Proofbox
“Defensive publishing platform for establishing prior art and preserving freedom to operate.”
Proofbox
“Proofbox GmbH is an Austrian platform for defensive publications. Technical documents receive a qualified electronic seal with a qualified timestamp under eIDAS and a DOI, and are published in the Proofbox online archive, where their availability is logged.”
Products & services
Defensive Publishing and Digital Archive
“Publish inventions as prior art. Proofbox provides trusted timestamps, tamper-proof archiving, and paywall-protected public access.”
codeSEAL® & Trade Secret - Proof of Existence
“Protect source code and trade secrets without disclosure. Proofbox creates tamper-proof, eIDAS-compliant proof of existence — no data leaves your environment.”
Questions & answers
How does a defensive publication support my freedom to operate?
“A defensive publication makes your idea, invention or innovation publicly accessible and thereby documents that it already existed before the priority date of possible later patent applications. It may thus stand against the novelty of a later application by a third party covering the same subject matter.”
What are the risks of publishing an invention?
“Publishing an invention carries certain risks. The most important point: a published invention can no longer be patented in identical form, neither by you nor by anyone else.”
Can I publish my invention on my own website?
“Technically, yes – but it's complex. For a disclosure to be considered valid, it must meet strict requirements: (1) permanent discoverability via search engines (SEO), (2) a certified timestamp with Long-Term Validation (LTV), and (3) verifiable proof that it has remained accessible since publication.”
What is a defensive publication?
“A defensive publication is the deliberate disclosure of an invention with the aim of making it prior art. It creates no industrial property right.”
How does a defensive publication work on Proofbox?
“You upload a PDF, and the platform processes it fully automatically. The document receives a qualified eSeal with a qualified timestamp under eIDAS (EU) 910/2014 with long-term validation, a SHA-256 hash is embedded in the seal, a persistent DOI is registered, and the publication appears in the Proofbox archive under a permanent URL.”
What does a defensive publication cost compared with a patent application?
“A defensive publication on Proofbox is handled with a one-time publication fee; there are no maintenance fees. You will find the current fee on the prices page.”
Company details
- Founded
2026-04-17
Data formats & record details
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- Entity ID
- urn:readyscan:entity:proofbox-q141174999
- Material fingerprint
- fnv1a64:ef7976ab79d53e0f
- Entity revision
- fnv1a64:5a813b2717378c39
- Published
- 2026-10-27
- Modified
- 2026-10-27
- Source summary
- Proofbox: “Proofbox GmbH is an Austrian platform for defensive publications. Technical documents receive a qualified electronic seal with a qualified timestamp under eIDAS and a DOI, and are published in the Proofbox online archive, where their availability is logged.”