Archive - PatentRiff

Strategic Obfuscation? Research Indicates University Patents Are Becoming Harder to Read

Are professors hiding the ball?

Aug 20 •

A Patent Eligibility Paradox: Why Broader Claims Can Win When Narrower Claims Fail

"I was told there'd be no math"

Aug 16 •

August USPTO Memo Signals Nuanced Approach to AI and Software Patent Eligibility

"Examiners should..." for each prong of the Step 2A analysis

Aug 15 •

AI in Medicine: A New Study Warns of a Potential 'De-Skilling' Effect on Doctors

Did the doctors become over-reliant on their AI copilot?

Aug 14 •

Federal Circuit Reinforces Patent Eligibility for Mechanical Inventions in PowerBlock v. iFit

In a precedential decision that may offer a sigh of relief to innovators in the mechanical and electromechanical arts, the U.S.

Aug 13 •

Deeper Implications of the PTAB Memo: Quality, Burden of Proof, and AI

Every challenged element must have a citation to a reference

Aug 12 •

USPTO Reverses Course on IPRs, New Memo Demands Explicit Prior Art

For every claim element

Aug 11 •

Commerce Department Threatens Harvard’s Patents in Unprecedented Bayh-Dole Maneuver

In a move that has sent ripples through the technology transfer community, the U.S.

Aug 11 •

A Tax on Innovation? Proposed Patent Fee Overhaul Sparks Deep Concern

Valuating a patent is an impossible task in itself

Aug 10 •

USPTO Opens its Books: A Look into the Agency’s Financial Engine

A USPTO Hour gives insights into USPTO financing

Aug 10 •

Research Co-Pilot? How "AI4Research" Can Reshape Innovation and IP

AI to "improve, accelerate, and partially automate research across disciplines"

Aug 7 •

USPTO’s Departing CIO Lays Out Ambitious IT Modernization and Security Agenda

Talks of the cloud, AI, and MFA in Jamie Holcombe's "swan song"

Aug 6 •

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