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United Kingdom: Suspended UKIPO Guidelines on patent applications relating to AI inventions

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Suspended UKIPO Guidelines on patent applications relating to AI inventions

On 23 November 2023, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) temporarily suspended the guidelines for the examination of patent applications related to artificial intelligence (AI) inventions. The guidelines clarified that patents are available fo…

Scope

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

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2021-10-29
in consultation

On 29 October 2021, the UK government opened a public consultation on Artificial Intelligence and I…

2022-01-07
processing consultation

On 7 January 2022, the United Kingdom government closed the public consultation on Artificial Intel…

2022-06-28
concluded

On 28 June 2022, the UK government published its response to the consultation on "Artificial intell…

2022-09-22
adopted

On 22 September 2022, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) published the guidelines for the ex…

2023-11-23
rejected

On 23 November 2023, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) temporarily suspended the guidelines…