Many inventions build on or combine previously known elements, requiring the Patent Office and courts to determine which combinations of, or improvement on, previously known elements are entitled to ...

An invention developed by a business or individual inventor may have great value to that business or individual, either through the commercialization of the invention or by licensing the invention to ...

On August 2, 2022, Sen. T. Tillis introduced the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (S.4734) in an effort to clarify which inventions are actually patentable and to codify those that are not. Since ...

To qualify for a patent, an invention must consist of patentable subject matter. Rule 2, paragraph one of the Implementing Regulations of the Chinese Patent Law (CPL) defines an invention as a new ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has launched a process that could determine whether artificial intelligence systems can get full or partial credit as inventors of new ideas that win patent ...

Italy has ratified Directive 98/44/EC on the protection of biotechnological inventions, aimed at harmonizing the laws of the member states to promote investment in the field of biotechnology and avoid ...

“It is important to reach out to Tech Transfer anytime collaboration with another individual or team outside of your institution is considered.” Breakthrough discoveries often receive the spotlight ...

As artificial intelligence is used more and more to innovate, the United States Patent and Trademark Office is looking to address the question of whether AI can be listed as an inventor on a patent, ...

“The new test is expected to bring clarity to subject-matter determination of computer-implemented inventions in Canada.” Clearing the air on labyrinthine subject-matter eligibility standards for ...