Patent & Trademark Office Releases Final Guidance on AI-Assisted Inventorship
December 03, 2025
December 03, 2025
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office has released guidance stating that artificial intelligence systems, regardless of their complexity, cannot be named as an inventor or joint inventor on a patent application.
The guidance makes clear that the same legal standard for determining inventorship applies to all inventions, whether or not AI systems were used in the creation process.
The agency stated that only natural per . . .
The guidance makes clear that the same legal standard for determining inventorship applies to all inventions, whether or not AI systems were used in the creation process.
The agency stated that only natural per . . .