This is the second article of the multi-part series discussing benefits of prosecuting patents under Patent Prosecution Highway or PPH. The first article can be accessed here. To recap, PPH is a set of initiatives promulgated...more
Patent Prosecution Highway or PPH is a set of initiatives promulgated by participating patent offices around the world to accelerate patent prosecution in countries of the participating patent offices. PPH allows the...more
11/23/2021
/ China ,
CNIPA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
EU ,
Filing Requirements ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent Prosecution Highway ,
Patents ,
Singapore ,
USPTO
In recent years, AI patent activity has exponentially increased. The figure below shows the volume of public AI patent applications categorized by AI component in the U.S. from 1990-2018. The eight AI components in FIG. 1 are...more
8/31/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Life Sciences ,
Machine Learning ,
Patent Applications ,
Patents ,
Research and Development ,
Software Patents ,
Technology Sector ,
USPTO
Blockchain patent applications may be divided into two types: underlying technologies of blockchain, such as consensus methods, security, etc., and applications of blockchain in, e.g., fintech, legal, and other industries. In...more