After filing your patent application, the USPTO assigns it to a group and art unit for examination. Getting the right group and art unit may make the difference between a valuable patent and no patent at all.
Use our Art Unit Predictor to see the most likely groups and art units to be assigned to your patent. We also show you the claim words associated with the predictions. You can amend your claims to steer your application to a preferred group and art unit. After amending your claims, rerun predictions to see updated results.
Our Predictor is most valuable for certain technologies, such as software and machine learning where an application could be assigned to a business method art unit with a 5% grant rate or a computer art unit with a 79% grant rate.
We've achieved great outcomes for clients using the Art Unit Predictor. Using a model trained on public patent data removes human bias in decision making and gives us more confidence in the predictions.
The Art Unit Predictor has enabled us to successfully reframe many patent applications to land in more favorable art units. That provides tremendous value for our clients!
The Art Unit Predictor is incredibly helpful to give my clients a better chance at obtaining protection for their important inventions.
Our Art Unit Predictor is a machine learning model trained on public patent data obtained from the USPTO. We use state-of-the-art neural networks that learn how the USPTO does assignments. The AI is able to understand the meaning of patent claims and determine the most likely groups and art units to be assigned.
The prediction task is difficult since humans at the USPTO are involved in the assignments, and humans are less predictable than machines. For this reason, our predictions include the top 3 groups and top 5 art units. By showing you multiple predictions, we help you steer your applications in the right direction.
Avoid unnecessary claim amendments to obtain more valuable patents for your clients in less time.
No more filing of a CIP or a Track 1 application with a delayed priority claim to escape a difficult art unit.
Avoiding the most difficult art units will reduce the number of office actions and appeals on your path to issuance.