Prior Art Search for Everyone
A collaborative initiative to build a common AI-based prior-art search tool.
An initiative by AT&T
Vision
PQAI stands for Patent Quality through Artificial Intelligence.
Through this project, our vision is to make the patent process more transparent for all involved, significantly grow the number of inventors, thus accelerating the pace of innovation, and simultaneously improving the overall quality of patents.
Principles
Focus on Precision
Very few researchers have time to read hundreds and thousands of results. The long-term goal of PQAI is to bring the best prior-art in the top-10 results.
Big on Privacy
PQAI never logs any of your search queries or results unless you explicitly tell it to save them for later reference after creating an account.
Open Source Algorithm
Building the next-generation prior-art search search system is no small feat. We believe that it would be much more efficient for the industry to collaboratively build a common open source tool.
Ease of Use
Prior-art search need not be limited to professional searchers. PQAI aims to provide a simple interface that allows anyone to check the novelty of their ideas.
PQAI Roadmap
The idea of PQAI was conceived
First prototype search engine covering wireless technology
Coverage expanded to all technologies covered by US patents (except Chemical and Biotech)
Released a new version of 102 (anticipatory) prior art engine
Combinational Search (103 engine) Beta version
PQAI will benefit
Inventors
Patent Examiners
Law Firms
Enterprises
Initiative Started By
PQAI Contributors
Mentors
Algorithm Contributed By
Search App Managed By
Frequently Asked Questions
At PQAI, we believe that 10 results are enough for inventors to help him determine the novelty of their inventions. We are continuously training our engine to keep increasing the relevance quotient for the results.
