DABUS (Federal Court of Justice)

AI and inventorship

Can AI be an inventor?

Human named, AI help allowed

AI can't be inventor, but a human may be named with AI noted

Holding

Only a natural person can be the inventor, but the applicant may name himself as inventor while adding that the invention was generated with the help of AI.

In Germany, AI-assisted inventions can still be patented with a human named as inventor.

Principles it bears on

• SupportsOnly a natural person can be named as an inventor.

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