Podcast – IP search in the AI era: reality v hype

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Podcast – IP search in the AI era: reality v hype

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Kathy Van der Herten and Don Swartwout of CAS discuss the benefits and challenges of using emerging technologies to help with IP searches

Is artificial intelligence revolutionising the intellectual property space?


In this podcast episode, sponsored by CAS, we focus on the benefits, opportunities, and challenges of using emerging technologies in IP searches.

Kathy Van der Herten, director of product management at CAS, and Don Swartwout, senior technical manager at CAS, joined Managing IP's senior reporter Rani Mehta to discuss:

  • How has AI and other emerging tech played a role in the evolution of the IP searching space?

  • What are the challenges of using AI for IP searches?

  • What’s next for the use of AI in IP searches?

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As a specialist in scientific knowledge management, the team builds the largest authoritative collection of human-curated scientific data in the world and provides essential information solutions, services, and expertise. Scientists, patent professionals, and business leaders across industries rely on CAS to help them uncover opportunities, mitigate risks, and unlock shared knowledge so they can get from inspiration to innovation faster. CAS is a division of the American Chemical Society.

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