On November 28, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions, which rescinds its earlier guidance from February 2024.

In early 2024, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released detailed guidance for determining inventorship of AI-assisted inventions. That guidance emphasized that only natural persons could ...

In 2024, it clarified that AI-assisted inventions can still be patented—but only when a human makes a “significant contribution” to the invention’s conception. This ensures that human inventors remain ...

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“The gray area lies in human inventors who are one step behind the scenes – the AI’s creators. The patent system must provide clarity: are these people inventors, or not, and based on what standard?” ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Artera, the developer of multimodal artificial intelligence (MMAI)-based prognostic and predictive cancer tests, announced that its MMAI platform has been named among ...

“Brazil, the United States and Europe have each adopted stringent requirements for patenting AI inventions, tailored to promote technological advancement while preventing overly broad, abstract claims ...

The re:Invent 2024 conference is a significant milestone for the AWS ecosystem, signaling AWS' return to its origins while also advancing emerging technologies such as generative AI. After facing ...