Raycaster
I built a lightweight web tool that lets you drop in a patent number or claim text and instantly: • Retrieve the top related patents and scientific papers - especially similar, cross-domain data that gets overlooked by traditional tools. • Visualize patents in an AI-enriched table with summarized main claims + uniqueness • See the latest litigation news on each result • Export clean CSVs for your own workflows PS - I made a linkedin post about this widget and my boss said we can do a team offsite to Disneyland if it gets 1000 replies:]…
Raycaster launched on January 20, 2026 with 82 votes, #424 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
Raycaster keeps protocols, reports, Module 2/3, and quality docs in sync with the science. Your drug development teams ship stronger submissions with far less rework.
Raycaster helps teams run high-stakes document workflows—with cited findings, human review, and certainty you can defend and improve.
In the maker’s words, at launch
I built a lightweight web tool that lets you drop in a patent number or claim text and instantly: • Retrieve the top related patents and scientific papers - especially similar, cross-domain data that gets overlooked by traditional tools. • Visualize patents in an AI-enriched table with summarized main claims +…
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