As we discussed earlier, a variety of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies exist and are being used in biopharma (e.g., discovery and development of drugs, optimization of clinical trial design, identification of novel...more
Gilbert Hyatt was one of many applicants who filed many patent applications shortly before the June 8, 1995 transition point, where patent terms transitioned from being defined based on 17 years from issuance to 20 years from...more
Dr. Stephen Thaler created an AI algorithm (named DABUS) that includes multiple neural networks trained in different linguistic subspaces that connect dynamically in a manner based on controlled chaos. DABUS also includes a...more
Dr. Stephen Thaler created an artificial-intelligence algorithm – named Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience (DABUS) – that includes multiple neural networks (each trained in a given linguistic...more
A variety of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies exist and are being used in biopharma (e.g., discovery and development of drugs, optimization of clinical trial design, identification of novel biological targets and...more
This content was originally published by IPWatchdog on Nov. 1, 2020. “The initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patent filings varied dramatically across industries. While filings in the computer areas were generally...more
In a recent article, Kilpatrick Townsend’s Kate Gaudry and Mark P. Mathison summarized current non-invasive brain-machine interface technology and theorized its effect on patent law if its advancement flourishes like that of...more
How might a pandemic impact biotechnology patent filings as compared to computer-centric patent filings? The answer might surprise you.
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Kilpatrick Townsend’s Kate Gaudry and Rodney Rothwell recently participated in the Association of Corporate Counsel’s National Capital Region’s Summer Series: “Protecting Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovations – Unique...more
Startups are built on and thrive off ideas, creativity and energy. However, startups will remain vulnerable to entrenched incumbents with access to greater resources if important innovation is not protected. ...more
Startups are built on and thrive off ideas, creativity and energy. However, startups will remain vulnerable to entrenched incumbents with access to greater resources if important innovation is not protected.
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Patent activity provides an important signal that is helpful in identifying and forecasting industry trends including the development of new products and services. It can predict the future focus of individual competitors...more
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A concise set of statutes dictate the characteristics that a patent application must have to be allowed to grant as a patent. Patent examiners are tasked with reviewing individual applications to determine whether these...more
Kilpatrick Townsend attorney Kate Gaudry recently presented on “Eligibility-Rejection Trends: Within and Beyond Business-Method Art Units” as part of the Landslide Webinar Series.
Key takeaways from Dr. Gaudry’s...more
While the examiner is the sole arbiter during patent prosecution, when an impasses has been reached (in terms claim interpretation, the cited art, or the patent statutes) Applicants can appeal to a panel of Patent Trial and...more
Frequently, the fate of a patent application lies with a single patent examiner. This power frustrates applicants when an impasse has been reached in terms of interpretation of the claims, cited art, or patent statutes....more
Nearly all eligibility rejections challenged in post-Alice appeals in computer related technologies are affirmed in whole by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Most of those appeals originate from business-method art...more
Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys Kate Gaudry, Ph.D. and Thomas D. Franklin recently presented at the Practising Law Institute’s 11th Annual Patent Law Institute regarding “Software/EE: Are We There, Yet?”. ...more
Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys Kate Gaudry, Ph. D. and Sameer Vadera recently presented to the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Software Related Inventions Committee regarding “Ex Parte Appeals: A Multi-Year &...more
Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Allisen Pawlenty-Altman and Associate Kate Gaudry Ph.D. recently participated in an interactive panel — “Technology and IP Forum: IP 101 for Non-IP Counsel” — presented by the National Capital...more