPO (PCT), EPO (EPC), USPTO (35 U.S.C.), CIPO, CNIPA, JPO, ARIPO, and EAPO. Each publication is thus globally recognized as prior art and can be cited in proceedings.