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955 US Patent Office Issues New Guidelines For AI-Assisted Inventions

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msmash @ Slashdot · 11/27/2025 21:30 EDT

US Patent Office Issues New Guidelines For AI-Assisted Inventions

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued new guidelines outlining when inventions created with the help of AI can be patented. From a report: USPTO Director John Squires said on Wednesday in a notice set to be published Friday, that the office considers generative AI systems to be "analogous to laboratory equipment, computer software, research databases, or any other tool that assists in the inventive process."

"They may provide services and generate ideas, but they remain tools used by the human i

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