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Conception for Joint Inventors

Patently-O

Most patents involve two or more joint inventors who all claim to have contributed significantly to the invention. The MPEP, for example, includes a statement in all-caps that “CONCEPTION MUST BE DONE IN THE MIND OF THE INVENTOR.” Above, I referred to conception as the key invention marker.

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Humanizing Technology: Back to Basics on DABUS and AI as Inventors

IP Watchdog

With South Africa’s patent office having recently granted the first patent to an AI inventor, and an Australian court ruling in favor of AI inventorship, it’s time to review how we got here—and where we’re going. Further, the USPTO has issued thousands of inventions that utilize AI.

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Brazilian Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Allow AI as Inventor

IP Watchdog

On February 20, 2024, a Brazilian congress member, Antônio Luiz Rodrigues Mano Júnior (known as Júnior Mano), introduced a bill to amend the national IP Statute (Law #9,279/96) and regulate the ownership of inventions generated by artificial intelligence systems.

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Enjoining Patent Prosecution

Patently-O

In particular, the agreement required disclosure and assignment of “any ideas, conceptions, inventions, or plans relating to sleep, mattresses, bedding, sleep monitoring, health or wellness as it relates to sleep (including biometric monitoring relating to sleep), or bedroom or sleep technologies.” 3d 793, 798 (D.

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The USPTO Claims it Wants to Ensure ‘Robust and Reliable’ Patents – But Its Questions Imply Another Assault on Patent Owners

IP Watchdog

Patent owners, especially small businesses and independent inventors, need two things of the patent system: 1) Reliability/believability. We need patents that are respected when they are issued. We use many different strategies during patent prosecution. We do not want any doubt about their validity.

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DABUS Sent Back to Drawing Board Following Reversal of Inventorship Decision by Australia Court

IP Watchdog

On April 13, 2022, the Federal Court of Australia, on appeal, reversed its 2021 decision that DABUS, an artificial intelligence (AI) machine, qualified as an inventor for a patent application under Australian law. Thaler has filed patent applications in several countries around the world for inventions created by DABUS.

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Bad cases make bad law: Has DABUS "the AI inventor" actually invented anything?

The IPKat

In keeping with the so-called media "silly season" of late summer, PatKat thought she would check-in on the AI inventor debate. PatKat has been sceptical about Dr Thaler and his purported inventing machine, DABUS, for some time ( IPKat ). Sceptical Kat Has DABUS invented?