I've routinely used ZDNet as a bully pulpit directed at both the sellers and buyers of technologies who look to establish or adopt certain standards that have patents connected to them. When a ...

Of course, right now this virtual keypad is just a patent. The current system with physical digits to press is still quite effective, and keyless operation with smartphone connectivity largely offers ...

Kintera, a company in San Diego that leases software that helps nonprofit organizations raise money online, has submitted 13 patent applications to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The ...

Intellectual property (IP) protection can be a vital part of a company’s journey from young upstart to billion-dollar behemoth, safeguarding all its technologists’ hard work while adding to the ...

Albert Einstein’s name has become shorthand for genius in theoretical physics. We tend to picture him scribbling equations ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational technology across countless industries, but the question of when machine-learning (ML) inventions are patent-eligible remains a nebulous target.

As we await the next Update from the Patent Office on subject matter eligibility, it may be worthwhile to consider further the role of examples given in the past by the PTO. The Patent Office’s July ...

On January 27, the USPTO provided its promised set of examples of patent-eligible and patent-ineligible claims relating to the abstract idea exception to 35 U.S.C. § 101, in light of Alice Corp. v.

Earlier today the United States Patent and Trademark Office released the promised patent eligible subject matter examples, which together with the recently released guidance will give applicants, ...

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued an important update to its guidance on patent subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101, specifically focusing on artificial ...

Masato Iida of Shiga examines examples of patent claims related to antibody drugs, assessing which data is included in claims Patent Law Article 36, Paragraph 6, Number 1 defines a so-called "support ...