Federal Circuit Agrees That Artificial Intelligence Cannot Be Inventor

Mealey's (August 9, 2022, 11:33 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) correctly denied two patent applications on the basis that the applicant failed to list a human inventor, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 5, in a blow to the artificial intelligence industry....