Should IBM Watson issue USPTO first office actions? I think yes...
I would like to propose that Watson could solve one of the biggest challenges facing anyone trying to innovate and product their innovation with a US patent - the USPTO first office action. While everyone is working hard and I know the patent office is overloaded, here how three problems I've seen over my years of working that perhaps Watson could address: 1) Speed - it can take 6-12 months to get a first office action 2) Almost any patent application is nowadays first rejected due to obviousness. But the patents cited to create this argument are often taken out of context. To me, these seem like challenges that Watson would be perfectly designed to addressed. And all the literature to be reviewed is, by definition, in the public domain.
Apr-17-2016, 19:25:25 GMT