Beyond Best Practice

The podcast where patents and AI shape the future. Your host is Bastian Best, the European patent attorney who the EPO calls an "AI Patent Expert". Whether you’re a patent professional, a tech innovator, or just curious, let's go beyond the best practice!

Beyond Best Practice

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You Should Get Your Hands Dirty w/ Maria Luisa Laini

You Should Get Your Hands Dirty w/ Maria Luisa Laini

6m 27s

In a world where AI is a common tool, what will be the key differentiator between a great patent attorney and an average one? Maria Luisa Laini has fantastic insights. She also shares her personal AI toolchain for patent work, and how she stays updated in such a rapidly changing environment.

Connect with Maria:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marialuisalaini
- Patrade website: https://www.patrade.dk/kontakt/maria-laini

Check my video courses, seminars and AI tools for patent drafting: https://powerclaim.io/

The Secret Behind Anthropic's Agentic AI Patent (Claude + Adept + Amazon)

The Secret Behind Anthropic's Agentic AI Patent (Claude + Adept + Amazon)

28m 53s

Anthropic, the company behind Claude, has just been granted its very first US patent – and it’s a big one. At 234 pages, this patent isn’t just a technical footnote, it’s a roadmap for how AI agents will move beyond conversation to actually use software the way humans do.

In this video, I break down:
* The backstory: from Google Brain’s Transformer to Adept and Amazon’s double bet
* What’s really inside US 12,387,036 B1 (hint: it’s not just one invention)
* The quirky technical twist involving a “newline character” in image patches
* Why this patent matters strategically —...

OpenAI Just Patented Custom GPTs: Patent Attorney Walkthrough

OpenAI Just Patented Custom GPTs: Patent Attorney Walkthrough

27m 26s

OpenAI's Custom GPT feature just got a new patent, and as a patent attorney, I'm diving into what it means. We'll break down the legal and technical details of this new patent, and what it could mean for the future of AI and custom chatbot development.

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