Study: micro entities and individual inventors are most likely to use AI in patent filings
robseamans · x · 2026-10-13
A working paper by Rob Seamans, Nikhil Dilip and Youngkyung Kim examines how AI usage affects patent applications. Early finding: micro entities — very small firms and individual inventors — are much more likely to use AI, suggesting AI lowers the barrier for small players. Draft available on SSRN.
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