I'm pleased to announce that Accio Patent has been accepted as a trusted developer and app in the Developers Trust Alliance. It is the mission of the Developers Trust Alliance to offer developers a set of principles and best practices that promote user trust, and to educate consumers and those outside of the developer community about the different types of data and how data is used. The principles emphasize openness and transparency, security and data integrity, and responsible data stewardship. Because Accio Patent was designed from the start with a thoughtful, privacy-oriented framework, joining the Developers Trust Alliance was a simple…

The barcode scanner is my favorite way to get an e-copy of a patent when I have a paper copy or a stack of cover pages. If you want to learn more about which jurisdictions have supported barcodes and test some out, please visit the Barcodes page on the new website! If you're reading this post on your iOS device, you will need to print this link or open it on an external display. If you have trouble scanning from an external display, try increasing the brightness or zoom level. And if you find a new country using barcodes—or a barcode from…

Accio Patent 1.1.0 is now available in the App Store. I made some big changes to how Accio Patent Premium fetches US patents and application publications: To celebrate this update, I lowered the subscription price for monthly and yearly subscriptions by 60% for a limited time. You can still try it free for the first week, and you will be locked into the lower rate after the sale ends.

I revised the privacy policy for the app to make it even clearer where your data is stored and sent. As always, your searches are private, and the app does not send any personal information back to me. Thank you for trying—and trusting—Accio Patent.