Last week's Image Search webinar, hosted by Sakari Arvela and myself, was a great success with nearly 300 attendees from 27 countries. We had an incredibly engaged audience who asked about 60 questions throughout the session. While we addressed many questions during the webinar, we couldn't get to all of them. So we have compiled this Q&A to share comprehensive answers with everyone. Thank you to all who joined and made the session so interactive!

IPRally’s new feature Image Search is the first tool to combine image search with Graph AI. This practical solution allows you to find patents by simply uploading a photograph, a drawing or a product sheet. Unlike traditional image searches that rely on visual similarity, IPRally’s Image Search decodes the technical content in the image. Antti Tarvainen, Generative AI Product Manager, explains how Image Search works, its key benefits, and how it can transform how you conduct patent searches.

From streamlining tedious tasks to accelerating decision-making, we are getting closer to realizing the vision of patent work automation. Rather than removing humans from the loop entirely, the focus is on boosting work productivity, quality, and consistency of patent professionals. CPO and co-founder Sakari Arvela reflects on IPRally's achievements and future direction: “Gradually, IPRally will add AI assistants that solve parts of the process, and eventually, we’ll connect them to perform complete tasks in the value chain”, he shares in a blog post outlining IPRally’s vision.

From targeted patent summarization to detail extraction and ad hoc classification – never before has it been possible to review patents with such flexibility and efficiency. CPO and Co-Founder Sakari Arvela explores ten innovative ways to leverage IPRally's Ask AI for efficient patent review, illustrated with informative video clips. Join him as he showcases real-world applications and demonstrates how Ask AI lets you extract complex patent insights on the fly in a way that would have seemed like science fiction just a few years ago.

Over the past year, the progress with IPRally's search model has been tremendous, and the trend continues with the latest Graph Transformer 3.0. Recall metrics have improved to the point where today’s recall at 10 documents matches what it was at 20 documents a year ago. If this pace of development continues, Boolean searches might soon be history. Juho Kallio, CTO and Co-founder, provides context for this progress and explains why he wouldn't teach his son to write cumbersome Boolean queries.

IPRally adds an experienced CEO to the team to better support the delivery of leading AI solutions for the patent industry. As Sakari Arvela hands over the CEO responsibilities to Dennis van der Veeke, he will focus on product strategy in his new role as the Chief Product Officer (CPO).