In 2018, Shenzhen Kinghelm Electronics Co., Ltd. was granted an invention patent for its Beidou-Based Intelligent ...

Since the U.S. patent law switched to the first-inventor-to-file system in 2013, provisional applications have become more popular as the initial step for emerging companies to protect their ...

The key to making money from an invention is assessing your idea from a business perspective first — not after your patent issues. Is a patent only as “good” as your ability to defend it? Many people, ...

Patent eligibility decisions are not new. Courts have grappled with what can and cannot be patented for years, especially in the technology ...

The company filed 993 new patents over the past year, including 880 invention patents and 12 high-value patents, both setting five-year records. With these achievements, iQIYI proudly entered the Top ...

“If you are developing an artificial intelligence that is making more and more judgment calls, and you want to seek patent protection for any resulting inventions, ensure there’s still a human ...

Jim Butt is the kind of guy whose mind is always active. He’s thinking, working to make an improvement. The new south Fort Myers retiree spent 50 years working for snack manufacturer Snyder’s Lance in ...

A patent provides you with exclusive rights to your new service invention for a limited time, usually 20 years. To qualify for a patent, your new service invention must offer a new way or process of ...

In the world's first intellectual property (IP), officials in South Africa awarded a patent to an invention made by an artificial intelligence (AI) system - creating a landmark decision that could ...

In the early 1800s, the U.S. patent office was housed at a converted hotel in Washington, D.C., and when applications were approved, a clerk would ride the agency's pony across town to get the ...

As an inventor holding over 100 U.S. patents – including the Super Soaker water gun, Nerf dart guns, clean energy technologies and many more – I know firsthand the vital role that patents play in ...

Arun Hill at Clarivate assesses the Top 100 Global Innovators 2026 list, including why AI has assumed a strategic importance for innovation ...