Filing for a patent is like planting your flag on your idea, giving you a legal shield that prevents anyone from copying your ...

Perplexity on Thursday is launching Perplexity Patents, an AI patent research agent, per an announcement shared first with ...

Since the U.S. patent law switched to the first-inventor-to-file system in 2013, provisional applications have become more popular as the initial step for emerging companies to protect their ...

Perplexity Patents, the AI company's latest tool, aims to not only democratize but also speed up that process. Released Thursday, the AI-powered database uses natural language to help researchers find ...

When it comes to protecting a company's technical innovations and ideas, there are two main options: patents and trade secrets. Let's explore the unique strategic considerations you need to review to ...

Artificial intelligence has become part of everyday life, but as the technology rapidly advances, federal agencies are trying to adopt new standards for its use. One agency, the United States Patent ...

Preparing and prosecuting medical device patents can be unique and challenging. Patent owners and practitioners often must consider a wide range of converging technologies from the mechanical, ...

In a newly-issued guideline, the office says that only “natural persons” can be awarded patents. It’s perhaps not such a surprising move, and it backs up a decision made late last year by the U.K.’s ...

"I wanted to create a convenient kit that can be worn during rainy or inclement weather to help keep you dry and comfortable," said an inventor, from New York, N.Y., "so I invented the E Z RAIN KIT.

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Hardly a week goes by without the controversial issue of software patenting hitting the news. Particularly controversial are the business-method software patent filings that are inundating the U.S.

US-based Solar Inventions has revealed that it has secured patents in the United States, China and Israel for its novel architecture for PV cells and modules. Ben Damiani, chief technology officer of ...