Patent News for Thursday 16th April 2026

1. South Korea leads AI patents per capita while strengthening models and policy frameworks

According to the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI's AI Index 2026 report, South Korea leads globally in AI patents per capita, reflecting a ...

2. Tesla Files Patents Revealing Optimus Gen 3 Mechanical Blueprint | EV

Tesla published four international patents on Thursday covering the forearm, wrist, joint and hand architecture of its Optimus humanoid robot, ...

3. Iceotope passes 200 patents as AI cooling demand rises - Ground News

Iceotope passes 200 patents as AI cooling demand rises ... Iceotope expands liquid cooling patent portfolio as data centre operators seek heat-saving ...

4. Chinese automaker patents voice-activated in-car toilet - Gulf News

Chinese EV maker Seres patents a voice-activated in-car toilet hidden under a sliding seat, aiming to serve long-distance drivers, campers and car ...

5. Federal Circuit Distinguishes Amgen in Reversal of Invalidation of Teva Headache Treatment Patents

The CAFC noted that the patents make clear that their claimed invention is the use of anti-CGRP antagonist antibodies, or humanized versions thereof, ...

6. Iceotope passes 200 patents as AI cooling demand rises - IT Brief UK

Iceotope has passed 200 granted and pending patents in liquid cooling, with 109 granted patents and 99 pending applications. The milestone comes ...

7. Comments to the House Oversight Committee Regarding Artificial Intelligence and American Power

As measures of AI intensity, South Korea leads in AI patents per capita, and China's share of the top 100 most-cited AI papers grew from 33 percent in ...

8. The answer to the iPhone Ultra: Samsung patents triple folding smartphone in book format

The source notes that the hinge appears to be designed to support multiple stable positions. iPhone Ultra's answer: Samsung patents a triple-folding ...

9. Federal Circuit Affirms Invalidity Determination - The National Law Review

The issued patents, however, named only Fortress personnel and omitted Lin and Huang as coinventors. During the litigation, Fortress acknowledged that ...

10. Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). April 16, 2026, 6:33 AM PDT. Challenged claims of Trina Solar Co. Ltd.'s patent that relates to solar cell ...

11. Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). April 16, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board held that challenged claims of Trina Solar Co ...

12. Case: Patents/Procedure (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Procedure (Fed. Cir.) April 16, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC. The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ...

13. Sustainable Green Team (OTC: SGTM) Emerges as Technology Company With 169 Patents ...

169 Pending Patents. 850000+ Lines of Proprietary Code. 13 Institutional Domains. Restore.Earth Launches Q2 2026. ? Watch the Restore.

14. IP Talks | Patents in Chemistry and Biotechnology - Técnico ULisboa

IP Talks | Patents in Chemistry and Biotechnology. April 30th. Room Q01, Técnico – Alameda Campus. 30 April, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. ...

15. Inventorship of AI Technologies (DABUS): Submissions of the Opponent | Intellepedia

In these written submissions, the Opponent argues that DABUS cannot be recognised as the true and first inventor under the Patents Act, 1970 ...

16. Inventorship of DABUS in India: Can an AI System Be the True and First Inventor?

During examination, the Patent Office raised an objection that the Patents Act recognises only a natural person as inventor, and also questioned ...

17. 80 percent of European citizens say NO to patents on seeds - Bio Eco Actual

A representative survey published today by No Patents on Seeds! in five EU member states, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland, shows ...

18. New GABA(B) receptor PAMs revealed in Addex Pharma patents | BioWorld

To read more on related topics, click on one of the words below. BioWorld Science Neurology/psychiatric Patents. KEYWORDS Addex Pharma SA GABA-B ...

19. 2027 Subaru WRX STI hatch firming - carsales.com.au

Production-spec Subaru WRX STI hatch leaked in design patents · Closely resembles the Performance-B STI Concept · Finished product imagined by digital ...

20. Premium Guard Acquires First Brands' IP and Assets - Engine Builder Magazine

The acquisition includes a portfolio of patents, engineering know-how and technical capabilities across multiple product categories, ...

21. North America Automotive Patents Benchmarking Research Report 2026 - GlobeNewswire

This analysis examines the evolution of mobility innovation through a comprehensive benchmarking of automotive and mobility-related patents across ...

22. Chinese Automaker Patents Voice-Activated In-Car Toilet - 1/5 - Le Guide de l'auto

Chinese Automaker Patents Voice-Activated In-Car Toilet. <p>Seres Aito 9</p>. Photo: Seres. AFP April ...

23. Chinese automaker patents voice-activated in-car toilet - Jacaranda FM

Chinese automaker patents voice-activated in-car toilet. Updated April 16, 2026, 10:49 a.m. | By AFP. Sign up: Newsletter. Share this: A Chinese ...

24. USPTO, DOJ Statement of Interest Supports Injunctive Relief | Fish & Richardson - JDSupra

... patents can be hard to value and (2) damages can be difficult to calculate.” Id. According to the Agencies, patents are unique assets with ...

25. Cancer drug researcher hit with suit over mutation-targeting tools | Americas

16 April 2026NewsAmericasMarisa Woutersen. Cancer drug researcher hit with suit over mutation-targeting tools.

26. LG Chem Takes Strong Measures to Protect Advanced Materials Patents - MK

LG Chem Takes Strong Measures to Protect Advanced Materials Patents ... LG Chem has escalated its offensive in an organic light- ...

27. Patents users see EU Commission scrap LNG safe harbor in antitrust tech transfer rules

That would allow, for example, a group of car manufacturers to set up a Licensing Negotiation Group, or LNG, to negotiate the use of IT patents with ...

28. Atossa Therapeutics - Two Endoxifen Patents E - Moomoo

ATOSSA THERAPEUTICS - TWO ENDOXIFEN PATENTS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ISSUED AND ENFORCEABLE - SEC FILING. Disclaimer: This content is for informational ...

29. Business: Govt to help innovators protect patents - New Vision

Govt to help innovators protect patents. Namwanje said this exploitation goes on because the owners of the ideas lack resources to patent them.

30. C-DOT hosts annual IP Awards ceremony 2026 to honour 78 awardees for innovation and ... - PIB

Centre for Development of Telematics excels in Intellectual Property creation with expanding portfolio of Patents and Awardees. C-DOT hosts annual IP ...

31. Cutting systems specialist PCT to enter an insolvency process - Printweek

Heidelberg set to acquire Polar IP, patents and brand rights. Polar guillotines are a familiar site at many printers. Polar looks to future under ...

32. Aclarion, Inc. Secures U.S. Patent for AI-Enhanced Machine Learning Platform in Chronic ...

How many patents does Aclarion hold now? Aclarion now has a total of 64 issued and pending patents worldwide, expanding its intellectual property ...

33. US appeals court revives Teva lawsuit against Eli Lilly over migraine drug | Reuters

Burroughs concluded that the patents were ?overly broad and ?did not enable ?scientists to recreate the antibodies without "undue experimentation.".

34. Chinese vehicle company patents voice activated in-car toilet - RTE

Chinese vehicle company patents voice activated in-car toilet. Updated / Thursday, 16 Apr 2026 09:48. Image shows the trunk of a car stacked with ...

35. C-DOT honours 78 employees for innovation, secures 36 patents at Annual IP Awards 2026

The recipients were awarded for innovation and excellence at C-DOT Bangalore and the steadily growing number of patents and a strong base of awardees ...

36. Aclarion gains U.S. patent for AI back-pain platform | ACON Stock News

Patent adds automated quality checks to screen out poor scan data, supporting more consistent results across sites. Aclarion now has 64 patents.

37. 'Start up toilet function': Chinese carmaker patents voice-activated in-car toilet

'Start up toilet function': Chinese carmaker patents voice-activated in-car toilet ... China's electric ...

38. up toilet function': Chinese automaker patents voice-activated in-car toilet | The Straits Times

'Start up toilet function': Chinese automaker patents voice-activated in-car toilet ... China's electric ...

39. AI Trade Lifts Stocks Amid Mideast Peace Push: Markets Wrap - SWI swissinfo.ch

From e-cigarettes to lab devices: surprising facts about Swiss patents ... From e-cigarettes to lab devices: surprising facts about Swiss patents.

40. Tesla Optimus V3 hand and arm details revealed in new patents - Teslarati

Tesla is planning to soon reveal its latest and greatest version of the Optimus humanoid robot, and a series of new patents for the hands and arms ...

41. Asia University Rankings 2026: methodology

... patents). Teaching (the learning environment): 24.5%. Teaching ... The patents metric, introduced in 2024, is defined as the number of patents ...

42. The patent cliff and the price of access - The Tufts Daily

As patents expire, drugs lose protection and competition re-enters the picture. That moment is now approaching for some of the industry's biggest ...