# Column: A USPTO Director’s First Signature — Design and Disclosure in AI and Blockchain Patents

AI Times has published Yongduck Kim's column on the message conveyed by a US Patent Office director's first official patent signature, examining how the design and description of AI technology affect patent protection.

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HOME / NEWS & INSIGHTS NEWS & INSIGHTS Column: A USPTO Director’s First Signature — Design and Disclosure in AI and Blockchain Patents AI Times has published Yongduck Kim's column on the message conveyed by a US Patent Office director's first official patent signature, examining how the design and description of AI technology affect patent protection. AI & Software 2025.12.30 published IPLEX 1 min read AI Times has published Yongduck Kim's column on the message conveyed by a US Patent Office director's first official patent signature, examining how the design and description of AI technology affect patent protection. This column examines patents that USPTO Director John A. Squires signed in September 2025 as his first official act in office, and considers what they suggest for AI and blockchain patent practice. Patent attorney Yongduck Kim analyzes U.S. Patent No. 12,419,202, focusing on: - A production architecture that connects distributed equipment, personnel and service resources through a network - AI that dynamically optimizes resource combinations and pricing based on cost, quality and demand - Blockchain as infrastructure for reliable, transparent records rather than merely transaction execution The column asks what technical system the invention enables, beyond the calculations it performs. In addition, from a Korean practical point of view, it is important to explain the technical challenges, solutions, system configuration, data flow and control structure more structurally than to present AI and blockchain as a simple keyword. You can find the full article at the link below. Read the column Read the Korean source This article reflects the information available when it was published. Contact us to discuss your circumstances. Discuss this topic ↗ All articles TALK TO IPLEX Discuss your IP questions We consider your technology and business needs together. ↗ Contact us Newer Genetic Algorithms and AI Patent Strategy: Lessons from Industrial Applications ↗ Older Column Published: Agentic AI Patent Analysis ↗ Related insights AI & Software 2026.10.01 FiX: fine-grained forgetting in softmax attention Yongduck Kim examines FiX’s feature-wise gates, numerical implementation and paged cache, distinguishing reported gains from unresolved limitations. ↗ Read article AI & Software 2026.09.30 MHAR: Reading earlier layers through different feature subspaces Yongduck Kim examines Multi-Head Attention Residuals: depth routing, reported training results, implementation costs and the relationship between technical features and effects. ↗ Read article AI & Software 2026.09.28 Column: Claude Computer Use and the Data That Trains AI Agents Writing for AI Times, IPLEX Managing Partner Yongduck Kim examines the training data behind computer-operating AI agents through U.S. Patent No. 12,585,862. ↗ Read article

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