Patent Continuation Strategy in 2026: How to Use AI to Identify, Draft, and File Continuations Before Your Competitors Do
Introduction Approximately 50% of all patents granted by the USPTO come from continuation applications. Most companies file continuations reactively — when a product changes, when a claim is challenged in litigation, or when a competitor’s design-around exposes a gap in...
Novelty Checker LLM vs. Traditional Patent Search Firms: What R&D Teams Actually Get From Each
Introduction R&D managers and IP counsel face a real choice when a new invention needs a prior art search. Traditional patent search firms offer expert analysts, curated results, and legal-quality reports — at $1,500 to $5,000 per search with a...
Post-Brexit UK Patent Strategy: What IP Teams Need to Know About EPC, UKIPO, and AI-Powered Prior Art Search
Introduction The UK left the European Union in 2020. It did not leave the European patent system. The UK remains a full member of the European Patent Convention — EPO applications still designate the UK, EP(UK) patents are still granted...
Ideacue + Novelty Checker LLM: The End-to-End Workflow From Invention Idea to Patentable Concept
Introduction Most inventions that fail patentability were not bad ideas. They failed because they were never properly ideated — the full solution space was never explored — or because prior art was discovered too late, after months of R&D investment...
What the Federal Circuit’s First ML Patent Ruling Means for Your R&D Team
Introduction In 2025, the Federal Circuit issued its first substantive Alice analysis for a machine learning patent — Recentive Analytics v. Fox Corp. For patent attorneys, it is a legal precedent. For R&D teams, it is a warning about which...
$1.9 Billion in Patent Damages in Six Months: Is Your R&D Team Flying Blind?
Introduction $1.9 billion. That’s what US courts awarded in patent infringement damages in just the first half of 2025. Across 21 cases. The largest single award involved semiconductor technology that had been in development for years. The common denominator across...
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