The patent examination process can often take far too long, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is determined to do ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the International Trade Commission’s (ITC) determination that the asserted process patents were invalid under the America Invents Act (AIA) ...

On May 21, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued its 11 millionth patent, which was directed to a method of delivering, positioning and/or repositioning a collapsible and expandable stent in a ...

To manage the overwhelming amount of patent data it must process, the European Patent Office (EPO) in Vienna, Austria, has partnered with California-based Google in a no-cost collaboration. The ...

Key to the value of products businesses produce is patent protection. Patent protection correlates with value and product credibility. Here’s how to understand what a patent is worth. Each year, the U ...

When there is intellectual property to protect, entrepreneurs often think of patents. But what is a patent? How do you obtain a patent? What does the process entail and cost? This article explores ...

Inventing something new is exhilarating but turning that idea into a protected patent can be challenging. Getting the right patent referral service can significantly impact the patenting process.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office is seeking feedback on a new program that would make it less expensive to conduct patent searches. The goal of the initiative is to make it easier to ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — A testy U.S. Supreme Court hearing Monday offered few hints at the resolution of a case that could shake up future patent cases. Cuozzo Speeding Technologies v. Lee involves ...

“Starting the patent process on a limited budget doesn’t mean you can’t or won’t succeed, it means you are being responsible. Of course, your budget must be realistic—you cannot expect highly ...

Somewhere, you remember hearing that business methods could now be patented. Great news, you thought, because you had just developed a new method of calculating insurance premiums, one that more ...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk may be ready to disrupt the traditional automotive assembly line manufacturing process with a new patent revealed ahead of the company's robotaxi day. What ...