A new tool being released today for patent lawyers and paralegals uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to help prepare responses to office actions and then uses analytics to help predict how the case is likely to develop.

The new tool, called SmartShell, has been developed by TurboPatent, a Seattle, Wash., company that specializes in developing technologies to automate and streamline patent drafting, prosecution and quality evaluation.

SmartShell automates the creation of shells — documents typically prepared by paralegals that outline the issues requiring response after receiving an office action from a patent examiner. The attorney then goes into the shell to fill out the technical and legal arguments.

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