On 2025 October 27 the USPTO launched their Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program, which is a way to advance your applications out of turn for examination. This program offers a predictable way to accelerate the first office action for applications with only one (1) independent claim and ten (10) or fewer claims in total, for...Read More

Patenting the invention is usually the better route, as it gives broader rights that cover your product and any other products that use the same inventive feature. Your claims ideally do cover systems, devices, components, and methods that appear in many products. Conversely, a product patent or patenting your product simply means claims directed to...Read More

An important U.S. court has ruled that merely using generic machine learning does not constitute a new or useful process. This is a reminder that you need to be cunning in your patent strategy, often looking out a decade to where the law will be. Be as cunning as a fox in your patent strategy....Read More