Examining U.S. And Europe Patent Disclosure For AI Inventions

Applicants before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office are increasingly seeking patent protection for inventions relating to artificial intelligence.

At the USPTO's fourth AI/Emerging Technologies Partnership meeting on Sept. 27, one of the salient discussion topics was training for patent examiners to enhance the quality and efficiency of examination of AI technologies across various technology areas.

But as examiners in different art units are increasingly examining patent applications involving AI, one question that is becoming ever more important for examiners and patent applicants alike is the amount of disclosure of AI operation, including source code, required to receive patent protection.