Inventorship for AI-Assisted or AI-Generated Inventions in Europe and the US

An article co-authored by Amanda Varrichione titled “Inventorship for AI-Assisted or AI-Generated Inventions in Europe and the US” was published in the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly. By now, it is impossible to imagine the patent world without artificial intelligence (AI). At the same time, there is uncertainty for companies and inventors as to how AI inventions should be handled. For example, when is a human contribution sufficient to rise to the level of inventorship, or when is it necessary to designate the AI as inventor? Is it even possible for AI to be the inventor? What happens if the wrong inventor is designated? In the US, there is a danger that incorrectly listing inventorship on a US application will render the patent invalid. In this article, Amanda and co-authors Stephanie Rupp and Axel Esser of Hoffmann Eitle help shed some light on inventorship for AI-assisted/generated inventions in the US and Europe. Read more.