Hiro Bulk Ask

Introducing “Bulk Ask” by Hiro: Supercharge Your Patent Analysis

In the fast-paced world of patent research whether you’re conducting freedom-to-operate checks, novelty searches, or competitor landscaping staying efficient is critical. After your initial keyword search, you often need to drill into dozens (sometimes hundreds) of documents to find the precise technical details you care about. Until now, that meant opening each patent one by one and manually hunting for the information you need.

Meet Bulk Ask
Bulk Ask is Hiro’s new batch Q&A capability that lets you ask the same question of an entire set of patents—simultaneously. Whether it’s a simple yes/no check, a multiple-choice filter, or a request for specific data points, Bulk Ask will:

1. Run your question across all selected patents in one go
2. Automatically group and summarize the answers
3. Highlight and filter your results so you can zero in on the patents that matter most

Why Bulk Ask?

• Save Hours of Reading: Rather than opening each PDF, let Hiro scan the text and pull out just the lines that answer your question.
• Consistent, Objective Results: No more fatigue-driven oversights. Hiro applies the same criteria of extraction to every document.
• Intelligent Filtering: Get an instant breakdown e.g. “15 patents use Sensor A, 8 patents use Sensor B, 2 patents don’t mention either” and click to view only the ones you care about.
• Flexible Question Types:
  • Yes/No Checks (“Does this group of patents disclose graphene coatings?”)
  • Multiple-Choice Filters (“Which electrode catalyst is claimed: A. Platinum, B. Palladium, C. Other?”)
  • Quantitative Extractions (“What temperature ranges are described for the heat exchanger?”)

How It Works

1. Select Your Patent Set
   On your Search Results or in a Workspace folder, check the patents you want to analyze or simply work with the current page’s results.
   
    
2. Open Bulk Ask
   Click the new “Bulk Ask” tab in Hiro’s sidebar (right between Chat and History), or use the “Batch Q&A” button on the Search Results filter bar.
3. Type Your Question
   Choose from smart templates or write your own in either English or Chinese and hit “Ask.”
   

4. Review & Filter
   In seconds, Hiro will display a categorized summary:

   
   
   

5. Dive Deeper or Export
   Click any result to open that patent at the exact passage. When you’re done, export your findings (with patent numbers, titles, answer tags, and snippets) to Excel or save them back to your Workspace.

Real-World Example

Scenario: You’ve found 120 patents on advanced drone navigation. You need to know:

• Q1: “Do these patents use multiple sensor types for obstacle avoidance?”
• Q2: “Which patents do not rely on LiDAR?”

With Bulk Ask, you run Q1 and immediately see:

• 78 “Yes” (multi-sensor)
• 42 “No”

Flip to Q2 and filter down to the 42 non-LiDAR patents—no manual reading required.

Get Started Today

Bulk Ask is available now to all Hiro users on Patsnap’s Search Results and Workspace pages. Use it to speed up expert review, bring clarity to large hit lists, and empower your team with data-driven filtering so you spend less time clicking and more time innovating.

Head over to your Search Results page, open the Hiro sidebar, and give “Bulk Ask” a try!