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Artificial Intelligence And Subject Matter Eligibility In U.S. Patent Office Appeals – Part Two Of Three

Intellectual Property Law Blog

This article is Part Two of a Three-Part Article Series. Artificial intelligence is changing industry and society, and metrics at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) reflect its impact. See “Inventing AI, Tracing the diffusion of artificial intelligence with U.S. Part One can be viewed here. Part Two. “No

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Artificial Intelligence And Subject Matter Eligibility In U.S. Patent Office Appeals – Part Three Of Three

Intellectual Property Law Blog

This article is Part Three of a Three-Part Article Series. Artificial intelligence is changing industry and society, and metrics at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) reflect its impact. See “Inventing AI, Tracing the diffusion of artificial intelligence with U.S. Part One can be viewed here. Part Three.

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"Using AI tools to help assess inventive step": A response to the CIPA journal article

The IPKat

The cover article of the May 2024 edition of the CIPA Journal proposed a new test for inventive step using AI. The article was inspired by the EPO's AI assisted search tool, AI-PreSearch. Similarity" is not a test for inventive step The CIPA Journal article proposes that AI-PreSearch could be used in a new inventive step test.

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The Language of Patents (Part I): Equipping Patent Applications for Pre-and Post-Grant Success

IP Watchdog

Such an interpretation can block the patentability of the claim in the absence of evidence that the examiner’s interpretation of the claim is not reasonable.

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Artificial Intelligence And Subject Matter Eligibility In U.S. Patent Office Appeals – Part One Of Three

Intellectual Property Law Blog

This article is Part One of a Three-Part Article Series. Artificial intelligence is changing industry and society, and metrics at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) reflect its impact. See “Inventing AI, Tracing the diffusion of artificial intelligence with U.S. Generic Machine Learning Algorithm”.

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Unambiguous disclosure without patent profanity (T 2171/21)

The IPKat

US patent attorneys wishing to understand certain peculiarities of European patent drafting need look no further than the recent Board of Appeal decision in T 2171/21. The case law relating to pointers and selection inventions is well established CLBA, II-E-1.6.2c) ).

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Adding matter by cherry-picking from separate embodiments: Philip Morris v BAT ([2023] EWHC 2616 (Pat))

The IPKat

During proceedings, BAT submitted an amendment to the claims in an attempt to overcome invalidity for inventive step. Added Matter in the UK and Europe The EPO has a famously strict approach to added matter under Article 123(2) EPC. Final thoughts: Added matter versus patent profanity? PM argued that the amendment added matter.

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