Agentic AI is rapidly evolving into an invaluable tool for intellectual property (IP) professionals, but with that comes uncertainty and fear. Join CAS and Managing IP for a candid conversation that cuts through the hype to discuss agentic AI’s impact on IP workflows and the areas where deep IP expertise remains non-negotiable.
The webinar will consider how agentic AI accelerates discovery, sharpens results, and surfaces connections across structured and unstructured literature that keyword search misses, while keeping in mind the importance of human interaction for interpreting obscured patent language, validating results, and making the judgement calls that carry legal and financial weight.
What you'll learn:
Where agentic AI is delivering measurable efficiency gains in prior art search today, and where results still need expert review;
How AI accelerates query construction, classification, and relevance ranking in chemical and life sciences patents;
How to evaluate AI-powered IP search tools that put data quality and human oversight ahead of automation hype.
Register now for the webinar at 2pm BST (9am EDT) on Wednesday, October 21.
The speakers
Kathy Van der Herten
(Director of product management, CAS)
Kathy is a product management leader with over 20 years of experience in the intellectual property (IP) industry, spanning both trademarks and patents. Since 2021, she has served as director of product management at CAS, where she leads the IP product solutions portfolio. Based in Belgium and a regular visitor to the CAS offices in Columbus, Ohio, Kathy brings a global perspective and deep industry expertise to her role, driving innovation and delivering impactful solutions for IP professionals worldwide.
Brian Habersberger
(Lead genAI engineer, CAS Connections and CAS IP Finder, CAS)
Brian pioneers applied LLM engineering. As lead genAI engineer at CAS, he spearheads the development of CAS Newton for CAS IP Finder, bringing generative AI to the intersection of science and intellectual property.
Brian’s expertise stems from a deep career in the sciences, with 12 years at Dow Chemical Company. He was the architect of Dow’s first enterprise LLM application, a system analysing more than 250,000 patents. Brian is an inventor of 12 published patent families and has authored 15 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as JACS, Macromolecules, and Advanced Energy Materials.
He holds a BE in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University and a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota.
