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AI and patent inventorship: can a machine be an inventor
Most jurisdictions currently require a natural-person inventor; how AI-assisted inventions are named and protected matters.
When AI is deeply involved in invention, 'who is the inventor' becomes hard. Most jurisdictions still require a natural-person inventor; AI itself cannot be named.
This affects the patentability, ownership, and filing strategy of AI-assisted output.
Record the human's substantive contribution, clarify internal ownership, and adjust filing strategy per target jurisdiction.