New USPTO rules confirm that AI can support the invention process, but only humans can legally claim inventorship under U.S.

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USPTO issues new guidelines on patenting AI-assisted inventions, reaffirming that only humans can be legal inventors.

"AI systems, including generative AI and other computational models, are instruments used by human inventors," Squires wrote. "They may provide services and generate ideas, but they remain tools used ...

Something important happened at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last month, and it did not get nearly the attention it deserved.

Retail and consumer products companies in the United States face a constant threat of patent infringement lawsuits and—for ...

The boundaries of academic freedom may be vastly circumscribed by the U.S. Supreme Court this term in a case that is not even on most universities’ radar. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v.

Below, CNBC Select explains the differences between trademarks, copyrights and patents. Read on for more information and to ...

Revelations of unprofessional behavior within the Patent and Trademark Office’s award-winning work-from-home program have been described as “telework abuses” by investigators and lawmakers -- despite ...

Prior-art searchers go through the USPTO\'s nearly ten million patents, looking for anything that can be used against an inventor. Troy Norred was on his way home for Thanksgiving in 1998 when he had ...