USPTO’s Guidance on Inventorship of AI-Assisted Inventions Remains True to Fundamental Principles, But May Not Be the Right Test

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued guidance on inventorship determinations for inventions developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI-assisted inventions). Inventorship of AI-assisted inventions has been a hot topic recently with the increased use of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Traditional AI focuses on computers analyzing historical data and making future numeric predictions using rule-based decision-making. Generative AI operates by…
By: Troutman Pepper