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Methods, evidence and research quality.

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Analysis·8 min

Non-Digitized Prior Art: The Systematic Blind Spot in AI Patent Search

How pre-digital technical literature, foreign-language textbooks, and manufacturing standards evade AI-based patent search — and the targeted methods that surface them.

3AIP Research
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Aug 2024
Methodology · 6 min

When AI Hallucinates Citations: A Protocol for Verification

Practical steps for identifying fabricated or misapplied citations in AI-generated patent search outputs, with documented examples from production use.

3AIP ResearchJun 2024
Litigation · 10 min

Chain-of-Custody Documentation in IPR Proceedings

What constitutes adequate documentation for a prior art search report to withstand inter partes review scrutiny — and what the PTAB has found wanting.

3AIP ResearchApr 2024
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