USPTO Hosts Public Listening Sessions on AI and Patent Inventorship
The USPTO gathers public feedback on artificial intelligence and its impact on patent inventorship through a series of hybrid and in-person listening sessions.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosts a public listening session on April 25 to discuss artificial intelligence and inventorship. This hybrid event takes place both online and at the agency's headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, giving the public a platform to share their perspectives.
This session focuses on the current state of AI technologies and the unique inventorship issues that emerge as these tools advance. Participants have the opportunity to address specific questions originally outlined in a Federal Register Notice published by the USPTO on February 14.
The agency schedules a second in-person listening session for May 8 at Stanford University in California to continue gathering valuable stakeholder input. Virtual registration for the April 25 event remains open, allowing interested individuals to participate in shaping the future of AI-related patent policies.