As artificial intelligence increasingly pervades technologies and businesses, the Patent and Trademark Office wants the public to weigh in on the difficulties that come with patenting it. The agency posed a series of questions regarding topics across patent policies and intellectual property protections in a request for comments released in the Federal Register Tuesday.
“The USPTO has been examining AI inventions for decades and has issued guidance in many areas that necessarily relate to AI inventions,” officials wrote. “Going forward, the USPTO would like to engage with the innovation community and experts in AI to determine whether further guidance is needed to promote the predictability and reliability of patenting such inventions and to ensure that appropriate patent protection incentives are in place to encourage further innovation in and around this critical area.”
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