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PTO Reopens Comment Period for AI Inventorship Guidance

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The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) reopened and extended until June 20, 2024, the period for public comment on the guidance regarding inventorship in applications involving artificial intelligence (AI) assisted...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

How Digital Health Companies are Impacted by the USPTO’s New Obviousness Guidance

Digital health companies and other software-dependent innovators may find it harder to obtain patent protection in the wake of new patent examiner guidance issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The guidance,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

PTO Issues Guidance, Request for Comment on AI Inventorship

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On February 13, 2024, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) issued a notice with examination guidance and request for comment regarding inventorship in applications involving artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted inventions....more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Artificial Intelligence the Focus of New USPTO Patent Examiner Guidance

The burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) sector received a boost late last year with President Biden’s “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” It directed the...more

MoFo Tech

AI Executive Order – Patent Issues

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President Biden’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence was issued on November 1, 2023, and has made waves throughout the AI industry. Morrison Foerster has been...more

Linda Liu & Partners

How to Draft Chinese Patent Clearly by the Aid of Modularity

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Article 26.3 of the Chinese Patent Law prescribes that the description should be sufficiently clear. However, most patent attorneys would find it difficult to satisfy the requirement of “sufficiently clear”: it takes a lot of...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Reducing Fees To Unleash Innovators

Overnight, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) lowered many fees for small and micro entities due to a component of the Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on December 29, 2022....more

Linda Liu & Partners

Cases Updated in CNIPA Guidelines - Eligibility & Inventiveness for AI & Business Method Applications

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China is becoming one of the friendliest jurisdictions for AI & business method applications. We invite you to take 30 minutes, grasping the real case examples on what claims would receive a YES or a NO, based on the most...more

Linda Liu & Partners

[Webinar] Cases Updated in CNIPA Guidelines - Eligibility & Inventiveness for AI & Business Method Applications - June 23rd, 10:00...

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China is becoming one of the friendliest jurisdictions for AI & business method applications. We invite you to take 30 minutes, grasping the real case examples on what claims would receive a YES or a NO, based on the most...more

Linda Liu & Partners

[Webinar] Cases Updated in CNIPA Guidelines - Eligibility & Inventiveness for AI & Business Method Applications - June 22nd, 10:00...

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China is becoming one of the friendliest jurisdictions for AI & business method applications. We invite you to take 30 minutes, grasping the real case examples on what claims would receive a YES or a NO, based on the most...more

Kilpatrick

Pushing Boundaries When Patenting Ranges

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Inventions with numerical ranges are valuable across different technologies. Obtaining claims with numerical ranges provide competitive advantages to patent owners. Frequently, a claimed range in an application may need to be...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Tips for Reviewing (or Drafting) Patent Claims

For emerging companies, a patent application should combine legal skill with technical and business knowledge to produce a document that will serve as a foundation to the company’s valuation and future profitability....more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Patent 101: Patent Process FAQs for Inventors

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Patent attorneys and patent agents ("patent practitioners") deal with the best and brightest engineers and scientists on a daily basis. As inventors, these engineers and scientists understand the technology associated with...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Five things academic scientists should know when pursuing their first patent application – Part II of V

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has launched a new Automated Interview Request (AIR) Form that allows practitioners to submit an online request for an interview with an examiner. The online form allows...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Drew Hirshfeld Appointed as New Commissioner of Patents

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced earlier today that U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has appointed Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy Drew Hirshfeld to be the new Commissioner for Patents...more

Knobbe Martens

Q&A With Knobbe's Ron Schoenbaum

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Ronald J. Schoenbaum is a partner in Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP's Orange County and Silicon Valley, Calif., offices. He focuses on patent prosecution, strategic patent portfolio management, and infringement/validity...more

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