Firm-Wide AI Adoption: Unlocking Drafting Efficiency at Guntin & Gust

Context: The Need to Streamline Inefficient Workflows

Patent drafting is a time-intensive process that requires both technical depth and legal precision. For many firms, the increasing workload, coupled with the need for high-quality applications, has made efficiency a top priority.

Before using DeepIP, attorneys at Guntin & Gust spent countless hours refining drafts, ensuring consistency across claims, and manually structuring technical descriptions. The challenge wasn’t just speed—it was maintaining accuracy and completeness without adding extra review cycles. The firm needed an AI assistant that could streamline workflows while keeping attorneys in control.

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How DeepIP Solved Guntin & Gust’s Use Cases

After integrating DeepIP into its drafting process, Guntin & Gust quickly saw significant improvements in efficiency and accuracy. Here’s how:

✔️ Guided AI Assistance, Not Just Automation

Rather than relying on one-click drafting, DeepIP provides iterative AI support. This allows attorneys to refine sections step by step while maintaining full control over the final text.

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✔️ Dynamic, Context-Aware Drafting

DeepIP adapts based on the attorney’s input, ensuring that descriptions, claims, and figures align with the case’s technical nuances. This eliminated inconsistencies that previously required extensive manual corrections.

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✔️ Seamless Microsoft Word Integration

Attorneys at Guntin & Gust can generate and refine content directly within Word, eliminating the inefficiencies of copy-pasting between browser-based tools.

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✔️ Customizable Prompt Libraries for Firm-Specific Needs

The firm developed customized prompts that match its drafting style, enabling attorneys to efficiently generate structured content without starting from scratch. This approach also helped increase the consistency of drafting across various applications.

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✔️ AI-Driven Drawing Interpretation

One of the most time-consuming aspects of drafting was describing complex figures and diagrams. DeepIP’s ability to interpret and generate descriptions for drawings was one of the reason that convince Guntin & Gust to deply the tool firm-wide.

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Why DeepIP?

When selecting an AI tool for patent drafting, Guntin & Gust prioritized three factors:
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🔒 Security & Compliance

DeepIP met all of the firm's security requirements, ensuring that sensitive client data remained protected. Unlike some browser-based tools, it provided firm-level control over AI interactions.

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🖥 User Experience & Control

Attorneys appreciated the intuitive interface and the ability to guide AI responses. The tool enhanced their workflow rather than disrupting it.

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✅ Quality of Output

DeepIP helped Guntin & Gust enhance the depth and clarity of its applications without increasing review cycles. The AI-generated content was reliable and aligned with patent drafting best practices.

“I've had attorneys tell me this is the dream tool that I've wished I had years ago.” Ed Guntin, President and Managing Partner at Guntin & Gust

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Conclusion

Adopting AI in patent drafting isn’t just about cutting time—it’s about elevating the quality of the final work. DeepIP has enabled attorneys at Guntin & Gust to focus more on strategic elements of patent prosecution while reducing the time spent on repetitive drafting tasks.

For firms looking to improve efficiency without sacrificing accuracy, DeepIP has proven to be an invaluable tool.