Patents and AI: Current Tools, Future Solutions

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We’re talking about AI and its impact on the patent system.
This month's episode evaluates where we presently are and considers where it could all be heading. Dr. David Jackrel and Dr. Ashley Sloat lead a two-part discussion with our all-star panel that begins with a deep dive on the present state of AI patent tools for searching, proofreading, drafting, and prosecution – and then moves on to an exploration of how these tools could eventually provide solutions for many problems plaguing the industry including PTAB invalidation rates, hindsight bias, prior art search quality, and the unsustainable bar. Discussion highlights include:
⦿ ChatGPT 4.0 vs. professionals on core competencies
⦿ Why AI is evolving so rapidly
⦿ AI problems and hallucinations
⦿ AI and public disclosure risk
⦿ AI implications for inventorship
⦿ Current state of AI-assisted patent searching, proofreading, drafting (rule and LLM-based), and prosecution tools
⦿ AI's potential future role in the patent system for fixing issues with the PTAB, search quality, and the unsustainable bar
David and Ashley are also joined today by our always exceptional group of experts including:
⦿ Kristen Hansen, Patent Strategy Specialist at Aurora
⦿ Ty Davis, Patent Strategy Associate at Aurora
⦿ Josh Sloat, Chief Everything Else Officer at Aurora

** Mossoff Minute **
In this month's Mossoff Minute, Professor Adam Mossoff discusses the patentability of AI-generated works and inventions.
** Discussed Links **
⦿ USPTO Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions

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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. ChatGPT vs. professionals (mind blowing stats) (00:01:11)

3. Why AI is evolving so rapidly (00:02:38)

4. AI problems and hallucinations (00:03:17)

5. Episode overview (00:04:44)

6. AI and public disclosure (00:05:47)

7. Mossoff Minute: AI is a Tool (00:07:37)

8. Part 1: Current state of AI patent tools (00:10:49)

9. Key players in AI software tools for patents (00:12:43)

10. AI patent searching (00:13:35)

11. AI proofreading tools (00:25:06)

12. AI patent prosecution tools (00:26:02)

13. AI drafting: rule-based (00:33:40)

14. Ai drafting: LLM-based (00:37:32)

15. Prompt engineering and inventorship (00:40:42)

16. Part 2: AI's Future Role in the Patent System (00:46:31)

17. Patent system issues (00:46:59)

18. Problem: PTAB (00:47:21)

19. Problem: Unsustainable bar (00:48:27)

20. Problem: Search quality (00:49:14)

21. Time travelling PHOSITA (00:52:24)

22. Increasing practitioner output and ROI (00:58:30)

23. Outro (01:07:00)