Today's Top Patent Stories

1. Circle Buys IBM Blockchain Patents: Why IP Matters Now - Crypto Daily

Nearly 1000 IBM blockchain patents now sit with Circle, making it the largest US holder. What this means for USDC, payments, and the stablecoin ...

2. Tesla Asks Supreme Court to Curb Patent Office Power to Block Challenges | EV

Tesla's patents barred from challenging cover self-driving vehicle ... The decisions noted the challenged patents had issued only in 2023 — a ...

3. Two charts visualize Nintendo's gamesmanship against Pocketpair: Palworld came first ...

... patents it obtained after Palworld's launch. And even if there had been any infringements after those patents were granted, they'd have stopped ...

4. Circle's IBM Patent Deal Could Redraw the Stablecoin Infrastructure Race | investing.com

Laying the Foundation With Legacy Tech Patents. Circle Internet Group just drew a hard line in the sand, signaling the beginning of aggressive ...

5. Surgeon, SeaSpine End Long-Running Fight Over Spine-Tech Patents - Bloomberg Law

Surgeon, SeaSpine End Long-Running Fight Over Spine-Tech Patents. July 31, 2026, 8:42 AM PDT. Christopher Yasiejko. Senior ...

6. Rejection Is Not Denial: What a Final Office Action Actually Costs | Patently-O

Across the 1.5 million published utility applications filed from 2015 through 2018, 76% eventually issued as patents. A first non-final rejection ...

7. IFI CLAIMS: AI Patents Break 100,000 Grants Milestone - AOL.com

Looking at agentic AI patent applications, Nvidia leads the way here in both U.S. and global agentic patents with 128 and 225 applications, ...

8. Chery Strengthens India Plans with Three More Vehicle Patents – Exeed, Lepas & Fulwin ...

Chery files Indian design patents for Exeed RX, Lepas L4 and Fulwin X3L, further expanding its future SUV portfolio. Exeed RX: Premium Plug-in Hybrid ...

9. Ballard Spahr Leads the Way in USPTO Patent Pro Bono Achievement Certificate Program

... patents agents—the most of any law firm ... patents agents—the most of any law firm. The USPTO certificate program ...

10. Pixel Perfect Prior Art - NEC's Video Coding Patent rejected | Intellepedia

The Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs refused the application under Section 15 of the Patents Act, 1970, finding the invention lacked ...

11. Humanoid Robot Patents: China Most, U.S. Best? - Forbes

Screenshot of a MLex report on robot patents globally over the last six years. John Koetsier. China has the most patents in the humanoid robot space, ...

12. UK Supreme Court Scrutinizes Patent Pool Licensing | Harris Beach Murtha - JDSupra

Modern telecommunications networks rely on thousands of patents covering technical standards such as Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G, broadband communications, video ...

13. Delhi High Court to test India's approach to AI-assisted patents | MLex

Comptroller-General of Patents decision. ... Related Sections. Artificial Intelligence · Intellectual Property. RELX Group Lexis Nexis. © 2026 MLex ...

14. C-DOT hosts annual IP Awards ceremony 2026 to honour 64 Scientists to recognise ...

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

15. Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defence systems | Reuters

... patents. The previously unreported findings offer a rare glimpse into how military and security-linked institutions in China are leveraging ...

16. Patents Court imposes extended prosecution bar in Fresenius Kabi v Millennium Pharmaceuticals

Patents Court restricts Takeda's in-house lawyers from post-grant patent work to protect biosimilar rival's trade secrets.

17. China Humanoid Patents Surge Fivefold in Key AI Category as FCC Bans New Imports

Humanoid robot patents from LexisNexis show Chinese startups hold six of ten strongest portfolios globally, sweeping all five top spots, ...

18. Circle's IBM Patent Deal Could Redraw the Stablecoin Infrastructure Race

The newly acquired patents harden the intellectual property framework supporting USDC, the Circle Payments Network, and the Arc layer-1 blockchain.

19. Bharathiar University in Coimbatore awaits approval for 15 new patents - The Hindu

Having obtained 30 patents and 28 copyrights, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, currently involved in securing Geographical Indications (GIs) for ...

20. FlexQube strengthens its IP portfolio – fifth U.S. patent granted for Navigator AMR

With five granted U.S. patents and corresponding patents granted in several other key countries, the company continues to strengthen the ...

21. Wind power patents: Vestas | Windey | Flender | Dongfang

Read Wind power patents: Vestas | Windey | Flender | Dongfang and other wind energy news & analysis on Windpower Monthly.

22. Watch: Sudhanshu Trivedi Defends 'Gomutra', Cites US And UK Patents - YouTube

BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said that those who have a problem with “gomutra” should know that it holds patents in the United States and the United ...