Black Hills AI: IP Docketing software
AI for IP — before AI was a thing
Black Hills AI builds automation infrastructure for intellectual property prosecution. Its Otto HUB platform combines deterministic rule engines with generative AI, serving law firms and corporate IP teams with docketing, patent drafting, and renewal automation built on open APIs.
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What Black Hills AI does
Founded in 2009, the company spent over 15 years developing deterministic automation for patent and trademark prosecution before integrating generative AI as a layer on top. Otto HUB provides real-time USPTO Patent Center sync, 25+ REST and MCP endpoints, and SDK access for custom AI workflows. The Otto IP Suite offers a patent drafting wizard, office action analysis, and a Word Add-In. IP Automation Services include docketing automation, EOU scanning for renewals, IDS automation, and Honu file-transfer services.
What it does
Black Hills AI core capabilities
Otto HUB™
Open data and API layer with 25+ REST and MCP endpoints
Otto IP™ Suite
AI-powered patent drafting and prosecution tools
Otto IP Word Add-In
Word integration for drafting and prosecution workflows
Honu™
Agent reporting and file-transfer platform
EOU Scanning
Automated element-of-use scanning for renewals
IDS Automation
Automated information disclosure statement processing
Technical specifications
- 25+ REST and MCP API endpoints
- Real-time USPTO Patent Center sync
- Integrations: DMS, IPMS
- Build with Claude, Cursor, Windsurf
- Word Add-In integration
- Integrated with Draw
- io and Ketcher
- Deterministic rule engine plus AI enrichment
Who it is for
Who Black Hills AI is built for
Target audience
- Large Law Firm
- Chambers & Individual Lawyers
- In-House Legal Teams
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Otto HUB is Black Hills AI's open data and API layer that powers all of its products and supports custom AI workflows. It provides real-time USPTO Patent Center data, AI enrichment, 25+ REST and MCP endpoints, a full SDK, and integration with DMS and IPMS systems. Users can build with Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf on top of it.
Black Hills AI states its docketing engine is 10,000x more accurate than generative AI alone by combining deterministic rule engines with AI enrichment. The company reports over 95% of docketing volume is fully automated, with accuracy approaching 100% through architectural design rather than prompting, eliminating entire categories of error.
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