The Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened its doors in June 2023 as a single, centralised judicial forum to handle patent disputes across participating EU countries. What does this mean for patentees?

Supporting the patent grant process through a human-centric approach. As part of its digital transformation, the EPO is integrating AI solutions throughout the patent grant process to support staff, improve efficiency and maintain the high-quality standards expected by applicants and stakeholders worldwide. The foundations of AI use at the EPO were established in the areas of pre-search, classification and file allocation. AI systems help route incoming applications, support the classification of patent documents and facilitate the identification of relevant prior art, enabling examiners to navigate an ever-growing volume of technical information more efficiently. These capabilities have become an integral part of the search process and contribute to both consistency and productivity.

Patentlyze: A TV that blurs spoilers, Sony patent that knows you're alone, and 13 more new big tech patents

The future of food leaves clues long before products reach supermarket shelves, and those clues are buried in patent filings. This month's collection of 18 patent applications uncovers how companies are tackling some of the industry's biggest challenges: replacing animal proteins, reducing sugar and salt, improving flavor, scaling bioprocessing, and even using AI to invent entirely new food experiences. Here are the innovations worth watching.

The article analyzes the global humanoid robotics patent race using over 26,000 patent families covering interaction systems, robot morphology, and control/planning technologies.

The European Patent Office (EPO) will continue to act as International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority (ISA/IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for another ten years, until 2037.