The technological improvement test is used by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to determine the issue of subject matter eligibility.

On July 16, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a guidance update on patent subject matter eligibility with a specific focus on artificial intelligence (AI) inventions.

Counsel say the USPTO's examples of AI patentability should make their lives easier and help point clients in the right direction The USPTO's latest guidance has provided practitioners with more ...

“[USPTO Director Nominee John] Squires called for the adoption of more AI tools to ensure that the Office is issuing patents of ‘provable quality.’” Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...

The interior of the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, in 2019. (Antony-22 / Wikimedia Commons) The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said this week that it intends to award an estimated $70 ...

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 ...