Dr. Gerard is an IBM Master Inventor, with 66 granted patents. He reviewed colleagues’ invention disclosures for over 20 years, was the chairman of internal, invention disclosure review boards for Watson and Eldercare Research teams, and was the AI expert on a panel discussing “Section 101 (the “Alice” decision) and Artificial Intelligence” at 21st Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Law & Policy conference. His patents cover a wide range of topics, including software development, AI, machine learning, AIoT, big graphs, NLP, eldercare, and blockchain.