Build the next filing on the last one.


The challenge

Patent and trademark filings repeat structures and arguments that the firm has refined over many matters. That accumulated work is most valuable when it is easy to find and build on for the next filing.

The solution

AI Enrichment classifies and tags filings as they are created, so prior work is consistently profiled, and the AI-Native Search experience retrieves the most relevant precedent by context. The next filing begins from the firm's best prior drafting.


Key Capabilities Used:

AI-Native Search experience.



Navigate to the relevant matter workspace in the iManage Next Gen Platform and open the AI-Native Search experience.

Find everything relevant to a matter in one place, without leaving the platform or switching to a separate search tool.




Describe what you need in natural language, for example: "Find prior responses to obviousness rejections for software method claims."

The AI-Native Search experience retrieves the most relevant filings by context, not just keyword.




The search experience returns a set of prior filings with enough context to assess their relevance quickly.

The associate can see which matters produced the closest precedent without opening each document individually.




Select the most relevant filing and review the arguments, structure, and claim language.

Get up to speed on the strongest precedents fast, so time goes into building the argument rather than hunting for it.




Use the retrieved precedent as the starting point for the new filing.

The next draft begins from the firm's best prior work rather than from scratch, carrying forward refined arguments and tested language.




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The AI-Native Search Experience


Key Capability

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