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The 2025 Patent Landscape Begins With Many Pieces of Proposed Legislation

By Rob Maier and Eric Faragi and Benjamin Bafumi
February 01, 2025

The U.S. patent legal landscape in 2025 is poised for change. The incoming presidential administration is coupled with interim changes in leadership at the USPTO after Kathi Vidal’s departure, and several newly vacant, fillable commissioner seat openings at the ITC. Technology such as artificial intelligence — and changing attitudes towards those technologies — are evolving at an accelerating pace.

And, amid that backdrop, many pieces of proposed patent legislation are pending in Congress which could further — or possibly stifle — modern trends in American patent law, and could alter our innovation landscape for years to come. This article surveys that pending patent legislation.

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