The USPTO continues to invest heavily in AI capabilities; a new pilot program is designed to assess patent applications for potential "prior art" issues.

Oct. 8, 1945, Raytheon Manufacturing Company filed a patent for a kitchen staple — what we know know as the microwave oven.

A federal appeals court vacated a $20 million jury verdict in a knee surgery device patent suit, according to an Oct. 7 report from Vital Law. The court determined that Rasmussen Instruments did not ...

Congress must pass meaningful reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to protect Americans’ ...

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Over 6,000 patents have been locked away under a federal law few even know exists. The Invention Secrecy Act allows the U.S. government to classify technologies it deems “dangerous” — from ...

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