With a backlog of nearly 774,000 unexamined applications, the office is looking for a custom tool to boost efficiency and completeness.

USPTO CIO Jamie Holcombe criticizes federal government's approach to innovation and long-term modernization, saying “everything we do in the government is pretty stupid.”

USPTO believes adding advanced AI technologies “offers unique opportunities to leapfrog forward to further enhance patent search capabilities and further strengthen the patent system.”

Trademark applicants' private addresses inadvertently appeared in public records between February 2020 and March 2023.

The agency sent its top engineers to Google to be certified in TensorFlow and develop neural network feedback loops for patent examiners to rate algorithms.

CIA officials have touted the lab for giving officers the ability to patent or license the intellectual property they develop for the CIA.