Impact of the Proliferation of AI on Prior Art & PHOSITA Listening Session

Description

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) plays an important role in incentivizing and protecting innovation, including innovation enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), to ensure continued U.S. leadership in AI and other emerging technologies (ET).

On April 30, 2024, the USPTO published a Federal Register Notice requesting comments regarding the Impact of the Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Prior Art, the Knowledge of a Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art (PHOSITA), and Determinations of Patentability Made in View of the Foregoing. The purpose of the listening session is to obtain public input from stakeholders on the impact of the proliferation of AI on prior art and PHOSITA, as set forth in the questions presented in the Federal Register Notice of April 30, 2024.

The listening session will be held on July 25, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET virtually and in-person, National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum, USPTO Headquarters, 600 Dulany St, Alexandria VA 22314.

Persons seeking to speak at the listening session must register by July 19, 2024 8:00 p.m. ET. Persons seeking to attend, either in person or virtually, but not speak at the event must register by July 25, 2024, 8:00 a.m. ET. Seating is limited for in-person attendance, so register early.

Contact us

For questions regarding the event program or registration, please contact aipartnership@uspto.gov

Accessibility accommodation If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please submit your request to the contact information listed above.