Patent Prosecution’s Fatal Asteroid: Why Law Firms Shouldn’t Wait for AI’s Full Impact

Patent Prosecution’s Fatal Asteroid: Why Law Firms Shouldn’t Wait for AI’s Full Impact

Given the recent proliferation of artificial intelligence patent drafting technology, some in the legal services industry are asking whether AI is the patent profession’s “ultimate bad day.”

As Michael Crichton once said:

“Extinction was simply proof of failure to adapt.”
from The Lost World.

This sentiment echoes the theory of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez in 1980, who posited that an asteroid impact led to the demise of the dinosaurs, marking their “ultimate bad day.”

Author's summary: AI impacts patent profession significantly.

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IPWatchdog IPWatchdog — 2025-10-15

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