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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. To continue reading, become a Patently-O member. Continue reading this post on Patently-O.

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AI Inventors? Thaler Commissioner Decision

Barry Sookman

Try as he might, he has consistently lost court cases around the world which rejected his contention that content generated entirely by an artificial intelligence system can be protected either by copyrights or patents. … The post AI Inventors? This includes losses before the U.S.

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How to read a biotech patent

The IPKat

The patent system exists to advance innovation by encouraging inventors to share their ideas publicly. In return for revealing how their invention works, inventors receive patent protection. Patents should therefore be comprehensible to professionals working in the relevant field, not just patent attorneys.

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USPTO Patent Grant Rate and Growing Backlog

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch The USPTO utility patent grant rate data reveals an interesting narrative of policy shifts and administrative changes over the past fifteen years. Continue reading this post on Patently-O. More recent data points to subtle but noteworthy changes in USPTO practice.

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

IP Close Up

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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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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Logical Fallacy in Patent Law: Analysing Abolkheir’s Challenge to the Soundness of Non-obviousness Test

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In his recent work published in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice , Dr. Mo Abolkheir argues that the prevailing interpretation of ‘inventive steps’ places emphasis on the inventor’s imaginative capacity rather than the invention itself. Bhuwan is a third year B.A., His previous posts are available here.