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(Bloomberg) A computer using artificial intelligence can’t be listed as an inventor on patents because only a human can be an inventor under U.S. law, a federal judge ruled in the first American decision that’s part of a global debate over how to handle computer-created innovation.
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Geographical differences
“There is no stereotyped path for fintech patents in the US,” said Gaudry, “The
Alice case changed everything regarding your prospects for fintech patents, especially when trying to file as a business method.”
“In the US, trying to get a patent through business methods is tricky right now as there is a history of case law where fintech patents have been invalidated.”
“If you try and file a fintech patent application now, you are met with a rollercoaster of allowance prospects, and trying to predict what the case law will be when the patents are finally examined three years down the line and how the examiners will have been trained in that time can be difficult.”
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