Understanding the USPTO’s AI Inventorship Guidance
The USPTO’s AI inventorship guidance provides a framework for determining who qualifies as an inventor when AI systems are involved in the invention process.
John Woodson is a Registered Patent Attorney who practices in the area of patent prosecution, patent infringement studies and client counseling. His patent prosecution experience includes electrical and electronic equipment, telecommunications equipment, laser and optical devices, semiconductor devices, semiconductor processing, hydrocarbon recovery and well logging, mechanical devices, medical devices, and software and Internet related inventions. Mr. Woodson also has extensive experience prosecuting foreign-originated patent applications, and instructing foreign associates on prosecution of U.S. originated patent applications.
The USPTO’s AI inventorship guidance provides a framework for determining who qualifies as an inventor when AI systems are involved in the invention process.