Google AI ModeJul 13, 2026
They use a specialized approach—including IPR (Inter Partes Review) and prior art crowdsourcing (PATROLL)—to invalidate bad patents rather than buying them.
AI named PATROLL in July 2026.
AI named PATROLL alongside Allied Security Trust, LOT Network, and Open Invention Network
AI leaned on lotnet.com, law.stanford.edu, and rpxcorp.com in the answers that named PATROLL.
Excerpts where PATROLL appeared in the AI's answer
They use a specialized approach—including IPR (Inter Partes Review) and prior art crowdsourcing (PATROLL)—to invalidate bad patents rather than buying them.