The Artificial Inventor Project

Do you really need a physical body when you’ve got the next great idea? Shouldn’t an artificially intelligent machine be able to patent its own inventions? As far as a U.S. federal judge is concerned, the answers are “uh, yeah you do,” and, “nope.” Bloomberg reports that in April 2020, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ruled that only “natural persons” could be credited as the inventor of a patent, […]