Late last week, the European Patent Office (EPO) refused two patent applications that list an artificial intelligence (AI) application as the sole inventor.
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16 October 2020 The question of who should be listed as an inventor or co-inventor on a patent comes up regularly. It is one of the more emotionally fraught issues a patent attorney may regularly face.
2 June 2020 The team pushing for IP offices to recognise artificial intelligence as an inventor on patents has appealed an adverse decision of the European Patent Office.
25 February 2021 The US Patent and Trademark Office has urged a federal court to uphold its finding that patents cannot cover inventions by artificial intelligence, and dismiss a suit challenging its position.