Can a Computer Be Listed as an Inventor in a Patent Application With the USPTO?

Artificial Intelligence is increasingly used in developing new technology, seemingly inventing new art. However, the USPTO has found AI inventing doesn’t constitute authorship for patenting purposes. This raises questions as to how inventorship should be viewed and whether laws need to change to accommodate the use of AI in R&D advances. 

Read about how the USPTO finds AI inventing does not constitute inventorship for patenting purposes.

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