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

Director Todd Hopfinger spoke during the “Listening Session 2” panel at the “Impact of the Proliferation of AI on Prior Art and PHOSITA Listening Session” event hosted by the USPTO.

Event Overview

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 was 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.