Generate content when and where needed: Use AI tools that offer prompt assistance features to generate specific sections of a patent application on demand. For example, AI can take an attorney-written claim and generate a suitable title or summary.
One important issue for patent law is whether inventions made using AI can be patented. Although U.S. patent law currently requires a human inventor and does not allow patenting of inventions made solely by AI, patents can be granted on some inventions that human inventors make with AI assistance.
In 2022, the Federal Circuit held in Thaler v. Vidal that the Patent Act requires an inventor to be a natural person (i.e., a human being), and therefore an AI system may not be listed as the inventor on a patent.
Prompts used for AI software can potentially have IPR protection, but the type of protection will vary: Patent law is unlikely to grant protection unless the prompt is part of a broader technical invention. Copyright law may protect creative prompts but not generic ones.
Since an AI system doesn't meet the qualification of an inventor, it cannot transfer the patent filing rights related to the invention. Dr. Thaler's assertion of ownership through the "doctrine of accession," asserting rights due to his ownership of DABUS, was deemed erroneous.
AI is based on computational models and mathematical algorithms which are per se of an abstract nature. Nevertheless, patents may be granted when AI leaves the abstract realm by applying it to solve a technical problem in a field of technology.
Yes, you can patent an AI invention or a machine learning model. The requirements for patenting an AI invention are the same as other utility patents.
For example, AI can take an attorney-written claim and generate a suitable title or summary. Make sure the AI tool generates contextually relevant content, understanding the specific requirements of each section of a patent application to fit seamlessly.