How R&D Teams Use AI to Identify Patent Whitespace Before Filing
Introduction Most R&D teams file patents based on what they have already invented. The teams building the most defensible IP positions are filing based on where the technology landscape is going. AI-related patents are growing 28% year-on-year globally (WIPO 2025)....
M&A Patent Due Diligence with AI: Compressing 6 Weeks Into Days
Introduction The deal has a 90-day close window. The target company has 500 patents. The IP team has three weeks before the acquisition committee needs a patent risk summary. Traditional patent due diligence for a 500-patent portfolio takes 4-8 weeks....
AI vs Keyword Patent Search: Which Actually Finds More Prior Art? (With Benchmark Data)
Introduction Keyword patent search has a structural flaw. It is called the vocabulary problem. An invention described as a ‘distributed ledger system’ and an invention described as a ‘decentralised transaction record’ are technically identical. A keyword search for one finds...
5G SEP Licensing Is Still a Battlefield. Here Is How AI Claim Mapping Changes the Game.
Introduction The 5G standard essential patent licensing dispute is not over. As of 2025, more than 200 active SEP cases were ongoing across the US, EU, India, and China. FRAND rate negotiations that were expected to settle with 5G adoption...
Continuation Patent Strategy in 2026: How AI Maximises Portfolio Coverage
Introduction A granted patent is not the end of a portfolio strategy. It is the beginning. The most defensible IP portfolios are not built from single filings. They are built from patent families — continuations, divisionals, and continuations-in-part that follow...
Section 101 Rejections Are Still the #1 Issue at the USPTO. Here Is How AI Drafting Helps.
Introduction More than a decade after Alice Corp v. CLS Bank (2014), Section 101 rejections remain the most common final rejection for software, AI, and business method patents at the USPTO. 40%+ of software and AI patent applications receive at...
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