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Is Your Blockchain Invention Patentable?

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Blockchain is becoming central to more FinTech patent portfolios than ever – but it’s harder to obtain protection on blockchain than most other technologies. The US Supreme Court’s decision in Alice v. CLS Bank (2014)...more

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Patent Poetry: Patent Office Requests Public Comment on AI Prior Art

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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a request for comment (RFC) on “how AI could affect evaluations of how the level of ordinary skills in the arts are made to determine if an invention is patentable...more

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AI News Roundup – USPTO’s Request for Comment, biopharma companies ban ChatGPT, OpenAI’s memory feature, and more

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To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

AI Can’t Be an Inventor, But How About a POSA?

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On April 30, 2024, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) issued a Request for Comment on how AI technology could affect the PTO’s evaluation of patentability, particularly with respect to qualifying prior art and the...more

Haug Partners LLP

Can Machines Invent Drugs: Patent Law Seeks to Prioritize Human Innovation as Artificial Intelligence Inventions Rise

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In the 1950’s, Alan Turing famously asked, “Can machines think?” Decades later, artificial  intelligence—a term coined after Turing’s death—has become a facet of our everyday lives.  Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Patentability and predictability in AI-assisted drug discovery

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Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are ushering in a new era in drug discovery. The AlphaFold2 system developed by Google’s Deepmind was able to predict the 3D structures of over 200 million proteins -...more

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2023 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: Reexamination Statistics and the Federal Circuit’s SNQ Clarification/Expansion

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The recent resurgence in ex parte reexamination demonstrates the importance of this post-grant review vehicle. It has become particularly important for patent challengers who may be estopped from requesting inter partes...more

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

How to Effectively Use Patent Counsel to Navigate the USPTO’s Duty of Candor Guidance Regarding FDA Submissions

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued updated guidance on the duty of candor and duty to disclose in relation to submissions made to other government agencies, particularly the Food and Drug...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Novelty and Non-Obviousness: How to Define a Patentable Invention

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If you’ve ever applied for a utility patent before, you’re probably familiar with the three primary considerations that dictate whether you can obtain a patent or not: usefulness, novelty, and non-obviousness. With only three...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Sawing Through Patent Term—The Federal Circuit’s Recent Decision In Sawstop

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Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) is additional patent term for U.S. patents to compensate for delay in issuance. The statute (35 U.S.C. § 154(b)) provides three bases for PTA: delayed response by the USPTO (“A delay”), failure to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

PTO Issues Notice on Duties of Disclosure and Reasonable Inquiry

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The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) issued a notice on July 29, 2022, titled “Duties of Disclosure and Reasonable Inquiry During Examination, Reexamination, and Reissue, and for Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and...more

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What Do I Need to File a Utility Patent Application?

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For many start-up companies, the prospect of filing a patent application can be daunting. Even when a company has a potentially patentable invention, the company may be unsure about what materials it should compile before...more

Butler Snow LLP

Protecting Your Intellectual Property: Part I

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Recently, high level policy changes with intellectual property (IP) have been taking place on a wide scale. When considering intellectual property protection, it is important to understand the different types of intellectual...more

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Patent Strategies for Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology

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Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology are rapidly emerging as disruptive technologies. As has happened with many new technologies, particularly disruptive ones, a patent arms race is occurring. The number of patents...more

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Improving Patent Quality With International Collaborative Search Pilot Programs

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The USPTO has launched two new programs aimed at improving patent quality by joining forces with the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) or the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) at the initial stages of the patent...more

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MBHB Snippets: Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law: Fall 2014 - Vol. 12, Issue 4

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In This Issue: - Prior Art Redefined Under the AIA - PTAB Holds a Firm Line on Additional Discovery - The Art of Prior Art Searching - Anticipating a Federal Trade Secret Law - Trademark...more

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The Art of Prior Art Searching

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Prior to filing a patent application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), an applicant seeking patent protection for an invention should consider conducting a prior art search. Also known as a...more

Knobbe Martens

IP 101 – 10 Things You Should Know About Patents to Protect Your Business

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1. What is a patent? A patent is a right granted to inventors by the government to exclude others from making, selling, offering for sale, using, or importing an invention. The U.S. Government has issued over eight...more

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