According to a publication in the Official Gazette this Wednesday (06/10/2020), BPTO and CAS, a non-profit division of the American Chemical Society, signed a technical cooperation agreement to expedite the examination of patents. The agreement establishes BPTO’s participation in a CAS Search Report pilot, with the aim of improving the patent workflow at the Institute.

The technology, which will be tested and optimized, is able to assess similarities with the state of the art from parameters of a patent application important for the examiner’s analysis. In addition, the system combines machine learning and data selected by humans, which improves the results offered.

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