SEP charts have a different evidence problem
A typical claim chart reads a patent against a product. An SEP chart reads a patent against the standard, and the standard against the product. Two layers of evidence, two sets of citations that need to remain verifiable, and a chart that has to make the relationship between them legible.
Generic AI tools collapse the two layers. They paraphrase the standard, summarize the product, and produce text that looks like a claim chart but cannot survive a question about where any specific phrase came from.
Verbatim from the standard, verbatim from the product
PatentFlare extracts quotes verbatim. Upload the standard specification as source material and the system treats it the same way it treats any other technical document: it pulls quotes character for character, validates each quote against the source, and cites the section number and page where the quote appears.
Upload product evidence in parallel and the system maps each limitation against both the standard text and the product evidence. The output chart shows which phrases of which limitation are disclosed by the standard, which are disclosed by the implementation, and where the chains of evidence connect.
Audited disclosed findings
SEP charts are read with particular skepticism by implementers during licensing negotiations and by courts in FRAND disputes. The cost of a finding that turns out to be inferential rather than direct is high.
PatentFlare runs a second pass on every disclosed finding before the chart is finalized. The chart you send into negotiation reflects only direct disclosure; inferential readings are marked accordingly, so the chart is already pressure-tested against the kinds of pushback you expect.
Exports built for SEP records
DOCX export with headers, footers, and Bates numbering for use in licensing exhibit packs and SEP litigation. Excel export when the chart needs to be cross-referenced against multiple claims or multiple sections of the standard. Each cell carries its own source citation back to the standard or the product documentation.
What it does not replace
FRAND analysis, SEP licensing strategy, and the legal judgment on essentiality and infringement remain with counsel. PatentFlare produces a verifiable mapping. The decision about whether a patent is essential to the standard, and on what FRAND terms, is yours.