US Patent Pulse

The Williamson decision triggered a clear retreat from generic functional terms like “module” and “unit”, yet overall functional claiming has...

• Patent prosecution creates heavy admin burdens including IDS, Office Actions, oaths, assignments, and PTA calculations that demand accuracy and...

AI-curated full-text USPTO patent records from 1790–1975 now enable empirical analysis of long-run technological change and U.S. innovation trends, addressing the prior absence of any such texts before 1976.

The reintroduced Biosimilars Access and Affordability Act would replace CMS's narrow, subjective criteria with concrete FDA-milestone evidence for...

Jepson claims have nearly vanished from U.S. utility patents, falling from roughly 14% in the early 1980s to just 0.03% today.

• In 2025, only 76...

Sony's sale of 43 U.S. patents covering XR glasses, head-mounted displays, and related software to Meta between June and September signals a potential...

Third-party litigation funding has grown sharply, reaching 25.43% of patent cases in 2025.

• Venue shift: Delaware's share dropped to 11.1% after...

Traditional source code protective orders fail to reach AI evidence hidden in model weights, training data, and inference pipelines.

• Core mismatch:...

The Federal Circuit's precedential Samsung victory shows how seemingly minor claim language can trigger fatal enablement defects and force wholesale changes in patent-appeal strategy.

Industrial assignees led Q2 2026 power GaN patent activity, with Chinese universities also prominent in device IP.

• ~500 patent families published...

Google's successful mandamus petition underscores the Federal Circuit's willingness to override district court denials when evidence, witnesses, and...

Acquirers in AI and autonomy deals now probe six pillars of risk that extend far past algorithm checks.

• Patent portfolios of roughly 20 U.S. assets...

The September 30, 2026 Delaware decision found Liquidia infringes claims 1 and 14 of US Patent No. 11,826,327 and rejected obviousness, prior-sale,...

The USPTO has appointed patent-law scholar John F. Duffy as general counsel and acting solicitor, completing the leadership transition first disclosed last month.

The Federal Circuit's latest panel activity underscores active appellate review in patent matters drawing amicus participation.

• In re Satius...

Janssen has secured the first reported biosimilar preliminary injunction in the District of Delaware, blocking Accord and Bio-Thera from commercially...

Apple must now pay $184 million in interest on top of the jury's $634 million Masimo patent verdict, pushing total liability above $818 million. Judge...

Recent studies show large language models now automate tasks once needing domain expertise, including claim drafting and standard-essential patent analysis.

Patent professionals face deemed export risks from routine activities:

• Sharing patent application data with foreign nationals inside the U.S. may...

Pro se inventor Carrie Hafeman petitions CAFC rehearing, arguing the panel misapplied Phillips by severing the 'remote-communication' requirement from...