LegalTech Launches 'IP Decision Accumulation' Feature to Record Patent Application and Maintenance Considerations
LegalTech Inc. has launched a new feature on its AI platform 'Tokkyo.Ai' that allows companies to record and accumulate the reasoning behind patent applications and maintenance using a chat format, aiding in M&A and IP strategy.
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LegalTech Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Tomoyuki Hirai; hereinafter 'LegalTech') has launched a new feature on its intellectual property AI platform 'Tokkyo.Ai' that allows users to record and accumulate the consideration process regarding patent applications, maintenance, and utilization.
With this feature, details of considerations such as 'why apply' and 'why choose to maintain' can be left in a chat format, enabling retrospective review and reuse at a later date.
Background: Growing Interest in the Explainability of IP Decisions
Conventionally, patents were often managed centrally by simply 'applying' or 'maintaining' them, and the reasons for these decisions were sometimes not systematically recorded.
On the other hand, in recent years, amidst trends such as:
- An increase in business restructuring and spin-offs
- The sophistication of M&A due diligence
- Expanding interest in intangible asset evaluation by investors and financial institutions
The importance of explaining the positioning and reasons for holding intellectual property is increasing.
In the AX (AI Transformation) era, with the increase in invention creation, qualitative management of patent portfolios is even more required.
Overview of the New Feature
By recording the patent research and consideration process in a chat format, Tokkyo.Ai achieves the following:
- Accumulation of the thought process behind invention consideration and prior art searches
- Re-referencing of research results and consideration details as a history
- Assistance in decision-making through comparison with past considerations
This makes it possible to look back on the thought and decision-making process at the time of consideration, contributing to the continuous improvement of the precision of IP strategies.
Expected Use Cases
- Sharing the status of patent considerations at management meetings
- Organizing patent information during business consolidation and restructuring
- Preparing foundational materials for M&A due diligence
- Creating supplementary explanatory materials for investors and financial institutions
Tokkyo.Ai aims to become a foundation for accumulating patent consideration processes and research results, treating patents not just as held assets, but as 'assets that can be utilized based on their consideration history'.
Future Developments
LegalTech plans to expand the features for visualizing IP decisions, and in the future, strengthen integration with industry-specific templates and financial perspectives.
The policy is to support the implementation of explainable IP strategies in the AX era.
With this feature, details of considerations such as 'why apply' and 'why choose to maintain' can be left in a chat format, enabling retrospective review and reuse at a later date.
Background: Growing Interest in the Explainability of IP Decisions
Conventionally, patents were often managed centrally by simply 'applying' or 'maintaining' them, and the reasons for these decisions were sometimes not systematically recorded.
On the other hand, in recent years, amidst trends such as:
- An increase in business restructuring and spin-offs
- The sophistication of M&A due diligence
- Expanding interest in intangible asset evaluation by investors and financial institutions
The importance of explaining the positioning and reasons for holding intellectual property is increasing.
In the AX (AI Transformation) era, with the increase in invention creation, qualitative management of patent portfolios is even more required.
Overview of the New Feature
By recording the patent research and consideration process in a chat format, Tokkyo.Ai achieves the following:
- Accumulation of the thought process behind invention consideration and prior art searches
- Re-referencing of research results and consideration details as a history
- Assistance in decision-making through comparison with past considerations
This makes it possible to look back on the thought and decision-making process at the time of consideration, contributing to the continuous improvement of the precision of IP strategies.
Expected Use Cases
- Sharing the status of patent considerations at management meetings
- Organizing patent information during business consolidation and restructuring
- Preparing foundational materials for M&A due diligence
- Creating supplementary explanatory materials for investors and financial institutions
Tokkyo.Ai aims to become a foundation for accumulating patent consideration processes and research results, treating patents not just as held assets, but as 'assets that can be utilized based on their consideration history'.
Future Developments
LegalTech plans to expand the features for visualizing IP decisions, and in the future, strengthen integration with industry-specific templates and financial perspectives.
The policy is to support the implementation of explainable IP strategies in the AX era.