Request for Comments on Patenting Artificial Intelligence Inventions

• Published date: 30 September 2019
• Citation: 84 FR 51522
• Record Number: 2019-21190
• Section: Notices
• Court: Commerce Department,Patent And Trademark Office

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 189 (Monday, September 30, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 51522]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-21190]
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                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                Patent and Trademark Office
                [Docket No. PTO-C-2019-0029]
                Request for Comments on Patenting Artificial Intelligence
                Inventions
                AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
                Commerce.
                ACTION: Request for comments; extension of comment period.
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                SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
                published a request for comments in the Federal Register on August 27,
                2019, seeking public comment on the subject of patenting artificial
                intelligence inventions. Through this notice, the USPTO is extending
                the period for public comment until November 8, 2019.
                DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 8, 2019.
                ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent by email to
                [email protected]. Comments may also be submitted by postal mail
                addressed to the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark
                Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria VA 22313-1450. Although comments may
                be submitted by postal mail, the USPTO prefers to receive comments via
                email. Because written comments will be made available for public
                inspection, information that a respondent does not desire to be made
                public, such as a phone number, should not be included in the written
                comments.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Coke Stewart, Senior Policy Advisor,
                the Office of the Under Secretary and Director of the USPTO, (571) 272-
                8600.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 27, 2019, the United States Patent
                and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register
                requesting public input on patent-related issues regarding artificial
                intelligence inventions for purposes of evaluating whether further
                examination guidance is needed to promote the reliability and
                predictability of patenting artificial intelligence inventions. See
                Request for Comments on Patenting Artificial Intelligence Inventions,
                84 FR 44889 (Aug. 27, 2019). The notice requested public comments on or
                before October 11, 2019. Through this notice, the USPTO is extending
                the period for public comment until November 8, 2019, to give
                interested members of the public additional time to submit comments.
                All other information and instructions to commenters provided in the
                original notice remain unchanged. Previously submitted comments do not
                need to be resubmitted.
                Andrei Iancu,
                Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
                the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
                [FR Doc. 2019-21190 Filed 9-27-19; 8:45 am]
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