What does it mean to be an inventor? In patent law, designed to protect the intellectual property of inventors, officials are used to thinking of inventors as humans, taking an “inventive step” – a ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that an artificial intelligence (AI) software system cannot be listed as an inventor on a patent application because the Patent Act requires an ...

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "I work in hotel management, and I thought there should be a way to automate the cleaning and sanitizing process for keys and key cards," said an inventor, ...

Corporate investment in AI continues to accelerate globally and patent filings for AI-related inventions are rising across ...

Does AI leave room for traditional innovation? From at least one inventor’s perspective, there will always be room for human contribution, no matter how ubiquitous AI becomes. This article concludes a ...

“Rather than requiring an inventor to pay for certain potentially unnecessary patent powers…and/or only providing inventors with certain limited patent powers…the patent durability calculator would ...

PITTSBURGH, March 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be a better way to collect and dispose of trash, dead animals, and other debris from roadsides and highways," said an inventor, from ...

At the turn of the 20th century, the quest for a perpetual motion machine took hold of public imagination. A number of Hoosiers were among those captivated by the idea of creating a perpetual motion ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be an electronic diagnostic tool for electric clothes washing and drying machines," said an inventor, from Leona, Texas, "so I ...