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.
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