AI Machines Cannot Be Listed as Inventors, Rules UK Supreme Court in Landmark Case

The top United Kingdom court has upheld previous rulings, maintaining that an 'inventor' on a patent application must be a 'natural person,' not an AI machine. Stemming from a five-year dispute by Stephen Thaler, the case revolved around Thaler's patent applications for two products, listing his AI tool 'DABUS' as the inventor. Several appeals were presented to no avail, as the courts stood by their assertion that AI cannot be considered inventors under existing patent law. This decision may have …

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