The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has clarified its ground rules governing AI-assisted inventions. The new guidance states that inventors are free to use AI systems during their invention process without these AI systems becoming legal co-inventors.
“They are analogous to laboratory equipment, computer software, research databases, or any other tool that assists in the inventive process,” reads the guidance, first reported by Reuters. The same principles apply to AI…

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