Can AI Be an Inventor? What Patent Law Says in 2026
Can AI be an inventor on a patent? The short answer is no. Here is what the courts and the USPTO's 2025 guidance actually require, and how to name inventors on AI-assisted inventions.
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Patent Drawing Shading: 7 Essential Rules for 2026
Shading is the one drawing convention that is optional in utility cases, close to mandatory in design cases, and governed by two rules whose exceptions do not match. Here is how each one actually reads.
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How to File a Patent in Spain: A Complete 2026 Guide
The three real routes to a Spanish patent — a national OEPM filing, a validated European patent, or the PCT national phase — with examination, costs, deadlines and how rights are enforced.
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Patent Litigation in Netherlands: A Proven 2026 Guide
How patent disputes are actually fought and won in the Netherlands — the exclusive Hague forum, the Unified Patent Court, the fast kort geding injunction, and what it costs.
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Memotech Docketing Reviewed: 7 Critical Trademark Checks
The pages ranking for this product answer a corporate patent question. This is the trademark answer — what the software is, who it was built for, and the seven deadline checks that decide whether any docketing engine is safe for trademark work.
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EV Battery Patent Landscape: Who Owns the Ground and Where It’s Still Open
A practical read of the EV battery patent field: how fast it is growing, who owns the ground, and where a challenger can still file broad, defensible claims.
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EPO Guidelines A-IX Drawings: 11 Essential Rules for 2026
Rule 46 EPC was deleted in 2023, and most of the drawing guidance still online quotes it as if it were law. Here is the chapter that actually governs European drawings now, section by section.
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Best Patent Drafting Software: 9 Tools Attorneys Use
A practical, vendor-neutral look at the best patent drafting software, what each tool actually does, and the risks every attorney should weigh before buying.
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How to File a Patent in Switzerland: 3 Smart Routes
A patent attorney's guide to the three real routes for filing a patent in Switzerland, what each costs, and the deadlines you cannot miss.
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Patent and Trademark Docketing Software: One Docket, Two Clocks
Patent dates run from filing and issue. Trademark dates run from registration, from use, and from dates held at WIPO. Here is what a combined docket has to compute — and how to test whether yours does.
Read MoreAdvanced Materials Patents: What the 2026 Filing Data Shows
Advanced materials patents are being pulled forward by the energy transition. Here is what the primary WIPO and EPO filing data actually shows in 2026.
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37 CFR 1.83: 7 Proven Rules for Patent Drawing Content
Most drawing objections are about form. The expensive ones are about content: a claim limitation that appears nowhere in the figures. Here is what 37 CFR 1.83 actually demands, and why a drawing filed later cannot rescue you.
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PCT National Phase in France: A Proven 31-Month Guide
How the PCT national phase in France really works: why there is no French national route, the 31-month EPO deadline, what happens if you miss it, and how the granted patent takes effect in France.
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IPfolio vs Anaqua: 7 Critical Docketing Differences
Almost every published comparison of these two platforms evaluates patents only. Here is IPfolio vs Anaqua on product shape, architecture, pricing opacity, and the seven trademark deadline scenarios that decide which one can actually hold your docket.
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Precision Agriculture Patents: Who Owns the Field in 2026
Precision agriculture patents are growing far faster than farming as a whole. See who owns the field, which clusters are hot, and where the white space still sits.
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USPTO Drawing Margins: 7 Rules to Avoid Objections
Sheet size, margins, sight and numbering are the four formalities that decide whether a drawing set clears the USPTO draftsperson. Here is what 37 CFR 1.84 actually requires.
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Customs Recordation: 6 Smart Steps to Block Counterfeits
Registering a trademark doesn't stop fakes at the border — recording it with customs does. A practical guide to CBP customs recordation and the EU equivalent.
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How to File a Patent in South Africa: 7 Key Steps
A practical, step-by-step guide to filing a patent in South Africa through CIPC — deadlines, costs, the non-examination trap, and how to enter the national phase.
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Trademark Docket Audit: 9 Critical Checks for 2026
You inherit a docket, you inherit its dates. A trademark docket audit is the last point at which someone else's error is still yours to fix — here are the nine checks that find them
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Are Cybersecurity Methods Patentable? The Section 101 Line in 2026
Cybersecurity methods are patentable when they claim a concrete technical improvement rather than an abstract idea. Here is where US and European law draws the line.
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