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Schell IP helps AI founders and technical teams evaluate inventions involving machine learning, model systems, and AI-enabled products. We focus on the technical contribution, the proposed claims, and the business reason for pursuing patent protection.
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An AI label does not describe an invention with enough precision. The useful details may concern model operation, system architecture, computing efficiency, data processing, or a technical application. We help organize those details and distinguish patent questions from decisions about keeping valuable information confidential.
Patent planning starts with what the system does differently and how it achieves the result. Architecture diagrams, implementation alternatives, and appropriate evidence of a technical improvement can make the analysis more concrete. Eligibility and the other patentability requirements still need individual review.
When AI tools assist the inventive process, document the human contributions. Current USPTO guidance applies the same inventorship standard whether AI was used or not; only natural persons can be named as inventors. Treating AI as a tool does not remove the need for an accurate inventorship analysis.
Potentially. The specific claims must satisfy eligibility and the other legal requirements; using AI alone is not enough.
No. U.S. patent inventorship is limited to natural persons.
Consider disclosure, detectability, independent development, commercial life, and the measures available to preserve secrecy. The choice is specific to the technology.
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Jeff Schell is a patent lawyer and entrepreneur who helps people and businesses in the artificial intelligence industry obtain and defend patent rights for their product portfolios. He connects patent strategy with product development, commercialization, and business priorities.
Based in Denver and Boulder, Colorado, Jeff is the founder of Schell IP, which is part of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP.
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