USPTO asks: Is patent eligibility jurisprudence affecting business?

The United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

  • Are the fields of AI, pharma and quantum computing suffering?
  • Bipartisan group of senators asked USPTO for information about economic effects

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(Reuters) – The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is asking for public input about the effects of varying precedent around patent eligibility on critical industries, according to a Thursday notice to be published Friday.

The notice requests comment on how the “current state of patent eligibility jurisprudence” affects specific fields including quantum computing, artificial intelligence and pharmaceutical treatments, as well as the…

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