Better Software Patents
The future is AI-powered, and so will be the work of us patent attorneys.
A popular framework suggests AI can handle low-stakes legal work while humans tackle the high-stakes issues. This idea, recently discussed in a LinkedIn post by Kevin Ahlstrom, is seductive but rests on a catastrophic misconception. It wrongly assumes a patent attorney’s job is just to find ‘correct answers.’ If that were true, the profession would … Read more
The world of AI-powered patent drafting is evolving fast. New tools seem to launch every week. And every time I give a talk or seminar, someone introduces me to one I hadn’t seen before. So here it is: my always-evolving master list of AI tools for patent drafting (in no particular order): Patent Drafting Tools … Read more
On January 22, 2025, I had the pleasure of hosting my seminar How to Draft Patents With AI. What an incredible session it was! We brought together patent professionals from across Europe, including folks from Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, and beyond. My goal? To show how AI can transform the way we draft patents while … Read more
A great patent tells a captivating story. Writing a patent document has a lot in common with creating a startup pitch deck, but with one key difference: A pitch deck tells the startup’s company story, aiming to convince investors of its potential profitability. A patent document tells an invention story, for an entirely different purpose: … Read more
Here are my three predictions for 2024: Let me explain: AI Will Arrive In The Patent Attorney Practice I anticipate a significant shift in how patent firms operate. By the end of 2024, many patent attorney firms will have started to craft their own prompt libraries, individualized LLMs and other AI-based tools for very specific … Read more
tl;dr— AI-assisted patent drafting isn’t about replacing human intellect with machines; it’s about augmenting our capabilities as legal professionals, freeing us to focus more on the complex and creative aspects of patent law. AI tools, especially Large Language Models (LLMs), have the potential to revolutionize the way we approach patent drafting, significantly enhancing the quality … Read more
Very soon, the patent attorney profession will be disrupted by conversational language models. Any doubts? Then please listen to this interview with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman. It’s a fascinating first-hand perspective on the journey from AI beating humankind in chess, then in Go, and now folding proteins beyond levels experts would have thought possible a moment ago. … Read more