Built for IP: How Banner Witcoff Is Raising the Bar on Patent Work with Solve Intelligence

About Banner Witcoff

Banner Witcoff is one of the nation's leading intellectual property law firms, with more than a century of experience helping clients secure, protect, and leverage their innovations. With attorneys based across offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., Boston, Portland, OR, and beyond, the firm advises Fortune 500 companies, emerging growth businesses, and universities on their most complex patent, trademark, and IP matters. Banner Witcoff's attorneys combine deep technical backgrounds with sophisticated legal judgment, bringing scientific and engineering expertise directly to bear on client strategy.

The Opportunity

Patent prosecution is unlike any other area of legal practice. It requires attorneys to translate complex technical inventions into precise legal language, navigate an evolving body of USPTO guidance, and craft claim strategies that hold up against scrutiny for years to come. The margin for error is low, and the stakes (i.e., protecting a client's core innovations) are high.

Banner Witcoff had always invested in the tools and training needed to keep their attorneys at the frontier of the profession. When generative AI began to mature, firm leadership recognized both the promise and the risk. Generic AI tools, trained on broad data and optimized for general writing tasks, fell short of what IP practice demands. Drafting a patent application is not the same as drafting a contract or a brief. It requires technical fluency, claim architecture expertise, and an understanding of prosecution strategy that most AI or legal AI simply doesn't have.

"We evaluated a wide range of AI tools, but many were designed for general legal or business applications rather than the unique demands of patent practice. We realized early on that patent-specific tools were more effective for us, and Solve Intelligence stood apart because it was clearly built with patent professionals and patent workflows in mind." Elizabeth Almeter, Shareholder, Banner Witcoff

Why Solve Intelligence

After evaluating the landscape, Banner Witcoff selected Solve Intelligence, an AI platform purpose-built for patent professionals. Where other tools required attorneys to work around their limitations, Solve Intelligence was designed from day one around the specific workflows of patent prosecution and litigation: drafting applications, responding to office actions, analyzing claims, and supporting prosecution and litigation strategy.

Critically, the Solve Intelligence team brought deep IP expertise to the engagement, not just engineering resources. Onboarding included hands-on sessions tailored to Banner Witcoff's practice groups, with the Solve team working directly alongside attorneys to ensure the platform was calibrated to how the firm works.

"What ultimately distinguished Solve Intelligence was the combination of a highly intuitive interface, deep patent-specific functionality, and a team that actively listens to user feedback. The pace at which new capabilities are introduced gives us confidence that Solve Intelligence will remain at the forefront of AI solutions for patent professionals." Bill Siskoff, Chief Technology Officer, Banner Witcoff

What Attorneys Are Saying

Jat Bombien, Shareholder

• ‍"Solve has become an essential part of our patent prosecution process. It allows the firm to prepare stronger applications, respond more efficiently, and maintain better visibility into complex portfolios without sacrificing precision."

Sydney Huppert, Attorney

• ‍Office Action Responses: "As an IP attorney Solve has significantly streamlined my drafting and prosecution workflows. Solve’s ability to generate tailored first drafts and organize prosecution histories allows me to better serve my clients."

Impact

The results at Banner Witcoff reflect what happens when a firm with deep IP expertise meets a platform built to match it. For a firm whose reputation is built on quality, precision, and client trust, the standard for any new tool is high, and Solve Intelligence was honored to have been considered and ultimately chosen to help support Banner’s continued pursuit of providing the best services to their clients and advancing their clients’ most valuable IP assets.