Thinking Makes It So

Jon Burbage
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Artificial intelligence patent law, from a registered patent attorney. Every Monday, the week's developments: Federal Circuit decisions, Patent Office guidance, and what the largest AI companies are filing. Every Friday, original data computed from Patent Office records. On Wednesdays, a longer episode on the Supreme Court, the inventions that changed things, and what Shakespeare can teach a lawyer. On Saturdays, one granted artificial intelligence patent, explained from what the technology does to what the patent lets its owner stop others from doing. And a short episode on each new Federal Circuit decision on artificial intelligence patents. From Jon Burbage of Burbage Law, PC, in Salt Lake City. Narrated with the assistance of AI. Nothing in this podcast is legal advice.

Episodes

  1. 16h ago

    October 23: The agent applications of early 2025 publish

    Patent applications with “agent” in the title from eight large AI companies went from 15 to 47 in the 13 weeks ending October 22, 2026, compared with the same weeks of 2025, and 42 of the 47 have priority dates in February to April 2025. Neural-network classes now appear on 45% of these companies’ AI-related publications, up from 35%. Read the article: https://burbagelaw.com/data/2026-10-23-what-big-ai-filers-are-claiming.html Narrated with the assistance of AI. Nothing in this podcast is legal advice.

    October 23: The agent applications of early 2025 publish

  2. 2d ago

    October 21: The lease clause that built the Globe

    In December 1598 the Burbage brothers took apart the Theatre, London's early playhouse, and used its timber to build the Globe. Their landlord, Giles Allen, sued for years over a lease that let them remove the building only before its term ended. Jon and Catie on the clause, the deadline, and what it means for every contract right that expires on a date. Sources: Shakespeare and the London Theatre (SHaLT), De Montfort University, The Theatre, 1576-98: https://shalt.dmu.ac.uk/locations/theatre-1576-98/indepth.html Folger Shakespeare Library, Shakespeare Documented, Allen v. Burbage: https://shakespearedocumented.folger.edu/resource/document/allen-v-burbage Folger Shakespeare Library, Shakespeare & Beyond, Razing the Theatre, raising the Globe: https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/raising-globe-theatre/ Joseph Quincy Adams, Shakespearean Playhouses (1917): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22397/22397-h/22397-h.htm Wikipedia, Peter Street (carpenter): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Street_(carpenter) Read the article: https://burbagelaw.com/podcast.html Narrated with the assistance of AI. Nothing in this podcast is legal advice.

    October 21: The lease clause that built the Globe

  3. 3d ago

    October 19: The Board's appeal odds, invention records, and two AI filings

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board's fiscal year 2026 appeal numbers and what they mean for artificial intelligence applications; Google v. Valtrus Innovations (Fed. Cir. Oct. 19, 2026) and why invention records should stay in their native files; OpenAI's application on the prompt-box control that sets a token budget; and Google's application on sizing a model to a compute budget. The entries: https://burbagelaw.com/entries/2026-10-19-board-closed-fiscal-year-2026-smallest-appeal-invent.html https://burbagelaw.com/entries/2026-10-19-invention-record-survives-priority-fight-native-file.html https://burbagelaw.com/entries/2026-10-15-openai-claims-control-prompt-box-sets-how-many-token.html https://burbagelaw.com/entries/2026-10-15-google-claims-procedure-sizing-model-s-depth-width-c.html Read the article: https://burbagelaw.com/updates.html Narrated with the assistance of AI. Nothing in this podcast is legal advice.

    October 19: The Board's appeal odds, invention records, and two AI filings
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Artificial intelligence patent law, from a registered patent attorney. Every Monday, the week's developments: Federal Circuit decisions, Patent Office guidance, and what the largest AI companies are filing. Every Friday, original data computed from Patent Office records. On Wednesdays, a longer episode on the Supreme Court, the inventions that changed things, and what Shakespeare can teach a lawyer. On Saturdays, one granted artificial intelligence patent, explained from what the technology does to what the patent lets its owner stop others from doing. And a short episode on each new Federal Circuit decision on artificial intelligence patents. From Jon Burbage of Burbage Law, PC, in Salt Lake City. Narrated with the assistance of AI. Nothing in this podcast is legal advice.

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  • Creator
    Jon Burbage
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
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    © 2026 Burbage Law, PC
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