New guidance from the USPTO says AI systems 'regardless of their sophistication, cannot be named as inventors or joint ...
On November 28, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued revised examination guidance on inventorship for ...
Years after a photogenic macaque snapped a photo of itself on a wildlife photographer’s unguarded camera, and PETA filed a federal lawsuit to give the monkey the copyright for his viral selfies, the ...
The US Patent and Trademark Office has drawn a bright line around who can be an inventor, and it is not generative AI. By ...
While generative AI systems cannot be considered inventors under US patent laws, the US Patent and Trademark Office has ...
This patented technology addresses key industry challenges faced by silicon-carbon composite anode materials during fast charging and high-rate operation, including interfacial instability, ...
A young inventor participating in Camp Invention, ran by the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame and United States Patent and Trademark Office. Credit: United States Patent and Trademark Office “As I ...
I’ve written about a conflict that exists between inventors and patent attorneys. I’ve been a little hard on them, even. But there’s more than one side to every story of course. With that in mind, I ...
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