AI is being promoted as a game-changer for patent search, but how much of that promise is holding up in day-to-day practice? This panel discussion on Thursday, October 22, at 12 PM ET, takes a “Hype vs. Reality” look at the impact of AI on patent searching, examining where AI is already delivering measurable productivity gains and where expectations still exceed what the technology can currently deliver.
Panelists will share their perspectives on:
- Which search tasks benefit most from AI today (e.g., prior art screening, classification, semantic search, and result triage), and which still require expert judgment
- The limits and risks of AI-assisted search, including relevance, hallucinations, transparency, and reproducibility
- How AI is changing the role of the searcher and workflows within IP teams
- How to evaluate AI tools critically and set realistic expectations
