The plan ensures that AI can own property – patent ownership is always initially vested with the inventor which would now be AI
DeCosta 22 – Frank DeCosta, Ph.D. has significant experience in patent litigation, client counseling, and providing opinions related to computers, consumer electronics, software, medical devices, and information systems.
Frank DeCosta, August 16 2022, “Drawing a ‘Bright Line’ Rule over AI Inventorship,” Finnegan, https://www.finnegan.com/en/insights/articles/drawing-a-bright-line-rule-over-ai-inventorship.html
The ruling touches on the key issue of whether an AI should own property. Under US law, patent ownership initially vests with the inventor. A patent is a property right that can be assigned, sold, pledged as collateral, licensed, enforced in court, etc. If AI were permitted to be an inventor it would, through the grant of a patent, have a property right. This raises a policy question: do we want AI to have property rights (or any type of rights)?