High Court Asked To Decide If Artificial Intelligence Can Be A Patent Inventor

Mealey's (March 22, 2023, 2:53 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals did not properly consider the definitions of “inventor” and “individual” when it held that artificial intelligence (AI) could not be listed as an inventor on a patent application, a petitioner tells the U.S.  Supreme Court, seeking a grant of certiorari for a question of whether the Patent Act requires that inventorship be limited to just human beings....