Category: Artificial Intelligence for Examination of Patent Applications
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Preexamination IV: Using AI to Pressure-Test Inventions for Patent-Worthiness
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in AI assisted patent analysis, AI assisted Patent Generation, Artificial Intelligence and Patents, Artificial Intelligence for Examination of Patent Applications, Artificial Intelligence for Patents, claim challenges, Patent generation to avoid validity challenges, Patent Portfolio Management, Preexamination, prior artSeries note. This is the fourth post in the Preexamination series, following Part I,Part II, and Part III. From valid to worth owning The first three installments used AI to pressure-test claims against the prior art so that what gets filed is more likely to survive examination and challenge. Validity is necessary. It is not…
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Preexamination: Seeing the Art Before the Office Does
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in AI assisted patent analysis, AI assisted Patent Generation, America Invents Act, Artificial Intelligence and Patents, Artificial Intelligence for Examination of Patent Applications, Artificial Intelligence for Patents, claim amendments, claim challenges, Examination Automation, inter partes review, IPR, Large Language Model (LLM), Machine Learning (ML), Patent generation to avoid validity challenges, Patent Portfolio Management, Post Grant Review, Preexamination, prior art, PTAB Patent Trials, reexamination generally, Synthetic ExaminationFor as long as people have recorded what they know, two capabilities have raced each other: the rate at which we generate information, and the ability to find and make sense of what we already have. Neither has held the lead for long. Every leap in one exposes the inadequacy of the other. The field…
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USPTO Automated Search Pilot Program: Enhancing Early Prior Art Assessment
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced an Automated Search Pilot Program in the Federal Register on October 8, 2025. This initiative evaluates the effects of providing AI-generated search results prior to substantive examination of original, noncontinuing, nonprovisional utility patent applications. By issuing an Automated Search Results Notice (ASRN) to participants, the…