UAHuntsville graduates find opportunity; develop software to search patent database (09/19/2012) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — It was conversations with lawyers, engineers, and inventors, when a trio of graduates of The University of Alabama in Huntsville discovered

UAHuntsville graduates find opportunity; develop software to search patent database

(09/19/2012)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — It was conversations with lawyers, engineers, and inventors, when a trio of graduates of The University of Alabama in Huntsville discovered that the same frustrations kept coming up.

Entrepreneurs Jason Martin, Brad Chassee and Tony Rainoldi, the founders of ArchPatent, despite the critical role that intellectual property plays in the current business environment, there was simply no easy, low-cost way to navigate the enormous database of patent information or be confident that you were identifying the most important results.

"We found that people were relying on free search tools offered by Google and others, but were frustrated that they didn't do enough," says ArchPatent CEO Brad Chassee. "They had a lot of ideas about what functionality they needed to save time and money. We listened and set out to build something better."