The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. Pictured June 30, 2018, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo: Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock.

GM has filed a patent application for a cable-free pickup truck tailgate system. The application was assigned patent number US 2025/0043605 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ...

Chekable Inc., a startup that’s using generative artificial intelligence to automate the patent application and search process, said today it has closed on an undisclosed investment from NEC X, the ...

“U.S. patent practitioners preparing to file in the EPO should be aware of several key considerations and potential pitfalls.” In today’s global economy, securing international patent protection is ...

“The [patent] statute confirms that IPRs should not be instituted based on patent applications that published after the priority date of the challenged patent [but] the PTAB has permitted IPRs to be ...

At its core, a patent is a contract between an inventor, who agrees to disclose detailed information about their invention to the public, and the state, which grants them exclusive rights to that ...