ClearAccessIP
IT Services and IT ConsultingCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
ClearAccessIP is an IT services and consulting firm based in Palo Alto, California, that focuses on the patent marketplace. The company positions itself as a collaboration between lawyers, engineers, and innovators aiming to improve access to and efficiency of patent transactions, reducing reliance on traditional brokerages and mitigating practices associated with patent trolling. Its objective is to connect patent holders seeking monetization with operating companies in need of protection, thereby facilitating more transparent and streamlined IP exchanges. The organization describes itself as developing a tool to enable patent attorneys, managers, and inventors to create value within the patent system, and it traces its roots to a SaaS-enabled marketplace for patent transactions that emerged in the market in early 2019. ClearAccessIP operates within the IT services and IT consulting industry, serving a niche that intersects intellectual property management with technology-enabled marketplaces. The company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and has historically highlighted its focus on reimagining how patent-related transactions are conducted to better support operating companies and IP creators. A notable recent development in the company’s history is its incorporation into broader AI and machine learning efforts applied to the patent market, as reflected in industry reporting from 2020.