Patenting AI: Growth of AI Technologies Across Industry Sectors
Artificial intelligence (AI) innovations continue to advance swiftly, prompting companies across diverse technology and industry sectors to seek expert guidance on protecting their intellectual property (IP). ArentFox Schiff’s Patent group supports these companies in securing patents for their AI technologies.
Generative AI tools like chatbots, image and video generators, and coding agents may seem new, but their foundational technologies have been evolving for over 50 years. These include data classification and regression algorithms, artificial neural networks, machine learning models, and natural language processing techniques. Many companies have harnessed these technologies for image and data analysis, pattern recognition, prediction, process optimization, machine translation, and speech synthesis.
Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of patents have been filed for inventions that incorporate AI in various technical fields. ArentFox Schiff’s Patent group has extensive experience helping clients in sectors such as microelectronics, cybersecurity, networking, health care, finance, automotive, e-commerce, manufacturing, entertainment, and human resource management secure their AI-related patents.
The team’s patent attorneys and agents come from technical backgrounds including computer science, electrical engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology. This multidisciplinary expertise supports a thorough approach to patenting AI innovations within the legal framework.
Examples of AI-related Patents
- Cybersecurity: US Patent No. 12,333,009 covers a system that detects anomalies in computer processes using machine learning combined with Markov chains. This enables real-time identification of cyber threats by comparing process events against behavior models.
- Cloud Computing: US Patent No. 12,033,002 describes a machine learning system for scheduling program operations on cloud services, optimizing component combinations based on user and processing constraints.
- Fintech: US Patent No. 11,562,298 presents an AI-driven predictive marketing platform that leverages first-party data analytics to optimize media content targeting.
- Data Backup: US Patent No. 12,314,219 details a machine learning-based approach to improve data archiving by efficiently managing file access.
- Networking: US Patent No. 11,966,500 covers a system isolating private information in streamed data using machine learning to ensure privacy despite unauthorized access.
- Automotive: US Patent No. 10,579,883 discloses an AI method for vehicle detection in intelligent driving systems, enhancing processing efficiency by focusing on relevant image areas.
- Health Care: US Patent No. 11,849,792 describes a head-mounted device using AI and machine learning to monitor physical condition accuracy for heat stroke risk assessment.
- Telecommunications: US Patent No. 11,616,879 involves a machine learning system to manage unwanted telephone calls, improving information security.
- Computer Vision: US Patent No. 12,080,054 presents a method to enhance small object detection in images through machine learning without increasing input image size.
- Biotech: US Patent No. 11,259,721 details a noninvasive AI-based method for detecting total hemoglobin concentration in blood.
- Industry: US Patent No. 12,182,700 discloses a fault diagnosis method for blast furnaces that combines deep neural networks with decision trees.
- Drones: US Patent No. 11,618,562 applies AI technology for controlling unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to subdue targeted individuals.
- Robotics: US Patent No. 11,297,755 describes AI control methods for soil-working machines, improving navigation and task efficiency.
- Resource Management: US Patent No. 12,242,996 covers a system that manages schedule data by detecting and correcting anomalies based on historical patterns.
ArentFox Schiff offers comprehensive services to help clients address the business and legal aspects of AI and emerging technologies. Their patent group includes registered patent attorneys, agents, and scientific advisors with varied technical expertise, supporting patent procurement, counseling, opinions, transactional support, post-grant proceedings, and litigation.
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