The JPO has established an AI review support team as early as January 2021. The members include the person in charge of AI and management staff and are responsible for building an environment for reviewing AI-related inventions. The AI leader is responsible for collecting professional insights from each review department and responding to inquiries from other reviewers to support more efficient and higher-quality reviews. In the JPO's "2023 Intellectual Property Plan", the JPO expects that more AI will be used for innovation in more technical fields in the future, and therefore is considering establishing an AI-related review system.
JPO has expanded the number of AI support teams this time, from 10 to 40 people, and has assigned at least one AI team support leader to all current review departments. In addition, the AI team continues to receive training from external experts. To maintain an up-to-date understanding of AI.
