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44 Cardozo L. Rev. 699 (2022-2023)
Thaler v. Vidal: Artificial Intelligence - Can the Invented Become the Inventor

handle is hein.journals/cdozo44 and id is 725 raw text is: THALER V. VIDAL: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-CAN THE INVENTED BECOME THE INVENTOR? Michelle Lavrichenkot TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 700 I. BACKGRO UN D .......................................................................................................... 704 A. Requirements to Obtain a Patent ..............................................................704 B. International Response to DAB US and AI Inventorship ........................707 II. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY........................................................................ 713 III. HOLDING AND REASONING..................................................................................... 718 A . Standard of Review ......................................................................................718 B. Skidmore Deference to USPTO Decision ..................................................718 C. Statutory Interpretation of the Patent Act................................................719 D . Federal Circuit Precedent ...........................................................................724 E. Thaler's Policy A rgum ents ..........................................................................725 IV. ANALYSIS OF THE THALER DECISION...................................................................... 727 A. The Statutory Definition of Inventor Necessarily Excludes AI...........727 B. Arguments For and Against AI Inventorship and Possible Resolutions 732 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 735 t Notes Editor, Cardozo Law Review (Volume 44); J.D. Candidate, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, May 2023; Pharm.D., RPh, St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2020. Thank you to Professor Morris E. Cohen for his invaluable insight, guidance, and support throughout the research and writing process. Thank you to all of the Cardozo Law Review editors for their hard work in preparing this Case Note for publication. Thank you to my friends and family for their unwavering support and encouragement. Most importantly, thank you to my father, Viktor, and my mother, Kira, without whom I would not be where I am today. 699

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