US Patent Office says AI can help invent, but can’t take credit

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00:00U.S. Patent Office says AI can help invent but can't take credit.

00:05If you wanted ChatGPT inventor on a patent, the U.S. issued a reality check.

00:10The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, USPTO, updated guidance on generative AI in invention.

00:16AI can help invent but cannot legally be the inventor. It's more lab assistant than mad scientist.

00:21In a notice obtained by Reuters, USPTO, Director John Squires said,

00:26Generative AI is treated like any other tool. Think microscopes or coding software.

00:32AI can brainstorm, analyze, and suggest ideas, but a real human has to be the one who actually conceives the invention.

00:39According to the guidelines, AI systems may help generate concepts or designs, but they don't get legal credit.

00:46Only natural persons, aka actual humans, can be named as inventors.

00:51This reinforces a previous ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,

00:55which firmly decided that AI doesn't get its name on patents no matter how clever it gets.

01:01So while your AI might help you design a new drug, write code for a medical device,

01:05or dream up the next big hardware breakthrough, it still won't be signing the paperwork.

01:09You will.

01:11And no, adding a robot name just for vibes still doesn't count.

01:15What's new isn't the rule, it's the clarity.

01:18The USPTO says there won't be a special AI lane for patent applications.

01:22If you used AI while inventing something, your submission will be judged the same way as any other.

01:28If multiple humans worked with AI on an invention, the usual joint inventorship rules apply,

01:33just like they would in any team project that somehow didn't explode into chaos.

01:37This update matters a lot for industries using AI in complex areas like drug discovery and advanced engineering.

01:43It gives companies more confidence that AI-assisted breakthroughs can still get patent protection,

01:48as long as there's a human brain behind the wheel, even if the AI was doing most of the heavy lifting.

01:54So no, AI isn't getting its own Nobel Prize or patent portfolio anytime soon.

01:58But it is officially recognized as the world's most overqualified assistant,

02:03and one that still can't sign legal documents without a human babysitter.

02:13so I'm not locking up all the powers that happen.

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02:21Ok.

02:22It's brilliant.

02:23It seems to me that I'm lucky enough for you using AI-assisted breakthroughs to navigate this journey.

02:28I don't know where I'm still within the half-erald psychic.

02:32Got to have a change in order to decide to take the degree of emulate.

02:36We're able to avoid어� традиions because it is the skill of persistence.