It was the veritable search for a needle in a haystack.
Fortunately, the search proved successful.
But it wasnt a human who found the promising molecules.
It was amachine learning program.
AI patents in court
Can software be an inventor?
The inventions are perhaps not very noteworthy, but the attempts to patent them certainly are.
In Australia, a challenge against the rejection was initially accepted butoverturned on appeal.
Meanwhile, DABUS cases continue to be fought in other jurisdictions around the world.
Can an AI invent?
We dont claim that computer-aided design (CAD) software invents.
But such software lacks the increasing autonomy that AI is starting to have.
Can an AI be named as an inventor?
Who might own the rewards from an AI patent?
The owner of the computer on which it runs?
And what about the owner(s) of the data on which the AI might be trained?
Will AI change invention?
AI might speed up the rate at which inventions are made, potentially overwhelming the patent system.
It might also change the character of the invention.
But an AI system might be more knowledgeable and skilled than any one person on the planet.
