Artificial Intelligence As An Inventor: Rethinking Patent Law And Patent Eligibility
- IJLLR Journal
- Nov 10
- 1 min read
Arya Verma, National Law University (LL.M. IPR)
ABSTRACT
The era of Industry 4.0 has significantly changed the manufacturing sector by the integration of AI technologies in its domain. This has led to the development of a new Intellectual Property domain that can use AI technology to contribute to economic growth through national development. This research work examines the current patent system and the hypothetical scenario of AI being granted the inventorship of AI-generated inventions. After evaluating the existing conditions this study finds out the different AI technologies that include Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), and Fuzzy logic technology that can be implemented in the patent field for generating AI inventions. This research reveals the existing legal issues concerning the identification of inventors in AI-generated inventions in the U.S. and India and the court's traditional view on shifting recognition of AI as the inventor of a patent. A model concerning the assignability of patents has been created that shows the categories of persons to whom the patent office may assign such invention. Based on the analysis the next framework has been suggested.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, AI-Generated Invention, Inventorship, Patent
