Study finds AI improves patent drafts, but junior attorneys show no lasting review advantage

A Google-funded study found that patent attorneys using Google Labs’ unreleased InFlow assistant produced better drafts, with larger gains among attorneys with fewer than seven years of experience. In a subsequent patent review task without AI, however, only senior attorneys retained an advantage; juniors showed no overall benefit and more divergent results. The researchers suggest that existing expertise may help attorneys turn AI-assisted practice into lasting skills. The findings do not establish that AI harms junior attorneys’ development: the study had a small sample, did not measure participants’ baseline skills and covered only three months.

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