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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had a busy summer in 2024. Businesses and individuals with AI and software-based inventions paid particularly close attention to the agency when, in July, it released updated guidance on...more
The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) announced that it has shortened the time between the issue notification and the issue date for patents. Historically, the time between these two events averaged about three weeks....more
Under the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) modernization efforts, the time between paying the issue fee and issuance of the patent is being reduced. Faster patent issuance gives patent applicants less time...more
On April 15, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) informed the public that, effective May 13, 2025, the USPTO will be accelerating the process for issuing patents. Currently, the time between Issue...more
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
In 2024, not one but two Nobel Prizes (in Chemistry and Physics) were awarded to researchers for their work in artificial intelligence ("AI"). Particularly noteworthy for the life science community is the Nobel Prize in...more
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
Following the Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers regarding the guidance...more
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
The US Patent Office (USPTO) recently issued new guidance and three examples for AI-related patent claims, which indicate that claims applying AI to a process are unlikely to render the process patent-eligible at the USPTO...more
The Situation: Concerns that uncertain and unpredictable patent subject matter eligibility jurisprudence thwarts U.S. economic and technological advancements are especially acute in the fast advancing AI space. Stakeholders...more
On July 16, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released updated guidance on patent subject matter eligibility, focusing on artificial intelligence (AI). This update, effective from July 17, 2024, is...more
On July 17, 2024, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a guidance update on patent subject matter eligibility to address innovation in critical and emerging technologies (ET), especially artificial intelligence...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a new guidance document that is intended to help identify when a process or system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be eligible for patenting. ...more
The USPTO has published updated patent eligibility guidance (effective July 17, 2024) for AI-related inventions to help determine subject matter eligibility under 35 § U.S.C. 101. This guidance is timely as roughly 20% of all...more
The recent guidance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office on evaluating inventorship involving AI tools has sparked discussions on treating AI differently from other advanced tools. The guidance lacks clear...more
Further to Woods Rogers’s recent e-alert, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) issued guidance on the patentability of inventions developed using artificial intelligence (AI). The guidance—which has sparked a flurry of...more
Pursuant to President Biden’s October 2023 executive order on AI, on April 11, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) published “Guidance on Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools in...more
The USPTO has issued several recent Federal Register Notices this calendar year. The latest, entitled Guidance on Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools in Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 89...more
In response to the rapidly evolving landscape of innovation and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into creative processes, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued guidance effective February...more
On February 12, 2024, the US Patent Office and Trademark Office (USPTO) released the Inventorship Guidance for AI-assisted Inventions (the Guidance). ...more
Pursuant to efforts by the federal government to develop artificial intelligence in a safe, secure and trustworthy manner, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued inventorship guidance for inventions developed with...more
Recent guidance published in the Federal Register by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) explains some of what is required by patent examiners in making an obviousness case under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Since it is...more
On February 13, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued inventorship guidance, effective immediately, for inventions created with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI). The guidance addresses...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued its Inventorship Guidance for AI-assisted Inventions for determining inventorship where artificial intelligence (AI) is used during the invention process....more