Overview of TurboPatent (Now Integrated as Rowan Patents)
TurboPatent, now fully integrated into the Rowan Patents platform following a merger in 2019, is a sophisticated software solution designed to streamline and enhance the patent application and prosecution process. Here’s a detailed look at what the product does and its key features:
Purpose and Integration
TurboPatent’s technology is now part of the Rowan Patents platform, offering an integrated patent drafting environment. This integration combines the strengths of both platforms to provide a comprehensive solution for patent application preparation, review, and prosecution.
Key Features and Functionality
Automated Review and Analysis
TurboPatent’s flagship product, RoboReview, leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics to automatically analyze draft patent applications. This tool can review patent applications for novelty, patentability, antecedent basis, claim support, and term consistency, reducing the review time from days to seconds. It employs natural language processing and advanced algorithms to identify complex issues in patent claims, minimizing human error and the need for extensive manual review.
Rapid Response to Office Actions
RapidResponse is another key component that helps speed up the response to office actions during the patent application process. This tool automates the generation of response shells, including identifying examiner rejections and citing prior art, to inform a response strategy. It also provides features like automated USPTO markup styling, claim status rollover, and claim status inserts, ensuring that amendments are supported in the specification and synchronized across parallel claim elements.
Integrated Drafting Environment
The integrated platform of Rowan Patents, which includes TurboPatent’s technology, offers a seamless drafting experience. It includes all elements of a patent application—specification, claims, and drawings—in one purpose-built solution. This ensures consistency and compliance with diverse drafting requirements, automating tasks such as part numbering, tracking claim support, and maintaining consistency throughout the application.
AI-Driven Assistance
The platform utilizes task-based, AI-assisted tools that allow practitioners to control inputs and manage generated outputs. This includes leveraging local and cloud-based language models to generate sections of the draft application, such as summaries, abstracts, flowchart generation, and claim transformations. AI chat with intelligent prompt assistance further enhances the drafting process.
Error Checking and Consistency Review
TurboPatent’s technology, now part of Rowan Patents, includes robust error checking and consistency review features. The platform checks term usage across claims, specifications, and figures to ensure consistency. It also predicts art units, potential 112 issues, drawing parts lists, claim trees, and more, using Natural Language Processing optimized for patent language.
Support for Specialized Industries
The platform offers unique support for chemistry and biotechnology application drafting needs, including compound and sequence management along with an integrated chemical structure tool. This ensures that practitioners in these fields can efficiently manage complex data and ensure compliance with industry-specific requirements.
Benefits
- Efficiency Gains: Automates the most tedious and time-consuming parts of the patent drafting and review process, significantly reducing the time and effort required.
- Error Reduction: Minimizes human error through automated review and analysis, ensuring higher quality patent applications.
- Compliance: Ensures consistency and compliance with diverse drafting requirements and jurisdiction-specific components.
- Customization: Allows practitioners to tailor the drafting process to their specific needs and preferences using advanced AI technology.
In summary, the integration of TurboPatent into Rowan Patents has created a powerful tool that streamlines the patent application process, enhances efficiency, reduces errors, and ensures compliance, making it an invaluable resource for patent practitioners.