Thaler v. Vidal

 
APPEAL NO.
21-2347
OP. BELOW
DCT
SUBJECT
Patent
AUTHOR
Stark

Issue(s) Presented

“The issue presented in this case is whether an AI-Generated Invention is patentable. The USPTO claims that it is not, filing a summary judgment motion to that effect, which was granted by the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Appellant challenges this Denial and the Summary Judgment on statutory and constitutional grounds.”

Holding

“[T]he Patent Act requires that inventors must be natural persons; that is, human beings.”