GermanyManufacturing2023 – ongoingSartorius
AI Patent Categorizer for weekly patent monitoring
Sartorius put AI patent screening into use across its core technologies
Problem
Sartorius lacked a consistent process for evaluating patents. Manual review took time, and employees' different approaches produced inconsistent assessments.
Approach
Sartorius worked with IamIP to develop an AI Patent Categorizer. The tool classified patent documents by relevance and supplied confidence scores for reviewers. IamIP reported that Sartorius used it for membrane technology and related separation processes, with better prioritization and less review work.
Results
No published figures
Takeaway
Sartorius used the classifier to make patent screening more consistent between employees. Confidence scores accompanied the relevance classifications used in review.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Business function
- IT and R&DFinance, risk and legal
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Predictive analytics and ML
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Evidence
- Vendor case study
Sources
Source summaries
IamIP described the jointly developed patent classifier and its use at Sartorius. It reported time savings and more consistent screening across the company's core technologies.
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