AI lacks 'legal personality' to invent, argues USPTO
AI lacks âlegal personalityâ to invent, argues USPTO 25-02-2021 02-10-2020 The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has urged a federal court to uphold its finding that patents cannot cover inventions by artificial intelligence (AI), and dismiss a suit challenging its position. In August, physicist Stephen Thaler sued the USPTO in a challenge to the office's rejection of patent applications for inventions created by ‘creativity machine’ “Dabus”. The office submitted the 24 page summary motion at the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia yesterday, 24 Febru...