Navigating AI and Inventorship: New 2025 USPTO Guidance Issued
The USPTO’s new guidance on AI-assisted inventions clarifies that only natural persons can be recognized as inventors, emphasizing the importance of human contribution in patent law.
Is my idea patentable (2025 update)
We see great ideas from very smart people everyday. Unfortunately, not every great idea is something we can patent and not every patentable idea is great. This post is intended to walk you through at a high level what is (and is not) patentable in 2025. What is patentable in 2025? There are four essential […]
Broad vs. Narrow Patent Claims
Perhaps the most important part of any issued patent is the “claims” section. The patent claims are found at the end of a patent (or on Google patents in the right hand margin) and the claims define the scope of what is and is not covered by a particular patent. When you file a patent […]
3 Reasons to NOT file a patent
Not everything can be patented and sometimes it could be a huge mistake to file a patent. In this post I will cover my top 3 scenarios that I have seen where it does not make sense to file a patent. Scenario 1 – Your idea is not even eligible for a patent The United […]
Prototype or Patent – What comes first?
Do you need to build a model or prototype before you can file a patent? The short answer is “no”, at least not anymore. A few hundred years ago the patent office did have a model requirement and for you history buffs these patent models are a great collectors item. Shown in the image […]
The biggest patent myth – patents are only good if you can enforce them
The biggest patent mythIn graduate school our professor asked our class a trick question. He asked “what does a patent let you do?” A few brave students raised their hands and offered ideas such as selling a a product or getting drug approvals. Our professor shouted out “Wrong! A patent only lets you sue people […]