Process

From idea to findable prior art

Depatent is designed around one irreversible act: publishing enough technical detail that later patent claims lose novelty.

1

Describe the invention

Paste or write the problem, the technical solution, implementation details, and practical variants.

2

Pass the enablement gate

The flow checks whether a skilled person would have enough detail to practice the invention.

3

Confirm the irreversible choice

The user types PUBLISH after seeing the self-anticipation warning: publication may destroy their own patentability.

4

Make it discoverable

The public page ships with structured metadata, sitemap inclusion, AI-readable summaries, and proof artifacts.