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Announced US Supreme Court decision rejecting appeal petition in Thaler v USPTO
On 24 April 2023, the US Supreme Court denied the petition filed by Stephen Thaler to hear a challenge against the US Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) decision refusing to issue patents for inventions created by artificial intelligence (AI). On…
SourceUS Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit finds AI systems are not inventors of patents
On 5 August 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision on Thaler v. Vidal, ruling that an AI system cannot be listed as a named inventor on a patent application. On 8 June 2020, Dr Stephen Thaler filed a claim before t…
SourceUS District Court decision finds AI systems are not inventors of patents
On 2 September 2021, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in favour of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Thaler v. Hirshfeld, stating that artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be listed as an invento…
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