AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS (INCLUDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) FOR USPTO

The USPTO will be acquiring significant new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in the coming months to assist patent examiners and trademark examining attorneys as well as reduce patent and trademark pendency. The USPTO is seeking American industry partners motivated to help improve the patent and trademark examination processes and fuel a national transformation of AI infrastructure with the goal of reducing application backlogs and protecting applicant data from domestic and foreign IP theft. The Agency seeks to broaden its understanding of the commercial marketplace in order to increase the efficiency of the patent examination process by the use of additional low or no cost AI-based tools that can assist in the completion of specific examination-related tasks, thereby ensuring consistency of the work product.