It redefines the prior art search process by eliminating the need for complex Boolean queries, allowing users to search in natural language while yielding deeper, more accurate results across both ...

Despite large numbers of empirical studies being conducted on examiner patent citations, few have scrutinized the cognitive limitations of officials at patent offices in searching for prior art to add ...

In Europe, prior art does not include information kept secret ... the internet to be uniformly searchable and accessible via search engines and other means (regardless of whether or not this ...