The notice focuses on clear and full disclosures of AI use in paperwork presented to the agency, while reaffirming existing policy applications surrounding the tech.

USPTO intends to negotiate and award a contract to Accenture Federal Services for its Patent Search Artificial Intelligence capabilities.

Analysis should focus on contributions by humans, though “AI-assisted inventions are not categorically unpatentable,” USPTO says in new guidance.

USPTO CIO Jamie Holcombe criticizes federal government's approach to innovation and long-term modernization, saying “everything we do in the government is pretty stupid.”

The request for information specifically seeks a FedRAMP-authorized and cloud-based solution that would allow employees, with authorized access, to “process Patent, Trademark, Payment and other business fax…

USPTO believes adding advanced AI technologies “offers unique opportunities to leapfrog forward to further enhance patent search capabilities and further strengthen the patent system.”

Trademark applicants' private addresses inadvertently appeared in public records between February 2020 and March 2023.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office is seeking feedback on a new program that would make it less expensive to conduct searches for certain patent applicants.

State Department CIO Kelly Fletcher; USPTO CIO Jamie Holcombe.