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...
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...
AI Adoption in Patent Practice Hit 85%. Here’s What the Other 15% Are Waiting For.
Introduction Clarivate’s Centre for IP and Innovation Research tracked something significant in 2025: AI adoption in patent practice jumped from 57% in 2023 to 85% in 2025. That is a 28-percentage-point shift in two years. The 15% who have not...
One Product Launch. Four Patent Offices. Why APAC IP Clearance Falls Apart Every Time.
Introduction A semiconductor product designed by a Taiwan fabless company, fabricated at TSMC, using components from Korean and Japanese suppliers, targeting consumer electronics markets in Japan, Korea, the United States, and China. This is not a hypothetical supply chain. It...
CNIPA Processed 1.8 Million Patent Applications Last Year. Here’s Why Most Search Tools Cover Less Than Half.
Introduction A semiconductor product designed by a Taiwan fabless company, fabricated at TSMC, using components from Korean and Japanese suppliers, targeting consumer electronics markets in Japan, Korea, the United States, and China. This is not a hypothetical supply chain. It...
DRAM and NAND Patents Are Filed in the World’s Densest Clusters. Are Korean IP Teams Searching Them Properly?
Introduction In most technology domains, a prior art search returns a manageable universe of relevant references. In dynamic random-access memory architecture, 3D NAND flash process technology, and OLED display thin-film transistor design, the relevant universe is an order of magnitude...
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