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Indian Patent Office Incorporates Opponent’s Arguments in Refusal of AI Inventor DABUS Patent Application

Refusal order on Stephen Thaler’s patent application citing AI inventorship reflects key statutory and interpretative submissions by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala

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The Indian Patent Office has refused a patent application naming the AI system DABUS as inventor, integrating substantial arguments from the opponent’s pre-grant opposition. The refusal underscores that under the Indian Patents Act, 1970, inventorship is limited to natural persons, with procedural and substantive lega…
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Indian Patent Office Incorporates Opponent’s Arguments in Refusal of AI Inventor DABUS Patent Application The Indian Patent Office has refused a patent application naming the AI system DABUS as inventor, integrating substantial arguments from the opponent’s pre-grant opposition. The refusal underscores that under the Indian... Read the full IIPLA article: https://iipla.org/news/indian-patent-office-incorporates-opponent-s-arguments-in-refusal-of-ai-inventor-dabus-patent-application

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