Drafting a patent application can be a daunting task, particularly when one does not have any experience drafting a patent application. While perfectly true, the previous statement seems almost ...

I am frequently asked by inventors whether they should file a patent application before seeking to license their invention. Some even ask whether they should first obtain a patent before they submit ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. Pictured June 30, 2018, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo: Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock.

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On April 29, 2026, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) held a webinar providing a look at how the agency is integrating ...

The Federal Circuit recently addressed a deceptively straightforward question: does a published U.S. patent application qualify as prior art as of the application’s filing date in inter partes review ...

First things first: When it comes to patents, there are no guarantees. Why? Because patent law is constantly evolving. From my perspective as an entrepreneur (which is to say, someone who views ...

Quantum X Labs Inc. (Nasdaq: QXL) (“QXL” or the “Company”), an advanced technologies company (formerly known as Viewbix Inc. (Nasdaq: VBIX)), announced today the filing of a U.S. patent application ...