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On August 27, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice requesting comments on patent issues related to artificial intelligence (AI) inventions. In its notice, USPTO asks several questions covering patent…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that is extending the public comment period for its proposed rules implementing the first-inventor-to-file (FITF) provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). The…

Over the past year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has been busily implementing provisions of the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) in advance of the effective dates of the law’s most significant changes to the U.S. patent…