SwitzerlandHealthcare and life sciences2023 – ongoingYpsomed
AI patent searches for freedom-to-operate investigations
Ypsomed reported cutting FTO-related patent-search time by 50% or more with IPRally
Problem
Ypsomed's patent team reviewed large volumes of documents before medical-device launches. Its Boolean searches returned many irrelevant results and required substantial review time.
Approach
After testing AI search products, Ypsomed acquired IPRally's knowledge-graph AI tool. The patent team used it alongside its existing Boolean tool, which remained its primary search system. Faster initial searches let staff spend more time assessing relevant patents.
Results
Takeaway
The reported saving concerned prior-art searches within freedom-to-operate investigations. Ypsomed retained its established search tool and specialist review.
Categories
- Industry
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Business function
- Finance, risk and legalIT and R&D
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Predictive analytics and ML
- Adoption
- Vendor solution
- Evidence
- Vendor case study
Sources
Source summaries
IPRally reported that Ypsomed reduced FTO-related search time by 50% or more. A Ypsomed patent expert described using the AI tool alongside conventional Boolean searches.
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