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USPTO Presents AI Strategy as AI Patent Applications Soar by 33%

IP Watchdog

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today released an official Artificial Intelligence Strategy aimed at outlining the challenges faced by the Office both internally and externally, as the reach of AI impacts all aspects of innovation and society.

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Understanding IPO’s Rejection of UPL’s Patent Application for Mancozeb and Ortho Silicic Acid Combination in Light of the Patent Bargain and Sufficiency of Disclosure

SpicyIP

Recently, the Indian Patent Office rejected a patent application by UPL Ltd. for lack of sufficient disclosure mandated under Section 10(4) of the Patents Act. Under Section 10(4), an applicant is supposed to disclose the best method of performing the invention in the complete specification.

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USPTO Patent Grant Rate and Growing Backlog

Patently-O

This dramatic shift beginning in 2010 coincided with Director David Kappos taking the helm at the USPTO, marking a decisive break from the more restrictive patent policies of his predecessor Jon Dudas. Continue reading this post on Patently-O. More recent data points to subtle but noteworthy changes in USPTO practice.

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Artificial Intelligence as the Inventor of Life Sciences Patents?

JD Supra Law

The question whether an artificial intelligence (“AI”) system can be named as an inventor in a patent application has obvious implications for the life science community, where AI’s presence is now well established and growing. For example, AI is currently used to predict biological targets of prospective drug molecules.

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Humanizing Technology: Back to Basics on DABUS and AI as Inventors

IP Watchdog

With South Africa’s patent office having recently granted the first patent to an AI inventor, and an Australian court ruling in favor of AI inventorship, it’s time to review how we got here—and where we’re going. If AI-related patent applications and grants are on the uptick, what was the problem with DABUS?

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Key Rules and Cases for Patent Practitioners Working on AI Patent Applications

Intellectual Property Law Blog

16/524,350 (“DABUS”) , the Applicant attempted to claim a machine as the inventor of a patent application. For example, the application data sheet (ADS) cited a single inventor “DABUS” as the given name and “(Invention generated by artificial intelligence)” as the family name. In In re Appl.

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Why we think AI can be an inventor on a patent application

JD Supra Law

On April 18, 2023, we submitted a Supreme Court amicus brief expressing our encouragement for the justices to rule on the question of whether it is proper for an artificial intelligence (AI) to be an inventor on a patent application. By: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP