Defining the Standard for Digital FTO Management
ClearstoneIP was founded by patent attorneys to set the industry standard for digital freedom-to-operate management. As the definitive system of record for patent clearance work, the Clearstone FTO platform brings in-house patent teams, R&D, and outside counsel into a shared environment that captures every clearance decision, rationale, and open question.
Built on a decade of perfecting FTO, the platform's Workflow-Native AI delivers review-ready analysis that preserves attorney judgment, rigor, and defensibility throughout the process. The result is accelerated innovation and effectively managed patent risk. Every clearance builds on the last, turning institutional knowledge into a competitive asset that compounds over time.
Defining the industry standard for digital FTO management
ClearstoneIP is backed by leaders in the intellectual property and legal technology industries, with deep expertise in patent law, FTO analysis, and enterprise software. Our team has decades of combined experience helping IP departments transform how they work.
Our mission is to define the industry standard for digital freedom-to-operate management—transforming FTO from a legal burden into a competitive advantage for innovation-driven companies.
3.1M
Patent Claims Analyzed
1.6M
Total Patents Reviewed
6,000+
Products Cleared
30%
Average Time Savings Per Review
Our leadership team
The founders’ collective 40 years of patent industry experience, together with ongoing feedback from thousands of global users, enable FTO management best practices in the market’s only purpose-built, end-to-end patent clearance management platform.
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Gabe Sukman
Jesse Sukman
Joe Aliperti
Stuart Recher
Our clients
Every day, thousands of patent professionals and technical leaders around the globe rely on Clearstone FTO to manage and collaborate on product clearance, freedom to operate, and patent infringement analysis.
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Experience the future of digital patent analysis today.
Our Story
ClearstoneIP was founded by patent attorneys to pioneer the industry standard for digital freedom-to-operate management. The Clearstone FTO platform provides efficient workflows centered around critical collaboration between and among key stakeholders in the patent clearance process, including in-house counsel, R&D, business units, and outside counsel. The result is accelerated innovation with effectively managed and mitigated patent infringement risk, all while building an institutional patent knowledge base.
