Workshop Schedule


The programme is subject to updates.

Time Event
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome address
09:10 - 10:30

Multi-Task Classification Model for Multilingual Patents

Yongxin Peng, Xinyu Tong, Yueyun Zhang and Yonghe Lu (Sun Yat-sen University, China)

Improving Patent Classification using AI-Generated Summaries

Naoya Yoshikawa and Ralf Krestel (ZBW, Germany)

Large Language Model Informed Patent Image Retrieval

Hao-Cheng Lo, Jung-Mei Chu, Jieh Hsiang and Chun-Chieh Cho (National Taiwan University, JCIPRNET)
10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:30

Semi-Supervised Learning Methods for Patent Classification Using Search-Optimized Graph-Based Representations

Ekaterina Kotliarova and Sebastian Björkqvist (IPRally Technologies Oy, Finnland)
11:30 - 12:30

Keynote: Matthew Wahlrab (CEO RapidAlpha)

Unlocking Strategic Growth: The Role of AI Technology in Intellectual Property


12:30 - 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:30

Logic Mill - A Knowledge Navigation System

Sebastian Erhardt, Mainak Ghosh, Erik Buunk, Michael E. Rose and Dietmar Harhoff (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Germany)

Automated Patent Landscaping using Deep Learning

Sebastian Erhardt (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Germany)
14:30 - 15:00

Poster Session (4x5min pitch + 40min running into the coffee break)

ClaimCompare: A Data Pipeline for Evaluation of Novelty Destroying Patent Pairs

Arav Parikh and Shiri Dori-Hacohen (University of Connecticut, U.S.)

Automatic Identification of Patent Claim Types: Enhancing Efficiency in Patent Analysis

Rima Dessi, Hidir Aras and Mark Prince (FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany; CAS - Chemical Abstracts Service U.S.)

Comparing Complex Concepts with Transformers: Matching Patent Claims Against Natural Language Text

Matthias Blume and Christoph Hewel (IP Aptly, Inc., U.S./Germany)

Employing Active Learning for Training a DL-Model for Citation Identification in Patent Text

Farag Saad, Hidir Aras and Mark Prince (FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany; CAS - Chemical Abstracts Service U.S.)
15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break (during poster session)

15:30 - 16:30

Open discussion: How to transform research insights into products? (60min) / XAI (Explainable AI) for Patent Analytics?

16:30 - 16:50

Looking back at 5 PatentSemTech Workshops (20min)

16:50 - 17:00

Workshop closing (10min)