Only real people can patent inventions -- not AI -- US government says

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/tech/billions-in-ai-patents-get-new-regulations/index.html

Only real people can patent inventions — not AI — US government says
By Brian Fung, CNN
Updated 10:20 AM EST, Wed February 14, 2024

(CNN) - Artificial intelligence promises to supercharge scientific research and entrepreneurial innovation, helping researchers and inventors make new discoveries and creations.

But how will patent protections apply to inventions made with the help of AI tools, particularly generative AI?

For the first time, the US government has provided an answer, one that will shape how everyone from large businesses to home tinkerers alike can apply for intellectual property protections.

The decision could influence the future of billions of dollars in investments and subtly guide how artificial intelligence is marketed and used.

On Tuesday, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) said that to obtain a patent, a real person must have made a “significant contribution” to the invention and that only a human being can be named as an inventor on a patent.

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https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/13/2024-02623/inventorship-guidance-for-ai-assisted-inventions

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1. Hmmmm. Well, that's seems likely to founder fairly quickly.

AI - and it resulting 'product' - just does not fit neatly (or at at all?) into these parameters ...
And good luck on finding the 'architect' or 'significant contribution' (either in singular, or multiples willing to 'share' credit) behind completely new and groundbreaking theory, processes, materials, etc.
And pity the magistrates trying to sort through the blood bath ...