Every inventor hits the same wall: has someone already claimed this? A patent attorney will answer it for $1,000 to $3,000 and a few weeks of waiting. Mimiic answers it in under a second, from one sentence, and hands you a report you can act on.
1. Describe the idea in plain English
No jargon, no classification codes, no Boolean strings. Type the idea the way you would explain it to a friend. Mimiic searches the full text of every US patent and ranks the closest ones by their claims, the part of a patent that says what is actually protected.
2. See exactly where it overlaps
Mimiic reads the closest patents claim by claim and maps every element against your idea: which parts are already covered, which are arguable, and where the open space is. Each patent gets an overlap score and a plain-language summary of what it covers and how it relates to yours.
3. Walk away with a Novelty Report
Every search ends in a Novelty Report: a verdict on how crowded the space is, the closest US patents with confidence scores, the claim-element matrix, the white space, and concrete ways to differentiate. Download it as a PDF and hand it to an attorney or an investor.
Searching is free and so is your first full report. After that a report is a one-time $29, a pack of five is $99, and Pro is $49 a month for 40 reports with no daily search cap. Credits never expire. Every report carries the same caveat: it is a research aid, not a legal opinion, and it covers US patents only.