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Shortly before President Trump issued Executive Order 14363, titled “Launching the Genesis Mission,” a “national effort to unleash a new age of AI‑accelerated innovation and discovery,” the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...more
Patent practitioners have seen a shifting landscape for patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 since the Supreme Court’s 2012 and 2014 seminal decisions in Mayo and Alice. Now, the United States Patent and Trademark Office...more
The US Patent and Trademark Office recently issued revised guidance clarifying that only natural persons may be named as inventors on patent applications involving AI-assisted inventions. The guidance rescinds earlier...more
Canada has implemented a Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) system to account for unreasonable delays by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) in issuing a patent. The PTA system effectively comes into force today, with...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions (Updated Guidance), providing a more streamlined and traditional framework for determining inventorship when AI...more
On Nov. 28, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued new examination guidance clarifying inventorship standards for artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted inventions. This update rescinds the prior...more
New guidance on AI-assisted inventions from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) eases patentability restrictions, allowing humans to use AI systems such as large language models (LLMs) to develop new ideas while...more
On July 17, 2024, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) launched a new electronic system and portal, MyCIPO Patents, as part of its Next Generation Patents initiative. While the platform will be extremely helpful...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued revised examination guidance on inventorship for AI-assisted inventions, rescinding its February 2024 guidance and replacing it with a clarified legal framework....more
The China National Intellectual Property Administration’s (CNIPA) revised Patent Examination Guideline, set to take effect on January 1, 2026. This revision fundamentally alters the landscape for “dual filings” (filing...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued updated examination guidance (“New Guidance”) on inventorship in applications involving artificial intelligence (AI). The document rescinds and replaces the February 13,...more
On November 26, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued new inventorship guidance (formally published on November 28) clarifying how inventorship should be evaluated when AI tools are used during the development of...more
In the mid-2000s, the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) determined that reexaminations would be more consistent and legally correct if performed by a centralized set of experienced and specially trained Examiners....more
On November 4, 2025, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, John Squires, designated the Ex Parte Desjardins decision of September 26, 2025 as “precedential.”...more
Thanksgiving is finally here, which means the turkey gets its annual moment in the spotlight. For 364 days a year, the turkey is just trying to fit in. It was forced to take on roles it never auditioned for. Turkey bacon....more
Once upon a time, patent eligibility was not controversial or difficult to understand. Then along came Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, and with it the Supreme Court’s bright idea to replace statutory clarity with metaphysical...more
In an Inter Partes Review (IPR), Petitioners have long been told to avoid relying on prior art the examiner already “considered,” for fear of triggering a discretionary denial under 35 U.S.C. § 325(d)....more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reinforced when judicial correction of drafting errors is allowed, emphasizing the potential importance of intrinsic evidence, reasonable debate, and prosecution history. This...more
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently launched the Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program — a new initiative designed to expedite patent examination for eligible patent application by advancing them out of turn...more
A U.S. design patent protects how something looks, as opposed to how it works. An applicant conveys that look primarily using drawings. Typically they use line drawings, so that the scope of protection is focused on the shape...more
Patent prosecution can be full of surprises, sometimes unpleasant. Kilpatrick’s Steve Borgman recently presented “Traps for the Wary: Patent Prosecution Pitfalls Around the World” at the 30th Annual University of Texas...more
Are useful to protect the design of nearly every type of product from smartphones to the retail stores that sell them; from pharmaceuticals to medical devices; and from running shoes to construction equipment....more
Another day, another change at the USPTO. If you have ever filed a patent application, you know there is a section that asks for your entity status: Large, Small, or Micro. If you have ever asked yourself whether size...more
As companies and markets increasingly view patents not just as a defensive shield but as strategic assets (e.g., for licensing, enforcement, or other potential revenue generation), the prosecution phase is critical....more
The explosive growth of artificial intelligence has created unprecedented challenges for patent protection. While AI may be "the most transcendent and transformative technology of our time," as USPTO Director John Squires...more