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USPTO focusing on AI despite government shutdown, Squires says

By Nick Robertson ( October 31, 2025, 21:09 GMT | Insight) -- US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires said in his first public address Friday that artificial intelligence will be a priority under his leadership, both as a tool to improve the office’s work and as a patent-eligible technology. Squires added that the USPTO has funds to operate as normal, despite a shutdown, “through the end of the year and then some.”US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires’ sights are set on artificial intelligence, he said during his first public address Friday at the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s annual meeting. ...

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