Invention disclosure software comparison
Autessa IDF Manager vs Inteum
Inteum serves technology transfer offices, and its site now leads with the Minuet platform and FirstIgnite AI agents as the two companies combine. Autessa IDF Manager makes the disclosure itself shine, for any invention program: structured capture, an enforced review pipeline, reviewer scoring, and legal and commercial fields, ready the day you invite your team.
- Reference code, assigned on first save
- Only the moves legal from this stage, for this role
- Structured disclosure sections
- Reviewer-only scores
Side by side
How they compare
How the two compare on the jobs an invention program runs every week.
| Capability | Autessa IDF Manager | Inteum |
|---|---|---|
| Checks a disclosure has its key sections | Built in | Intake agent coming soon |
| Novelty and commercial value scores on every disclosure | 1 to 10 each | Assessment agent, sold separately |
| Licensing strategy on the disclosure | ✓ | Prospecting Agent, sold separately |
| Who it is built for | Any invention program | Tech transfer offices |
| Pipeline that offers only legal moves and re-checks each one | ✓ | Not listed |
| Full headless access (Autessa MCP) | ✓ | Not listed |
| 100% customizable, code and all (Autobot) | ✓ | Not listed |
| Inventor-facing disclosure portal | ✓ | Inventor Portal |
| Docket, filing, priority and grant details | ✓ | ✓ |
Based on publicly available information as of November 2026. Product names are trademarks of their owners.
Where Autessa wins
Why teams choose IDF Manager over Inteum
For every invention program
Inteum is built around tech transfer offices. IDF Manager works just as well for a corporate IP team or a research group: Contributors write, Reviewers decide.
Scoring in the workflow
Inteum’s Tech Assessment Agent is sold separately. IDF Manager puts novelty and value scores on every disclosure, entered by your own reviewers.
A portal shaped to your office
Ask Autobot for a funding source field, a sponsor agreement check or a new stage for your review board, and it changes the app, code and all.
Connect your own AI
Through the Autessa MCP, you can use Claude to summarize disclosures and report on the pipeline, within your role, with no separate agent to add.
Switching
Moving from Inteum
Start by inviting your review committee as Reviewers and a few inventors as Contributors, then ask new disclosures to come in through IDF Manager. Existing disclosures can be re-entered through the form, with their files attached, when they next come up for review. Filing and grant details can be added on the Review tab at any time. Offices that keep Inteum for licensing can use IDF Manager for intake and review.
Ready on day one, shaped to your program
IDF Manager works out of the box inside Autessa: the disclosure form, review pipeline, scoring, legal fields and roles are ready the day you invite your team. From there you can tailor fields, workflow and branding to how your invention program runs.
FAQ
Autessa IDF Manager and Inteum: questions
Is Autessa IDF Manager an alternative to Inteum?
Yes, for invention disclosure capture and review. IDF Manager covers structured capture, an enforced review pipeline, reviewer scoring and legal and commercial fields, including a licensing strategy on each disclosure.
Does IDF Manager work for research groups?
Yes. Researchers can be Contributors who write and submit disclosures, and the IP team or committee can be Reviewers who score and decide on them.
Can we adapt it to our tech transfer office?
Yes. IDF Manager is 100% customizable. Autobot can add the fields and stages your office uses, code and all, from a plain-language request.
Can we use our own AI tools with it?
Yes. The Autessa MCP gives Claude and other AI tools full headless access, within the role of the person connected.
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Start your invention program
See IDF Manager with your own disclosures
Use it out of the box, or book a demo and bring a recent invention. We will take it from Draft to a reviewer’s decision with you.
Disclosure form · review pipeline · reviewer scoring · role-based access
100% customizable, code and all
Make Autessa IDF Manager fully your own.
Use it out of the box, then change anything. Ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new field, screen, report, workflow or agent and it builds it into your copy of the app. Or open the code and edit it yourself. Nothing is locked: the app, its data and its code are yours.
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