{"id":184995,"date":"2026-02-06T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/ai-patent-eligibility-has-shifted-with-one-machine-learning-case\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T04:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:35:11","slug":"ai-patent-eligibility-has-shifted-with-one-machine-learning-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/ai-patent-eligibility-has-shifted-with-one-machine-learning-case\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Patent Eligibility Has Shifted With One Machine-Learning Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/tech-and-telecom-law\/ai-patent-eligibility-has-shifted-with-one-machine-learning-case\">AI Patent Eligibility Has Shifted With One Machine-Learning Case<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/tech-and-telecom-law\/ai-patent-eligibility-has-shifted-with-one-machine-learning-case\">https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/tech-and-telecom-law\/ai-patent-eligibility-has-shifted-with-one-machine-learning-case<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-06 04:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"news.bloomberglaw.com\">news.bloomberglaw.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a summary of the key points from the article on recent developments regarding artificial intelligence and machine learning inventions&#8217; patent eligibility under Section 101 of the US Patent Act:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Shift in PTO Treatment:<\/strong> Recently, the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has begun to more favorably consider AI and machine learning inventions for patent eligibility.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Ex parte Desjardins Case:<\/strong> The pivotal case that spearheaded this shift was Ex parte Desjardins, where the Appeals Review Panel overturned a Section 101 rejection, illustrating that claims related to meaningful technical improvements in machine learning are patent-eligible.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Practitioner Guidance:<\/strong> The PTO designated Ex parte Desjardins as a precedential decision, implying a formal shift away from reflexive abstract-idea exclusions for AI innovations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Focus on Technical Improvements:<\/strong> New guidance and updates to the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) now require examiners to evaluate claims based on specific architectural, performance, or complexity improvements rather than high-level functionalities or business methods.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Practical Implications:<\/strong> Effective for patent applicants now means focusing on describing and substantiating concrete technical advancements in AI technologies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Future Trends:<\/strong> These developments indicate a more favorable landscape for AI patent eligibility, evidenced by subsequent decisions that align with this new framework.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please note that this summary aims to provide a general understanding of the changes in PTO practices, and for detailed legal advice or specific information, consulting with a patent attorney would be advisable.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI Patent Eligibility Has Shifted With One Machine-Learning Case https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/tech-and-telecom-law\/ai-patent-eligibility-has-shifted-with-one-machine-learning-case Publish Date: 2026-02-06 04:30:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/db0ip7zd23b50.cloudfront.net\/dims4\/default\/c5a4ffc\/2147483647\/strip\/false\/crop\/3994x1539+3+719\/resize\/960x370!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbloomberg-bna-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0f%2F59%2Fe1d9fe4f4c27bb49ac392640e87c%2F231827038.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-184995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184997,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184995\/revisions\/184997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}