By assisting inventors to use AI to draft patents, GlobalIPCo becomes the largest filer of South African provisional patents
In 2026, GlobalIPCo began assisting inventors to use AI to draft and file South African provisional patents. The result: comparing Q1 2025 with Q1 2026, GlobalIPCo increased its South African provisional patent filings by nearly 300% – making GlobalIPCo the top filer of South African provisional patents for Q1 2026.
How GlobalIPCo assists inventors to draft patents using AI
GlobalIPCo evaluated freely available AI drafting tools (for specifications and drawings) and tested the results to provide expert tips to inventors on how best to use AI to draft a patent.
See some of your tests:
- Barbecue tongs with inbuilt torch
- Ring with teflon coating on the inner radial surface
- Linking alarm to a bus timetable
Conclusion: If inventors use the tips provided by GlobalIPCo, AI can provide a patent specification that far exceeds expectations. In many instances, AI even “invents” for the inventor, expanding on the invention in areas that the inventor did not previously consider. For example, when prompting AI to draft a patent for a ring with a teflon coating on the inner radial surface, the specification AI drafts details how the inner radial surface of the ring should be prepared to facilitate bonding of the teflon coating.
GlobalPCo’s recommendation for drafting patent specifications is ChatGPT.
How to create patent drawings using AI
At the beginning of 2026, the quality of AI-generated patent drawings was poor. But, then Nano Banana upped its game.
GlobalIPCo highly recommends using Nano Banana to create patent drawings.
For instance, if you prompt Nano Banana to “give me patent drawings for a ring with a teflon coating on the inside to facilitate removal of a ring from a finger“, Nano Banana generates the following images:
Now that you have created the patent specification and drawings, the “hard part” is done. Next, you need to file a provisional patent using a system you can trust.
How to file a provisional patent created using AI
GlobalIPCo is the largest filer of South African patents 2022-2025 and is trusted by +3,000 users to file patents. It is now also the #1 option for filing South African provisional patents.
To file a provisional patent using GlobalIPCo:
- Register by providing your email address and a password. There is no cost to register on GlobalIPCo – you only pay when instructing a filing.
- Select Patent – South Africa – Provisional.
- Enter your patent details, download and sign the pre-populated forms and upload a scanned copy of the signed forms – see our guide.
- Pay $49 by credit card – this is the total cost.
Within a business day of instructing filing a provisional patent on GlobalIPCo, you will receive a patent application number and a filing receipt.
Next step? In 12 months’ time, you will need to draft and file complete patents in countries where you wish to secure patent protection.