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10 August 2020PatentsMuireann Bolger

Dabus creator sues USPTO for blocking AI patents

Physicist Stephen Thaler has sued  US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) director Andrei Iancu and the
USPTO, in a challenge to the office's rejection of patent applications for inventions created by ‘creativity machine’ “Dabus”.

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