The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seen in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
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- Thaler had asked for patents on behalf of his AI system
- Court affirms ruling that patent ‘inventor’ must be human being
(Reuters) – An artificial intelligence system cannot be an inventor under United States patent law, a U.S. appeals court affirmed Friday.
The Patent Act requires an “inventor” to be a natural person, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said, rejecting computer scientist Stephen Thaler’s bid for patents on two inventions he said his DABUS system created.
Thaler said in an email Friday that DABUS, which stands for “Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience,” is “natural and sentient.”
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