Finnish Patent and Registration Office starts using artificial intelligence to evaluate patent applications

Artificial intelligence estimates the novelty of a patent application by comparing it to over 16 million patent publications, and provides the examiner with recommendation list of closest technology and possible obstacles of patent grant. The Finnish Patent and Registrations Office (PRH) and Teqmine Analytics Ltd. have signed a contract to supply artificial intelligence system for PRH to evaluate patent applications and inventions. “Processing patent applications with artificial intelligence is the future, and PRH wants to be at the international frontier when it comes to application