2025-11-26
The new guidance underscores longstanding precedent that the same legal standard for determining inventorship applies to all inventions, regardless of whether AI systems were used in the inventive process. No new, separate or modified standard is created for or applies to AI-assisted inventions.
2025-11-25
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today submitted a Joint Public Interest Comment to the U.S. International Trade Commission in Inv. No. 337-TA-3854, emphasizing that the public interest is best served when valid U.S. patent rights are fully and effectively enforced.
2025-11-25
Starting on December 29, 2025, the Assignment Recordation Branch Call Center is changing its hours of operation. Assistance will be available Monday through Friday (except federal holidays) from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m. ET (instead of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET).
2025-11-25
Data about proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) from 2001 to the present is now available in our Open Data Portal (ODP). You can easily search, view, and extract AIA trial, ex parte appeal, and interference information in a single place. Check out our release notes for more information.
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