In May, On 1 July we hosted a webinar R&D leaders, IP professionals and invention strategists for a webinar exploring where AI and invention meet and what it means for the teams working at that intersection every day.
The full recording is available here.
For those who would prefer to read, here is what we covered.
The five Summit insights and discussion
Jon Foster, Senior Product Manager from Iprova opened the session with five insights from the AI-Assisted Invention Summit in Lausanne, attended by senior figures from Microsoft, IBM, Sony AI, Dassault Systèmes, Capgemini, STMicroelectronics and others.
The first point set the tone for everything that followed. Access to AI is no longer the competitive advantage. The real differentiator is how organisations redesign their invention processes, teams and decision-making around it. The technology is widely available. What varies is how well organisations have adapted to it.
The second insight, followed directly. Most effective AI-assisted inventors are not simply faster, they are more deliberate about the division of labour, clear on what AI should handle and where human judgement leads.
Thirdly, as AI takes on more of the analytical work, inventor judgement, creativity and domain expertise are becoming more valuable. The organisations making the most of AI in invention are not replacing human expertise, they are creating the conditions for their best inventors to operate at a higher level.
Fourthly, the biggest gains come from how organisations are structured around AI, not from individual performance. Shared platforms, clear governance and integrated workflows create durable advantages. Exceptional individual users do not.
The fifth and final point, and the one that generated the most discussion. The inventor’s role does not disappear with AI. It moves up the stack. When AI handles the routine work, signal detection, prior art screening, documentation, inventors are freed for the decisions only they can make.
Prof. Frank T. Piller, Head of Institute for Technology & Innovation Management, brought the research and organisational perspective, drawing on his work in AI-augmented invention at RWTH Aachen University.
The IS3 demonstration
Dr. Harry Cronin, Head of Standards, Iprova, demonstrated four capabilities in Invention Studio 3, Iprova’s flagship software solution, also referred to as IS3, each tied directly to the Summit insights. Business Radar showed how IS3 maps strategic signals to invention opportunities. Near real-time signal detection demonstrated IS3 surfacing and filtering information at a scale no team could manage manually. Human-machine contribution logging showed the auditable record of where AI contributed and where the inventor decided. The Invention Assistant gave a live look at how IS3 supports inventor creativity and decision-making throughout the process. Last but not least, the demo also showed how IS3 can assess generated concepts from multiple perspectives, drawing on a vast knowledge base ranging from patent literature to technical documentation and media sources, and then help convert fully vetted concepts into invention disclosures.
If the session raised questions about what IS3 could mean for your organisation, we are glad to talk. A conversation takes thirty minutes and there is no obligation.
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