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AI Helps To Refine Examples
Working examples and patent claims are often drafted by different people. That can create a problem… In life sciences patents, inventors or R&D teams may prepare the working examples, while patent counsel drafts the claims. Important terminology can easily drift between the two. This is where AI can be especially useful. AI can compare the claims against the examples, identify missing or inconsistent terminology, and help refine the examples so they are consistent with the cl
23 hours ago


Before You Use AI: A Checklist for Protecting Confidential and Proprietary Information - Short Version
AI tools are becoming irreplaceable time savers. AI can take notes at meetings, analyze and summarize data and reports, search and synthesize technical information, and prepare investor and board decks, to name just a few. And DHL is a proponent of using AI for many company processes, including those related to intellectual property. However, AI tools, without the appropriate legal guard rails, can jeopardize your IP. Letting AI capture sensitive information without the right
1 day ago


Before You Use AI: A Checklist for Protecting Confidential and Proprietary Information - Full Version
AI tools have shifted from optional add-ons to essential infrastructure. AI can take notes at meetings, analyze and summarize data and reports, search and synthesize technical information, and prepare investor and board decks, to name just a few. And DHL supports the use of AI throughout a wide range of company processes, including intellectual property-related work. But AI tools, without the appropriate legal guard rails, can jeopardize your IP. Letting AI capture sensitive
1 day ago


Using AI for Strategic Patent Portfolio Build
The most expensive patent mistakes often do not become visible until years later. By then, the company may be stuck with weak fallback positions, limited claim options, or an entire strategy dependent on one application and one difficult examiner. It can feel like you’re stuck in mud. That is what happens when patent work is managed as a series of short-term filings instead of a long term strategic portfolio build. In this Patent Frontier discussion, Dominic Vacchiano and Ema
Aug 4


AI Hype vs. Reality: Lessons from PCs, the Internet, and Smartphones
As a professional whose career started in the 1980s, AI feels like the early days of PCs, the Internet, and smartphones—big hype, real potential, but real transformation takes time. Even if the tech moves fast, humans and systems take longer to adapt. ---------------- [FYI: The above text was generated by ChatGPT except that I added the 1st clause: "As a professional whose career started in the 1980s". (I left in the em dash (—) so you might have picked up that this was gener
Aug 20, 2025


Afraid that AI might take your job?
At DHL, we are committed to finding ways to use AI to help us do our patent tasks more efficiently and more effectively. We use AI every day to help us. But we realize that AI is in its early days and has many limitations. That's why we use it carefully and responsibly. About DHL Double Helix Law (DHL) has decades of experience building strong patent portfolios for life science companies. Learn more about DHL and meet the team . Want to stay updated on life science patent law
Aug 19, 2025
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