USPTO: AI Can Assist Inventors But Can't Hold Patents

Humans Must Show Significant Role in AI-Assisted Cases for Inventor Label
The U.S. federal patent authority aims to provide clarity on how it will analyze inventions. Only humans can be named in single-person patents, and at least one human must be labelled as the inventor of any given claim, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said Tuesday.

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