For more than sixty years," obviousness" has set the bar for patentability. Under this
standard, if a hypothetical" person having ordinary skill in the art" would find an invention …

AI and people do not compete on a level-playing field. Self-driving vehicles may be safer
than human drivers, but laws often penalize such technology. People may provide superior …

The nascent but increasing interest in incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into tools for
the computer-generation of inventions is expected to enable innovations that would …

In 2007, the Supreme Court's decision in KSR v. Teleflex echoed earlier vicissitudes in the
history of patent law when the Court considerably expanded the circumstances in which a …

Much has been written about the power of CRISPR—the workhorse genetic-editing system
first elucidated in 2012—and the public's interest in it, both as a piece of science and an …

Innovation is a primary source of economic growth and is accordingly the target of
substantial academic and government attention. Grants are a key tool in the government's …

The requirement of nonobviousness, codified in 35 USC § 103, has been called" the
ultimate condition of patentability" because of its crucial function of keeping technically trivial …

As technology advances, artificial intelligence (AI)-generated inventions–ie, inventions
created autonomously or semi-autonomously by computer systems–are deemed to …

Patent law rewards invention. Invention in turn means not merely that something is new, but
that it is nonobvious-something that ordinary scientists in the field wouldn't have figured out …

The recent boom in natural gas extraction presents a classic information problem. To assess
the benefits of this emerging energy source, one needs to fully understand the risks of using …