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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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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately the US moved from a first-to-invent system to a first-to-patent a few years back. Terrible idea.

And for the record, the US was one of the last western countries to switch

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Prior art is still a thing though, and invalidates a patent. I think first to file just means you can't keep an idea secret and then "surprise!, we already invented that be we've been keeping it a secret, but trust us, we were first". If you publish an idea, it establishes prior art and, in theory, prevents future patents of that idea.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Unfortunately I've seen plenty of patents misused exactly as you described. Patent trolls are a thing