Lightbringer today announced that companies can now work with registered patent agents directly inside AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. R&D teams can capture inventions, explore their patent portfolio and respond to attorney feedback in the same AI tools they use to develop new technology.

As engineers increasingly use AI to help them design, write and test technology, important details about what they are building, and why, take shape in those conversations. Patent work often happens elsewhere, across email threads, separate portals and meetings. Teams must piece the story back together when it is time to involve an attorney, and valuable details can be lost along the way.

Lightbringer brings these activities closer together. Its new connections let teams capture ideas as they develop, draw on earlier invention records and keep attorney feedback connected to the technical work behind it. The launch supports Lightbringer’s broader goal of making IP protection part of how companies build, with relevant knowledge available when teams need it.

“Engineers should be able to involve a patent attorney without having to stop and reconstruct everything they have been working on,” said Dominic Davies, CEO and co-founder of Lightbringer. “Bringing that collaboration into tools like Claude and ChatGPT helps teams capture what matters while the thinking is still fresh, and gives attorneys the context they need to move the work forward.”

Through supported AI assistants, R&D teams can:

  • Capture inventions as they develop. Turn AI conversations, design documents, pull requests and meeting notes into structured invention disclosures.

  • Fill in missing details. Get automated feedback on clarity, the technical problem and completeness before submitting a disclosure for attorney review.

  • Draw on previous work. Search invention records and portfolio history to find related ideas and understand what has already been documented or filed.

  • Work with patent agents. Read attorney comments and redlines, respond to feedback, and approve or request changes to drafts.

The connections use the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which allows supported AI tools to work with Lightbringer. Lightbringer also offers a plugin for Claude and Claude Code with guided workflows for refining inventions, requesting patent preparation and responding to attorney reviews.

Much of today’s legal AI focuses on helping attorneys work faster. For companies developing new technology, the bigger opportunity is to make patent protection fit the way they already work. Lightbringer brings invention capture and attorney collaboration into their AI tools, with fixed pricing for managed patent services so companies can plan costs without counting billable hours.

“Making legal work more efficient should make life easier for the companies paying for it,” Davies said. “Builders should be able to work with patent attorneys in the tools they already use to develop new ideas, with clear costs from the start. That is what we are building with Lightbringer.”

Lightbringer MCP is available now at no additional charge on Lightbringer’s free Starter plan, which also includes invention capture, patentability assessment, patent strategy and a pre-filing consultation. For companies using Lightbringer’s managed patent services, attorneys handle drafting, filing and prosecution, including office action responses, and review every application before it goes to a patent office.

Lightbringer serves more than 200 deep tech companies across the U.S. and EU. Companies can work with U.S. patent attorneys and file in the U.S., supported by Lightbringer’s Palo Alto office. To learn more, visit lightbringer.com/our-platform/lightbringer-mcp.

ABOUT LIGHTBRINGER

Lightbringer is the IP layer for growing technology companies, bringing invention records, portfolio information and expert input into the tools teams use to build. Its AI-powered platform helps companies capture ideas, understand their IP and move patent work forward. Companies can also engage Lightbringer’s registered patent attorneys for strategy, drafting, filing and prosecution. By connecting technical work with IP decisions and accountable expertise, Lightbringer helps companies protect what makes them different. Lightbringer operates from Malmö, Palo Alto, London and Stockholm.

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