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2026

2026-09-09ResearchA randomized trial finds artificial intelligence drafting help improves patent drafts, and that only experienced lawyers keep the improvement

2026-09-02CostsCongress carries United States Patent and Trademark Office fee setting authority only to the end of the year

2026-07-23Fed. Cir.A physically separable interface limitation carried one claim past the abstract idea step

2026-07-14LegislationPatent Eligibility Restoration Act gets its first full-committee hearing, and stalls there

2026-07-07Fed. Cir.Deep learning claims held abstract where the network itself was off the shelf

2026-05-13EU PolicyEuropean Union delays its high-risk artificial intelligence obligations by sixteen months

2026-03-17EPO2026 EPO Guidelines add a dedicated treatment of artificial intelligence

2026-02-24Fed. Cir.Applying a known machine learning technique to a new field is still abstract

2026-01-01CNIPAChina raises the inventiveness bar for artificial intelligence patents

2025

2025-11-28USPTOUSPTO rescinds the 2024 inventorship guidance and treats artificial intelligence as a tool only

2025-09-26PTABAppeals Review Panel finds machine learning claims eligible on efficiency-based technical improvements

2025-08-04USPTODirector's memorandum narrows the mental-process rejection and imposes an evidence standard

2025-04-18Fed. Cir.Recentive sets the baseline rule for machine learning eligibility

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