Issued Patents
South Africa
Published Application
Patent Cooperation Treaty
WO 2020/079499 AI ; PCT/IB2019/057809
Appeals Pending
United States
Supreme Court Case No. 22A615 – Petition for a Writ of Certiorari Amicus Briefs Due April 20, 2023
2021-2347 Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit – Opinion
Thaler v. Hirshfeld, 558 F. Supp. 3d 238 (E.D. Va. 2021)
US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Decision on Petition: In Re: 16/524,350
United Kingdom
Application for Special Leave to Appeal to Supreme Court Granted
Court of Appeal Judgment: [2021] EWCA Civ 1374
High Court Judgment: [2020] EWHC 2412 (Pat)
UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) decision not to grant: In Re GB1816909.4 / GB1818161.0
Europe
Application Number 21216024.6 (Divisional Pending)
J 0008/20 (Designation of inventor/DABUS) of 21.12.2021
European Patent Office (EPO) grounds for refusal: In Re EP 18 275 163 / In Re 18 275 174
Germany
11 W (pat) 5/21 (Fractal Container) (under appeal to Supreme Court) [English Translation]
18 W (pat) 28/20 (Neural Flame)
12 W (pat) 21/20 (Fractal Container)
Application Numbers: DE 10 2019 128 120.2 & DE 10 2019 129 136.4
Applications Denied
Australia
Special Leave Denied: Hearing Transcript
Commissioner of Patents v Thaler [2022] FCAFC 62
Thaler v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 879
AU 2019363177
Patent Application Pending
Country
Application Number(s)
Brazil
BR 112021008931-4
Canada
CA 3,137,161
China
CN 2019800061580
India
IN 202017019068
Israel
268604 & 268605
Japan
JP 110001519
New Zealand
NZ 776029
Republic of Korea
KR 10-2020-7007394
Saudi Arabia
521422019 – Formalities Accepted
Singapore
11202254184A
Switzerland
00408/21
Taiwan
TW 108137438 & TW 108140133
Fractal Container Abstract
A container for use, for example, for beverages, has a wall with and external surface and an internal wall of substantially uniform thickness. The wall has a fractal profile which provides a series of fractal elements on the interior and exterior surfaces, forming pits and bulges in the profile of the wall and in which a pit as seen from one of the exterior or interior surfaces forms a bulge on the other of the exterior or interior surfaces. The profile enables multiple containers to be coupled together by inter-engagement of pits and bulges on corresponding ones of the containers. The profile also improves grip, as well as heat transfer into and out of the container.
Neural Flame Abstract
The present invention discloses devices and methods for attracting enhanced attention. Devices include: an input signal of a lacunar pulse train having characteristics of a pulse frequency of approximately four Hertz and a pulse-train fractal dimension of approximately one-half; and at least one controllable light source configured to be pulsatingly operated by the input signal; wherein a neural flame emitted from at least one controllable light source as a result of the lacunar pulse train is adapted to serve as a uniquely-identifiable signal beacon over potentially-competing attention sources by selectively triggering human or artificial anomaly-detection filters, thereby attracting enhanced attention.