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How The USPTO Views Human-AI Collaborations

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Artificial intelligence (AI) enables computers and machines to think like humans and perform complex tasks traditionally associated with human intelligence, such as making decisions, reasoning, recognizing patterns, and...more

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Blue Gentian’s Efforts to Maintain Sole Inventorship Were Hosed by the Federal Circuit

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Last week, the Federal Circuit issued another precedential decision on inventorship. However, unlike in HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corporation (22-1696) where the appellate panel found the purported inventor’s contribution to...more

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A Joint Research Pitfall – Soon to be Resolved?

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Innovators in life sciences at companies and universities often collaborate and conduct research under a joint research agreement (JRA). The Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004 (the “CREATE Act”) was...more

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Driving Revenue And Deal Flow Through An Intelligent IP Strategy: Strategies For Smaller And Early-Stage Life Science Companies....

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Part I described various strategies to help smaller and early-stage life science companies establish an intelligent IP strategy and Part II described various strategies used when preparing for a transaction. In this Part III,...more

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Don’t Miss USPTO’s Lapsing Collaborative Search Option

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Recently, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office provided an additional tool for patent applicants to use in pursuit of foreign patent protection. In 2015, the USPTO partnered with the Korean Intellectual Property Office, or...more

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USPTO Expands Collaborative Search Pilot Program

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As announced in this October 30, 2017 Federal Register notice, the USPTO is expanding the Collaborative Search Pilot Program under which applicants can request that multiple intellectual property offices exchange search...more

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Expediting Patent Prosecution with the New Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot Program

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On November 1, 2017 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented an expansion of the Collaborative Search Pilot Program (CSP), which began in 2015 and ended earlier in 2017, to expedite prosecution of related...more

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Improving Patent Quality With International Collaborative Search Pilot Programs

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The USPTO has launched two new programs aimed at improving patent quality by joining forces with the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) or the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) at the initial stages of the patent...more

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Expediting Patent Prosecution with the New Collaborative Search Pilot Program

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Two new Collaboration Search Pilot Programs are or will soon be available to patent applicants. The Collaboration Search Pilot Program (CSP) between the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Japan Patent...more

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