All AI Patent Assistance is Not Created Equal

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping both innovation and legal practice, but not all AI involvement in the patent process raises the same legal issues. This program helps in-house counsel separate and address two distinct frontiers: patenting AI-assisted inventions and using AI to draft and prosecute patent applications.

On the invention side, the program examines the growing inventorship challenge where AI contributes to technical breakthroughs. It focuses on the core question of whether a natural person can still be credited with conception of every claimed invention, and explores the resulting implications for inventorship, validity, enforceability, and portfolio strategy. Attendees will also consider the importance of claim-by-claim documentation, evidentiary support, and global filing considerations.

On the drafting side, the program addresses the very different risks that arise when AI is used as a patent-preparation tool. Topics include accuracy and candor in prosecution, hallucinated technical content, privilege and confidentiality concerns, professional responsibility, disclosure considerations, and vendor-management issues. The program emphasizes the practical controls organizations should adopt to protect sensitive information, preserve work quality, and reduce prosecution and litigation risk.

Registration fee: $250

Location: Barnes & Thornburg, 11 S. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

1.0 hour CLE credit pending.

Questions? Email Lindsay Bostic or call 317-231-7382.