European Patent Office Launches Advanced European-Built OCR AI Solution

Release Time：2026-04-03 09:14Author：Views：71

On 11 March 2026, the European Patent Office (EPO) officially announced a deep strategic partnership with a leading European artificial intelligence enterprise, and launched a state-of-the-art Optical Character Recognition (OCR) model developed by the AI enterprise.

This initiative aligns with the EPO's AI policy and the requirements of its 2028 Strategic Plan; the model has now been successfully integrated into the EPO platform and put into operational use.

OCR solution by the two parties has undergone targeted optimisations and is specifically designed to address the complexities of patent documents. It can efficiently process a diverse range of complex elements including multilingual text, mathematical formulas, chemical structures, diagrams and sequence lists. Enabling in-depth understanding and data reconstruction of complex patent content, this solution not only strengthens the platform's digital infrastructure but also elevates the level of automation and technological autonomy in patent search and analysis processes.

This collaboration not only supports the development of European technological sovereignty but also ensures that the processing of sensitive patent information strictly complies with European legal, operational and ethical frameworks, helping to build a user-friendly, high-quality, efficient, trustworthy and future-oriented European patent system.

The EPO and the AI enterprise plan to continuously refine the solution based on real-world operational feedback, delivering higher-quality and more efficient products and services to users worldwide.

Source：https://www.epo.org/en/news-events/news/epo-adopts-cutting-edge-ai-solution-developed-europe

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