Progress

Current status
adopted
26 Nov 2025 adopted

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Patent protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

26 Nov 2025
adopted

Patent and Trademark Office released Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions

On 26 November 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released the Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions and rescinded the guidance issued on 13 February 2024. The previous guidance, which applied the Pannu fa…

Source
Event type outline
Action type adoption
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body