Can Artificial Intelligence be listed as a patent inventor?

Patents
Written By Klemchuk LLP

A Missouri company is fighting for AI to be accepted as inventor of patents.  Imagination Engines filed U.S. patent applications with artificial intelligence listed as the patent inventor and:

  • The U.S. Trademark and Patent Office declared that only “natural persons” could be listed as inventors;

  • A federal court in eastern Virginia affirmed the holding of the USPTO; but

  • An Australian federal court earlier agreed that AI could be inventor of patents—opening the door to other foreign jurisdictions to do the same.

Read about whether AI can and should be allowed to be listed as a patent inventor. U.S. and Australia disagree.

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This blog is published by Klemchuk LLP, a litigation, intellectual property, transactional, and international business law firm dedicated to protecting innovation. The firm provides tailored legal solutions to industries including software, technology, retail, real estate, consumer goods, ecommerce, telecommunications, restaurant, energy, media, and professional services.

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