The Best Practice

By Bastian Best

Patents, AI, and the future of attorney practice.... more

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January 06, 2026 How Not to Be Replaced by AI as a Patent Attorney in 2026
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November 12, 2025 The AI Smoking Gun: Will a "Non-Inventive" Report Sink You in Litigation? w/ Robert Plotkin
Imagine your AI-assisted prior art search concludes an invention is "non-inventive", but you disagree and get the patent? If that AI report is uncovered during litigation discovery years later, is your case destroyed?
This exact smoking gun scenario came up in my recent AI tool seminar. To get a definitive answer, I asked Robert Plotkin, one of my go-to U.S. patent attorneys for AI patents. His answer explains why, although the technology is new, the underlying legal principles are remarkably familiar and how you can confidently navigate this exact situation.
Connect with Robert Plotkin:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertplotkin/
- BLUESHIFT IP: https://blueshiftip.com/team/robert-plotkin/
Try the free AI tools for patent attorneys mentioned in this episode: https://www.powerclaim.io
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November 06, 2025 Deep Docket: ChatGPT Banned for Legal Advice? / Perplexity Patents / The Rise of Specialist AI
The OpenAI "Legal Advice Ban": Why the social media headlines were wrong. What the new Terms of Use update really means for your professional liability as an attorney or in-house counsel.
Perplexity Patents Enters the Game: A first look at the new, dedicated AI patent research agent. We break down its two most powerful features: semantic search (understanding "fitness trackers" vs. "health wearables") and blended non-patent literature (NPL) search.
Announcing "Claim Drafter": An announcement about Bastian's new specialist AI tool for patent practitioners, Claim Drafter, and its official public launch on November 18th.
The Big Takeaway: Why these stories show a clear trend: the market is moving away from generalist AI and rewarding specialized, precision tools.
Links:
OpenAI Usage Policies: https://openai.com/policies/usage-policies/
Perplexity Patents: https://www.perplexity.ai/de/hub/blog/introducing-perplexity-patents
Claim Drafter: https://powerclaim.io/claim-drafter/
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October 16, 2025 You Should Get Your Hands Dirty w/ Maria Luisa Laini
In a world where AI is a common tool, what will be the key differentiator between a great patent attorney and an average one? Maria Luisa Laini has fantastic insights. She also shares her personal AI toolchain for patent work, and how she stays updated in such a rapidly changing environment.
Connect with Maria:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marialuisalaini
- Patrade website: https://www.patrade.dk/kontakt/maria-laini
Check my video courses, seminars and AI tools for patent drafting: https://powerclaim.io/
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October 09, 2025Why AI Won’t Replace Patent Attorneys
Is artificial intelligence coming for the jobs of patent attorneys? While many believe AI can handle "low-stakes" legal work, today's discussion challenges that entire framework. I argue that the core value of a patent attorney lies in two areas that AI can never replicate: due diligence and accountability.
Links:
Full Article: https://bestpatent.eu/why-ai-wont-replace-patent-attorneys/
My Claim Drafter Tool: https://powerclaim.io/claim-drafter/
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September 17, 2025 The Secret Behind Anthropic's Agentic AI Patent (Claude + Adept + Amazon)
Anthropic, the company behind Claude, has just been granted its very first US patent – and it’s a big one. At 234 pages, this patent isn’t just a technical footnote, it’s a roadmap for how AI agents will move beyond conversation to actually use software the way humans do.
In this video, I break down:
* The backstory: from Google Brain’s Transformer to Adept and Amazon’s double bet
* What’s really inside US 12,387,036 B1 (hint: it’s not just one invention)
* The quirky technical twist involving a “newline character” in image patches
* Why this patent matters strategically — and what it means for the future of Claude
📌 Links mentioned:
* Anthropic's patent: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DUS12387036B1
* "Attention Is All You Need" paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.03762
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29min
September 03, 2025 OpenAI Just Patented Custom GPTs: Patent Attorney Walkthrough
OpenAI's Custom GPT feature just got a new patent, and as a patent attorney, I'm diving into what it means. We'll break down the legal and technical details of this new patent, and what it could mean for the future of AI and custom chatbot development.
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May 05, 2025 AI-Assisted Patent Drafting. How I Do It.
I asked the two podcasting AIs from NotebookLM for a recap of my seminar. They summed it up pretty accurately!
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March 12, 2025 I Tested ChatGPT and Gemini for Case Law Research
How to draft patents with AI 👉 https://powerclaim.io/seminar/
I tested ChatGPT and Google Gemini to see if they can research patent case law without hallucinating cases that don’t exist. The results are pretty amazing! The task was to research case law on the sufficient disclosure of AI/ML inventions.
Here’s what the models came up with:
ChatGPT o1 with Deep Research: https://chatgpt.com/share/67cf85a4-3d00-8003-ba62-c384d20a8a66
Gemini 1.5 Pro with Deep Research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KenSqsxYNU9beKQahOL9UygCj7gGY14sBtiD9OPOtLw/edit?usp=sharing
I’m explaining even more AI use cases for patent attorneys in my flagship seminar How to Draft Patents with AI. We’ll run through a complete patent drafting project end-to-end using various cutting-edge AI tools. Tickets here 👉 https://powerclaim.io/seminar/
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March 06, 2025 Why AI Patents Get Rejected: The 2-Hurdle Test Explained
I'm explaining how the European Patent Office examines AI patents using the two-hurdle approach. This is a snippet from my 3-hour masterclass on patenting AI. The full masterclass covers:
1. Which parts of an AI solution should be patented
2. How to draft strong AI patent claims
3. How to ensure an enabling disclosure in an AI patent
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