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US patent office validates First Solar’s TOPCon intellectual property

First Solar revealed that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has denied three separate inter partes review ...

NeuroSense Granted U.S. Patent for Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

NeuroSense Therapeutics Ltd. (NASDAQ: NRSN) ("NeuroSense"), a late-clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel treatments for severe neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that the ...

Renewal Fuels, Inc. (OTC: RNWF), Operating as American Fusion, Highlights Expansion of Fusion Patent Portfolio Supporting Commercial Texatron™ Platform

Renewal Fuels, Inc. (OTC: RNWF) (“RNWF” “American Fusion” or the “Company”), together with Kepler Fusion Technologies Inc., ...
JD Supra

United States Patent and Trademark Office Issues Revised Guidance on Inventorship for AI-Assisted Inventions

On November 28, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued revised examination guidance on inventorship for AI‑assisted inventions. The guidance rescinds the USPTO’s prior ...

US patent office upholds First Solar's patents against third-party challenges

Jan 20 (Reuters) - First Solar said on Tuesday the United States Patent and Trademark Office director denied three separate ...
JD Supra

USPTO Removes Reliance on Applicant Admitted Prior Art in IPR Proceedings

On July 31, 2025, the acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a memorandum making a significant change in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) inter partes ...
IPWatchdog

Settled Expectations: When is a Patent Safe from Challenge at the PTAB?

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed my conversation is with Kevin McNish, who is a registered patent attorney who represents clients in inter partes reviews (IPR), post-grant reviews (PGR), ex parte ...

Why AI and Computing Innovators Should Reevaluate Their Patent Portfolio Strategies in 2026

USPTO Director Squires’s 2025 policies encourage more use of evidence-based SMEDs to challenge patent rejections, especially ...
pv magazine USA

Canadian Solar wins U.S. patent litigation against Maxeon

According to Canadian Solar, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has ruled in its favor, stating that “all claims asserted by Maxeon ...
Virginia Business

US Patent and Trademark Office to lay off 126 at Alexandria HQ

The United States Patent and Trademark Office announced plans to lay off about 1% of its workforce of over 14,000 employees as the agency continues to operate amid a government shutdown, according to ...

Aspire Biopharma Files Provisional Patent Application for Industry-First Sublingual Formulation of Alprazolam – Generic Xanax(R) – for Rapid Anxiety Relief

New sublingual delivery system designed to enhance bioavailability and speed of onset for major depressive and ...

JinkoSolar Shares Fall After U.S. Rejects Challenge to First Solar Patent

Shares of JinkoSolar fell after the United States Patent and Trademark office declined to invalidate competitor First Solar's patents. The shares fell 12.8% to $25.78 in Tuesday afternoon trading. The ...