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

“[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 ...

As of Sept. 30, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) retired decades-old search and viewing tools, many of which were accessed on a daily basis by inventors, assignees, ...

One of the many challenges government agencies and their employees face is finding the information they need, when they need it, and having confidence the information is correct, up to date and they ...

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced the upcoming launch of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered image-based prior-art search tool for design patents, scheduled to go live on ...

New search algorithms for relevant prior art most excite the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s CIO right now. Filtering data into haystacks allowing patent examiners to more easily find what they’re ...

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Patent services company lands contract with IP office for AI-driven image searching | Aims to improve efficiency of patent application examinations | Contract worth $12.6m. The US Patent and Trademark ...

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