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Should augmented #Invention be recognised? According to Levy, it is a hybrid model of #Inventorship that recognises human and #AI contributions. bit.ly/3Jx2Xb2 #ArtificialIntelligence #AIDrivenInventions #Patents #Patentability #EnablementAndWrittenDescription #PatentDisclosure #CompulsoryLicensing
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Should augmented #Invention be recognised? According to Levy, it is a hybrid model of #Inventorship that recognises human and #AI contributions. bit.ly/3Jx2Xb2 #ArtificialIntelligence #AIDrivenInventions #Patents #Patentability #EnablementAndWrittenDescription #PatentDisclosure #CompulsoryLicensing
Zhang et al's #PatentLandscape for #CollaborativeRobots, was dominated by technologies that enable collaborative systems, such as the #InternetOfThings. These #EnablingTechnologies are highly valuable. bit.ly/3VVQlgv #Cobots #Robotics #AI #IoT #SystemArchitecture #HumanMachineInteraction
October 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Zhang et al's #PatentLandscape for #CollaborativeRobots, was dominated by technologies that enable collaborative systems, such as the #InternetOfThings. These #EnablingTechnologies are highly valuable. bit.ly/3VVQlgv #Cobots #Robotics #AI #IoT #SystemArchitecture #HumanMachineInteraction
Create your own Lego® jewellery and invoke those memories. Lego® bricks replace gemstones in these customisable rings by jewellery brand Studio GOGO, allowing wearers to change their design. It all started with Interlego AG's #Patent US3005282. bit.ly/437reuQ #Innovation #Invention #Creativity
Studio GOGO's Lego jewellery is "made to be played with"
Plastic Lego bricks replace gemstones in these customisable rings by Berlin jewellery brand Studio GOGO, allowing wearers to change up the design as they see fit.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Create your own Lego® jewellery and invoke those memories. Lego® bricks replace gemstones in these customisable rings by jewellery brand Studio GOGO, allowing wearers to change their design. It all started with Interlego AG's #Patent US3005282. bit.ly/437reuQ #Innovation #Invention #Creativity
The 'Leonardo effect': does artistic imagination fuel scientific and technical #Innovation? Wojan used the #AnnualBusinessSurvey and traffic to art websites sorted by ZIP code, to test whether artistic training promotes the generation of #Novelty. bit.ly/48fHltR #Creativity #Patents #Invention
October 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The 'Leonardo effect': does artistic imagination fuel scientific and technical #Innovation? Wojan used the #AnnualBusinessSurvey and traffic to art websites sorted by ZIP code, to test whether artistic training promotes the generation of #Novelty. bit.ly/48fHltR #Creativity #Patents #Invention
Have top selling US #Drugs from 1988-2020 come from #ClosedInnovation or #OpenInnovation? Hsueh et al found that 78% came from #Collaborations. bit.ly/4gAfeaO #Patents #FDAOrangeBook #StrategicAliance #InnovationSystem #CollaborativeModels #OrganisationalPartnership #Coopetition #Network #Contract
September 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Have top selling US #Drugs from 1988-2020 come from #ClosedInnovation or #OpenInnovation? Hsueh et al found that 78% came from #Collaborations. bit.ly/4gAfeaO #Patents #FDAOrangeBook #StrategicAliance #InnovationSystem #CollaborativeModels #OrganisationalPartnership #Coopetition #Network #Contract
Is there a more #Sustainable alternative to conventional tennis balls? According to Chouraqui, a design graduate, a #Compostable, #3DPrinted version can be made. #Patents on tennis balls include Dunlop's GB714481. bit.ly/4mZ9MAI #Invention #Innovation #Recycling #CarbonFootprint #PolylacticAcid
3D-printed tennis balls aim to match performance of traditional balls
Central Saint Martins graduate Noé Chouraqui has developed a 3D-printed alternative to standard-issue tennis balls made from a bio-based, recyclable filament.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Is there a more #Sustainable alternative to conventional tennis balls? According to Chouraqui, a design graduate, a #Compostable, #3DPrinted version can be made. #Patents on tennis balls include Dunlop's GB714481. bit.ly/4mZ9MAI #Invention #Innovation #Recycling #CarbonFootprint #PolylacticAcid
Could acquisitions reduce #Innovation rather than bringing knowledge into #Biotechnology companies? Verginer et al found a 13.5% increase in #Inventor turnover and a 35% decrease in citation-weighted #Patents. bit.ly/46617FD #BiotechPatents #BiotechnologyPatents #R&D #Research #OrganisationalChange
September 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Could acquisitions reduce #Innovation rather than bringing knowledge into #Biotechnology companies? Verginer et al found a 13.5% increase in #Inventor turnover and a 35% decrease in citation-weighted #Patents. bit.ly/46617FD #BiotechPatents #BiotechnologyPatents #R&D #Research #OrganisationalChange
Who needs a keyboad and mouse when hand gestures will suffice? Meta's #SmartWristband enables muscle-reading technology e.g. in US12089953. bit.ly/3HLzhGf #Patents #SurfaceElectromyography #sEMG #WearableTechnology #GestureSensing #GestureControl #HumanComputerInteraction #BiosensingTechnology
Meta predicts replacing keyboard and mouse with signal-sensing wristband
Technology company Meta has said "the wrist is the key" to the future of human-computer interaction after its engineers created a gesture-sensing wristband prototype.
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August 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Who needs a keyboad and mouse when hand gestures will suffice? Meta's #SmartWristband enables muscle-reading technology e.g. in US12089953. bit.ly/3HLzhGf #Patents #SurfaceElectromyography #sEMG #WearableTechnology #GestureSensing #GestureControl #HumanComputerInteraction #BiosensingTechnology
Were US Patent examiners influenced by the home region of inventors? Coluccia found that they had granted more patents to inventors located within 150 km of their #CityOfOrigin. bit.ly/4mnyPgM #Innovation #EconomicGrowth #EmploymentRate #Machinery #Chemistry #Agriculture
August 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Were US Patent examiners influenced by the home region of inventors? Coluccia found that they had granted more patents to inventors located within 150 km of their #CityOfOrigin. bit.ly/4mnyPgM #Innovation #EconomicGrowth #EmploymentRate #Machinery #Chemistry #Agriculture
Nabisaalu found that women #Entrepreneurs rely on internal networks, whereas men used external networks and out-patented women even in female-dominated fields. bit.ly/4mhZ8UT #WomenInIP #WomenInScience #WomenInTech #Gender #Patent #Innovation #Invention #EntrepreneurshipInThePopulation #EPOPSurvey
August 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Nabisaalu found that women #Entrepreneurs rely on internal networks, whereas men used external networks and out-patented women even in female-dominated fields. bit.ly/4mhZ8UT #WomenInIP #WomenInScience #WomenInTech #Gender #Patent #Innovation #Invention #EntrepreneurshipInThePopulation #EPOPSurvey
Concerned about inventive cannibalism? Cerny discusses how to support human creativity, whilst using #AI to generate #Patent claims. bit.ly/469bUjS #PatentSearch #Innovation #Invention #ArtificialIntelligence #PromptEngineering #LargeLanguageModels #LLM #ChatGPT #Gemini
July 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Concerned about inventive cannibalism? Cerny discusses how to support human creativity, whilst using #AI to generate #Patent claims. bit.ly/469bUjS #PatentSearch #Innovation #Invention #ArtificialIntelligence #PromptEngineering #LargeLanguageModels #LLM #ChatGPT #Gemini
Was the Tesla #PatentPledge with its #GoodFaith condition a good offer? Wang analysed the pledge not to sue those who use its patented technology in good faith. bit.ly/4kBwJbl #ElectricVehicle #EV #Patent #Infringement #Litigation #Innovation #Licence #Competition #EnergyPolicyResearchGroup
July 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Was the Tesla #PatentPledge with its #GoodFaith condition a good offer? Wang analysed the pledge not to sue those who use its patented technology in good faith. bit.ly/4kBwJbl #ElectricVehicle #EV #Patent #Infringement #Litigation #Innovation #Licence #Competition #EnergyPolicyResearchGroup
The PEDANTIC dataset from Knappich et al illustrated some reasons for #Patent application rejection by the #USPTO due to ambiguous claims. bit.ly/4leG6im #Indefiniteness #Definiteness #PatentDefinitenessExaminationCorpus #LargeLanguageModels #LLM #AI #ManualOfPatentExaminingProcedure
July 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The PEDANTIC dataset from Knappich et al illustrated some reasons for #Patent application rejection by the #USPTO due to ambiguous claims. bit.ly/4leG6im #Indefiniteness #Definiteness #PatentDefinitenessExaminationCorpus #LargeLanguageModels #LLM #AI #ManualOfPatentExaminingProcedure
"Summertime Fun #Patents Coloring Book" from Borrego would make a great holiday book. bit.ly/45LicpE #PatentCulture #Education
June 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Summertime Fun #Patents Coloring Book" from Borrego would make a great holiday book. bit.ly/45LicpE #PatentCulture #Education
Should #AI #Inventors get #MoralOwnership of a #Patent as made clear by the #PannuFactors, if they have made a significant contribution? This is the view of Villegas Tovar et al. #ArtificialIntelligence #EconomicRights #USPTO bit.ly/4nn91Ck
June 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Should #AI #Inventors get #MoralOwnership of a #Patent as made clear by the #PannuFactors, if they have made a significant contribution? This is the view of Villegas Tovar et al. #ArtificialIntelligence #EconomicRights #USPTO bit.ly/4nn91Ck
Comparing #mAb and #Chemical #Innovation, expertise in mAbs is concentrated in a few, primarily #HighIncomeNations, according to Motta-Santos et al. This contrasts with broader distribution in the #ChemicalDrug sector. bit.ly/3Zxi1dG #MonoclonalAntibody #PatentAnalysis #Chemistry #BiotechPatents
June 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Comparing #mAb and #Chemical #Innovation, expertise in mAbs is concentrated in a few, primarily #HighIncomeNations, according to Motta-Santos et al. This contrasts with broader distribution in the #ChemicalDrug sector. bit.ly/3Zxi1dG #MonoclonalAntibody #PatentAnalysis #Chemistry #BiotechPatents
Imagine a world where #Crops can thrive regardless of climate or disease and provide all the nutrients our bodies need. Researchers at #Western are now part of an UK initiative funded by @aria-research.bsky.social. #ARIA #Innovation #Invention #SyntheticPlants #ChloroplastGenome. bit.ly/3HoTph5
Researcher receives funding from ARIA to unlock potential of plants
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Bogumil Karas awarded $1.5M to optimize plants by creating genomes from scratch
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June 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Imagine a world where #Crops can thrive regardless of climate or disease and provide all the nutrients our bodies need. Researchers at #Western are now part of an UK initiative funded by @aria-research.bsky.social. #ARIA #Innovation #Invention #SyntheticPlants #ChloroplastGenome. bit.ly/3HoTph5
Bonnet et al interviewed experts in #Blockchain in #IntellectualProperty management. They included blockchain visionaries, sceptics, strategists and opportunistic followers. Their ideas could promote blockchain innovations in the #IP field. bit.ly/4mHPADB #Patents #NFT #SmartContracts #Tokenisation
June 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Bonnet et al interviewed experts in #Blockchain in #IntellectualProperty management. They included blockchain visionaries, sceptics, strategists and opportunistic followers. Their ideas could promote blockchain innovations in the #IP field. bit.ly/4mHPADB #Patents #NFT #SmartContracts #Tokenisation
We are delighted to welcome Pooja Deswal to the #Electronics team at victorgreen.co.uk. She holds a Master’s in Electronics and #CommunicationEngineering and an #LLB from MDU, India. She is also a qualified Indian #PatentAgent. bit.ly/3Nyo23O #PatentAnalyst #ComputerScience #AI #MachineLearning
May 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We are delighted to welcome Pooja Deswal to the #Electronics team at victorgreen.co.uk. She holds a Master’s in Electronics and #CommunicationEngineering and an #LLB from MDU, India. She is also a qualified Indian #PatentAgent. bit.ly/3Nyo23O #PatentAnalyst #ComputerScience #AI #MachineLearning
The article "Grading Patents" by Baharad et al proposes a reform of the US #Patent system by introducing a grading mechanism for patents; the #USPTO would assign a grade from 1 to 5. #ProtectionTerm would depend on grade, potentially 4 to 20 years. bit.ly/3GJ26lY #PatentExaminer #PatentTerm
May 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The article "Grading Patents" by Baharad et al proposes a reform of the US #Patent system by introducing a grading mechanism for patents; the #USPTO would assign a grade from 1 to 5. #ProtectionTerm would depend on grade, potentially 4 to 20 years. bit.ly/3GJ26lY #PatentExaminer #PatentTerm
Stierle et al outline an issue at the intersection of #IP and EU #HealthcareRegulation. The EU lags behind the US in #PersonalisedMedicine and #GeneTherapy. They suggest that regulatory reform may be more effective at overcoming innovation bottlenecks than changes to #PatentLaw. bit.ly/42Eo9CX
May 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Stierle et al outline an issue at the intersection of #IP and EU #HealthcareRegulation. The EU lags behind the US in #PersonalisedMedicine and #GeneTherapy. They suggest that regulatory reform may be more effective at overcoming innovation bottlenecks than changes to #PatentLaw. bit.ly/42Eo9CX
John R. Thomas raised some issues about how the #USPTO handles "secret #PriorArt". He suggested that prior art should only count if a skilled #PatentSearcher could have reasonably located it, similar to the "reasonably accessible" standard. bit.ly/3RpbWvo #Invention #ClimateChange #Medicine #Safety
April 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
John R. Thomas raised some issues about how the #USPTO handles "secret #PriorArt". He suggested that prior art should only count if a skilled #PatentSearcher could have reasonably located it, similar to the "reasonably accessible" standard. bit.ly/3RpbWvo #Invention #ClimateChange #Medicine #Safety
#Women #Patent attorneys report negative presumptions from clients. Those in #Engineering and #Physics, fields traditionally dominated by men, experience more bias than those in #Chemistry, #Biotechnology or #Biochemistry. bit.ly/42Ogfqx #Gender #WomenInIP #WomenInScience #WomenInTech
April 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#Women #Patent attorneys report negative presumptions from clients. Those in #Engineering and #Physics, fields traditionally dominated by men, experience more bias than those in #Chemistry, #Biotechnology or #Biochemistry. bit.ly/42Ogfqx #Gender #WomenInIP #WomenInScience #WomenInTech
The first vertical launch licence has been awarded for the SaxaVord #Spaceport in the Shetland Islands. #IP protection has growing consequence for UK #SpaceTechnology companies. bit.ly/42vz3uv #Rocket #Spacetech #Spacecraft #Patents #SpacePatents #SpaceLaw #Innovation #Invention
April 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The first vertical launch licence has been awarded for the SaxaVord #Spaceport in the Shetland Islands. #IP protection has growing consequence for UK #SpaceTechnology companies. bit.ly/42vz3uv #Rocket #Spacetech #Spacecraft #Patents #SpacePatents #SpaceLaw #Innovation #Invention
A blend of #Technology and design comes from 1X Technologies, a #HumanoidRobot wrapped in cosy, Scandinavian-style #Knitwear! Neo Gamma is designed to blend into a home. It contrasts with futuristic #Inventions such as LG's robot cleaner in US2022287534. bit.ly/3DHQxdL #Patents #Robotics #AI
Scandi robot servant Neo Gamma is dressed head-to-toe in beige knitwear
Robotics firm 1X has developed a humanoid robot for home chores that is wrapped in beige knitwear to "complement living spaces rather than disrupt them".
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March 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A blend of #Technology and design comes from 1X Technologies, a #HumanoidRobot wrapped in cosy, Scandinavian-style #Knitwear! Neo Gamma is designed to blend into a home. It contrasts with futuristic #Inventions such as LG's robot cleaner in US2022287534. bit.ly/3DHQxdL #Patents #Robotics #AI