Individual vs Bulk Ask NLPatent

Ask NLPatent is a conversational analysis tool built into NLPatent that allows direct, natural-language questions to be asked about the contents of a specific patent. Rather than reading through an entire specification, Ask NLPatent surfaces the relevant information quickly — making it easier to assess, compare, and extract insights from patent documents.

Common use cases include:

• Assessing the relevance of a patent to a particular technology or product
• Extracting key concepts, features, or claim elements
• Comparing patents against one another
• Performing first-pass patentability, validity, or FTO analysis

If you'd like to see our suggested prompts, see our Prompt Library Article. For those who'd like to prompt themselves, see our Prompting in Ask NLPatent Article.

Accessing Ask NLPatent

Individual Ask NLPatent

This is the best option when conducting a deeper dive on a specific patent — for example, mapping claim elements, interpreting terminology, or running a detailed relevance check.

Individual Ask NLPatent allows questions to be asked about a single patent at a time. It can be found by clicking into any patent and selecting the Ask NLPatent tab.

Bulk Ask NLPatent

Bulk Ask is most useful for quickly filtering a large set of results — for example, running a yes/no relevance check across an entire search before diving deeper into specific patents

Bulk Ask allows the same question to be asked across multiple search results simultaneously. To access it, click the Ask NLPatent button to the right of the Refine button in the search results view.

After clicking the button, you'll be brought to the pop-up where you will be allowed to input the question you'd like to use. This question will then be asked across each individual patent, so it should be phrased with a singular patent in mind, e.g. "Does this patent mention..." instead of "Which of these patents mention...". Once you're content with the question, click the Ask NLPatent button, and it will generate the answer.

After asking the question, the AI will think a bit, and then the answer will pop-up right below each patent in the search results.

If you'd like to modify the question to ask, simply click the pencil icon beside ask NLPatent.

Here, you can change the question that you'd like to ask. Similarly, if you'd like to delete the answer of a previous question, that can also be done as well by using the "Clear Question" button.

Limitations

• Ask NLPatent analyzes only the English text  of the specification. It cannot interpret figures, claims in other languages.
• Ask NLPatent helps you navigate patent text, but it does not provide legal advice. For legal analysis or opinions, please consult a qualified attorney.
• Users can ask up to 400 questions per day, (for bulk ask, this means that if you have 400 results, and ask 1 question to all of the patents, you will not be able to ask any more question, unless you reach out to support@nlpatent.com)