[Article / United States] Determining inventorship (design authorship) for U.S. design patents (Tsuyoshi Fujimoto, AIPPI (2025), Vol. 70, No. 10)
更新日：10月9日
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Article type: Publication review
Categories: United States
Topics: Creators and inventors / AI and intellectual property
First published on this website: 2026-10-07
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[Article / United States] Determining inventorship (design authorship) for U.S. design patents (Tsuyoshi Fujimoto, AIPPI (2025), Vol. 70, No. 10)
USPTO guidance
α: A design created by a natural person is input into AI.
⇒ If the AI output is similar, the natural person is the inventor (design author).
β: A natural person finishes a design created by AI.
⇒ If the finished design is dissimilar to the AI-created design, the natural person is the inventor (design author).
Cites HOOP v. HOOP (Fed. Cir., 279 F.3d 1004) (2002).
Original article (2025-11-06):
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