Exploring AI in the patent profession

How is artificial intelligence changing the way patent professionals search, draft and work with patents? Our expert guests, including patent attorneys, patent searchers and the EPO's Chief Technology Officer, take you on a journey through real-world use cases, ethical consideration and personal experiences with AI in patent practice.
From the practical to the forward-looking, this episode explores how AI is already shaping the profession - and what might come next.

Narrated by Marguerite McCaughan, EPO

Guests:
• Sébastien Ragot, patent attorney, E. Blum & Co. Ltd.
• Vipul Mendiratta, project team lead, Caterpillar 
• Tim Powell, patent attorney, chair of the epi Working Group on the use of AI
• Angel Aledo Lopez, CTO at the EPO

Further information:
EPO’s AI Policy (link.epo.org/web/about-us/transparency-portal/…)
epi Guidelines: Use of Generative AI in the Work of Patent Attorneys (patentepi.org/assets/uploads/documents/miscell…)
EPO’s Legal Interactive Platform launched (epo.org/en/news-events/news/myepo-services-lau…)