Terms of Use

Last updated: 2026-10-06

These terms govern use of Patentbutler, provided by uptoIP GmbH. uptoIP GmbH is your contracting party for the Patentbutler service.

The service

Patentbutler helps you find patent publications and maintain research history and saved collections. Results are research assistance, not legal advice, a patentability opinion or freedom-to-operate advice. Results may be incomplete or inaccurate; seek qualified advice for decisions that require it.

Accounts and eligibility

Provide accurate account information and keep your credentials secure. Contact support if you suspect unauthorized access. If you use the service for an organization, you must have authority to act for it.

You may use the service only if you have the legal capacity to enter into these terms or the authorization of a parent or legal guardian where applicable law permits that arrangement. Any legally required age or parental-authorization conditions must be met. App Store content ratings vary by region and operating-system version; they do not determine legal capacity to enter a contract.

Registration and contract information

To request an account using email, enter your email address and password, review these Terms and select Create Account. If the app asks you to confirm your email address, follow the confirmation link before signing in. You can also create an account by completing a supported Apple or Google sign-in. Your service contract is concluded when we accept your registration and make your account available for use. Creating an account does not purchase a paid subscription.

You can review and edit your email address and password before selecting Create Account. The registration form identifies invalid entries so you can correct them before submitting again. For Apple or Google sign-in, check the account and information shown by the provider before continuing, or cancel that sign-in to choose a different account.

The contract language for the Patentbutler service is English. Store purchase terms and confirmations may be provided in other languages according to that store and your settings.

We store these Terms as a published document on this website. We do not create or store an individually assembled contract text for each registration or subscription, and your Patentbutler account does not provide a contract-document archive. You can save or print these Terms using your browser or device before registering or purchasing. The current version remains available on this page; it may change as described below. Store purchase records are available through the purchase history of the store account used for the transaction.

We have not subscribed to any voluntary codes of conduct for the Patentbutler service.

Your content

You retain your rights in submitted content. You must have authority to submit it. You permit us to transmit, process and store that content only as needed to provide the service, maintain your account history and saved collections, and meet applicable legal obligations. Do not submit another party’s confidential information without authorization.

Our search and translation endpoints are operated by uptoIP GmbH on our own infrastructure in Austria. We do not use your submitted research content to train models. We use Supabase for account and product data, with our primary database hosted in Frankfurt, Germany, and a gateway hosted by Hetzner in Nuremberg, Germany, to handle app requests. These hosting providers process information needed to provide their services; using our own search infrastructure does not mean all app data is processed exclusively inside our company.

Your account history stores the query sent to the search service and patent result references so you can review past searches. We retain these records until you delete your account.

Our Privacy Policy explains how app and website information is processed, retained and deleted, including hosting, service providers and your privacy rights.

Acceptable use

Do not misuse the service, bypass access or quota controls, interfere with other users, or submit unlawful content. Third-party patent content remains subject to its applicable rights.

Subscriptions and platform terms

Pro is offered through monthly or yearly subscriptions. Before confirming a purchase, check the features, subscription period, currency and total price displayed in the purchase screen. Purchases and payments are handled by the store through which you subscribe. We use RevenueCat to verify purchases and manage subscription access.

To subscribe, sign in, open Your Pro plan, select View Pro options and choose a monthly or yearly subscription. Review the selected plan and price, then proceed to the store’s purchase confirmation. A paid subscription transaction is completed only when the store accepts your authorized purchase under its purchase terms. Opening the subscription options alone does not make a purchase. The app checks your subscription and displays its access status after the store flow.

Before authorizing a purchase, you can cancel or close the purchase screen, return to the subscription options and select a different plan. Review the store account and billing information in the store’s own controls. After a completed purchase, changes and cancellations follow the subscription and consumer-rights procedures below.

Consumer subscription prices in Austria and other EU storefronts include applicable VAT and mandatory charges. Check the store’s purchase confirmation for the final payable amount and any storefront-specific tax information before authorizing payment. No delivery or shipping charges apply to this digital service.

Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel through the relevant store before renewal, following that store’s instructions. Cancellation normally stops future renewals; access for the period already paid for continues subject to the store’s applicable terms. Use Restore Purchases in the app to request restoration of an eligible purchase, using the store account that made it.

For a purchase refund, use the refund process of the store through which you subscribed. This does not limit any refund, withdrawal or other consumer rights that apply by law. Deleting your Patentbutler account does not itself cancel an Apple or Google subscription. Use the relevant store’s subscription controls to prevent further charges.

If mandatory consumer law gives you withdrawal, cancellation, refund or other remedies, those rights remain available. Contact support for help with a service issue or an applicable rights request. Any applicable store licence and purchase terms also govern your use of the app and purchases through that store.

Contract and consumer terms

We will take reasonable care in providing the service. Availability may be affected by maintenance, technical failures or circumstances outside our control. The research limitations described above do not exclude any mandatory rights concerning the quality or conformity of the service, or any liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

We may restrict or suspend access when reasonably necessary to address a material breach of these terms, unlawful use or a security risk. Where reasonably possible, we will explain the reason and how to contact support to resolve the issue. You can stop using the service and request account deletion. Store subscription cancellation remains a separate step; mandatory rights to refunds or other remedies remain unaffected.

Austrian law governs these terms. If you are a consumer, this choice does not deprive you of mandatory protections that otherwise apply under the law of your habitual residence. Nothing in these terms removes any mandatory right to bring proceedings in a competent court.

We may update these terms to reflect changes to the service, legal requirements or security needs. We will notify you of material changes in advance and seek your agreement where applicable law requires it. Changes will not be used to reduce your rights retroactively.

Account deletion and support

To initiate account deletion in the app, open Account, select Delete account, review the permanent-deletion notice, verify your identity and confirm the request. Deletion removes your account, profile, stored search history and queries, saved collections, and linked quota and entitlement records. The app clears its session and user-scoped local state. Deleted account data cannot be restored through the app.

For account help or deletion enquiries, contact support@patentbutler.app. You can email a deletion request without reinstalling the app. Contact us from your account email where possible; we will verify ownership before deleting the account. Never send passwords, authentication tokens or confidential research content in a request.

We aim to complete verified email deletion requests within one to three business days. Business days are Monday to Friday, excluding Austrian public holidays. If a request needs additional verification or cannot be completed within that target, we will explain the next steps and expected timing.

The account-deletion section of our Privacy Policy explains provider cleanup and records that can remain, including installation allowance records and backups. The support target above applies to email requests and does not replace statutory response duties for privacy-rights requests.