Federal Circuit Panel Balks at Accepting AI as Inventor

A Federal Circuit panel homed in on the question of how to define “inventor” and “individual” in a test case for artificial intelligence inventorship, drawing skepticism from at least two judges.

The term “individual” as used in the Patent Act should be interpreted broadly, extending to artificial intelligence machines such as DABUS, which computer scientist Stephen Thaler listed as the inventor on two patent applications, Ryan Abbott, a partner at Brown, Neri, Smith & Khan LLP, argued to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday. Chief Judge Kimberly A. Moore and Circuit Judge Richard G. Taranto ...