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Artificial intelligence (AI)for patentsMatthew Such, Group Director, TC 2800August 13, 2020Patent Public Advisory Committee quarterly meeting
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• Prototype leverages machine learning to automatically classify patent documents in CPC
• The USPTO is currently assessing results and maturing prototype functionality with input from classification experts
• Leverage business processes to collect feedback from examiners and classification experts for improving AI models
Auto-classification for patents
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Opportunities for value
• Quality assurance– Correct classification: auto-classification can provide data-
driven decision making for CPC symbol assignment– Complete classification: auto-classification system considers all
text of a patent document with all CPC symbols– Consistent classification: auto-classification system diminishes
subjectivity in classification assignment from multiple classifiers• Possible operational efficiency gains
– Potential reductions in internal costs4
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• Integrated with PE2E Search tool as a “one-stop-shop” for examiners– Cloud-based solution– AI can identify documents– AI suggests search areas to consider– Automatically captures feedback to improve AI models
• Released Beta test in March 2020 to ~500 users– Results will help inform path forward
Patent AI prototype for search
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Opportunities for value
• Potential search effectiveness of contribution of AI:– Increasing retrieval of relevant prior art while reducing retrieval
of irrelevant prior art
– Assisting examiners in reviewing prior art
– Suggesting other relevant search areas
• Broader search across all technology areas• AI learning will improve search models over time
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