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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

First impressions: Federal Circuit finds applied AI claims ineligible for patenting under 35 USC 101

Answering a much-anticipated question of first impression, the Federal Circuit affirmed an Eastern District of Pennsylvania decision that invalidated machine learning-related patent claims as ineligible subject matter under...more

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Patent Claims Running on AI? Federal Circuit Says Not So Fast on Patent Eligibility

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The question of whether machine learning (ML)-based claims meet the subject matter eligibility requirements under current U.S. patent law remains hotly contested. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)...more

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Federal Circuit Issues First Word on AI Patent Eligibility

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On April 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a patent infringement suit brought by Recentive Analytics, Inc. against Fox Corporation. See Recentive Analytics, Inc. v....more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Federal Circuit Tightens Standards for AI-related Patent Eligibility

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Summary: In Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., No. 2023-2437 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2025), the Federal Circuit delivered a clear warning: simply applying generic AI-based models to new environments is not enough to secure...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Federal Circuit: Machine Learning Patents Fail Section 101 Patent Eligibility Challenge

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The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp. (April 18, 2025) has garnered a lot of attention. This is not surprising: It hits on hot topics such as machine learning, artificial intelligence...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Federal Circuit Delivers Blow to AI-Based Patents in Precedential Decision

On April 18, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp. The Federal Circuit held that the Asserted Patents — which relate to methods of...more

MoFo Tech

Recentive: Federal Circuit’s Patent-Eligibility Guideposts for Machine-Learning Inventions

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In one of the first cases from the Federal Circuit addressing patent eligibility for machine-learning (ML) inventions, the court ruled that applying “generic” ML techniques to a new data environment to automate a task...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases: Recentive Analytics, Inc., v. Fox Corp.

Recentive Analytics, Inc., v. Fox Corp., Appeal No. 2023-2437 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2025) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed a question of first impression concerning whether developments in machine...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

USPTO's AI Patent Eligibility Guidance, Vincent Look

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In 2024, the USPTO published guidance on whether an AI-based invention is patent eligible. The guidance includes three hypothetical inventions, including one relating to using an artificial neural network for data anomaly...more

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PTAB’s Reversal Sheds Light on Quantum Computing Patents

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Despite its potential to transform the global economy and impact national security, quantum computing has advanced largely outside public scrutiny. Artificial intelligence has dominated public discourse, while quantum...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

AI IP Year in Review - AI Developments at the USPTO

Navigating Inventorship of AI-Assisted Inventions: USPTO’s Guidance and Implications - The USPTO issued guidance on AI-assisted inventions on February 13, 2024. This guidance is part of the USPTO’s ongoing efforts to address...more

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USPTO's AI Strategy: Key Focus Areas and Insights

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released a strategy document outlining organizational initiatives, trends, and goals relating to artificial intelligence (AI). The USPTO Artificial Intelligence...more

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Protecting Innovation in an AI-Powered Age: Patents

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With the advent of generative artificial intelligence (or “GenAI”), many companies have begun to shift their innovation strategies to incorporate and rely on GenAI tools. These tools can be powerful drivers of technological...more

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Top Section 101 Patent Eligibility Stories of 2024

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It's that time of the year again – the time to snuggle up by the fire, put on Dominick the Donkey and read this year's Top Section 101 Patent Eligibility Stories. But first, the holiday movies and where they're streaming ...more

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Overcoming Patent Challenges for AI/ML-Assisted Life Sciences (TechBio) Inventions: Strategies for Navigating Section 101 at the...

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into the life sciences field has created exciting new opportunities for advancements in diagnostics, therapeutics, and personalized medicine. However,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Leveraging Policy Changes to Achieve AI Patent Eligibility

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The patent landscape for artificial intelligence is poised to undergo significant transformation. Originally published in Law360 - August 23, 2024....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Fostering Innovation in Personalized Medicine: The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act

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A planned vote in the Judiciary Committee on the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) was recently delayed in the Senate. The bill was introduced by Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., in 2023. It...more

A&O Shearman

Election Results Are In—Here’s How IP Disputes Policy May Change.

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Intellectual property policy may not have driven many voters to the polls on November 7, but change was on the ballot. Below, we summarize changes in U.S. intellectual property law that you might see starting in January 2025....more

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Part 2: Key Takeaways from Claim Examples in the 2024 AI Patent Eligibility Guidance

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This is the second post in a 3-part series. Example 48 is described below, which is directed to analyzing speech signals and separating desired speech from extraneous or background speech using AI....more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Strategies for Patenting AI-Related Inventions

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has created unprecedented opportunities for innovation, but securing patent protection for AI-related inventions remains challenging under current U.S. patent law....more

Dickinson Wright

Key Takeaways from Claim Examples in the 2024 AI Patent Eligibility Guidance: A 3-Part Series

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Part 1 - On July 17, 2024, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the Office) released new guidance on subject matter eligibility, entitled “The 2024 Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance Update Including on Artificial...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Intellectual Property Law in the Age of Generative AI

The recent surge of accessible generative AI (“GenAI”) tools has kept attorneys, particularly those in the intellectual property, technology, data privacy, and cybersecurity spaces, on their toes. Within the intellectual...more

McAfee & Taft

Navigating the new USPTO guidance on AI patent eligibility

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued new guidance regarding patent-eligible subject matter for artificial intelligence (AI). This new guidance is intended to assist patent examiners and stakeholders in...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Subject Matter Eligibility of AI Innovations—USPTO’s Updated Guidance

This article discusses the July 17, 2024 guidance issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) regarding the subject matter eligibility of patent claims involving artificial intelligence (“AI”). The...more

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Contemplating the Impact of the USPTO’s AI-Focused Patent Eligibility Guidance on Networking Applications

For years, artificial intelligence (AI) has been deployed in the networking industry to make evaluations and predictions about computer networks for the purpose of improving overall efficiency, performance, and security. ...more

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