Patent News for Tuesday 3rd February 2026

1. Indian American jurist Kalyan Deshpande named top US patents judge

Indian American jurist Kalyan Deshpande named top US patents judge ... Indian American jurist Kalyan Deshpande has been appointed the Chief Judge for ...

2. King Series patents six-door truck design, expands access for builders and families

We're proud to say it's built right here in South Dakota and it's patent pending." The patents, Angel said, help protect the design while the company ...

3. PFAS: Why 'forever' became a problem — and why scientists think it might not be forever after all

... patents, two issued Australian patents, and multiple pending patent applications. The Paradox of Resistance. In the industrial world, resistance ...

4. Merck & Co. signals confidence in defending Keytruda beyond 2028 cliff - FirstWord Pharma

... patents – a method-of-making patent running to May 2029 and a method-of-use patent extending to November 2029 – could delay biosimilar entry of ...

5. Sony Patents AI-Generated Podcasts By Characters Like Kratos - Kotaku

The podcast would give you updates on games you're playing in the simulated voices of your favorite characters.

6. Caring Brands Secures Two New U.S. Patents Strengthening Hair Enzyme Booster Technology

The newly issued patents, granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in January 2026, relate to technologies that increase ...

7. Google Sued by NovaCloud Over Cloud, Advertising Tech Patents - Bloomberg Law News

The complaint alleges Google has infringed patents covering cloud computing management, data security, database systems, advertising technology, and ...

8. Case: Patents/Obviousness (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

The court affirmed decisions of the PTAB that challenged claims of Eagle View Technologies Inc.'s patents that relate to systems and methods that ...

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

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). Feb. 3, 2026, 10:28 AM PST. Bloomberg Law Automation. Some challenged claims of ...

10. Federal Circuit Affirms Cancellation of Roof-Estimate Patents - Bloomberg Law News

NearMap US Inc. convinced the Federal Circuit that parts of two patents covering the use of aerial photography to measure roof characteristics are ...

11. PlayStation Patents Touchscreen Controller With Rearrangeable Buttons | The Nexus

There exists a need and a desire to allow for improvements and modifications to game controllers.” As with most patents, there's a chance that it won' ...

12. Starlinger scores legal victory over bagging machinery patent violations - Packaging Europe

Starlinger is suing two companies for infringing three patents related to its conversion line for block bottom valve bags, with the Chinese Court ...

13. Caring Brands Secures Two New U.S. Patents Strengthening Hair Enzyme Booster Technology

Fort Pierce, FL, Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Caring Brands Inc. (Nasdaq: CABR) today announced the issuance of two new United States patents ...

14. LG AI Research Patents EXAONE Discovery AI for Science - Asia Business Outlook

LG patents EXAONE Discovery, an AI platform for scientific data analysis; EXAONE applied in cosmetics, batteries, and pharmaceuticals with advanced ...

15. Alchemedicine patents CFD inhibitors - BioWorld

Alchemedicine patents CFD inhibitors ... Alchemedicine Inc. has disclosed complement factor D (CFD) inhibitors described as potentially useful for the ...

16. Former Samsung Employee Indicted for Leaking Trade Secrets

A former Samsung Electronics employee accused of leaking trade secrets related to patents was indicted without detention on the 2nd. ?? ??? ...

17. Merck, lining up post-Keytruda future, touts $70B in annual opportunities over next decade

Of note, Merck does have two patents on Keytruda that extend through late 2029. While it has publicly discussed the LOE timeline as being in 2028 ...

18. Sony embraces death, patents AI-generated podcasts hosted by video game characters that ...

Sony embraces death, patents AI-generated podcasts hosted by video game characters that eat "the data associated" with your player profile: "Also ...

19. Caring Brands (CABR) Reinforces IP Portfolio with New Patents - GuruFocus

These patents, issued in January 2026, focus on proprietary methods and compositions aimed at boosting enzymatic activity within hair follicles. This ...

20. Eve Security Patents Interrogation-as-a-Service - I Programmer

Eve Security Patents Interrogation-as-a-Service. Written by Kay Ewbank. Tuesday, 03 February 2026. Eve Security has filed the patent for an ...

21. Sony Patents System to Generate AI Podcasts in the Voices of Your Favorite PlayStation Characters

Sony Patents System to Generate AI Podcasts in the Voices of Your Favorite PlayStation Characters. The podcasts could include personalized platform ...

22. AI Patents: A Corporate Decision Tool | Bennett Jones LLP - JDSupra

AI Patents: A Corporate Decision Tool. Stephen Burns, Kees de Ridder, Ahmed Elmallah, J. Sébastien Gittens, Lorelei Graham, Benjamin Reingold ...

23. Deletions Matter: The Federal Circuit Rejects Importing Language from Provisional and ... - JD Supra

This case addresses two primary issues (i) whether the district court erred in construing the claim term “composition” in FMC's pesticide patents ...

24. PTAB Sinks Samsung Challenge To Ouraring Patent - Law360 Healthcare Authority

... patents, making review of the patents warranted. In December, however, the board found that none of the challenged claims in the '859 patent were ...

25. Advantage? Fitness Trackers at the Australian Open - Lexology

Device manufacturers protect their sensor technologies and data processing methods through patents and trade secrets, while coaching software ...

26. Medical Devices: Court of Appeal Clarifies Novelty Requirements and Claim Interpretation in ...

The decision concerned two Abbott patents which related to Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) technology. EP 627 related to aspects of the user ...

27. Finnegan team secures $240m jury verdict after PTAB success - Managing IP

... patents. Later, in 2019, Comcast filed eight petitions seeking review of the asserted patents, including six inter partes reviews (IPRs) and two ...

28. Balancing innovation and integrity: the biomedical research ecosystem at a crossroads

Transparency is fundamental to managing these financial conflicts. Researchers are required to fully disclose conflicts, such as patents or startup ...

29. CEO Annual Letter To Shareholders 2026 - Newswire.com

PTOP is The legal, technical, and public-market consolidator of the digital business card industry.Our patents establish legal primacy.

30. Sony patents AI-generated podcasts voiced by your favorite video game characters

Though the podcast and tutorial patents have been granted, that doesn't mean the AI-generated content described in them will be coming to PlayStations ...

31. Today in Weird Sony Patents: AI-Generated Podcasts Hosted By PlayStation Characters

Patently absurd - Like all companies of its size and scope, Sony is in the habit of acquiring patents for a wide range of new concepts, ...

32. Caring Brands Inc. Secures Two New Patents to Enhance Enzymatic Activity in Hair Follicles

Granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in January 2026, these patents focus on technologies that boost sulfotransferase enzyme activity, ...

33. Collapsible shipping container developer GenFlat Holdings prices US IPO at $3, raising $7 million

... patents and two patents in China. It has earned minimal revenue to date. GenFlat Holdings plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol GFLT. Craig ...

34. Regions Bank settles USAA lawsuit over mobile-banking patents | Reuters

... patents. Regions denied the allegations and argued that USAA's patents were invalid. It also countersued USAA for allegedly infringing its own ...

35. Novo Nordisk lowers sales, profits forecast as Wegovy faces competition - STAT News

The Danish pharma giant said it faults expiring patents in some international markets and a pricing deal with White House.

36. Caring Brands lands two U.S. hair enzyme patents | CABR Stock News

January 2026 U.S. patents extend Caring Brands' coverage of enzyme methods enhancing follicles, reinforcing IP around its Hair Enzyme Booster ...

37. LG AI Research patents agentic AI platform for science - Tech in Asia

... patents 1. The system claims it reads chemical structures more than 100 times better than existing models, which backs the company's ...

38. Sony patents AI-generated podcasts with PlayStation characters because 'video game ...

Sony patents AI-generated podcasts with PlayStation characters because 'video game platforms currently lack the ability to provide unique and ...

39. Korea leads US in post-quantum cryptography patents as govt readies deployment

South Korea holds more than twice as many patents related to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) as the United States, according to government data, ...

40. Caring Brands Inc Secures Two New U.S. Patents for Hair Enzyme Booster - TradingView

... patents enhancing its Hair Enzyme Booster technology. Key Highlights: Patents cover methods to enhance enzymatic activity in hair follicles.

41. Innogrid Achieves Record Patent Application and Registration Performance in 2025

Innogrid, a cloud computing and digital transformation specialist, announced on the 3rd that it had applied for nine patents and registered 12 patents ...

42. Sony patents AI-generated podcasts voiced by characters from its games - VGC

Sony patents AI-generated podcasts voiced by characters from its games. Players would get their own personalised podcasts on their consoles telling ...

43. TRADEMARK—D. Del.: Medical implant patent case may proceed through claim construction

Treace argued that all of the asserted claims from each of the patents require “the claimed invention be made using a resorptive material,” according ...