How to Integrate AI into Your Patent and Trademark Workflows

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is growing across the IP profession, with expectations rising for AI solutions that deliver accuracy, boost efficiency, and optimize routine patent and trademark workflows. Questel’s Benoit Chevalier explains why AI adoption is growing across the IP sector, outlines the key use cases for AI in IP, and offers advice on how to choose the right AI solutions for your organization. 

As can be seen from the many dedicated talks at this year’s IP Service World, AI usage is not only increasing across the IP sector, but the types of AI solutions being embraced by IP teams are also becoming more sophisticated and wide-ranging. Our 2026 Industry Outlook Research reveals that 65% of patent and trademark professionals are now actively using AI tools in-house, citing a positive impact on their work and workloads. 

By enhancing the analysis of complex IP datasets and replacing time-consuming manual processes, AI has already transformed how IP tasks are managed and results are analyzed across multiple routine workflows – from patent and trademark search to application drafting, office action management, IP portfolio review, evidence of use classification, and more.

Under pressure to make faster, data-driven decisions, IP teams are now looking to AI to help further boost the speed, efficiency, and quality of their output. However, to avoid fragmentation of tasks and information across workflows and IP tools, the AI solutions they choose must be capable of integration with their existing IP tools and optimized to manage specialist IP tasks. 

This includes providing access to comprehensive and accurate datasets, delivering time-saving workflow integration, and unlocking critical IP and business intelligence with complete traceability and transparency. 

Look for an IP provider that offers:

Ultimately, when choosing an AI agent for your organization, the goal should not (just) be individual task management, but also more comprehensive coverage, enhanced accuracy, complete transparency, time-saving workflow integration, and insights that drive better decisions.

Questel believes IP professionals need access to integrated IP AI solutions that enable faster and more confident decisions — all while keeping the human professional at the heart of the process. That's why we are creating a unified IP AI ecosystem for patent and trademark professionals, combining IP and AI technologies that harness data, intelligence, workflow, and decision support.

By integrating AI capabilities into our existing IP tools, our connected AI assistants — such as our Sophia AI Agents and digital IP workspace Qthena — enable users of our IP platforms to access productivity-boosting support without the need to switch between systems or learn how to use multiple tools. This applies to users of our Orbit Intelligence patent search and analytics platform, our Markify trademark clearance and watch platform, and our Equinox IP management software.

Equally important, our AI solutions for IP always keep the human expert in the loop. The goal is not to replace the role of the IP professional, but rather to augment their roles by resolving the cumbersome nature of certain IP processes and enhancing their productivity and precision. 

AI alone is no longer a differentiator for patent and trademark solutions. The real value for IP professionals comes from enhanced access to data quality, workflow integration, and decision intelligence. That’s why the right AI agent for IP requires more than simply automation. Instead, IP professionals need a solution that turns complexity into clarity and data into decisions by combining data, AI, and dedicated workflows to provide decision-centric IP intelligence. 

See how AI can transform your patent and trademark workflows and the benefits of choosing our specialist AI solutions by joining our experts at IP Service World.