On September 22, 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) directed patent practitioners to current case law and sections of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) as.
Patent and Trademark Office USPTO directed patent practitioners to current case law and sections of Manual of Patent Examining Procedure MPEP as reminders as patent practitioners work in Artificial Intelligence AI technology space. Subject matter eligibility and enabling disclosure.
Previously, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) has found that a non-human may infringe patents. Arguably, an AI system, which is a non-human, can also.