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US patent office confirms AI can’t hold patents (www.theverge.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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US patent office confirms AI can’t hold patents::The US Patent and Trademark Office maintains that only natural humans can get patents, but people do have to disclose if they used AI for the invention.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

The USPTO already has lower fees for "micro entities" as it calls regular people and small businesses. Still too expensive for regular people and too cheap for mega corps but they do have different fee tiers.