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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 as an inventor, emphasizing statutory language and precedent. This ruling underscores the legal chal…
Tuesday, October 4, 2022