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Ex-USPTO solicitor tells White House AI, US patent law, a ‘regulatory mismatch’

By Melissa Ritti ( October 28, 2025, 19:16 GMT | Comment) -- No federal regulation stands more in the way of widespread artificial intelligence adoption than US patent policy, according to a former US Patent and Trademark Office official. Patent terms, Thomas Krause argued in a Monday submission, should be “tied to actual investment needs and innovation cycles” — and two decades of exclusivity is “indefensible” in the AI era.Thomas Krause is urging the executive branch Office of Science and Technology Policy — and not the US Patent and Trademark Office — to take the lead on artificial intelligence regulation....

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