If artificial intelligence system creates an invention, can it be patented by the AI system?

The Federal Circuit Court holds that AI systems cannot patent inventions. This ruling is:

• Based on holdings that the Patent Act restricts inventors to human beings;

• Is in line with a similar EU holding; and

• Confirms previous similar AI-related holdings by the U.S. Copyright Office as well as the U.S. Patent Office.

Read about how artificial intelligence can’t be named an inventor of a patent, even if the system created the invention.