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In Thaler v. Vidal, the Federal Circuit affirmed that under current U.S. patent law, only natural persons can be named as inventors on patent applications. The court upheld the USPTO’s refusal to recognize an AI system as an inventor, emphasizing statutory language and precedent. This ruling underscores the legal chal…
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Federal Circuit Upholds Human-Only Inventorship Requirement in Thaler v. Vidal AI Patent Case In Thaler v. Vidal, the Federal Circuit affirmed that under current U.S. patent law, only natural persons can be named as inventors on patent applications. The court upheld the USPTO’s refusal to recognize an AI system... Read the full IIPLA article: https://iipla.org/news/federal-circuit-upholds-human-only-inventorship-requirement-in-thaler-v-vidal-ai-patent-case