Effective use of AI search and concept search in patent search

Recently, the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to intellectual property information business has become familiar. Several patent search tools using commercial AI have also appeared. However, the reality is that there are many basic items, limitations, and issues that users should keep in mind when using these commercial AI research tools. In this report, regarding the utilization of AI in patent search, we will look back on the introduction process of concept search in the past and describe the comparison between concept search and AI search from the viewpoint of the user of both the patent search system and machine learning.