Posted 2/13/2024, 10:30:24 PM
US Patent Office Upholds That Only Humans Can Be Named as Inventors
- US Patent Office states AI systems cannot be named as inventors on patent applications, only natural persons can qualify as inventors
- Humans using AI tools in the invention process must disclose if they used AI, but still must contribute significantly to the invention's conception
- Simply asking an AI system to create something or overseeing its output does not make a person an inventor
- Maintaining "intellectual domination" over an AI system does not alone qualify a person as an inventor
- Rulings in 2020 denied petitions trying to name AI systems as inventors on patents and copyright; upheld that only natural humans can apply