Patently-O
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
by Dennis Crouch New data from the USPTO shows that the amazing transformation in patent inventorship continues: the average number of inventors per utility patent has reached 3.2 inventors per patent seen in 1976. in 2024, nearly double the 1.7 To continue reading, become a Patently-O member.
Intellectual Property Law Blog
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) may change how we invent: many envision a collaborative approach between human inventors and AI systems that develop novel solutions to problems together. Such AI-assisted inventions present a new set of legal issues under patent law. On February 13, 2024, the U.S.
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Intellectual Property Law Blog
AUGUST 30, 2021
Inventors and patent attorneys often face the challenge of effectively protecting new AI technology development. The rule of thumb is to focus the patent protection on what the inventors improve over the conventional technology. AI technology is complex and includes different parts across different fields. 1) Training phase.
SpicyIP
NOVEMBER 9, 2024
In his recent work published in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice , Dr. Mo Abolkheir argues that the prevailing interpretation of ‘inventive steps’ places emphasis on the inventor’s imaginative capacity rather than the invention itself. It confuses ‘invention’ with ‘person.’
Patently-O
JULY 28, 2021
Most patents involve two or more joint inventors who all claim to have contributed significantly to the invention. Conception of the invention is typically seen as the critical legal determinant of invention and some courts have written that each joint inventor must have contributed substantially to the conception of the invention.*
Patently-O
MARCH 21, 2023
Vidal ask the Supreme Court one simple question: Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term ‘inventor’ to human beings alone? We are are now at a point where it is easy to see an AI tool creating inventive output. In Thaler’s view, DABUS was the inventor since it was the “individual.
IP Watchdog
JULY 14, 2022
Earlier this month, IP diversity advocacy group Invent Together announced that it had launched an online learning platform known as The Inventor’s Patent Academy (TIPA), an e-learning course designed in collaboration with Qualcomm to educate inventors from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds about the benefits of engaging with the U.S.
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