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The 3 Modes of AI Use and Which One to Avoid 

How you work with AI matters more than how much you know about AI.  The mode to watch out for is the one where you review the AI’s output closely but look at the wrong things.  Overview  A July 2026 Harvard Business Review article, Shaping Early-Career Success in the Age of AI, by Agarwal, Barua, […]

By Lucas Hjelle

AI in the Patent Office: What In-House IP Teams Should Know Before Examination Changes the Record

Patent offices are moving AI from experimentation into search and examination support workflows. For in-house IP teams, the practical response isn’t more automation for its own sake; it’s to strengthen prosecution readiness before filing so applicants can make the most of earlier, better-informed examination. For the last several years, most conversations about artificial intelligence and […]

By Lucas Hjelle, Nathan Elder, Andre Marais

What Comes Next: SAGE, ATLAS, and the Prosecution Operating System

What Comes Next: SAGE, ATLAS, and the Prosecution Operating System Take the individual tools out of view for a moment. What SLW Labs is really building is a single layer the firm practices on top of. Here is where it goes next. A Legal Patent Prosecution Operating System For most of this series we have […]

By Andre Marais