The US Patent and Trademark Office director John Squires formally announced the new chief judge of the agency’s appeals board ...

A med tech case decided by the PTAB is helpful to inform patent strategy for AI enabled inventions across various disciplines and industries. Patent applicants should expect to see reliance by the ...

The US Patent Office reaffirms that patents cannot be granted to artificial intelligence. However, it clarifies that the utilization of an AI system by a human does not prevent an individual from ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) under new Director John Squires has been focused on spurring AI technology ...

Jan 20 (Reuters) - First Solar said on Tuesday the United States Patent and Trademark Office director denied three separate ...

The question of where AI sits in the legal personhood stack isn’t as simple as it may seem (i.e. “nowhere”) — but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today declared that, as with other intellectual ...

If President Donald Trump’s administration—whether through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) or another initiative—treats the USPTO like other agencies, it could weaken the competitive ...

The new director of the Patent Office is wasting little time on the job, announcing several new rules and practices that will make it more difficult to challenge the validity of issued patents. John ...

In In Re Gesture Technology Partners, LLC, Case No. 2025-1075 (Fed. Cir. December 1, 2025) (“Gesture”), the Federal Circuit ...

Just a year after celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Denver regional hub of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is shutting its doors for good. The announcement comes amid the ongoing federal ...