Reexam data is coming to the Juristat web app as a filterable dashboard, and to the Juristat MCP server and API so you can reach it from Claude, Co-Pilot, ChatGPT, or your own systems: live in September 2026.

You draft a claim set and want to know one thing: where does this land.

Which Tech Center, which art unit, which CPC class. Get it wrong and you're not just off by a guess, you're setting the wrong prosecution strategy, quoting the wrong timeline, maybe filing claims that were worth rewriting first. Most classification tools answer that question by matching keywords against whatever art happens to be sitting in an index somewhere, and if that index hasn't been updated in years, neither has the prediction.

This fall, in-house IP teams are facing a familiar ritual: pull last year's numbers, brace for a budget cut, and figure out what to trim without gutting the portfolio's real value. On Tuesday, I participated in a IPWatchdog webinar with Gene Quinn and Jason Harrier (AI Patent Counsel, Salesforce) that tackled this exact problem: how AI is reshaping the budgeting and cost-cutting process for 2027, and what teams of any size can do about it right now.

The rules for challenging a competitor's patent have fundamentally changed in 2026. Inter partes review (IPR) petitions have dropped 65% year-over-year to historic lows. Ex parte reexamination has overtaken IPR as the leading post-grant validity tool for the first time since the America Invents Act. Post-grant review (PGR) windows are closing fast, and third-party pre-issuance submissions are drawing renewed attention from IP strategists. If your patent challenge playbook hasn't been updated, it's already outdated.

Notes from the IP Counsel Cafe Silicon Valley Meeting on what AI is actually doing for in-house IP teams: real efficiency, fragmented workflows, and the growing gap between client expectations and firm reality.

If there was one overarching theme throughout the conference, it was this: AI is here, and we need to figure out how to use it responsibly. 

IP teams today are under pressure from every direction. Budgets are tighter, outside counsel expectations are shifting, and digital transformation is no longer a “nice-to-have.” The teams that thrive will be the ones turning these challenges into opportunities. Here are three trends driving that shift, and how leading IP leaders are responding:

Today, Juristat is pleased to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day with IP stakeholders all around the world.

COVID may have affected in-person attendance at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), but it didn't diminish the innovation on display. CES still reflects the future of consumer culture and technology.

2021 was notably quieter than the tumultuous 2020, but the patent world nevertheless continues to evolve. Here are a few of the most important developments of the year.