{"id":7652,"date":"2025-09-04T15:59:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/the-ethical-practical-use-of-ai-in-patent-prosecution\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T15:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:59:21","slug":"the-ethical-practical-use-of-ai-in-patent-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/the-ethical-practical-use-of-ai-in-patent-prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ethical &#038; Practical Use of AI in Patent Prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p><b>Sponsored by:<\/b> <\/p>\n<p label=\"questel_logo 373x100.png (373x100, AR: 3.73)\" class=\"alignnone\">\n<figure id=\"figure_00000198-f0dc-d340-a9be-f4fc87090000\" align=\"alignnone\"><figcaption\/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming the \u201cGoogle search bar\u201d for a new generation of patent practitioners\u2014yet using it in legal practice comes with serious ethical responsibilities. As AI tools find their way into everyday patent prosecution, attorneys must navigate USPTO and CFR rules to ensure their use is both effective and compliant.<\/p>\n<p>This webcast offers a concise, high-level guide to ethical AI use in patent practice, drawing directly from the USPTO\u2019s <i>Guidance on Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools in Practice<\/i>. You\u2019ll see live demonstrations and real-world examples that make these rules practical and actionable\u2014helping you keep your team efficient while safeguarding client interests.<\/p>\n<p><b>In this session, you\u2019ll learn how to:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" id=\"rte-9593e770-8278-11f0-b39f-032779bb5d11\">\n<li>Apply ethical obligations from 37 CFR 1.56, 11.18, 11.101, and 11.106 when using AI tools<\/li>\n<li>Recognize where AI can enhance efficiency without replacing your professional duties<\/li>\n<li>Supervise AI outputs as you would the work of a junior practitioner<\/li>\n<li>Educate colleagues\u2014especially new practitioners\u2014on compliant AI use in patent prosecution<\/li>\n<li>Build practical internal guidelines to govern AI-assisted work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Speaker: <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p label=\"Kevin Bronson - Colson Law Group 200x200.png (200x200, AR: 1.00)\" class=\"alignnone\">\n<figure id=\"figure_00000198-e654-da64-adf8-e6de5a720000\" align=\"alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"00000198-e654-da64-adf8-e6de5a720000\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/k2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/brightspot\/91\/5d\/03203fec4d78a9017a627e62094e\/kevin-bronson-colson-law-group-200x200.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption\/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Kevin Bronson<\/b> | | <i>Colson Law Group<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Can&#8217;t attend? <\/i><b><i><u>Register now<\/u> to<\/i><\/b><i> view the webcast on-demand<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsored by: Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming the \u201cGoogle search bar\u201d for a new generation of patent practitioners\u2014yet using it in legal practice comes with serious ethical responsibilities. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6206,891,4324,4096],"class_list":["post-7652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lawyers","tag-ethical","tag-patent","tag-practical","tag-prosecution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}