26th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute
Day 2 | Prosecution Track | Panel 6: AI Tools and Patent Prosecution: Where are we and what's next?
Program Information | Agenda | Resources | Biographies
This panel explores how AI is reshaping patent prosecution, from drafting and prior art search to office action strategy, adoption metrics, and governance. Moderated by Ayan Roy-Chowdhury (Fish & Richardson), the discussion features insights from Michelle Lee (former USPTO Director and AI leader at Google and Amazon), Ian Schick (Founder of Paximal), and Steve Gong (Head of Data Science, Technology & Operations, Google Global Patents). Together, they offer practitioner, policymaker, and client-side perspectives on where AI delivers real value—and where judgment and ethics still matter most.
Moderator
Ayan Roy-Chowdhury, Fish & Richardson
Speakers
Steve Gong, Google
Michelle Lee, Obsidian Strategies
Ian Schick, Paximal
Co-organized with Stanford Law School, the APLI presents a roster of judges, academics, litigators, patent prosecutors, and senior IP counsel from major corporations offering a results-oriented, in-depth look at the latest developments in patent law and practice.
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