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The IP Law Blog
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

USPTO Issues Guidance on Patentability of Inventions Developed with the Assistance of Artificial Intelligence

The USPTO issued guidance stating that a human must have made a significant contribution to inventions developed with AI assistance.
The use of AI systems does not preclude a natural person from being named as the inventor if they significantly contributed to the invention. [ more ]
Ars Technica
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

US says AI models can't hold patents

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has clarified that only human beings can be named as inventors, even for AI-assisted inventions.
While AI systems can play a role in the creative process, significant human contributions to the conception of an invention are required to be considered an inventor.
Using AI assistance to create an invention does not disqualify a human from holding a patent, as long as the human made significant contributions to the invention. [ more ]
Intellectual Property Law Blog
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

AI-Assisted Inventions: Are They Patentable? Who is the Inventor?

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued guidance on inventorship for AI-assisted inventions.
The USPTO requires that a natural person must have significantly contributed to each claim in a patent application or patent. [ more ]
Patently-O
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Joint Inventorship: AI-Human Style

The USPTO believes AI-developed inventions are patentable as long as a human significantly contributes to the invention.
The USPTO's approach allows for both human and machine intelligence to intersect in the creative process. [ more ]
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Theregister
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

USPTO stresses again that patent inventors must be human

The US Patent and Trademark Office will only accept patent applications with real humans listed as the inventor, not AI.
Inventions developed with the assistance of AI will be considered, but human inventors must have made a significant contribution to the blueprints. [ more ]
TechCrunch
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

US Patent Office: AI is all well and good, but only humans can patent things | TechCrunch

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has stated that only a person can receive official protections for intellectual property, including patents.
AI-assisted inventions are not categorically unpatentable but AI systems themselves cannot be named as inventors legally. [ more ]
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