It is established practice to judge the inventive step of an invention using the problem-solution approach developed within the European patent office. Under this approach, a claimed invention has to ...

Rather than focusing solely on technical problems, MSAI students partnered with counterparts in the MBAiprogram, an AI-focused MBA designed as a collaboration between Northwestern Engineering and the ...

We meet a solutions architect who tells us that his defining characteristic is curiosity, and that for him success is in solving problems with technology, for people. In a recent episode of the First ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...

Wu Xiaohui of Wanhuida Intellectual Property explains the significance of a ruling by the Supreme People’s Court after the rejection of an invention patent application The non-obviousness of a claimed ...