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The Team-Based Reality of Modern Innovation: Average Patent Now Lists More Than Three Inventors

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch New data from the USPTO shows that the amazing transformation in patent inventorship continues: the average number of inventors per utility patent has reached 3.2 inventors per patent seen in 1976. in 2024, nearly double the 1.7

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Judge Rules Craig Wright is Not Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto

Plagiarism Today

The post Judge Rules Craig Wright is Not Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto appeared first on Plagiarism Today. For nearly a decade, Craigh Wright has claimed to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. However, those claims just took a major blow.

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The First Step for Inventors

LoTempio Law Blog

The first step for an inventor to protect their new idea is thorough documentation. Keeping a well-dated inventors notebook is essential. A famous example of this is […] The post The First Step for Inventors appeared first on Vincent LoTempio | Registered Patent Attorney, Trademark, and Copyright | 1-800-866-0039.

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Bullying and Clinical Depression Could Not Keep this ‘Shark Tank’ Inventor from Succeeding

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Uncanny communications and people skills have enabled him to connect and succeed both as an inventor Continue reading Akeem Shannon is not the typical ‘Shark Tank’ contestant.

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All Inventors are Human; All Humans are Inventors

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Vidal ask the Supreme Court one simple question: Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term ‘inventor’ to human beings alone? In Thaler’s case, the PTO and courts short-circuited the patentability analysis because the purported inventor is a machine, and machines simply are not permitted to be inventors.

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CAFC ‘Unambiguously’ Backs USPTO in AI as Inventor Fight

IP Watchdog

Vidal that an artificial intelligence (AI) machine does not qualify as an inventor under the Patent Act. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled today in Thaler v. The decision is the latest in a series of rulings around the world considering the topic, most of which have found similarly. Judge Stark authored the opinion.

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Supreme Court Dodges AI Inventor Question with Denial of DABUS Case

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Vidal, which asked the Court to consider the question: “Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term ‘inventor’ to human beings alone?” Dr. Stephen Thaler lost his case at the U.S.

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