Anthropic, the company behind Claude, has just been granted its very first US patent – and it’s a big one. At 234 pages, this patent isn’t just a technical footnote, it’s a roadmap for how AI agents will move beyond conversation to actually use software the way humans do.

In this video, I break down:

* The backstory: from Google Brain’s Transformer to Adept and Amazon’s double bet

* What’s really inside US 12,387,036 B1 (hint: it’s not just one invention)

* The quirky technical twist involving a “newline character” in image patches

* Why this patent matters strategically — and what it means for the future of Claude

📌 Links mentioned:

* Anthropic's patent: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DUS12387036B1

* "Attention Is All You Need" paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.03762

OpenAI's Custom GPT feature just got a new patent, and as a patent attorney, I'm diving into what it means. We'll break down the legal and technical details of this new patent, and what it could mean for the future of AI and custom chatbot development.

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I tested ChatGPT and Google Gemini to see if they can research patent case law without hallucinating cases that don’t exist. The results are pretty amazing! The task was to research case law on the sufficient disclosure of AI/ML inventions.

Here’s what the models came up with:

ChatGPT o1 with Deep Research: https://chatgpt.com/share/67cf85a4-3d00-8003-ba62-c384d20a8a66

Gemini 1.5 Pro with Deep Research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KenSqsxYNU9beKQahOL9UygCj7gGY14sBtiD9OPOtLw/edit?usp=sharing

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I'm explaining how the European Patent Office examines AI patents using the two-hurdle approach. This is a snippet from my 3-hour masterclass on patenting AI. The full masterclass covers:

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MagicLeap just lost a patent on a biometric information sharing function in their AR headset. The EPO Board of appeal ruled that the patent covered “a mere administrative scheme” rather than a true technical advancement, leading to its complete revokation. In this video, I break down MagicLeap’s patent, the resoning behind the decision, and the lessons we can learn to navigate software patents in Europe.

Links In This Episode:

- MagicLeap’s patent: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP3433707B1

- The decision to revoke the patent: https://www.epo.org/en/boards-of-appeal/decisions/t230371eu1

- The EPO Guidelines about presentations of information: https://www.epo.org/en/legal/guidelines-epc/2024/g_ii_3_7.html

- The related case about data privacy vs. data security: https://www.epo.org/en/boards-of-appeal/decisions/t121248eu1

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Join patent expert Benita Mackay and me for a discussion on the future of software patents in Europe. We'll go beyond the COMVIK approach and explore potential new standards, especially for AI inventions.

In this session, we'll cover:

- Why COMVIK may be failing: Unpacking its limitations in protecting cutting-edge software and AI technologies.

- A new era of software patents: Exploring possible modifications to the novelty and inventive step requirements.

- ChatGPT weighs in: We'll analyze the AI's proposal for "Process Innovation Use Claims".

- Navigating the EPO: Benita shares her predictions and practical advice for successfully patenting software and AI in Europe.

Learn more about Benita Mackay:

- Benita on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benitamackay/

- Benita at Bryn Aarflot: https://baa.no/en/employees/benita-mackay

Links from this episode:

- Benita’s article “ChatGPT 4o's Process Innovation Use Claims”: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chatgpt-4os-process-innovation-use-claims-benita-s-mackay-xvnof/

- The original LinkedIn comment discussion: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7249644922151026688?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7249644922151026688%2C7249660226411368448%29&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287249660226411368448%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7249644922151026688%29&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_detail_base%3BgF%2B6%2BHxCTwWyHOzgrljAvg%3D%3D

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In this session, we’ll dive into even more of OpenAI's latest patent filings that we didn’t get to last time. We need to talk about their strange patent pledge, too.

Links from this episode:

• Deep dive into the patents discussed in this livestream: https://bestpatent.eu/new-chatgpt-patents/

• My earlier OpenAI patent reviews: https://bestpatent.eu/unlocking-openais-patent-secrets-a-deep-dive-into-ai-innovation/ and https://youtu.be/zQOsJ07XOwc?si=FcI7XdfHB918KO0u

• OpenAI’s patent pledge: https://openai.com/approach-to-patents/

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