{"id":25738,"date":"2022-05-30T09:55:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T07:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kpw-relaunch.wp1.visual4.com\/artificial-intelligence-as-an-inventor\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:56:58","slug":"artificial-intelligence-as-an-inventor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/en\/artificial-intelligence-as-an-inventor\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial intelligence as an inventor?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull v4-pattern-hero v4-pattern-hero--post is-style-background-blend is-style-arrow has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light v4-pattern-hero__cover\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);min-height:75vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img data-dominant-color=\"b77b25\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-31259 size-large not-transparent\" alt=\"K\u00fcnstliche Intelligenz als Erfinder?, KI, Patentrecht, Rechtsanwalt\" src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kuenstliche-Intelligenz-als-Erfinder-1024x576.jpg\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b77b25; object-position:1% 100%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"1% 100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kuenstliche-Intelligenz-als-Erfinder-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kuenstliche-Intelligenz-als-Erfinder-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kuenstliche-Intelligenz-als-Erfinder-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kuenstliche-Intelligenz-als-Erfinder-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kuenstliche-Intelligenz-als-Erfinder-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:5em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1d4b5d69 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<h1 id=\"multirow-headline-block_69768608e6c9a3d48ff8a2b5f8ac5e43\" class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\r\n    <div class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\n\n<p class=\"has-gigantic-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Artificial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:15%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Intelligence as<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-gigantic-font-size wp-elements-69dad40ec01d0cf14fd499bf05568932\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\"><span class=\"v4-marker-highlight-background\">Inventor<\/span><span class=\"v4-marker-highlight-background\">?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div> \r\n<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76c96157 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase\"><div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-05-30T09:55:03+02:00\">30. May 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p>from<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Clemens Pfitzer<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c93ec0be wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>Many innovations are now being created with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). But can artificial intelligence also be regarded as an inventor within the meaning of patent law?  <\/strong>The Federal Patent Court says no.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-worum-geht-s\">What is it all about?<\/h2>\n\n<p>On October 17, 2019, a natural person filed an application for a patent with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), the subject matter of which is designated as &#8220;LEBENSMITTELBEH\u00c4LTER&#8221; according to the duly filed German translation. Neither the name of the applicant nor that of any other person was indicated as the inventor in the application. Rather, the application stated:  <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group v4-pattern-general-quote-box has-kpw-turquoise-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<p>The invention was created independently by artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The DPMA objected to the designation of inventor submitted, as only a natural person can be an inventor within the meaning of the Patent Act.<\/p>\n\n<p>The applicant then added an address to the information and stated that it would not correspond to the actual circumstances if he described himself as the inventor. The <a href=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/thema\/kunstliche-intelligenz-ki\/\" id=\"4555\">artificial intelligence (AI) <\/a>developed by him had produced the invention by acting independently. It was a completely autonomously operating neural network that was capable of generating new technical solutions without any prior task. Although he, the applicant, was the owner of this AI, he had no influence whatsoever on the task and its solution, which led to the present invention.   <\/p>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/rechtsgebiet\/gebrauchsmuster-und-patentrecht\/\" id=\"1078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">German Patent Act <\/a>does not expressly stipulate that an inventor must be a natural person. The fact that an inventive achievement can necessarily only be made by a person stems from a now outdated, purely anthropocentric definition of the term &#8220;creative&#8221;. The term &#8220;inventor&#8221; must always be reinterpreted in the light of technical progress, which is ultimately the task of the courts.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The DPMA then rejected the patent application. Artificial intelligence as an inventor was not possible under German law. <\/p>\n\n<p>The applicant lodged an appeal against this.<\/p>\n\n<p>The applicant justified this with the following dilemma, among others: On the one hand, he was obliged to truthfully name the inventor, in this case the artificial intelligence, which was undoubtedly the creator of the invention; on the other hand, this dutiful naming of the inventor had the consequence that his application was rejected. Ultimately, the opinion of the examining section leads to the fact that he is deprived of the law on the patent to which he is entitled as the owner of the artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-entscheidung-des-bpatg-zur-kunstlichen-intelligenz-als-erfinder\">BPatG decision on artificial intelligence as an inventor<\/h2>\n\n<p>The BPatG shows in its  <a href=\"https:\/\/rewis.io\/urteile\/urteil\/4kn-11-11-2021-11-w-pat-521\/\">Decision of 11.11.2021 &#8211; Ref. 11 W (pat) 5\/21 <\/a>  sympathizes with the applicant and points out that in Australia, for example, the possibility of naming an artificial intelligence as an inventor is now affirmed.<\/p>\n\n<p>Nevertheless, the current regulations in the German Patent Act allow no other conclusion than that only natural persons, but not machines, can be named as inventors. This is due, among other things, to the fact that the inventor&#8217;s law on naming expresses a recognition of his inventorship (&#8220;inventor&#8217;s honor&#8221;), which a machine cannot have. The German legislator therefore deliberately decided to recognize only natural persons as inventors or co-inventors.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns v4-pattern-text-copy-half-col is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Under current German law, it is not possible for an artificial intelligence to be an inventor. However, the BPatG makes it clear that the applicant himself can be an inventor. This is because, under German law, it is irrelevant how the invention came about. Thus, an invention can also be based solely on the use of AI.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide v4-pattern-cta-box has-secondary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a7c0d175 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top v4-pattern-cta-box__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ec2e7a44 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-bce6ca70 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:0;flex-basis:60%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-right is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5c12a1d1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<div id=\"multirow-headline-block_4f37fa2c3762851440bcea9e1971afc6\" class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline alignwide\">\r\n    <div class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">We are happy to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:8%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:0.9;text-transform:uppercase\">advise you about<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:0.9;text-transform:uppercase\">Patent law!<\/p>\n\n<\/div> \r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5c3c14bb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-visual4-contact-modal__button\">\r\n            \r\n        <div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\r\n            \r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button v4-contact-modal-button is-style-fill\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\" data-form-id=\"8\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\">Contact form<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        \r\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-style-mobile-only is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fc4fd283 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:4971141019030\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Call now!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column--image is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/themes\/kpw-law\/assets\/samples\/person-cropped.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23155\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innovations are often created with the help of AI. 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