Only humans can invent, says judge in first US AI patent decision

06-09-2021

Muireann Bolger

Only humans can invent, says judge in first US AI patent decision

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Only a human being can be legally listed on a patent as an inventor, according to a Virginia federal judge who delivered the first US ruling in the worldwide debate on the patentability of AI inventions.


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