PatSnap is a provider of intellectual property analytics and R&D intelligence software with a workforce of roughly 130 employees worldwide. Recent staffing data shows the company added a modest number of new hires while experiencing a higher level of departures, resulting in a net reduction in total headcount. Despite this movement, PatSnap maintains a multi-disciplinary team that supports its patent search, competitive intelligence, and innovation management products.
Customer-facing roles dominate the organisation: Sales and Support accounts for nearly half of all employees with 62 team members. Business Management (13 employees) and Human Resources (10) follow, suggesting a focus on internal operations and talent programmes. Core product creation is handled by a lean Engineering group of 9 and an Information Technology team of 8, supplemented by 7 specialists in Marketing and Product. Smaller teams in Finance and Administration (6), Legal (4), and Operations (3) round out the structure, while an additional 6 employees are classified under Other. The mix shows an emphasis on commercial outreach supported by compact technical and back-office functions.
PatSnap’s staff is geographically diverse. London hosts the largest single contingent with 36 employees, followed by Toronto with 21 and Singapore with 10, highlighting hubs across Europe, North America, and Asia. A further 48 employees are spread across smaller offices and remote locations, including Suzhou, Shanghai, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and Dallas. This distributed footprint enables the company to service clients across major innovation centres while retaining operational flexibility.