03 May, 2024 Will AI-Generated Prior Art Ruin the Patent System? The USPTO Wants to Hear from You. By Jonathan B. Thielbar Earlier this week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a request for public comment regarding the impact of artificial...
28 Mar, 2024 Reminder: Motivation to Combine Is Still Required to Render Patent Claims Obvious By Jonathan B. Thielbar The Federal Circuit recently reversed a PTAB obviousness finding because it found no motivation to combine features of the two cited...
22 Mar, 2024 USPTO to Allow E-Signatures but Foreign Jurisdictions Still Require Ink Signatures By William J. Kramer While e-signatures have been accepted for transactions in many facets of life for years, the USPTO finally has approved e-signatures for...
12 Mar, 2024 Patent Protection for AI-Assisted Inventions By Jonathan B. Thielbar Only “natural persons” can be named “inventors” on U.S. patents. But last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued...