Paris, France – October 16, 2026 — Questel, a global leader in intellectual property (IP) solutions, today announced that Budde Schou, one of Scandinavia’s established full-service IP firms, has selected Orbit Intelligence and Qthena, Questel’s IP-specialized digital assistant to strengthen its patent research, analysis, and prosecution activities.

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Budde Schou provides comprehensive IP services to national and international clients, with expertise spanning patents, trademarks, designs, IP strategy, IP analysis, prosecution, enforcement, and due diligence. The firm also conducts specialized patent information searches across technical fields and provides prior art searches and worldwide IP watches.

By selecting Orbit Intelligence, Budde Schou will benefit from advanced patent searching, analytics, and visualization capabilities designed to help IP professionals efficiently explore global patent information and turn complex data into actionable insights.

Orbit Intelligence provides access to more than 100 million patents, 17 million designs, and 150 million non-patent literature records. Its search and analysis capabilities support activities including prior art research, technology landscapes, competitive intelligence, portfolio analysis, and technology monitoring.

Budde Schou has also chosen Questel’s AI assistant, Qthena, which is used daily across the entire patent lifecycle. Qthena supports a wide range of workflows, from patent searching and drafting to prosecution and enforcement. Qthena allows patent attorneys to enhance work quality and boost their efficiency, freeing up valuable time for more strategic, client-focused advice.

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Qthena is used by all patent attorneys on a daily basis. (...) We tested different tools and eventually ended up choosing Qthena because we thought that Qthena was the best tool for providing both the leverage as regards cost but also the leverage as regards quality. - Steen Hansen, CEO, Budde Schou

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The combination of Orbit Intelligence and Qthena AI assistant gives Budde Schou access to connected technologies supporting key stages of the patent lifecycle: from research and analysis through to prosecution and ongoing case management.

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About Budde Schou
Budde Schou is one of Scandinavia’s established full-service firms of IP Attorneys, providing advice and assistance to national and international corporate clients across the full range of intellectual property rights. Its services include patent, trademark, design, and utility model prosecution, IP strategy, IP analyses, prior art searches, IP watches, due diligence, validity and infringement opinions, licensing, and litigation support. Learn more about Budde Schou.

About Questel
Questel is a true end-to-end intellectual property solutions provider to more than 20,000 clients and 1.5M users across 30 countries. Questel offers a comprehensive scope of software and services for managing all types of IP assets (patent, trademark, design, domain name, copyright), including searching, analyzing, and watching, international filing, translation, renewal, and recordals. These solutions, when combined with our IP cost management platform, deliver clients significant savings across the entire IP lifecycle. Questel has 30 offices around the world and is headquartered in Paris, France. Find out more at Questel.com or on LinkedIn.  

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