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Patent Office Releases Role of AI in Inventorship Determinations

In February, the PTO released “Inventorship Guidance for AI-assisted Inventions (89 CFR 10043) and noted that the Office will issue examples to assist in the examination of applications in accord with this Guidance. I recently finished reading and annotating the … Continue reading

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Dana-Farber v. Ono – Co-Inventorship Rules

The pun is intentional, since in Dana-Farber Cancer Inst. v. Ono Pharm. Co., Ltd, Appeal No. 2019-2050 (Fed. Cir., July 14, 2020), a Fed. Cir. Panel of Judges Lourie, Newman and Stoll, Lourie writing, affirmed a district court ruling that … Continue reading

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Bard v. Gore: Joint Inventors or Just One?

In view of the recent petition for cert. filed by W. L. Gore, asking the Supreme Court to review the standards for joint inventorship, the February panel decision in Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. v. W. L. Gore & Assoc., Inc., … Continue reading

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