LG AI Research patents agentic AI platform for science

LG AI Research, a division of South Korea’s LG Group, announced it has obtained a patent for its agentic AI platform, EXAONE Discovery, which supports scientific research.

The patent covers the platform’s core technology, designed to analyze data such as research papers, patent filings, molecular structures, and images.

LG said the platform can process data significantly faster than existing systems.

The platform is being used in developing products across sectors including cosmetics, batteries, and pharmaceuticals.

LG AI Research said it has filed 573 AI-related patent applications since 2022.

The company aims to further develop EXAONE Discovery into a leading agentic AI for chemistry, with potential applications in industries like batteries, chips, and pharmaceuticals.

🔗 Source: Yonhap

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The patented technology is already tackling specific scientific bottlenecks

The patent covers Optical Chemical Structure Recognition (OCSR), which lets the AI read text, formulas, tables, and images directly from scientific papers and patents 1.
The system claims it reads chemical structures more than 100 times better than existing models, which backs the company’s “significantly faster” claim with a concrete figure 1.
LG AI Research reports using the platform to find new solvent candidates for electrolytes for next-generation lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries, plus a model that predicts neoantigens (tumor-specific markers used to help tailor personalized cancer vaccines) for personalized anti-cancer vaccines 1.
LG Innotek (an LG Group component maker) uses the AI to suggest process settings for centering camera lenses and sensors, which cuts process optimization time by more than 50% 1.

The patent supports LG’s plan to sell and expand EXAONE beyond internal R&D

LG AI Research says it has filed 573 patent applications since 2022 to protect its AI technologies [summary].
The group has also described an AI framework behind what it calls the world’s first fully AI-managed ETF (exchange-traded fund) listed on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), with comparisons against SPY and other ETFs rather than the S&P 500 index itself 2.
To widen deployment, LG AI Research is working with Nota AI (an AI model optimization software company) to add compression and optimization to EXAONE, plus Letser to support a corporate-tailored AI verification project using EXAONE in secure corporate environments 3, 4.
Taken together, internal process wins, patent filings, and partnerships lay out one route for industrial giants to turn in-house AI work into outside revenue.