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US patent office confirms AI can’t hold patents (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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US patent office confirms AI can’t hold patents::The US Patent and Trademark Office maintains that only natural humans can get patents, but people do have to disclose if they used AI for the invention.

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[–] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But once they have the patent they can license it to others, this denies them the chance. The point being that the idea may die with the person rather then ever being known in the first place if filing is too big a burden.

My understanding is you have to regularly pay to keep a patent valid until expiry, but I could be mistaken. Varies by country I'm sure.

I agree with your premise that it's better that someone with intent use it, but it's not that black and white.

[–] FatCrab@lemmy.one 3 points 9 months ago

You have different fees related to bringing the patent to issuance that depend on the quality of the application (many patents just never issue) and that can rack up considerably. Then you have maintenance fees every few years after issuance that increase exponentially. In the US.