The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) plays an important role in incentivizing and protecting innovation, including innovation enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), to ensure continued U.S. leadership in AI and other emerging technologies (ET).
The USPTO announced Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions in the Federal Register. This guidance is pursuant to President Biden's Executive Order 14110 on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (October 30, 2023) with provisions addressing IP equities. The guidance, which is effective on February 13, 2024, provides instructions to USPTO personnel and stakeholders on determining the correct inventor(s) to be named in a patent or patent application for inventions created by humans with the assistance of one or more AI systems.
The USPTO will host a webinar on Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions on Tuesday, March 5, from 1-2 p.m. ET. USPTO personnel will provide an overview of the guidance and answer stakeholder questions relating to the guidance.
Questions about this event and the guidance should be submitted in advance to aipartnership@uspto.gov.
Inventorship guidance for AI-assisted inventions slides Inventorship guidance for AI-assisted inventions video
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Welcome | Srilakshmi Kumar, Technology Center Operations Manager, TC 3600 |
| Opening Remarks | Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary for Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| Background and Overview | Charles Kim, Acting Assistant Commissioner for Patents |
| Inventorship Guidance and Examples | Matthew Sked, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration |
| Q & A | Charles Kim and Matthew Sked |
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